Ward officers in certain wards to How change in boundaries election of, residents of the several wards from which they were tions thereafter. and term. Vacancy in office how Proviso. Further Voting precincts. teen hundred eight. The common council of said city shall divide said several wards into suitable voting precincts and shall make provisions for such primary and other elections therein as may be, or is required to be held in said city, or in any of the wards thereof, in manner provided by the charter of this city or the general election laws of the state. Approved June 17, '07. Annual election, when held. Officers elected at annual election, term of office. CHAPTER II. ELECTIVE OFFICERS AND ELECTION OF. Sec. 4. The first annual election under this act shall be held on the first Monday in April of the year nineteen hundred five, and thereafter the annual election under this act shall be held on the first Monday in April of each year. All elections under this act shall be held in such places in each ward and voting precinct as the council may designat. The following officers of Bay City shall be elected at the annual city election held on the first Mondav in April, nineteen hundred seven, by the qualified voters of the whole city, voting in their respective wards and election districts on a general ticket. viz. One mayor, one recorder, one treasurer, and at the annual election held on the first Monday in April in the year nineteen hundred nine, there shall be elected one comptroller. The following officers of the corporation shall be elected at the annual election held on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred seven, on a ward ticket in each ward, by the qualified voters thereof, viz. : One alderman, one supervisor, one constable, each for a term of two years, and at the annual city election held on the first Monday in April, nineteen hundred eight, the following officers of the corporation shall be elected on a ward ticket in each ward by the qualified voters, viz.: One alderman for a term of two years. Thereafter the following shall be the term of office. of the several officers, each of whom shall hold his office until his successor is elected and qualified, viz: Mayor, two years; treasurer, two years; recorder, two years; comptroller, two years; justices of the peace, four years; aldermen, two years; supervisors, two years; constable, two years; thereafter, Supervisors there shall be elected at each annual election the two years, officers hereinbefore mentioned, whose terms of office shall expire at the time of such election, pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section. and Constables See Sec. 3 b. justices. Sec. 5. The present justices of the peace of Election of the cities of Bay City and West Bay City shall continue to hold their respective offices and perform the duties thereof, until the expiration of their respective terms; at the annual city election under this act in the year nineteen hundred five, and at every such election thereafter, there shall be elected one justice of the peace. The justices of the peace Jurisdiction, of said city shall have the same jurisdiction and etc., of. power, perform the same duties and be subject to the same liabilities as justices of the peace of townships in this state, except as herein otherwise provided, and in all civil suits and proceedings whatsoever, they shall have original concurrent jurisdiction of actions upon contract express or implied, wherein the debt or damages do not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, when either of the parties. to the proceeding in such civil suit shall reside within the limits of the County of Bay. At the annual election in April, nineteen hundred five, and officers, every two years thereafter, there shall be elected as aforesaid, one mayor, one treasurer and one city recorder; and at the annual election in April, nineteen hundred nine, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected one comptroller. Each of the supervisors elected as aforesaid shall be a supervisor of the ward for which he was elected, with all the powers of supervisors of townships in this state, and subject in all respects to the provisions of the law regulating the duties of township super Certain when elected. Powers and supervisors. duties of Eligibility to office. Notice of election. Inspectors of election, who to be. Vacancy, how filled. No visors, except as herein otherwise provided. person shall be eligible for election to or hold the office of mayor who is holding any judicial office, or who is holding any city or county office for which a stipulated salary is paid or received. The treasurer shall not be eligible for election for more than two consecutive terms from and after the passage of this act. No person shall be eligible to any elective office who is not an elector of said city, and no person shall be eligible to any ward office who is not an elector of said ward. SEC. 6. Notice of election under this act shall be given by the recorder at least eight days before the election, by publishing the same in the official newspaper of the city. The aldermen and supervisors of each ward, together with a clerk to be appointed by the council, to constitute a board of four inspectors, shall be inspectors of all elections, general, special or charter elections, held in Bay City pursuant to the provisions of this act, or the laws of this state. In case any such supervisor or alderman is a candidate for election to office, or is otherwise disqualified to act as such inspector, the council shall, by a majority vote of all the aldermen elect, appoint inspectors qualified to act in their stead, and in case of a vacancy on the board of election inspectors, the electors present may choose, viva voice, from their number at the poll, one or more to fill such vacancy or vacancies, to whom shall be administered the constitutional oath of office by either of said inspectors, or any person Elections, how qualified to administer oaths. The manner of conducting all elections and canvassing the votes, and the qualifications of electors in the several wards, shall be the same as that provided by the general laws of this state, except as herein otherwise provided, except that the polls shall be open from seven o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clock in the afternoon: Provided, That at such charter elections, the said inspectors shall make one certificate conducted. Polls open from 7 to 7. Proviso as to charter elections. of the number of votes given each person for the several offices to be filled in and for said city, and also one certificate of the number of votes given for each person for their respective ward offices and of Certificates of the officers elected in their respective wards, which certificate shall be immediately filed in the office of the recorder in said city. election. Council to determine result of election. Recorder to elected. notify persons oath of office. Proviso as to SEC. 7. Upon the Thursday next following any annual city election, except that of nineteen hundred five, the council shall meet at the council chamber and thereupon determine who, by the greatest number of votes given in the several wards at such election, are duly elected to fill the respective city and ward offices; and it shall be the duty of said recorder, immediately after such determination, to cause notice to be given to each of the persons elected, of their election, and each of said When to take officers so elected and notified shall, within twenty days thereafter, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office before any person authorized to administer caths, and shall deliver the same to the said recorder, who shall file the same in his office: Provided, That in case of the election of one or more justices of the peace, the said recorder shall justices. make a certificate thereof and cause it to be delivered to the county clerk, in the same manner as is required of the township clerks; and in case two or more shall receive, for the same office, an equal number and not a plurality of votes given at such election, the council shall immediately proceed to determine by lot between the persons receiving the highest number of votes, which shall be considered elected to such office. In case any of the officers Neglect to elected shall neglect, for the term of twenty days, to qualify as aforesaid, the office shall thereby become vacant. In case of a vacancy in any elective Vacancy, how office of the city, cccasioned by death, resignation, failure to qualify or any other cause, shall be filled by appointment by the common council, which appointment shall continue until the next annual city qualify. filled. |