VOL. III NO. 52
and Hen-
der n h expre d fe r
th t the Republican ere
tryin to chop up the city
d p 1 the B vote
t t predominan tiy
hite s.
"Thi plan aDo s Dem­
d 81
r bo rd ofnin c m­
fter ithdra­
illg his 0 n plan or flY
c
nty
commi
on
dis-
trict .
c4()n
thing
i
pp
-
ent,"
ter e
told
th
am other member, 'g vern­
ment i cutting b c on
r enue. The tructur of
b cut
The county commi on
is not tive body
e er e pointed out. It i
rvice group and had
p d only four ordin
in the 17 ye r e ter
h d n cler ,h said.
Splittin up district
ch s Benton Harb r
only incr e ecti n st
to th 1 al municipality,
he n t d.
oting f the plan
ounty Tre rer
illiam H yn Dem era ti
airpe n erli Zimmer­
man, County Pro cu tor
Paul loneyand enham.
H yn h d pr d a
plan hich would h e
put cIo to 1600 B nton
or city re "dent ith
all of St. Jo ph city. Th
plan dropped when
it pointed out th
effect ould be discrim-
n Michigan
inatory .
For a 13 member c n­
ty board the ave rag num­
ber of people in a di trict
had to b approxim tel
13 175. Under e m n­
d te 0 the' one-man one­
vote" rule the di tricts
created cou d not vary more
than 1.1 percent fr m that
number.
ounty' t tal p pu­
la " n is 171 276 ccording
to the 1 0 cen u .
t.· it
on -m ,
ther
percent minority repr n-
ion on a 13 m mber
coun ty commi " n.
The state mu no
ppro the plan.
"I didn t
mp