35.864 Referendum on purchase of lands for veterans' memorial; petition, notice; ballot, form and contents; publication of results.

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Sec. 4.

This act shall not become operative until a majority of the electors voting at any regular or special election duly called shall vote in favor of it and shall so express themselves by ballot, upon the operation or non-operation of this act within their township, when properly submitted to such electors in accordance with the following procedure: Upon the filing with the township clerk, of a petition signed by not less than 100 duly and legally qualified electors of such township praying therein for the submission of this question to the electors of their township, the township board shall thereupon meet and order the submission of the question to the electors of the township at the next regular election, which supplies ample time for proper notices and printing of ballots, or at a special election to be called for that purpose in the discretion of the township board; notices of such submission, the posting thereof, publication thereof, and contents thereof to be governed by the general laws pertaining to regular township elections.

Votes on the question of the adoption of the provisions of this act shall be taken, counted and canvassed in the same manner as votes cast for candidates voted for in said regular township election. The vote upon the submission of the provisions of this act shall be by ballot in substantially the following form:

Vote on the proposition: "Shall the township erect or construct a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of all our wars at a cost of not more than $.... nor less than $....?"

(Make a cross

(X)in the appropriate square below).

"Shall the township erect or construct a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of all our wars at a cost of not more than $.... nor less than $....?

Yes [ ]

No [ ]."

Ballots shall be furnished by the township board of the township in which submission of this question shall be requested by the requisite number of qualified petitioners of such township, and when voted shall be deposited in a ballot box provided for that purpose. The result of said vote shall be certified to the county clerk and by him to the board of supervisors of the county of which such township is a part, and such county clerk shall also certify the result of such vote to the secretary of state; the result of such election shall also be publicly announced at the polls after the counting of the ballots, and from that time this act will be effective in accordance with the result of such vote.

History: 1921, Act 50, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 947 ;-- CL 1948, 35.864