The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-07-28


Council Chamber. July is, 1920.
Meeting called to order by Mayor
Washburn.
Roll Call: Present AID Benedict.
Kane, Olds, fr:eJ;y, McCuc Present
81. Absent ~.
Minutes Of tire previous meeting
real and approved
Ordinance No. 1877 was read.
AN ORDINANCE creating Cen.
trail Election Counting Board in and
for the City of Belding. as provided
by Act No. 34n # the Public Acts
Of 1919, entitled, "An Act to provide
for the creation Of a Central Elec-
ton Counting Board in Cities or
Villages.
The city of Bedding hereby or.
dams:
Section /.
There is hereby created a Central
Election Counting Board, consisting
OF three members together with such
clerical help or assistance as. the
said Counting Board may deem nec-
essary. The said three members shall
be qualified electors Of said city; shall
be elected from the city at large at
the same time and in the same man.
ner as the Inspectors of Election are
elected.
Section 2.
After the said members of the Cen
trail Election Counting Board have
been elected and qualified, and before
entering upon the duties of the Office
said Board shall meet and elect one
of their number Chairman of such
Board, and shall appoint such neces-
sary clerical help or assistance as
they may deem necessary and advis-
able to properly conduct the work of
said Board, which Board and Clerks
shall receive the same compensation
as is paid the various members and
Clerks of the Election Board.
Section 8.
Shoula a vacancy occur on Gen.
trail Election Counting Board, by rea-
son of death, resignation or incapacity
of one of the members thereof such
vacancy may be filled by appointment
of the Common Council. Such APP
pointee to fill the enexpired term of
the member in whose place he waG
appointed. Should any member of
the said Central Election Counting
Board fail to act on any particular
election dav, the member or members
of the Board who are present may
appoint some other duly qualified per-
son who shall take the oath of Office
and act as member thereof for that
election only.
Section a.
On the day of any general or special
City Election, or upon the day of any
primary election or general election
or any special election. whenever bal
lofts are 70 be counted, the said Cen
trail Counting Board shall meet at the
City Hall for the purpose Of counting
the ballots raet at such election. At
the hours Of - o'clock in the fore
noor&1nd ? o'clock IL the after
noori@8nd when the polls are closed
at night, and at other times during
the day if it seems necessary to the
Central Election Counting Board, the
ballotboxes from the various cleo
ton precinctsi n the city of Bedding
shall be sealed as is provided by law
and shall be delivered under the dir
ection of the city clerk to the Central
Election Counting Board, and other
ballot boxes shall, at the same time,
be delivered to the Election Board of
each election precinct, and the Central
Election Counting Board shall there
after as soon as possible proceed to
open the ballot boxes and count and
record the voted as registered for each
precinct in the same manner as the
Election Board are required to count,
record and preserve the ballots under