Village Articles of Incorporation

[No. 620]

AN ACT to incorporate the village of Barryton in the county of Mecosta.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. All that territory situated in the township of Fork, county of Mecosta and State of Michigan, and described as follows, viz.: The south half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-one; the east half of the northeast quarter, section twenty-eight; the north half of the southwest quarter, section twenty-seven; the east half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-eight; the north half of the southeast quarter, section twenty-seven; the south half of the northeast quarter, section twenty-seven; the northwest quarter of section twenty-seven, which includes the recorded plat of the village of Barryton and additions thereto, all within said township of Fork, Mecosta county, Michigan, is hereby incorporated as the village of Barryton.

Sec. 2 The inhabitants of said village shall be and constitute a body politic and corporate, to be known and distinguished by the name and title of the village of Barryton, and the said village shall be vested with all the powers and privileges and subject to all the restrictions, except when inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and liabilities of villages organized under an act, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, defining their powers and duties,” approved February nineteen, eighteen hundred ninety-five, and all acts amendatory thereof or in addition thereto.

Sec. 3 The first election of officers for said village shall be held on the twenty-fourth day of June, nineteen hundred seven, at the town hall situated in said village.

Sec. 4 James L. Campbell, W. E. Redick, O. S. Wood and Jacob Otterbine are hereby constituted the board of registration and election for the purpose of registering voters for the first election to be held in said village, and of acting as inspectors of election at said first election, and the said board of registration is hereby directed to meet on the Saturday preceding the said twenty-fourth day of June, nineteen hundred seven, in the town hall in the said village of Barryton, and register the names of all persons, residents of said village, presenting themselves for registration, and having the qualifications of voters under the constitution and laws of the State of Michigan.

Sec. 5. Notices of said first election of officers of said village shall be posted in three of the most public places in said village, at least five days before the date of said election, which notice may be signed by any five electors in said village.

Sec. 6. The said village of Barryton shall, in all things not herein otherwise provided, be governed by the said act, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of villages within the State of Michigan, and defining their powers and duties,” approved February nineteen, eighteen hundred ninety-five, and the acts amendatory thereof and in addition thereto.

Sec. 7 In case the officers of said village are not elected at the time designated in section three of this act, the election of such officers may be held at any time within one year from the time designated in said section, notice thereof being given as provided in section four of this act.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Approved June 12, 1907.