Except as otherwise specifically provided or indicated by the context:
(a)
All words used in this Charter indicating the present tense shall not be limited to the time of the adoption of this Charter, but shall extend to and include the time of the happening of any event or requirement for which provision is made therein.
(b)
The singular number shall include the plural, the plural number shall include the singular and the masculine gender shall extend to and include the feminine gender and neuter.
(c)
The word "City" shall mean the City of Bridgman.
(d)
The terms "Council" and "City Council" shall be construed as meaning Council or Common Council.
(e)
The term "majority vote of the Council" means the concurring vote of a majority of the members of the Council present and voting at any legal meeting of the Council at which there is a quorum present.
(f)
The word "Manager," "Clerk," "Treasurer," "Assessor," or "Attorney" shall mean the City Manager, City Clerk, City Treasurer, City Assessor or City Attorney, unless from the context the contrary shall plainly appear; words referring to the several officers where not preceded by the word "City" shall be deemed to include official action in form of a motion as well as in form of a resolution.
(g)
The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships as well as to individuals.
(h)
The word "printed" and "printing" shall include reproductions by printing, engraving, stencil duplicating, lithographing or any similar method, except in reference to signatures, the words "written" and "in writing" shall include printing and typewriting.
(i)
The word "officer" shall include the administrative officers created by or pursuant to this Charter.
(j)
The word "official" or "City official" shall include the Mayor and other members of the Council, members of City Boards, Commissions or Authorities created by or pursuant to this Charter.
(k)
The word "state" shall mean the State of Michigan.
(l)
The word "statute" shall denote the Public Acts of the State of Michigan in effect at the time the provision of the Charter containing the word "statute" is to be applied.
(m)
The words "written" and "in writing" may be construed to include printing, engraving, typewritten, electronic, facsimile transmissions, and lithographing, except that this rule shall not apply to provisions requiring written signatures, unless it be otherwise expressly herein provided.
(n)
The words "law" or "general laws of the state" shall denote the Constitution and the Public Acts of the State of Michigan in effect at the time the provision of the Charter containing the words "law" or "general laws of the state" is to be applied, and applicable common law.
(o)
All reference to section numbers shall refer to the section numbers of this Charter.