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MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE BOARD OF
CANVASSERS OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
Pursuant to Section 12 of Chapter III of the Charter, the members of the
City Council of the City of Livonia met as the Board of Canvassers of such City on
Thursday, February 19, 1953, at 8:22 P M. at the City Hall, 33110 Five Mile Road,
Livonia, Michigan The meeting was called to order at the above time and place by
the President of the Council, Harry S. Wolfe, who acted as Chairman of the Board
Roll was called with the following result Present-- Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W Edgar,
Nettie Carey and William Taylor. Absent-- Raymond E. Grimm, Harold Bower and John
Whitehead The City Clerk read to the board the contents of certified statements of
the returns of each precinct, as prepared and certified by the election inspectors of
each precinct and as filed in her office and these returns were publicly examined and
canvassed by the board, and were approved.
11:11
By Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Edgar and adopted as follows,
it was:
#381 RESOLVED, that the following statement of votes cast in the
election held on February 16, 1953.
THE WHOLE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST WITHIN THE CITY OF LIVONIA
ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTION. "SHALL ORDINANCE NO 60 OF THE CITY
OF LIVONIA, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ADOPTED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 28, 1952, BE ADOPTED?", WAS FOUR THOUSAND
TWENTY-SEVEN VOTES 4,027
AND THE ABOVE VOTES WERE CAST FOR "YES" AND "NO" ANSWERS TO SAID
QUESTION AS FOLLOWS:
PRECINCT NO. 1 - THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 380
TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 235
INJ PRECINCT NO 2 - FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 512
THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 381
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PRECINCT NO. 3 - FIVE HUNDRED TWELVE "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 512
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 162
PRECINCT NO. 4 - TWO HUNDRED TWENTY "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 220
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 186
PRECINCT NO 5 - ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 148
TWO HUNDRED ONE "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 201
PRECINCT NO 6 - TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 253
TWO HUNDRED ONE "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 201
PRECINCT NO. 7 - FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN "YES" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 437
ONE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE "NO" VOTES WERE RECEIVED 199
TOTAL 4,027
be and hereby is approved and certified in each and every respect
A roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result
AYES. Edgar, Taylor, Carey and Wolfe
NAYS• None.
Chairman Wolfe declared the foregoing resolution adopted and directed that
certified copies of the same be prepared and signed by each member of the Board.
By Councilman Edgar, seconded by Councilman Carey and adopted as follows, it
was:
#382 RESOLVED, that the Board of Canvassers make and sign the
following certificate.
CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION
STATE OF MICHIGAN )
) SS.
COUNTY OF WAYNE )
We, the undersigned members of the City Council, acting
as the Board of Canvassers pursuant to Section 12 of Chapter III of the
Charter, do hereby meet on this first Thursday following the City
Election held on February 16, 1953, and publicly canvass the returns
of such election, and do hereby determine the result of such canvass
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and the results of the votes cast within the City of Livonia on the
following question. "Shall Ordinance No 60 of the City of Livonia,
ILknown as the Zoning Ordinance and adopted by the City Council on
October 28, 1952, be adopted?" and do hereby determine that said
Ordinance No. 60 was duly adopted by a vote of 2462 "Yes" votes to
1565 "NO" votes
We further certify that this meeting was attended by
Councilmen Harry S Wolfe, Wilson W Edgar, William J. Taylor and
Nettie Carey, who constituted a quorum; that Councilmen Raymond E
Grimm, Harold A. Bower and John W. Whitehead were absent, and that
this meeting was held at the City Hall, 33110 Five Mile Road, at
8:22 P. M.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto attached our signatures
this 19th day of February, 1953.
ILA roll call vote was conducted on the foregoing resolution with the following result.
AYES: Edgar, Taylor, Carey and Wolfe.
NAYS. None
Chairman Wolfe stated that the foregoing resolution was adopted and directed
that such Certificate of Determination be prepared and be signed by each member of the
board
On motion of Councilman Taylor, seconded by Councilman Carey and unanimously
passed, the meeting was adjourned at 9:05 P M., February 19, 1953.
/
-rie Clark, City Clerk
Attes ed. /
ILr S Wo e, President of t : Council
and Board Canvassers.