Township of Dearborn v. Dearborn Township Clerk

Bevised Statutes of 1846, ch 16, §70, provided that the supervisor, 2 justices of the peace and the township clerk of each organized Michigan township should constitute its township board, 3 of its 4 members constituting a quorum. PA 1935, No 19, and PA 1937, No 81, amended section 70 of chapter 16 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, so as to provide that in townships of under 5,000 population there was to be a 5-member board, consisting of the supervisor, the 2 justices of the peace whose terms of office “will soonest expire,” the ■township treasurer and the township clerlt, 3 of whom should…