Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 54. Surveyors § 54.252

Sec. 2.  The provisions of this act shall not become operative in any county of the state to which it may apply unless and until it is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors voting thereon at the next general election after the passage of this act or after any such county shall reach a population of 500,000 or over.  Like notice of the submission of the adoption of the provisions of this act shall be given as is required by law in the case of elections to elect county officers, and such question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

“Shall the provisions of Act No. (here insert number of this act) of the Local Acts of 1941,  1 providing for the abolishing of the office of county surveyor in counties having a population of 500,000 or over, be adopted by this county?

Yes ( )

No ( ).”

If a majority of the electors voting on such proposition in any such county, as determined by the canvass of votes cast, shall vote in favor thereof, from and after such determination, the provisions of this act shall be in force, and the office of county surveyor in such county shall be abolished.