Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-08-16
CARL f. GALLAGHER,
City Clerk. Alma. Michigan
NOTICE OF ELECTION IN THE CITY OF
ALMA.
o AT Qualified Electors in said

To All Qualified Electors in said
City OF Alma:
Notice is hereby given tina. the following
resolution was adopted and passed by the
Common Council of said City of Alma, Mich
gan.
Whereas the City of Alma, Michigan. did
grant 70 Marcus Pollasky. and associates
their successors and assigns, permission
consent and authority to locate. establish.
construct, operate and maintain a street rail
way upon and along certain streets within the
City of Alma, County Of Gratot Michigan
under the ordinance known and designated as
Ordinance Number 66, which Ordinance was
duly adopted by the Common Council of the
CITY OF Alma, on the third day of September
a; d., 1907, more than two-thirds Of all the
aldermen elect being present and voting in
favor thereof, and whereas the period OF
thirty years from the date thereof was named
as the maximum life Of the franchise rights
secured Hereunder and less than one month
OF ten years of the time has now elapsed
and 1t being mutually DESTROYS that addition
al time be given TO the grantees.
Therefore. be il resolved that the rroposi-
ton that the time limit named in Ordinance
Number So be extended for a period of ten
years; that is TO say. that the life of the
franchise secured be extended so that thirty
iuii years shall have elapsed after September
third, a. d.. 1917. before the rights under
said ordinance shall have expired. be submit
qualified voters of said City of Alma, and the
same is hereby called 10 be held in the sew
eral wards of said city on the thirty-frst
day of August, A. D.. 1917. between the
+. NJ.
Resolved further that the ballots shall be
and shall read:
Ballot on the question of extending the
franchise for a street railway upon certain
streets in the City Of Alma. Michigan.
Shall the extension of the franchise under
ordinance Number &C Of the City Of Alma
Michigan. for ten years that the right TO
locate, establish, construct. operate and main
tain street railway in Alma Michigan.
der said Ordinance shall be valid for thirty
full years after September third. A. d.. 1917,
shall "' the eat ss d the franchise under
Ordinance Number So Of the City Of Alma.
Michigan. for ten years so that the right TO
locate. establsh, construct, operate and
maintain a street railway in Alma, Michigan,
under said Ordinance shall be valid for thirty
full years after September third. A. d. 1917,
Resolved further. that this resolution shall
be published in one more Of the newspa-
pers in said City of Alma and copies thereof
be posted in five Of the most public places in
each ward of said City at least two weeks be-
fore the said election at which said vote Is TO
be taken and that proof of such publication
in such newspaper and of such posting in the
several wards of said city shall be filed in the
office Of the said City Clerk.
In pursuance of the foregoing resolution
notice is hereby given that special election
will be held in the several wards OF said CITY
on Friday, the thirty-frst day Of August. A.
d., 1917, in the following places:
First Ward-City Hall.
Second Ward--Dodge Motor Car Salesroom.
one-haf block south Of Superior street on
Gratiot avenue. formerly occupied by Jas.
Redman Wholesale Grocery.
Third Ward-Hotel Arcadia
Fourth Ward-Edson- Moore Co. Sample
Room. No. ala North State street.
That the polls Of said election will remain
open from Z 100 o'clock A. NJ. until 100
o'clock +. NJ. al which election the question
Of the extension Of said franchise for thirty
full years after September third. A. D.. 1917
will be submitted to the qualified electors OF
said City Of Alma, in accordance with the
terms and provisions OF the foregoing resolu-
ton.
That the form Of ballot nj such election
will be a. herein set forth
Dated az Alma. Michigan, August Is. A. d.
1917.
CARL +. GALLAGHER.
City Clerk, Alma. Michigan