Sec. 19.
The legislative body of the municipality unless it is otherwise provided, shall fix in advance of the election of a charter commission the place of its meeting, the compensation of its members, the money for the expense thereof, and if need be provide the ballots for election.
History: 1909, Act 279, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1911, Act 203, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 3322 ;-- CL 1929, 2255 ;-- CL 1948, 117.19
Compiler's Notes: Act 203 of 1911, which amended this section, was held unconstitutional and void. See note to MCL 117.1. The 1911 amendment reads as follows: “Sec. 19. The legislative body of the municipality (shall provide for the election of said charter commission at the next general or municipal election to be held in said municipality, if there shall be a general or municipal election within sixty days after such legislative body or the electors of said municipality shall have declared for such general revision in the manner provided in the preceding section, and if there shall be no such general election within said sixty days, then said legislative body shall within ten days after such declaration, call a special election for the selection of such charter commission to be held within sixty days and) shall fix in advance of the election of such charter commission the place of its meeting, the compensation of its members, and provide the money for the expense thereof and if need be, provide the ballots for election.”