The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-09-08


Section 1850. The city assessor and
council shall select and return lists
of petit and grand Jurors in the same
manner and within the same time az
is required Of. township officers.
City to control use Of streets.
Section ITO. The city reserves to
itself the use and control Of all
streets and alleys both above and be-
low ground, and no grants for the
use or occupancy of any portion
thereof except such as are granted
in public utility franchises shall be
made for longer period than one
year, and any revenue derived from
such occupancy shall belong and be
paid to the city.
Power of city to receive requests,
etc.
Section I'll. The city of Bedding
shall have the power and right to re-
ceive requests gifts and devises Of
all kinds of property. both personal
and real, absolute or in trust, for
public, charitable or other purposes
and to do all things and acts neces-
sary to carry out the purposes of such
requests, gifts, and devises, with
power to manage, sell, lease or other
wise handle or dispose of the same
in accordance with the terms of the
beguest, gift or devise.
Saving clause.
Section 172. If any section or part
of section of this charter proves to
be invalid or unconstitutional, the
same shall not be held to invalidate
or impair the validity, force or effect
of any other section or part of sec
tion thereof unless it clearly appears
that such other section or part of q
section is wholly or necessarily de-
pendent for its operation upon the
section or part Of section so held in
valid or unconstitutional.
Amendments.
Section 173. This charter may be
amended at any time in the manner
provided by general law.
Schedule
That no inconvenience may arise
from the changes hereby made in
the charter of the city, and in order
to carry the same into complete OPP
Grafton, it is hereby declared that:
Ordinances continue in force.
Section l. All ordinances and res
olutions in force at the time this
charter takes effect, not inconsistent
with its provisions, shall continue in
full force and effect until amended
or repealed or until they expire by
limitation.
Continuance of contracts and vest.
ed rights.
Section 2. All vested rights Of
the city shall continue and shall not
in any manner, be effected by the
adoption of this charter nor shall any
right or liability or pending suit or
prosecution, either in behalf of or
against the city, be in any manner,
affected by the adoption of this char
ter unless otherwise herein express
ly provided to, the contrary. All
contracts, entered into by the city
or for its benefit prior to the taking
effect of this charter, shall continue
in full force and effect. All public
work begun prior to the taking effect
of this charter may be continued and
perfected hereunder. Public improve
ments for which legislative steps
have been taken under laws in force
at the time this charter takes effect
may be carried to completion in &C
cordance with the provisions of such
laws.
Officers to continue.
Section 3. All officers now holding
any Office or appointment shall con.
tinue to hold the same until removed
by competent authority or suppressed
ed under the laws now in force or un-
der this charter.
Charter election.
Section A. (a)This charter shall be
submitted for adoption or rejection
to vote of the qualified electors OF
the city at the general election to be
held the first Tuesday following the
first Monday in November 1920. No.
tice of such election shall be given In
the same manner and for the same
length of time as is provided in the
existing charter for special elections
and the votes shall be counted and
carvassed end the returns made and
the result determined, rs near as
may be, as provided by the existing
charter for counting canvasslng and
returning votes and determining the
results thereof.
(b) The form of the ballot on SUBJ
mission of this charter shall be as
follows:
Official Ballot
Instructions.
A cross Xxi in the square ] be.
lore the Tie WoIu yes 10 ~ lo'oA
the proposed charter, and before the
word mo" is against the proposed
charter.
"Shall the proposed charter, draft.
ed by the charter commission elected
on April seventh 1920, be adopted z"
[ ] Yes
"Shall the proposed charter, draft.
ed by the charter commission elected
on April seventh 1920, be adopted !"
[ ] No :.
(c) If this proposed charter is
adopted, the city clerk within thirty
days thereafter, shall certify the
adoption thereof upon his journal,
and six printed copies of the charter
shall be duly certified by the city clerk
and two such certified copies shall be
filed with the secretary Of state, two
with the county clerk and two shall
be retained in his own Office respec-
lively.
When charter takes effect.
Section 5. For the purpose OF
nominating and electing officers, this
charter shall take effect from the
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