§ 20.7. Filing of charter.

If this charter is adopted, the clerk of the Charter Commission shall, on or before March 31, 1944, certify the adoption of this charter upon his or her journal, and six (6) printed copies thereof shall be duly certified by the Clerk; and on or before said 31st day of March, 1944, two (2) such certified copies together with the vote for and against duly certified by Clerk shall be filed with the Secretary of State. and a like number with the County Clerk and in the office of the Clerk respectively. The effective date of this charter shall be March 31, 1944.

(Res. No. 2012-04, 5-21-2012)

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Resolution of Adoption

At a meeting of the Charter Commission of the City of Alpena held on the 5th day of January, 1944, the following resolution was offered by Commissioner Robert S Scott:

Resolved that the Charter Commission of the City of Alpena does hereby adopt the foregoing proposed City Charter. and the clerk of this Commission is directed to forthwith transmit a copy thereof to the Governor of the State of Michigan for his approval in accordance with the statute of the State.

The resolution was seconded by Commissioner Gordon J. Wheaton and adopted by the following vote:

Yeas: Walter W. Colby, Earl S. Estes, William F. Knapp, C. M. Elmer Lundquist, Frank B. Oles, John Emmet Richards, Robert S. Scott, Anthony S. Skiba, Gordon J. Wheaton.

Nays: None.

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

Attested by Commissioners:

JOHN EMMET RICHARDS

WALTER W. COLBY

ROBERT S. SCOTT

FRANK B OLES

EARL S. ESTES

ANTHONY S. SKIBA

C. M. E. LUNDQUIST

GORDON J. WHEATON

WILLIAM F. KNAPP, Chairman

All of the Commissioners having attested as to said resolution as above and also having attested the copy to be signed by the Governor, the meeting adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. State of Michigan: County of Alpena: ss

I, Herbert M. Howe, Clerk of the Charter Commission of the City of Alpena, being duly sworn say that at an election duly called and held in the City of Alpena on the 28th day of June, 1943, the following named persons were duly elected as a commission to frame a revised charter for the City of Alpena, namely: Walter W. Colby, Earl S. Estes. William F. Knapp, C. M. Elmer Lundquist. Frank B. Oles, John Emmet Richards, Robert S. Scott, Anthony S. Skiba, Gordon J. Wheaton. and that the annexed and foregoing charter was duly framed and 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 Alpena in accordance with the requirements of the laws of the State of Michigan which provides therefor.

Further deponent saith not.

HERBERT M. HOWE,

Clerk of the
Charter Commission
of the City of Alpena.

Dated January 5, 1944

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, 1944

MARY. K. MacGREGOR,

Notary Public,
Alpena County, Michigan

My commission expires Sept. 7, 1947.

I do hereby approve the above and foregoing charter of the City of Alpena.

Dated Jan. 11, 1944.

HARRY F. KELLY,

Governor of the
State of Michigan.

I do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the proposed Charter of the City of Alpena which has been approved by the Charter Commission of the City of Alpena. Dated January 12, 1944

HERBERT M. HOWE,

Clerk of the
Charter Commission
of the City of Alpena,
Michigan