provision. He carries out the decisions of the elected council, who decide on ordinances and policy, and he, again, produces the city budget. He is thus not elected, but hired, and has no term of office, continuing in his or her role while it meets with the requirements of the council...
United States Census Bureau, Michigan State Police, Michigan Department of Education, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the U.S. Department of Commerce, as well as budget data and supporting materials of local governments cited. The language and conclusions are solely those of the ...
Ohio prepared for statehood, the Indiana Territory was created, reducing the Northwest Territory to approximately the size of present-day Ohio plus the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and the eastern tip of the Upper Peninsula and a sliver of southeastern Indiana called "The Gore...