Sec. 7.
Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in the last preceding section, the clerk of the village shall record the same in the record of the proceedings of the council and shall make a copy of so much of the record of the proceedings of the meeting at which the same was adopted, as may be necessary to show the time and place of holding such meeting, and the names of the members of the council who were present, and the passage of said resolution including a true copy thereof. To said copy the clerk and the president of the village shall annex their certificate, under the corporate seal of the village, showing the same to be a true copy of said record; which said certified copy of the record and resolution aforesaid shall be designated as a “declaration of incorporation”, and shall be transmitted to, and be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and a like certified copy or declaration of incorporation shall be filed and recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, in the office of the county clerk of the county in which said village is located.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2962 ;-- CL 1915, 2878 ;-- CL 1929, 1802 ;-- CL 1948, 81.7