Laws of the territory of Michigan ... by Authority.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9781425514877
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: Be it enacted by the Governor and the Judges of Michigan, That the town of Detroit, that is to say the section laid off, surveyed, and numbered from time to time, under the act entitled, "An act concerning the town of Detroit," shall be a city, and the government thereof as such shall be vested in a Mayor, to hold his office for one year, and to be appointed and commissioned by the Governor; and in a city council, which shall consist of two chambers, the first chamber of which shall be composed of three members, to be elected annually by ballot, on the last Monday in September, by the inhabitants of the said city above the age of twenty-one years, and having resided within the same one year, and paid their public taxes; and the second chamber of which shall be composed of three members, to be elected annually by ballot on the last Monday in March, by the inhabitants similarly qualified: Provided, That the first election of the second chamber shall be held on the first Monday in October next, and the members shall continue in office until the next annual election in March: And provided, That the number of members in the respective chambers, and the manner of electing them shall afterwards be as prescribed by the city council by law.