Michigan § 47.1 - Board of county auditors; creation, referendum; form of resolution.
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§ 47.1. Board of county auditors; creation, referendum; form of resolution.
The board of supervisors of any county in this state, except in such counties where provision has heretofore been made for the creation of the office of county auditor or board of county auditors, may, upon a majority vote of the members elect of said board, at any October session thereof, submit the question of creating and establishing a board of county auditors or county auditor in such county to a vote of the electors of said county. The board of supervisors may submit the question at a general election. The following form of resolution shall be sufficient for submitting the question: Resolved, That the question of creating and establishing a board of county auditors be submitted to a vote of the electors of the county of ................ at the general election to be held on the ................. day of ...................... nineteen hundred ...................
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