Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-01

any main or trunk sewer, without ref
erence to any sewer district, and II 1t
shall be necessary for the city to bor-
row money for the payment of the
amount determined by the commission
to be paid from the general sewer
fund toward the construction of such
sewer in such main sewer district, or
for the payment OF trunk sewer to
be constructed without reference to a
sewer district. then before any further
proceedings are had looking toward
the. construction of such sewer, the
commission shall cause to be made
and recorded In their proceedings an
estimate of the amount necessary to
be borrowed for such purpose. and the
question of borrowing such amount
shall be submitted to the electors Of
the city at it's next annual election or
at a special election called for that
purpose by the commission, as pro-
vided in this charter
CHAPTER XVI.
Condemnation and Appropriation Of
Private Property.
Sec /. Private property may be pur-
chased or appropriated for public use
for the purpose of opening, widening
altering or extending streets, alleys,
and avenues; for the construction Of
bridges, for public buildings, and for
other public structures; for public
grounds, parks, market places, and
spaces; and for the Improvement of
water courses; for sewers, drains, and
bitches; for public hospitals. pest
houses, quarantine grounds, and public
cemeteries, and for other lawful and
necessary public uses.
Sec. 2. If it shall become necessary
to appropriate private property for the
public uses or purposes specified in
the preceding section, the right to oc-
cupy and hold the same, and the own
ership therein and thereto may be ac-
quired by the city in the manner and
with like effect as provided by the
general Jaws of the state relating to
the taking of private property for pub
lie use.
Sec. 8. Whenever the commission
shall have decided a public improve
ment to be necessary, and shall have
declared that they deem it necessary
to take private property, describing it,
for such public improvement, desig-
mating it, and that the Improvement
is for the use or the benefit of the
municipality, they shall by resolution,
direct the city attorney to institute
the necessary proceedings in behalf of
the municipality, before the proper
court, to carry out the object of the
resolution in regard to taking private
property by the city for such public
use.
CHAPTER XVII.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
Sec. 1. The city shall be divided into
three wards and each ward shall con-
stitute one election precinct except
as is hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The first ward shall include
all the territory west of the South
Arm of Pine Lake and west of the
Jordan River to the limits fixed in
Sec. 2, of Chapter 1.
The second ward shall include all
the territory lying east of the South
Arm of Pine Lake and east of the
Jordan River and south of Esterly
Street and the extension of the center
line of Esterly Street to the eastern
limit Of the city as fixed in Section 2
of Chapter /.
The third ward shall include all ter
ritory lying north of Easterly Street
and Esterly Street extended to the
eastern city limits and east of the
South Arm of Pine Lake as fixed in
Chapter /, Section 2.
Sec 8. The number of wards of the
city may be increased or diminished
or the boundaries tnereof changed IN
the manner provided by law.
Sec. 4. When the number of votes
cast In any election precinct at any
regular election shall exceed six hun
dred, the commission shall have the
power to establish additional voting
precincts and fix the boundaries there
of within the ward; provided, that
when such additional voting precinct
Is determined upon the commission
shall so fix the boundaries of such
precincts that each shall contain as
nearly as may be an equal number
of voters; and the number of voting
precincts in any ward so divided shall
not exceed one for each six hundred
votes, or fraction thereof, cast for