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MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
Pursuant to Section 876 of the L1ws Relating to Elections in the State
of Michigan, and Section 14 of Chapter III of the Charter of the City of Livonia,
the members of the Council of the City of Livonia met as a Board of Canvassers of
such City in an adjourned meeting on Saturday, April 28, 1962, at the Storage
Building located at 11400 Merriman Road, Livonia, Michigan. The meeting was called
to order at approximately 9:00 o'clock a. m., by Sydney B. Bagnall, President of
the Council acting as Chairman of the Board. Roll was called with the following
result: Present-- Sydney B. Bagnall, James R. McCann, John T. Daugherty, Rudolf
R. Kleinert and Jack Salvadore. Absent-- William N. Ponder and Austin T.Grant.
Also present, pursuant to approved recount procedures set forth by the City Attorney
were: Marie W. Clark, City Clerk; Juanita Hillas, Deputy City Clerk; Alan Walt,
City Attorney; two tally clerks, William R. Robinson and Victor C. Phillips; three
voting machine custodians, William A. Koenig, Wilfred H. Clark and James E. Matthews;
James E. Mies, attorney on behalf of William W. Brashear; Robert W. Kelly, attorney
on behalf of Harvey W. Moelke; J. L. Hyman, attorney on behalf of Peter A. Ventura;
Lonnie Brashear and Jack Burgess, representatives for William W. Brashear; Ed Wolen,
Robert Shaw and James Purdy, representatives for Harvey Moelke; Thomas Mitchell
and William Duffy, representatives for Peter A.Ventura; candidates Peter A. Ventura
and Edward H. McNamara; and Irma B. Miller, Court Reporter.
By Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman Salvadore and unanimously
adopted, it was
RESOLVED that, in accordance with provisions of Section 874
of the Michigan Election Laws, the results of the canvass of the Livonia
Board of Canvassers, dated April 5, 1962, are hereby revoked.
The Board of Canvassers then proceeded to re canvass the votes of all 26
precincts for the office of Mayor, and votes cast for candidates Peter A. Ventura,
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Edward H. McNamara and Martin G. Scully for the office of Councilman, all of which
proceedings were recorded verbatim by the court reporter.
Upon motion by Councilman Daugherty, seconded by Councilman McCann and
unanimously adopted, it was
RESOLVED that, this meeting of the Board of Canvassers is
hereby adjourned to Tuesday, May 1, 1962, at 8:00 p. m., at the Livonia
City Hall, 33001 Five Mile Road, Livonia, Michigan, and that the
challenging candidates and/or their representatives summarize and
present to the Board of Canvassers, in writing, at that meeting their
specific objections, challenges and positions on the results of the
recount procedures.
Whereupon, this meeting of the Board of Canvassers was adjourned at
approximately 3:50 o'clock p. m., April 28, 1962.
Mari; . Clark, City Clerk