Section 168.774 - Voting machines; contracts for purchase, terms. - Michigan Statutes

MICHIGAN ELECTION LAW (EXCERPT)
Act 116 of 1954

168.774 Voting machines; contracts for purchase, terms.

Sec. 774.

The board of supervisors of any county, the legislative body of any city or village, or the township board of any township, on the adoption and purchase of voting machines, may provide for the payment thereof in such manner as they deem for the best interest of the county, city, village or township, and may enter into a contract for the purchase of said machines with provision for payment thereof in annual installments not exceeding in all 10 years, and of such amounts and payable at such times as said local authorities shall determine, and said officials shall further have the right to acquire title to said machines at the time of installation or at any time thereafter by payment of the full amount of the purchase price or the balance thereof either in cash or by the issuance and delivery in payment therefor of certificates of indebtedness drawn for the amounts of said annual installments; said certificates shall be valid negotiable obligations of said county, city, village or township and may be issued with or without interest, but in no case shall the interest exceed 6%. It is further provided that in case any city, village or township of a county in which the use of voting machines shall have been determined upon by the board of supervisors shall have previously purchased voting machines, such city, township or village shall have returned to it from the general fund of said county such pro rata amount of the whole cost for the county as the number of voting precincts so previously provided by any such city, township or village bears to the whole number in the county, but not exceeding the amount previously paid by any such city, township or village.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955
Popular Name: Election Code