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Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.7 Election results; adoption, recording; declaration of incorporation, filing.
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Sec. 7. Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in the last preceding section, the clerk of the village shall record the same in the record of the proceedings of the council and shall make a copy of so much of the record of the proceedings of the meeting at whic…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.8 Village deemed fourth class city; evidence.
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Sec. 8. When the declaration of incorporation mentioned in the last preceding section shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as therein directed, the said village shall be deemed in law to be, and shall be, a city of the fourth class duly incorporated under and s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.9 Village deemed fourth class city; officers in power.
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Sec. 9. After the incorporation of the village as a city as aforesaid, the government and affairs of the old or village corporation shall continue and proceed as before, and all village officers shall remain in office and exercise their powers and duties as village officers, exce…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 82.1 Change of boundaries; procedure; order of determination, entry upon records; approval by electors of territory affected.
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Sec. 1. Whenever the council of any city shall determine by resolutions to alter the boundaries of such city, either by taking in lands and premises adjoining thereto, or by taking out any lands and premises included in such city, or both, they shall petition the board of supervi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 82.2 Change of boundaries; rights and liabilities of annexed territory.
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Sec. 2. Whenever any city incorporated subject to the provisions of this act shall have its boundaries changed by the addition of any territory thereto, or by the taking of any territory therefrom, the rights and interests of the township or city from which such territory shall b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.1 Existing wards.
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Sec. 1. The wards established by the council as provided in section 10, chapter 1 of this act, and the wards established in any incorporated city at the time of its re-incorporation under the provisions of this act, shall continue to be the wards of such city, until changed by th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.2 Wards; number, apportionment.
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Sec. 2. Any city having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants may be divided into 3 wards. If it contains a population of 5,000 or upwards it may be divided into 4 wards, and an additional ward for every additional 2,000 inhabitants above 5,000 and up to 10,000. But any cit…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.3 Wards; existing ward officers or aldermen.
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Sec. 3. No election of aldermen or ward officers shall be held in any newly established ward, or in any ward, on account of changes in the boundaries thereof, previous to the next annual city election; nor shall the office of any alderman or other officer elected in any ward be v…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 83.4 New wards; aldermen, terms.
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Sec. 4. When by the creation of a new ward 2 aldermen are to be elected therein at the same time, 1 of them shall be elected for 1 year, and 1 for 2 years, and the term of each shall be designated on the ballot.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 84.1 Electors; qualifications; registration; precincts.
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Sec. 1. The inhabitants of cities having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of the state and statutes enacted thereunder, and no others, shall be electors therein. Registration of electors and division of the city into precincts shall be conducted in the manner…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.1 Election of certain city officers.
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Sec. 1. In cities incorporated under this act, a mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer shall be elected by the qualified voters of the whole city.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.10 Oath of office.
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Sec. 10. All officers elected or appointed in the city, within 10 days after receiving notice of election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by the state constitution of 1963 and file the oath with the city clerk.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.11 Bond or security.
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Sec. 11. Each officer elected or appointed in the city, before entering upon the duties of his or her office and within the time prescribed for filing the official oath, shall file with the city clerk the bond or security required by law, ordinance, or requirement of the council …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.12 Required bond; sufficiency of sureties, inquiry; examination annexed to bond.
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Sec. 12. The council, or the mayor, or other officer whose duty it shall be to judge of the sufficiency of the proposed sureties of any officer or person of whom a bond or any security may be required by this act or by any ordinance or direction of the council, shall inquire into…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.13 New bonds; failure to comply.
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Sec. 13. The council may also at any time require any officer, whether elected or appointed, to execute and file with the clerk of the city, new official bonds in the same or in such further sums, and with new or such further sureties as said council may deem requisite for the in…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.14 Resignations.
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Sec. 14. Resignation of officers shall be made to the council.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.15 Office declared vacant.
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Sec. 15. If any officer shall cease to be a resident of the city, or if elected in and for a ward, shall remove therefrom during his term of office, the office shall thereby be vacated. If any officer shall be a defaulter the office shall thereby be vacated.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.16 Office declared vacant; failure to file oath or bond.
