Michigan Compiled Laws 116-1954-xvi Chapter XVI Township Offices (168.341...168.373)

• Section 168.341 Elective Township Offices And Officers.
  Elective township offices shall consist of a supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, not to exceed 4 constables, and not to exceed 4 trustees. Elective...
• Section 168.342 Township Office; Eligibility; Eligibility For Membership On Board Of Review; Violation Of Mcl 38.412a.
  (1) A person shall not be eligible to a township office unless the person is a registered and qualified elector of the township in...
• Section 168.343 Repealed. 1965, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to township caucus, nominating procedure, and certification of candidates.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.343a Repealed. 2012, Act 276, Eff. Aug. 16, 2012.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to membership in township political party committee.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.344 Repealed. 1965, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section authorized referendum to determine choice between township caucus and primary system.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.345 Candidates For Township Offices; Nomination At Primary.
  A primary of all political parties shall be held in every organized township of this state on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in...
• Section 168.346 Primaries; Inspector Of Elections, Appointment.
  The township board of election commissioners shall appoint 3 or more qualified and registered electors of such township for each precinct, who shall act...
• Section 168.347 Primaries; Provisions Governing; Recounts; Duties Of Township Clerk.
  Except as otherwise provided in this act, the laws governing nominating petitions, the conduct of general primary elections, the furnishing of ballots, and the...
• Section 168.348 Repealed. 2003, Act 302, Eff. Jan. 1, 2005.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice, publication, and posting of primary elections.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.349 Candidate For Township Office; Nominating Petitions; Signatures; Form; Filing; List Of Candidates.
  (1) To obtain the printing of the name of a person as a candidate for nomination by a political party for a township office...
• Section 168.349a Repealed. 1966, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to qualification for printing of new parties on official ballot.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.350 Repealed. 1966, Act 58, Imd. Eff. June 7, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section required township clerk to certify nominees in absence of contest for office.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.351 Candidates For Nomination; Withdrawal, Notice.
  After the filing of a nominating petition by or in behalf of a proposed candidate for a township office, such candidate shall not be...
• Section 168.352 Candidate For Township Office; Death; Selection Of Candidate To Fill Vacancy; Ballots.
  If a candidate of a political party for a township office, after having qualified as a candidate, dies after the last day for qualifying,...
• Section 168.353 Primaries; Absent Voters, Provisions Applicable.
  The provisions of this act relative to absent voters shall apply to primaries held under the provisions of this chapter: Provided, That the duties...
• Section 168.354 Candidate For Township Office; Write-in.
  If, for any reason, the number of candidates of a political party to a township office is equal to less than the total number...
• Section 168.355 Candidates For Township Offices; Nominees, Certification;list.
  (1) The candidate or candidates of each political party to a township office receiving the greatest number of votes cast for candidates of that...
• Section 168.356 Repealed. 1965, Act 212, Eff. Mar. 31, 1966.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section authorized abandonment of primary system for nominating township candidates.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.357 Candidate For Township Office; Death Or Disqualification; Write-in.
  If a candidate of a political party, after having been nominated for a township office, dies, moves from the township, or becomes disqualified for...
• Section 168.358 Election Of Township Officers And Submission Of Propositions; General November Election.
  (1) In every township, there shall be a general November election in each even-numbered year for the election of officers and the submission of...
• Section 168.358a Special Election; Purpose; Notice.
  The township board of a township may call a special election to be held in the township for the purpose of submitting a ballot...
• Section 168.359 Repealed. 1968, Act 65, Eff. July 1, 1968.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section required township board to make certificate of election and deliver same to clerk.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.360 Repealed. 2013, Act 51, Imd. Eff. June 11, 2013.
• Section 168.361 Repealed. 1978, Act 596, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1979.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to annual meeting of township electors.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.362 Township Officers; Terms; Qualification; Vacancy; Election; Commencement Of Duties; Failure To Take Oath.
  (1) The term of office of township trustees elected in 1978 shall be 2 years. The term of office of all township officers listed...
• Section 168.363 Township Officers; Oath Of Office.
  All township officers shall, before entering upon the duties of their offices, take and subscribe the oath as provided in section 1 of article...
• Section 168.364 Township Treasurer; Bond, Approval, Filing.
  Each township treasurer, within the time limited for filing his oath of office and before he shall enter upon the duties of his office,...
• Section 168.365 Constables; Bond.
  Every person elected or appointed to the office of constable, before he enters upon the duties of his office and within the time prescribed...
• Section 168.366 Repealed. 1978, Act 540, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bond of justice of the peace.Popular Name: Election Code
• Section 168.367 Resignation Of Township Officer.
  Resignation of a township officer shall be in writing, signed by the officer resigning, and addressed to the township board, and shall be delivered...
• Section 168.368 Events Creating Vacancy In Township Offices.
  The township offices become vacant upon the happening of any of the following events: Death of the incumbent; his resignation; his removal from office...
• Section 168.369 Removal Of Township Officer; Grounds; Service Of Charges; Hearing; Effect Of Removal.
  The governor shall remove a township officer chosen by the electors of any township, when the governor is satisfied from the evidence submitted that...
• Section 168.370 Elective Or Appointive Township Office; Appointment To Fill Vacancy; Temporary Appointment; Effect Of Resignation; Special Election; Vacancy In Office Of Township Constable.
  (1) Except as provided in section 370a or subsection (2), if a vacancy occurs in an elective or appointive township office, the vacancy shall...
• Section 168.370a Filling Vacancy In Township Office; Term Of Appointee; Term Of Elected Successor.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 370, if a vacancy occurs in an elective or appointive township office, which vacancy is filled by appointment by...
• Section 168.371 Township Officers; Primary Election, Recount Of Votes.
  The votes cast for any candidate to a township office at any primary or election shall be subject to recount as provided in chapter...
• Section 168.372 Township Officers; Recall.
  Any person elected to a township office shall be subject to recall as provided in chapter 36 of this act. History: 1954, Act 116,...
• Section 168.373 Township Clerk; Appointment Of Substitute To Perform Election Law Duties.
  If neither the township clerk nor any deputy township clerk shall be available to perform any necessary functions in connection with registrations, nominations or...

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