Chapter 17. SCHEDULE

Section 1. This Charter shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City of Scottville in the next general election to be held on Tuesday, November 4, 1958. If this Charter is adopted at such election, it shall take effect and become the Charter of the City of Scottville on Thursday, January 1, 1959 at 12 o’clock noon.

Section 2. The form of the ballot on submission of this charter shall be as follows:

Instructions—A cross (x) in the square after the word “Yes” is in favor of the adoption of the proposed Charter, and a cross (x) in the square after the word “No” is against the adoption of the proposed Charter.

Section 3. The Mayor and each Commissioner who held office on the effective date of this Charter shall be the Mayor and the Commissioner of the City under this Charter and shall perform the duties under it and otherwise be subject to its provisions. Such officer shall hold and continue the office held by him until he or his successor is reelected or elected or appointed in the case of a vacancy under the provisions of this Charter.

At the City election held in April, 1959, the following Commissioners shall be elected: A Commissioner at Large for a three year term; a Commissioner at Large for a two year term; and a Commissioner at Large for a one year term. Said Commissioners shall file their nominating petitions as required under statute, designating the office that they are seeking to be that of Commissioner at Large. Of those seeking the office, the candidate that receives the largest number of votes shall be the Commissioner at Large for the three year term, the candidate obtaining the second largest number of votes shall be the Commissioner at Large for a two year term, and the candidate obtaining the third highest number of votes shall be the Commissioner at Large for the one year term.

At the city election held in April, 1960, two Ward Commissioners shall be elected for two year terms each, and one Commissioner at Large for a three year term.

At the City election held in April, 1961, there shall be elected two Ward Commissioners for two year terms each and one City Commissioner for a three year term.

At the city election held in April, 1959, an Associate Justice of the Peace shall be elected for a four year term under the provisions of this Charter. The Justice of the Peace whose term expires in April, 1959 and who held office on the effective date of this Charter shall continue in office and his term shall terminate on the 4th day of July, 1959 at which time the office shall be filled by the person elected to that office at the April, 1959 regular City election. At the City election held in April, 1961, a Justice of the Peace shall be elected for a four year term under the provisions of this charter. The Justice of Peace whose term expires in April, 1961 and who held office on the effective dale of this Charter shall continue in office and his term shall terminate on the 4th day of July, 1961, at which time the office shall be filled by the person elected to that office at the April, 1961 regular City election.

The terms of office specified in this section are for the purpose of bringing the transitions from the scheduled terms of office in the former Charter of the City and those provided in this Charter.

Section 4. All administrative officers and employees of the city, both elected and appointed, and including the City Clerk, City Treasurer and City Assessor and the City Attorney, who held office in or were employed by the City at the time this Charter became law as the Charter of the City, shall continue in the office of employment at that time held by them respectively for the balance of the terms of office or employment to which they were appointed or employed.

Section 5. The Commissioners and the Mayor of the City of Scottville who held such offices at the time this Charter became law as the Charter of the City, shall constitute the Commission of the City of Scottville under this Charter subject to the provisions hereof.

Section 6. The board of review as constituted on the effective date of this Charter shall continue to serve as the Board of Review until such time as their successors are appointed under the provisions of this Charter.

Section 7. The purpose of this schedule chapter is to inaugurate the government of the City of Scottville under this Charter and it shall constitute a part of said Charter only to the extent and for the time required to accomplish that end.

Section 8. In all cases involving the transition of the City Government from that under the previous Charter to that under this Charter which are not covered by this chapter, the Commission shall supply necessary details and procedures and may adopt such rules, regulations and ordinances as may be required therefor.

RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION

At a regular meeting of the Charter Commission of the City of Scottville held on August 28, 1958, the following resolution was offered by Commissioner Widmark:

RESOLVED, that the Charter Commission of the City of Scottville does hereby adopt the foregoing proposed charter for the City of Scottville and the Attorney of this Commission is directed (1) to transmit copies of this charter to the Governor of the State of Michigan for his approval in accordance with statute, (2) to file with the City Clerk a copy of this charter on September 4, 1958 and (3) to cause this proposed charter to be published in the Mason County Press of Scottville, Michigan on October 9, 1958.

The resolution was seconded by Commissioner Reeds, and adopted by the following vote:

YEAS: Kaye, Reeds, Schulte, Widmark, Orth, Parsons, Kruse, Diesing, Smith.

NAYS: None

ABSENT: None

The Chairman declared the foregoing resolution carried and requested the members of the Charter Commission to authenticate said resolution and also the copies of the charter to be presented to the Governor and filed with the City Clerk by attesting their names thereto in the following manner:

Orin W. Kaye, Jr.

Oliver Reeds

Raymond Schulte

Thurston E. Widmark

Clifford Orth

Donald Parsons

Harry E. Kruse

Donald Diesing

Robert J. Smith

All the Commissioners having attested as to said resolution and also having attested the copies to be signed by the Governor and filed with the City Clerk, the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman.

STATE OF MICHIGAN

SS.

COUNTY OF MASON

Marshall Seitz, being first duly sworn, says that he is the Clerk of the Charter Commission of the City of Scottville; that at an election duly called and held in the City of Scottville on April 7, 1958, the following named persons were duly elected on the Charter Commission to frame a revised Charter for the City, namely: Orin W. Kaye Jr., Oliver Reeds, Raymond Schulte, Thurston B. Widmark, Glenn Wallace, Donald Parsons, Harry E. Kruse, Donald Diesing, and Robert J. Smith, and that the said Glenn Wallace did resign from said Commission on the 29th day of May, 1958, said resignation accepted at the regularly scheduled meeting held May 29, 1958, and that the said Commission did fill the vacancy created according to the statute provided in such cases, by electing Clifford Orth to the Charter Study Commission, and that the said Clifford Orth did qualify for the office so held, and that the annexed and foregoing charter was duly adopted by said Charter Commission by the foregoing resolution which is a true and correct copy thereof, and that the said Charter Commission directed that said charter be presented to the electors of the City of Scottville in accordance with the requirements of this charter and the laws of the State of Michigan.

Dated: September 3, 1953.

S/Marshall Seitz

Clerk of the Charter Commission of the City of Scottville.

Subscribed and sworn before me this 3rd day of September, 1958.

S/William H. Van Duzer

Notary Public

Mason County, Michigan

My commission expires July 8, 1961.

I, the undersigned, G. Mennen Williams, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby approve the above and foregoing Charter of the City of Scottville.

Dated at Lansing, Michigan this 2nd day of October, 1958.

S/G. Mennen Williams

Governor of the State of Michigan

I hereby certify that at the annual election held on November 4, 1958, the foregoing charter was adopted by the qualified electors of the City of Scottville by a vote of 304 in favor of its adoption and 244 against its adoption.

MARSHALL SEITZ

City Clerk

Dated: November 6, 1958