Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-28
CHARTER AMENDMENT
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, That at a
meeting OF the City Commission OF the
City of East Jordan, the following
amendments to the Charter Of the City
of East Jordan were proposed by the
City Commission.
Resolved, That Section four az of
Chapter III and Section six (6) of
Chapter III of the charter of the City of
East Jordan, Michigan, be amended to
read as follows:-
Section A. Each ward, unless other
wise subdivided, shall be an election
district. The board of registration of
each election district shall be in session
at such times as are required by the
laws of the state of Michigan and this
charter, from eight o'clock in the
forenoon until eight o'clock in the
afternoon, at such places as shall be
designated by the city commission, for
the purpose of completing the list OF
qualified voters. Provided, however,
That any qualified elector may be reg
istered and be eligible to vote at any
primary election if he shall appear in
person before the city clerk, or other
officer in charge of the registration
book, and take the oath required as to
qualification for registration, and re-
quest that his name be registered
therein. The inspectors of election
shall register any person who shall on
any primary day appear and make oath
or affirmation to the effect that he is a
qualified elector in such voting pre-
cinct, or when they personally know
him to be such. Any person registered
on any primary as prescribed herein
shall be entitled to vote at the succeed
+ ing election without other registration.
There shall be no other registration day
or days for primary, general or spec
ial election, except as they may be
prescribed by the general laws of the
state of Michigan, or by this charter.
Section 6. Candidates for the office
of Mayor, Commissioner and Justice of
the Peace to be voted for at any NUM-
cipal election under the provisions of
this charter shall be nominated at a
primary election and no other names
shall be placed on the election ballot
for the election of such officers, except
those selected in the manner herein
after provided. Provided, however,
That if upon the expiration of the time
for filing the statement. of candidacy
hereinafter required only two persons
shall be candidates for any one office,
then the names of the candidates for
such office shall be omitted from the
primary ballot and such persons filing
such statements shall be deemed regu-
! larly nominated to such office. Pro-
vided further, That should there be
not more than two candidates filing
statements for any one office to be
nominated at such primary and there
be no state law requiring the holding
of primary at such time, no primary
election shall be held and the city clerk
shall give notice thereof and the
reasons therefor, and all persons filing
statements for any such office to be
elected shall be deemed regularly
nominated to such office
Further Resolved, That the proposed
amendments be published in the Char
levoix County Herald a newspaper
published and circulating in said city,
for two successive issues of said paper,
and that they remain upon the table
for thirty days before action is taken
thereon.
Adopted by the city commission of
the City of East Jordan on the fifteenth
day of February, A. D. 1914, by an aye
and nay vote as follows:
Ayes, Cross, Hudson, Kenny.
Nays, none.
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