quarter of section thirty four, township two south, range six east; thence parallel to the south line of section thirty three, township two south, range six east, to the west line of section thirty three, township two south, range six east; thence north along the west line of section thirty three; to the west quarter post of section thirty three thence west along the center line of section thirty two to the west line of section thirty two; thence north along the west line of section thirty two to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off from said township and declared to be a city, by the name of Ann Arbor; and the freemen of said city from time to time being inhabitants thereof shall be and continue to be a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of "The City of Ann Arbor," and by that name it shall be known in law, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of prosecuting and defending all suits; they may have a common seal, which the common council may alter at pleasure, and shall be capable of purchasing, holding, conveying and disposing of real and personal estate for the use of said corporation.

SEC. 2.* The city shall be divided into seven wards, as follows: The first ward shall embrace all that part of the city lying south of Huron street, cast of Main street, west of State street and north of Madison street; the second ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying south of Huron street and Jackson avenue and west of Main street and the Ann Arbor and Lodi plank road; the third ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying north of Huron street and Jackson avenue, and south of the Huron river, and west of Fourth avenue, extending to the River Huron; the Fourth ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying north of Huron street and of the line of Huron street as extended easterly to the city limits south of the River Huron and east of

* As amended March 15, 1895.

Fourth avenue; the fifth ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying northeast of the Huron river; the sixth ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying south of Huron street and of the line of Huron street as extended easterly to the city limits, and east of State street from its intersection with Huron street to its intersection with Monroe street, and north of Monroe street from its intersection with State street to its intersection with East University avenue, and east of East University avenue from its intersection with Monroe street to its intersection with Hill street, and north of Hill street from its intersection with East University avenue to its intersection with Washtenaw avenue and northeasterly of Washtenaw avenue from its intersection with Hill street to the city limits; the seventh ward shall embrace all that portion of the city lying east of Main street and the Ann Arbor and Lodi plank road, and south of Madison street from its intersection with Main street to its intersection with State street, and west of State street from its intersection with Madison street to its intersection with Monroe street, and south of Monroe street from its intersection with State street to its intersection with East University avenue and west of East University avenue from its intersection with Monroe street to its intersection with Hill street and south of Hill street from its intersection with East University avenue to its intersection with Washtenaw avenue and southwesterly of Washtenaw avenue from its intersection with Hill street to the city limits. The aforesaid divisions are made by the actual or supposed continuation of the center line of each of the said division streets in the present direction thereof: Provided, That at least ten days before the first election in and for the additional ward created by this act, the common council shall appoint three electors, residing in the territory formed into the seventh ward, by this act, as inspect

ors of the first election therein, and cause notice to be given by the city clerk at least eight days previous to said election, in manner prescribed by section eight of the charter of the City of Ann Arbor. Such notice shall state the time and place in the said seventh ward of holding said first election, and of the city and ward officers to be elected, and of the time and place in said ward where the said inspectors of election will meet on the Wednesday next preceding said first election to make a registration of the electors in said seventh ward, and that no person unless registered in the registry book of said ward will be permitted to vote at such election. The inspectors of election, appointed as herein provided, shall constitute a board of registration for said seventh ward, for the purpose of making the first registry of the electors therein. They shall take and file with the city clerk the constitutional oath of office and shall meet in the said seventh ward on the days and times and at the place appointed in the notice of the said first election and there make a registry of all persons in said ward who are qualified electors, in accordance with the general laws of the State of Michigan and the provisions of the charter of said city in force at the time of said registration. Such registry when completed shall be the registry of the electors of said seventh ward. Said inspectors of such first election in said seventh ward shall have the same powers, perform the same duties at, and conduct such election as nearly as may be in accordance with the provisions of the charter of said city, except as herein otherwise provided.

SEC. 3. The common council shall have power, by ordinance duly passed, to divide any ward which shall have polled more than six hundred votes at the last preceding general election, into polling precincts, which precincts shall be as nearly equal as possible in point of population, and the common council shall

have the power to provide for separate re-registration for each polling precinct when any such precinct shall be created, and the registration of electors for all elections shall be conducted in each precinct as nearly as possible as the elections are conducted in the several wards, and no voter shall vote in other than the precinct in which he shall reside. The common council shall also provide registration books for any ward that shall be so divided-one for each precinct and the board of registration shall be as constituted by this act, but each voter's name shall be registered in the book provided for the precinct in which he resides. The returns of the elections in precincts shall be made and canvassed in the same manner as in wards, and the word precinct in elections shall, to all intents and purposes, be synonymous with the word ward.

Electors and Registration

SEC. 4. The inhabitants of said City of Ann Arbor, having the qualifications of electors under the constitution and laws of the State, and no others, shall be electors therein.

SEC. 5.* At all elections in said city every elector shall vote in the ward where he shall have resided during twenty days next preceding the day of election. The residence of any elector, not being a householder, shall be deemed to be in the ward in which he rooms and lodges.

SEC. 6. Any person offering to vote at any election held in said city, shall, if challenged by an elector of the ward in which he offers to vote, take, before his vote shall be received, one of the oaths or affirmations provided by the laws of the State for electors at general elections, which oath may be administered by

*As amended March 15, 1895.

either of the inspectors of election. Upon taking such oath or affirmation, if duly registered in said ward, he shall be permitted to vote.

SEC. 7. The supervisor and aldermen of each ward shall constitute the board of registration therein, except as in this act otherwise provided. If by any reason there shall not be a full board of registration, the common council shall supply any vacancy or appoint a board of registration for the ward.

SEC. 8. A new and complete registration of electors shall be made in the several wards on Tuesday and Wednesday preceding the general election to be held in the year 1890, and on the Tuesday and Wednesday preceding the general election to be held every eighth year thereafter, for which purpose the several ward boards shall be and remain in session at such places as the common council shall direct, from eight o'clock in the forenoon to eight o'clock in the afternoon of the days before named. Notice of such sessions and registration shall be given as provided in section two of "An act to further preserve the purity of elections and guard against the abuse of the election franchise by a registration of electors," approved February 14, 1859, and registration books of the form prescribed by statute and now in use in said city shall be provided under the direction of the common council. The rules and regulations prescribed in the act before cited, shall be observed and carried out in making the registration hereby ordered, and when any new registration shall have been completed under the provisions of this act the registry books prior thereto in use in said city shall be deemed invalid, and no person shall vote at any election in any ward of said city whose name shall not be entered in the new register made under the provisions of this act, or be afterwards properly entered in such new register, according to the provisions of the act aforesaid and this act.