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Sec. 16. If any person elected or appointed to office shall fail to take and file the oath of office, or shall fail to give the bond or security required for the due performance of the duties of his office, within the time herein limited therefor, the council may declare the offi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.17 Vacancies; filling.
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Sec. 17. In case any vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, or in any other elective office, except justice of the peace, constable and school trustee, as hereinafter provided, the council may fill such vacancy by appointment at any time within 20 days after such vacancy occurs, …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.18 Vacating officer; liabilities.
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Sec. 18. The resignation or removal of any officer shall not, nor shall the appointment or election of another to the office, exonerate such officer or his sureties from any liability incurred by him or them.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.19 Property turned over to successor; penalty.
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Sec. 19. Whenever any officer shall resign or be removed from office, or the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall expire, he shall, on demand, deliver over to his successor in office all the books, papers, moneys and effects in his custody as such officer,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.2 Ward officers; election, term.
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Sec. 2. In each ward a supervisor, 2 aldermen and a constable shall be elected: Provided, That the council of any city re-incorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act, which at the time of such re-incorporation shall have but 2 wards, may provide by ordinance…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.3 Appointment, powers, and duties of city officers; availability of writings to public.
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Sec. 3. (1) A city attorney, city marshal, street commissioner, city surveyor, a city assessor when provided for, and a chief engineer of the fire department shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the consent of the council. The council may also provide by ordinance for the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.3a Conducting business at public meeting; notice.
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Sec. 3a. The business which a board, commission, or committee created under this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board, commission, or committee held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Mi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.4 City officers; appointment, time.
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Sec. 4. Appointments to office, except appointments to fill vacancies, shall be made on the first Monday of May in each year; but appointments which for any cause shall not be made on that day may be made by the mayor and confirmed at any subsequent regular meeting of the council…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.5 First election; election and terms of aldermen.
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Sec. 5. At the first election held in a city incorporated under this act, 2 aldermen in each ward shall be elected. In a city reincorporated under this act, the aldermen elected under the former corporation shall continue in office for the term for which they were elected and, at…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.6 City officers; terms.
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Sec. 6. The mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, supervisors and constables shall hold their offices for the term of 1 year from the second Monday in April of the year when elected, and until their successors are qualified and enter upon the duties of their offices.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.7 Appointive officers; terms, vacancies.
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Sec. 7. All officers appointed by the mayor or council, except officers appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, shall hold their respective offices until the first Monday of May next after such appointment, and until their successors are qualified and enter upon the duti…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.8 Entering upon duties of offices.
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Sec. 8. Except as otherwise prescribed by law, officers not elected to fill vacancies shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the second Monday of April of each year.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 85.9 City offices; qualifications; defaulters, election or appointment void.
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Sec. 9. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office unless he be an elector of the city, and if elected or appointed for a ward, he must be an elector thereof; and no person shall be elected or appointed to any office in the city who has been or is a defaulter to the ci…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.1 Annual city election; time, place.
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Sec. 1. An annual city election shall be held on the first Monday in April in each year, at such place or places in each of the several wards of the city, as the council shall designate.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.10 Elections; manner conducted.
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Sec. 10. All elections held under the provisions of this act, shall be conducted, as nearly as may be, in the manner provided by law for holding general elections in the state, except as herein otherwise provided; and the inspectors of such elections shall have the same powers an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.11 Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
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Sec. 11. A petition under section 3 of chapter I, section 40 of chapter VII, section 11 or 13 of chapter XXVIII, or section 1 of chapter XXXIII, including the circulation and signing of the petition, is subject to section 488 of the Michigan election law, 1954 PA 116, MCL 168.488…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.12 Vote by ballot.
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Sec. 12. The electors shall vote by ballot. Such ballot shall be prepared and furnished by the board of election commissioners as provided by the general election laws of the state, and shall contain the names of all officers to be voted for, and all questions or propositions sub…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.15 Notification of election or appointment.
