Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-01

tion or part of a section of any Or
dinance is amended, the whole sec.
ton as amended shall be reenacted.
Sec. IL. Prosecutions for violation of
the ordinance OF the city shall be
commenced within two years after the
commission of the offense; provided
that the limitations heH>ip imposed
shall only apply to violations. penal in
their nature. and shall not be con-
structed as a limitation of the citys
right to forfeit any franchise, grant
or license for violation of the terms
and conditions thereof. after said two
year period.
Sec. 13. All ordinances, regulations
and resolutions of the Village of East
Jordan In force at the time this
charter shall take effect and NJ in
consistent with the provisions thereof
shall remain and be in force until
amended, modified or repealed.
Chapter viii.
Sec. IA. The circuit court for the
County of Charlevoix shall have orr
ginal Jurisdiction In all cases arising
under the ordinances of the city
for violation thereof, when fine or for.
feiture imposed, shall exceed one
hundred dollars, or where the offender
may be imprisoned for a term exceed
ing three months.
The justice of the peace of the city
shall have original jurisdiction in all
such cases when the fine or forfeiture
imposed shall not exceed one hundred
dollars or when the offender may be
imprisoned for a term not exceeding
three months.
Sec. Is. Prosecutions for violations
of the ordinances of the city may be
commenced by complaint and warrant
and all process in such cases shall be
in the name of "The People of the
State of Michigan"
the same, as near as may be, as in
criminal cases cOgnizant by Justice OF
the Peace under the general laws of
the state.
Sec. 16. All process issued in any
prosecution or proceeding for the
violation of any ordinance, shall be
directed ito the Sheriff or any Con-
stable Of said County Greeting" and
may be served by any police officer
of said city and may be executed in
any part of the state by said officer
or any other officer authorized by law
to serve process issued by justice of
the peace.
Sec. II. Service OF all process in
suits against the city shaH se made
on the mayor or city clerk ,or city
attorney. -
Chapter TX. ~
Initiative and Referendum. :
Sec. 1. Amy proposed ordinance may
be submitted to the commission by
petition signed by qualified electors
of the city, equal in number to per-
centage hereinafter required. The
procedure in respect to such petition
shall be the same as provided in Sec
tions 2, 3, 4, and Of Chapter Nv If
this Charter, with such notifications
as the nature of the case requires,
except that no blank forms shall be
furnished or preliminary affidavit
made.
Sec. 2. II the petition accompanying
the proposed ordinance be signed by
qualified electors equal in number to
not less than twenty-five per Gent Of
the registered voters of the city en-
titled to vote for municipal officers
and contains request that said pro-
posed ordinance be submitted to a
vote OF the people, the city clerk
shall thereupon ascertain and certify
its number of qualified signers, where
upon, IL such certificate shows the re-
quired number of qualified signers.
the commission shall within twenty
days thereafter, either
(a) Pass said ordinance without
alteration subject to the referendum
provided by this charter, or
(b) Call special election, to be
held within thirty days, unless gems
eral or special municipal election is to
be held within ninety days thereafter,
and at such a general or special NUM-
cipal election said proposed ordinance
shall be submitted without alteration
to the vote of the qualified electors
of the city.
Sec. 8. No ordinance passed by the
commission Except when otherwise
required by the general lawSNof the
state or by the provisions OF this
charter, except an ordinance for the
immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, or safety. which con-
tains a statement Of its urgency; but
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