The City Council shall, from time to time, as is in accordance with the provisions of Public Act 279, § 27(a), being M.C.L.A. §§ 117.1 to 117.38, of 1909, added by Public Act 182, § 1, of 1966, alter the boundaries of the several wards of the city to ensure that said wards are as nearly of equal population as is practicable and contiguous and compact.
(Prior Code, § 1.702)