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Sec. 15. The city clerk, within 5 days after the meeting and determination of the board of canvassers, shall notify each person elected, in writing, of his election; and he shall also, within 5 days after the appointment of any person to any office in like manner notify such pers…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.16 Oath of office or bond; failure to file; notice by clerk.
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Sec. 16. Within 1 week after the expiration of the time in which any official bond or oath of office is required to be filed, the city clerk shall report, in writing, to the council, the names of the persons elected or appointed to any office, who shall have neglected to file suc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 86.2 Special election; resolution of council.
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Sec. 2. Special elections may be appointed by resolution of the council, and held in and for the city, or in and for any ward thereof, at such times and place or places as the council shall designate; the purpose and object of which shall be fully set forth in the resolution appo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.1 Mayor; duties.
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Sec. 1. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city. He shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall from time to time give the council information concerning the affairs of the corporation, and recommend such measures as he may deem expedient. It shall b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.10 Deputy; appointment, duties; responsibility of clerk.
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Sec. 10. The clerk may, subject to the approval of the council, appoint a deputy, who shall possess all the powers and authority of the city clerk, and may exercise all the duties thereof, subject to the control of such clerk, and such deputy shall be paid for his services by the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.11 City treasurer; powers; duties; depositary, bond; deputy.
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Sec. 11. The treasurer, subject to the direction of the council, shall have the custody of all moneys, bonds, mortgages, notes, leases and evidences of value belonging to the city: Provided, That the council by a majority vote of all the aldermen elect may designate 1 or more dep…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.12 Financial reports; time.
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Sec. 12. The treasurer shall render to the clerk on the first Monday of every month, and oftener if required, a report of the amounts received and credited by him to each fund, and on what account received, and the amounts paid out by him from each fund during the preceding month…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.13 Payment receipts and vouchers.
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Sec. 13. The said treasurer shall take receipts and vouchers for all moneys paid from the treasury, showing the amount and fund from which payment was made, and he shall exhibit to the council such receipts or vouchers on the first Monday of March in each year, or as often as the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.15 Public moneys; prohibited handling; removal from office.
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Sec. 15. The city treasurer shall keep all moneys in his hands belonging to the city and to the public schools, separate and distinct from his own moneys; and he is hereby prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the corporation moneys, warrants, or evidences of debt…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.16 City marshal; chief of police and peace officer; duties.
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Sec. 16. The marshal shall be the chief of the police of the city. As police officer, he shall be subject to the direction of the mayor. It shall be his duty to see that all the ordinances and regulations of the council, made for the preservation of quiet, good order, and for the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.17 City marshal; suppression of riots.
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Sec. 17. He shall suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace, and for that purpose may command the aid of the citizens in the performance of such duty. It shall be his duty to arrest all disorderly persons in the corporation. He shall arrest upon view, and with o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.18 Monthly report to council; contents; moneys, disposition.
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Sec. 18. The marshal shall report in writing and on oath to the council at their first meeting in each month all arrests made by him, and the cause thereof, and all persons discharged from arrest during the month; also the number remaining in confinement for breaches of the ordin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.19 Fees.
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Sec. 19. The marshal may collect and receive the same fees for services performed by him as are allowed to constables for like services; but in no case shall such fees be charged to, or be paid by, the city.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.2 Mayor; conservator of peace; limitation.
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Sec. 2. The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the city the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder; and shall have authority to command the assistance of all able bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the counc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.20 City attorney; duties.
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Sec. 20. The attorney, in addition to the other duties prescribed in this act, shall be the legal adviser of the council and of all officers of the city, shall act as the attorney and solicitor for the corporation in all legal proceedings in which the corporation is interested, a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.21 City surveyor; powers, duties.
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Sec. 21. The surveyor shall have and exercise within the city, the like powers and duties as are conferred by law upon county surveyors; and the like effect and validity shall be given to his official acts, surveys and plats, as are given by law to the acts and surveys of county …