The following described territory, together with all territories
that may be annexed thereto, shall be and remain a body corporate
under the official name and title of "City of Holland," and shall
be subject to the municipal control of said city:
That part of the Township of Holland, in the County of Ottawa,
as is embraced in the following description, to-wit: Commencing at
the southeast corner of section thirty-two; thence north on the east
line of said section thirty-two to the northeast corner of said section
thirty-two; thence east along the south line of section twenty-eight,
to the west, north and south one-eighth line of section twenty-eight;
thence north along the west one-eighth line of said section twenty-eight,
and along the west one-eighth line of section twenty-one until it
strikes the center of the main channel of Black River; thence along
said channel of Black River and of Lake Macatawa in a westerly and
southwesterly direction until it strikes the west line of section
thirty; thence south along the west line of said section thirty to
the southwest corner of said section thirty; thence east along the
south line of said section thirty to the quarter post common to sections
thirty and thirty-one; thence south along the north and south quarter
line of section thirty-one to the south line of said section thirty-one;
thence east along the south line of sections thirty-one and thirty-two
to the southeast corner of section thirty-two, being the place of
beginning, all in township five north, of range fifteen west, the
above description being the boundaries of the City of Holland, as
heretofore established by the legislature of the State of Michigan.
The City of Holland shall consist of six wards, as follows:
(1)
First ward. The first ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of the said city lying north of the center line of 10th Street within
the limits of the City of Holland.
(2)
Second ward. The second ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of the said city lying between the center line of 10th Street and
the center line of 16th Street and the section line between sections
30 and 31 west of the center line of River Avenue within the limits
of the City of Holland.
(3)
Third ward. The third ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of the said city lying between the center line of 10th Street and
the center line of 16th Street and east of the center line of River
Avenue within the limits of the City of Holland.
(4)
Fourth ward. The fourth ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of the said city lying south of the center line of 16th Street and
west of the center line of Maple Avenue within the limits of the City
of Holland.
(5)
Fifth ward. The fifth ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of said city lying between the center line of Maple Avenue and the
center line of Central Avenue and south of the center line of 16th
Street within the limits of the City of Holland.
(6)
Sixth ward. The sixth ward shall embrace and include all that portion
of said city lying east of the center line of Central Avenue and south
of the center line of 16th Street within the limits of the City of
Holland.
In the event that the population of any ward or wards of the
city shall be shown to exceed that of any other ward by 50%, according
to any regular or special federal census, the council shall have the
power, by ordinance, to change, alter, or determine the boundaries
of any ward or wards of the city in such a manner as to equalize reasonably
the population thereof. Territory annexed to the city shall become
a part of the ward or wards to which such territory is contiguous
as soon as such annexation becomes effective.
The council shall, by ordinance, establish convenient election
precincts which shall comply with the provisions of state law. Until
the council shall otherwise ordain, the election precincts of the
city as constituted at the time of the adoption of this Charter, shall
constitute the election precincts of the city.
