The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-24
NOTICE OF CITY AND COUNTY
GENERAL ELECTION


CHATTER AMENDMENT
Instructions to Voters: The purpose
Of this amendment Is TO give the COun-
Gil or the people by initiatOry petition
the right and power TO place before
the people for referendum an Ordin-
aDce or Ordinances for retirement
and /or disability pension for employ
ees OF the City and/or their depend
ents- To approve the following amend
ment, put an Y in the square after the
word YES" To disapprOve the
after the word NO"
Shall Paragraph 269, Section 8, of
Chapter Is Of the Charter Of the City
of WyandOtte approved March =, 1926,
be amended to read as follows:
Paragraph 20, Section 3, Chapter
Is.
The Council may by ordinance, pro-
vide for retirement and disability pen
sion for employees of the City and/Or
their dependents: Provided, that no
such ordinance shall take effect until
it shall have been submitted, under
and pursuant to the referendum pro-
visions OF Chapter Nj OF this Charter
10 the electors of the City 1T the next
general or primary election and shall
have been approved by a majority Of
the electors voting thereon III such ell
eetiOn: Provided, further, that such an
Ordinance may be submitted 10 the ell
ectors Of the City under and pursuant
to the initiative provisions of said
Chapter Nj.
YES {
NO I
Two ~ Justices Of the supreme
Court
Two (2) Regents of the University
of Michigan.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tons.
Member of the State Board Of Edu-
cation
Two CD Members Of the State
Board of Agriculture.
One Cd Member of the Wayne
County Board of Auditors.
STATE AMENDMENTS
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing
an amendment TO Section Il Of Article
Z of the State Constitution relative to
the exercise by circuit court commits
siOners of like judicial powers as JUS
ticeS of the peace.
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State 0f
Michigan, that the following amend
ment To Section II Of Article Of the
State Constitution. relative 10 exercise
10y circuit court commissioners of like
judicial powers as justices of the
peace. is hereby proposed, agreed To
and submitted 10 the people Of the
State.
ARTICLE VII
Section u. The legislature may pro-
vide by law for the election of one or
mere persons in each organized county
who may be vested with judicial pow
ers not exceeding those Of judge o.
the circuit court at chambers. and who
may be vested with like judicial pow
ers as are exercised by justices Of the
peace. with power 10 hold court and
perform judicial acts anywhere III the
county, and who when acting III any
city having a municipal justice may be
vested with like Judicial powers rs the
municipal justice.
Resolved Further, that the foregoing
proposed amendment be submitted To
the people of the stare ut the next reg
uiar election. The secretary Of state is
hereby required to certify the said pro-
posed amendment 10 the clerks of the
various counties of the state III the
manner required by law. IL shall be
the duty of the board of election com
missioners of each county TO prepare
ballots for the use of electors when
voting OH said proposed amendment,
which ballots, after setting forth the
proposed amendment in full, shall be
in substantially the following form:
Vote Oh amendment amending sec
ton u of article Of the state cOnsti-
tuition
Shall Section u of article . of the
state constitution be amended SO as 10
authorize the yesting in circuit court
commissioners of like judicial powers
as are exercised by justices of the
peace"
YES @
No
PETITION FOR NON-PAkIISAN
JUDICIAL ELECTION AMENDMENT
TO. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
STATE OF MICHIGAN BY ADDING
TO ARTICLE VII AN ADDITIONAL
SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SEC
TON %
To the Secretary of State. Lansing.
Michigan:
We, the undersigned. qualified EOt-
ers and residents OF the State of Mich
igan, under authority Of Section Of
Article XVII of the Constitution VI
the State Of Michigan. hereby respect
fully petition for an amendment to Ar
ticle VII Of the Constitution OF the
State of Michigan by adding TO said
Article a new section TO be known as
Section %, 30 read as follows:
Section %. All primary elections
and elections of justices Of the supreme
court, judges OF the circuit court.
judges of probate courts and all cOun-
y judicial officers provided for by the
legislature under section u Of Article
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