Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-02-11

man shall be placed only on the, ballots
for their respective wards.
4. Paragraph of Section 13 of chap
ter shall be amended to read as fol-
lows: On the day following the said
primary election the said city clerk
shall canvass said returns, so received
from all the polling precincts and shall
make and publish in all the newspapers
of said city at least once, the result
thereof. Said canvass by the city
clerk, shall be publicly made. The
two candidates receiving the highest
number OF votes for mayor, shall be
the candidates, and the only candidates
whose names shall be placed upon the
ballot for mayor at the next municipal
election, and the two candidates in
each ward, receiving the highest num-
Der Of votes for alderman, and no others
shall be placed upon the ballot as can
didates for alderman of such ward, at
such municipal election, provided that
when two alderman are to be elected
from one ward, the names OF the four
candidates, or all such candidates, if
less than four, receiving the largest
number OF votes, and their names only
shall be on the ballot as candidates for
alderman Of their respective wards at
such municipal election. Provided,
however, that in case there shall have
been only two candidates for any OF
said offices and their names shall not
have appeared on the primary ballot,
and also in case such primary shall for
like reason not have been held, the
names OF such persons whose nomina-
tions shall have been certified to by the
clerk shall be placed on the ballot for
such office at such municipal election.
5. Section 80 of chapter 3 shall be
amended by striking out the words cor
anyone in his behalf"
6. Section of Chapter shall be
amended to read as follows: All
powers conferred on the city, unless
otherwise provided in this Charter,
shall be exercised by the mayor and
six aldermen, who shall be known and
designated as the council.
Z. II shall be the duty of the mayor
and council 10 take the active manage
ment and control OF the city affairs and
shall be responsible for the full and
complete discharge thereof.
Sacfinp nt chanfar ebon lo
amended to read as follows: The
members of the Council shall be en-
titled to and shall receive as full COM
pensation for their services the follow
ing annual salary, viz: Mayor, 5000,
each Alderman 5000, such sums to be
paid as the Council may determine.
8. Section of chapter 5 shall be
amended to read as follows: The
Mayor shall be elected at large by the
qualified electors of the city. The
aldermen shall be electors and resi-
dents OF the ward which they are
elected to represent and shall be
elected by the qualified electors Of
their respective wards. The terms of
| all members of the Council shall CON-
mence at twelve o'clock noon, on the
2nd Monday of April, following their
election. The Mayor shall be elected
for term of one year and each alder
man for term OF two years. At the
regular municipal election to be held
in 1921 there shall be elected from each
ward one alderman, provided that in
the ward where the commissioner
whose term OF office expires in 1921,
resides, there shall be elected two
aldermen and the candidate for alder.
man receiving the greatest number Of
votes, shall be elected for term of
two years and the candidate for the
office of alderman receiving the next
largest number OF votes, shall be
elected for a term Of one year. AT
each municipal election held after 1921
there shall be one alderman elected
from each ward and mayor.
10. Section 2 OF chapter 6 of the
Charter OF the City of East Jordan,
Michigan, shall be amended to read as
follows: The various departments
shall be apportioned among committees
selected from the council, by the
mayor.
IL. Sections /, 2, 3, and 16 OF
chapter7 shall be repealed and stricken
from the said Charter of the City OF
East Jordan, Michigan.
IL. Wherever in the Charter of the
City Of East Jordan, Michigan, there is
now provision for giving notices by
publication in more than one issue of @
daily paper printed in the City of East
Jordan, Michigan, the same shall be
changed to the giving Of notice by one
publication in any one or more news
papers printed in the City of East Jor
dan, Michigan.
13. Compensation for members o.
registration or election boards OF
board OF review shall be determined
by the council.
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