The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-02-11

nav to said city treasurer the net
proceeds of the sale Of all property Sc
returned delinquent for non-paymen'
Of city taxes and assessments.
Shall the foregoing amendment be
adopted. Yes.
Shall the foregoing amendment be
adopted. No.
(. RESOLVED ALSO that if the
proposed amendment to the city char
ter be approved by the majority OF
the electors voting thereon at the
said election, then the city clerk shall
within thirty days from and after
said election, file or cause to be filed
two certified. copies thereof, together
with statement of the vote for and
against the same, in both the Office
of the Secretary of State for the state
of Michigan and in the Office of the
county clerk for the county of lonia,
as provided by said act No. 279 Of the
Public Acts for 1909 as amended.
Yeas, Aid. Benedict, Shawley, Hol-
lenbeck, Purdy, Friedly, Yeas co.
Nays 10Y.
Moved by Aid. Friedly, seconded by
Aid. Benedict, to amend Section No.
of chapter No. relative to election
of city officials.
WHEREAS, the common council
of the city of Belding, in regular ses-
sion duly assembled, hereby. determine
it to be necessary and advisable to
provide for system Of nominating
candidate to city and ward offices for
the city of Beldint by petition and
for non partisan election Of all city
and ward Offices, and
WHEREAS, it seems advisable that
such amendment be proposed by the
legislative body of the city as provid-
ed by Act No. 279 of the Public Acts
of 1909 as amended, entitled San Act
to provide fer the incorporation of
cities and for revising and amending
their charters"
WHEREAS, it is necessary in order
to provide for the changess herein
mentioned to amend chapter 5 of Act
No. 313 of the Local Acts, Of 1898,
entitled Gan Act 10 incorporate the
city OF Belding, in the county of Ionia
state of Michigan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED. that Section No. 1. of chap
ter No. of Act No. 313 of the Lo-
cal Acts of 1893 and entitled can Act
TO incorporate the city of Bedding in
the county of Ionia and state of Mich
igau'', be amended to read as fol-
lows.
Chapter 5.
Sestion /. The name Of any cleo
(a) tor of the city Of Bedding shall
be printed on the ballot for eth
er city or a ward office when
inc 20
prescribed shall have been filled
in his behalf with the city clerk.
The city clerk shall provide uni
form, nomination petition blanks.
(b) Each petition shall contain the
name of the candidates, giving
his place of residence and shall
specify the Office for which he is
nominated, but shall be without
any designation as to his party
affiliations. Each elector signing
such petition shall add to his sig
nature his place of residence and
the date on which he signed
The petition shall be substantial
in the following form:
We, the undersigned, qualified cleo
tors of the city of Belding. Ionia
county, Michigan, respectfully petit
ton and request that the name of. /.
=. AN elector of the city of Bel
ding, residence at ......, be plac-
ed upon the ballot to be prepared for
use at the next non-partisan election
as a candidate for .... Name
..... Address ..... Ward !.
Date. ......
(c) No elector shall sign a nominal
ing petition for more than lone
candidate for any elective office
except in Offices where there is
more than one officer to be elect
ed, in which case he shall not sign
petitions for more candidates
than there are officers to be elect
ed for that particular Office.
The signatures to the nominating
petitions may be on separate pa
pers but to each separate paper
there shall be attached an affida-
Wit of the person circulating the
same, stating that each signature
thereto was made in his presence
is the genuine signature of the
person whose name it purports
to be and that to the best of his
knowledge such person is an cleo.
tor in said city.
-(d) Inc name OF no candidate shall
I be printed on the election ballot
for ward office, unless a petition
is filed which contains the names
of not less than fifty, nor more
than seventy-five qualified cleo.
tors in such ward. In the case
of a candidate for a ward office
each petitioner must be an cleo.
tor in the ward in which the can.
didate Is to be elected, and the
name of no candidate shall be-
printed on the election ballot fol
an Office to be filled by the cleo
tors of the city at large unles:
his petition shall contain tn,
names Of not less than one hun
dred nor more than three hundred
qualified electors of the city.
No such petition shall be cir
culated more than sixty day.
prior to the date of election ane
4 all such petitions shall be flee
with the city clerk not less thar
sixteen days prior to the date Of