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Bingham Farms |
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Code of Ordinances |
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CHARTER OF VILLAGE OF BINGHAM FARMS, MICHIGAN |
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Chapter XVII. SUBMISSION AND ELECTION |
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SECTION 1. This Charter shall be submitted to the electors of the Village of Bingham Farms for their approval or rejection at an election the date of which shall be set by resolution of the Charter Commission; at which election the several elective officers provided for in this charter shall also be elected. SECTION 2. Prior to the submission of this Charter it shall be published once in a newspaper published in the County of Oakland and circulated in the Village of Bingham Farms, not less than two (2) weeks, nor more than four (4) weeks, preceding said election, together with a notice of said election, which notice shall state that at said election the question of adopting said proposed Charter will be voted on, and the elective officers provided for therein will be elected, and shall also state the location of the polling place for such election and other matters required by law. Notice of said election shall also be posted in at least ten (10) public places within the Village not less than two (2) weeks prior to said election. SECTION 3. Candidates for the several elective Village offices provided for in this Charter shall be nominated by petition signed by not less than fifteen (15) nor more than twenty (20) qualified electors of the Village and filed with the Secretary of this Charter Commission. The time and date of filing of said petitions shall be set by resolution of the Charter Commission. Such petitions shall be in substantially the form provided in Chapter IV for nominating petitions. At the said election, the names of candidates and those only, who have filed nominating petitions as aforesaid, shall be printed on the ballot. SECTION 4. The election district for said election shall be the entire Village of Bingham Farms, and the polling place for said election shall be designated by this Charter Commission and published as herein provided. SECTION 5. The ballots for elective offices at said election shall be in the form provided for in this Charter for the election of officers, and the form of the ballot on the question of the adoption or rejection of this Charter shall be substantially as follows: OFFICIAL BALLOT Election held in Village of Bingham Farms, Michigan, on , . (Instructions: A cross (X) in the square after the word “yes” is in favor of the Charter, and a cross (X) in the square after the word “no” is against the Charter.) “Shall the proposed Charter for the Village of Bingham Farms, drafted by the Charter Commission elected on the be adopted?” YES ( ) “Shall the proposed Charter for the Village of Bingham Farms, drafted by the Charter Commission elected on the be adopted?” No ( ) SECTION 6. The polls for said election shall be opened at 7:00 in the forenoon, Eastern Standard Time, or as soon thereafter as may be, and shall be continued open until 8:00 in the afternoon, Eastern Standard Time, of the same day. Said election shall be conducted by such inspectors and clerks as shall be hereafter designated by resolution of this Charter Commission. The votes cast at said election shall be canvassed by a canvassing board of three electors to be hereafter designated by resolution of this Charter Commission. SECTION 7. The registration of electors shall be conducted in the manner provided by law for registration in new villages. The Secretary of this Charter Commission shall cause the ballots for said election to be printed and delivered to the polling place before the opening of the polls on said election day. The returns of the election board as to the results of said election shall be made to the canvassing board designated by this Charter Commission, immediately after the counting of the ballots is completed. Except as is in this Chapter and in the general laws of the State otherwise provided, and except as may be otherwise provided by this Charter Commission within the scope of its powers, said election shall be conducted as is provided in Chapter IV of this Charter so far as the provision of said Chapter are applicable. SECTION 8. The canvassing board appointed to canvass the votes cast at said election shall as soon as practicable after said election, meet and canvass the votes cast at said election and determine the result thereof. SECTION 9. If this Charter be approved at said election, then two (2) printed copies thereof, with the vote for and against the same, duly certified by the Village Clerk, shall within thirty (30) days after the vote is taken be filed with each the Secretary of State and County Clerk of Oakland County, and upon the filing thereof this Charter shall become effective. WILLIAM KING, Chairman JAMES McGUIRE, Secretary FRANK A. LAMBERSON WILLIAM A. HYLAND CARSON C. BINGHAM Members of the Charter Commission Resolved, that the Charter Commission of the Village of Bingham Farms does hereby adopt the foregoing Charter, and the Secretary is hereby instructed to transmit the same to the Governor of the State of Michigan, in accordance with the provisions of the statute, for approval. Yeas: Commissioners King, McGuire, Lamberson, Hyland, Bingham. Nays: None. Absent: None. I, James McGuire, Secretary of the Charter Commission elected to frame a Charter for the Village of Bingham Farms, do hereby certify that the above Charter was adopted by said Charter Commission at a session thereof held on the 20th day of June, 1955, and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the resolution and vote thereon, by which said Charter was adopted. I further certify that the above Charter gives effect to certain amendments adopted by proper resolution of the Charter Commission at a session thereof held on the 26th day of August, 1955, at which session a quorum of the Charter Commissioners were present. Dated September 9, 1955 James McGuire Secretary, Charter Commission Approved Date: September 12, 1955 G. Mennen Williams Governor of the State of Michigan |