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Statutes > Michigan > Chapters-81-113 > Act-215-of-1895 > 215-1895-v > Section-85-5THE FOURTH CLASS CITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 215 of 1895
85.5 First election; election and terms of aldermen.
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 the first election, the number of aldermen to be elected shall be a number which together, with those continuing in office as provided in this act, totals the requisite number of aldermen required by this act. In this case, the terms of the aldermen first elected as provided by this act, shall be arranged so that 1 alderman for each ward is elected annually thereafter.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2992 ;-- CL 1915, 2908 ;-- CL 1929, 1832 ;-- CL 1948, 85.5 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978
