Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapters 81 to 113 Fourth Class Cities § 81.5

Sec. 5. At such election all persons having the qualifications of electors at the annual village elections may vote upon the question of such incorporation, and it shall be the duty of the council to cause to be printed at the foot of the official village ballot, to be used at such election, the question of incorporation proposed to be voted upon, in accordance with the general election laws of the state as follows:

The inspectors of election shall canvass such votes within the same time and in the same manner as provided for canvassing the votes for village officers, and they shall make return thereof to the village clerk within the time and in the manner provided for making returns of village elections; and the council shall determine the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon the same as upon the election of village officers.