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CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WYANDOTTE MICHIGAN*

Ch. I. Incorporation and Powers, §§ 1—10
Ch. II. Boundaries, Wards and Election Precincts, §§ 11—13
Ch. III. Electors, Registration, Nomination and Election, §§ 14—38
Ch. IV. Elective Officers, §§ 40—44
Ch. V. Duties of Elective Officers, §§ 45—64
Ch. VI. City Council, §§ 65—75
Ch. VII. Administrative Departments—Appointive Officers, §§ 76—111-F
- [Generally], §§ 76—85
- [Department of Municipal Service], §§ 86—94
- [Department of Engineering and Building], §§ 95—97
- [Department of Police and Fire], §§ 98—101
- [Civil Service Commission], §§ 101.1—101.191
- [Fire Department], § 102
- [Department of Public Welfare], §§ 103—106
- [Department of Purchases and Supplies], §§ 107—111
- [Public Recreation Commission], §§ 111-A—111-F
Ch. VIII. Justice Courts, §§ 112—130
Ch. IX. General Provisions Regarding Officers, §§ 131—142
Ch. X. Ordinances, §§ 143—157
Ch. XI. Initiative and Referendum, §§ 158—168
- Initiative, §§ 158—166
- Referendum, §§ 167—168
Ch. XII. Franchises and Licenses, §§ 169—179
Ch. XIII. Finance and Taxation, §§ 180—208
Ch. XIV. Public Improvements, §§ 209—236
- Subdiv. 1. General Public Improvements, §§ 209—214
- Subdiv. 2. Special Assessment Improvements, §§ 215—236

*Editor's note—This part contains the Charter of the City of Wyandotte, Michigan, approved by the electors on March 2, 1926, and filed with the secretary of state and in effect on March 5, 1926, as amended. In this compilation an original copy of the Charter has been relied upon together with subsequent amendments. It was impossible to use the Charter as contained in the City's 1956 Code of Ordinances as it rearranged, renumbered and combined sections; however due to the accidental destruction of older records it has been impossible to ascertain whether certain Charter amendments were approved by the electorate. In such situations the language in the Charter as compiled in the City's 1956 Code has been accepted as authoritative and editorial notes of such reliance have been inserted. The Charter is printed as enacted and amended except that catch lines have been editorially supplied to facilitate its use.

Additionally obvious spelling typographical errors have been corrected and a uniform system of capitalization has been instituted. Any other changes or additions are encased in brackets [ ].

State constitution reference—Power to adopt and amend charter, Mich. Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 22.
State law reference—Home rule act, MCL § 117.1 et seq., MSA § 5.2071 et.seq.

Ch. XV. Bonds, §§ 237—256
Ch. XVI. Streets, Sidewalks and Partition Fences, §§ 257—264
Ch. XVII. Appropriation of Private Property, §§ 265—266
Ch. XVIII. Miscellaneous, §§ 267—280

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