The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-02-18

U8Y 10 BAIO Guy tA0~o8@( - <41( sa<k
proceeds Of the sale Of al property so
returned delinquent for non-payment
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 Ionia,
as provided by said act No. 279 of the
Public Acts for 1909 as amended.
Yeas, Aid. Benedict, Shawley, Hol-
lenbeck, Purdy, Friedly, Yeas 90.
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 a system Of nominating
candidate to city and ward Offices for
the city of Beldins 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 "An Act
to provide for the incorporation of
cities and for revising and amending
their charters"
WHEREAS, it is necessary in order
to provide for the changes herein
mentioned to amend chapter of Act
No. 313 of the Local Acts of 1898,
entitled "An Act to incorporate the
city Of Bedding, in the county of Ionia
state of Michigan.
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED. that Section No. of chap
ter No. of Act No. 313 of the Lo-
cal Acts of 1893 and entitled Gan Act
to incorporate the city of Bedding in
the county of Ionia and state of Mich
igan", be amended to read as fol-
lows.
Chapter 5.
Session /. The name of any cleo
(a) tor of the city of Belding shall
be printed on the ballot for eth
er city or ward Office when
ever a petition as hereinafter
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
1 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. .
7 =. :. Z. :. :. an eiertUr Of tfYe-cfty of Bel
ding, residence at -. be plac-
! ed upon the, ballot TO be prepared for
use at the next non-partisan election
4 as a candidate for ...... Name
........ Address ........ Ward. -.
Date. $3.50.
(c) No elector shall sign nominal
ing petition for more than one
candidate for any elective office,
except in offices where there is
he. IL A.. l.. Il
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 tn nominating
4 petitions may be onseparate 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
3 to be and that to the best of his
l. knowledge such person is an cleo
tor in said city.
I'D The name of no candidate shall
be printed on the election ballot.
for a ward Office. unless petition
is Hled winch contains the names
of not less than fifty, nor more
than seventy-five qualified cleo
tors in such ward. In the case
of 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 for
an Office to be filled by the cleo
tors of the city at large unless
his petition shall contain the
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 days
prior to the date of election and
all such petitions shall be filed
with the city clerk not less than
sixteen days prior to the date of
election.
(e) At the regular city election the