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• Fourth Class Cities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.1
  That all cities within the state of Michigan heretofore incorporated and made subject to the provisions of this act or which shall hereafter be ...
• Short Title; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.1a
  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as "the fourth class city act". (2) As used in this act: (a) "Civil infraction", ...
• Fourth Class Cities; Construction Of Act; Validation Of Amendments And Acts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.1b
  No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any city incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 279 ...
• Incorporated City As Home Rule City; Charter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.1c
  Effective January 1, 1980, a city incorporated under this act shall be deemed a home rule city as provided by Act No. 279 of ...
• Emergency Financial Manager; Authority And Responsibilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.1d
  Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 ...
• Incorporation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.2
  Any incorporated village containing a population of not less than 3,000 nor more than 10,000 as shown by the last preceding federal or state ...
• Incorporation; Petition; Resolution Of Village Council; Referendum - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.3
  Any 100 or more registered electors residing within a village may present to the village council a petition setting forth the population of the ...
• Election; Notices, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.4
  At least 30 days before the time of holding any election at which the question mentioned in the preceding section shall be submitted to ...
• Election; Qualified Voters; Form Of Submission, Canvass; Return - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.5
  At such election all persons having the qualifications of electors at the annual village elections may vote upon the question of such incorporation, and ...
• Election; Authorizing Vote; Resolution Of Council, Contents; Records - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.6
  After the council shall have determined the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon, as provided in the preceding section, if it ...
• Election Results; Adoption, Recording; Declaration Of Incorporation, Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.7
  Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in the last preceding section, the clerk of the village shall record the same in the ...
• Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.8
  When the declaration of incorporation mentioned in the last preceding section shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as therein ...
• Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Officers In Power - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.9
  After the incorporation of the village as a city as aforesaid, the government and affairs of the old or village corporation shall continue and ...
• Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Division Into Wards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.10
  Immediately upon filing the declaration of incorporation mentioned in section 7, in the office of the secretary of state, as in that section directed, ...
• First Election Of New City; Time, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.11
  The first election in and for the new corporation shall be held on the first Monday in April next after the filing of the ...
• First Election Of New City; Prerequisites - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.12
  At least 10 days before the first election in and for the new corporation, the council of the old corporation shall appoint 4 persons ...
• Inspectors Of Election; Oath, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.13
  The inspectors of election, appointed as provided in the preceding section, shall constitute boards of registration for their respective wards for the purpose of ...
• Inspectors Of First Election; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.14
  Said inspectors shall be inspectors of such first election in their respective wards, and shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties ...
• Fourth Class City; Bodies Corporate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.15
  All cities organized under or made subject to the provisions of this act shall be bodies politic and corporate under and by the name ...
• Fourth Class Cities; Judicial Notice Taken; Changes In Organization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.16
  Judicial notice shall be taken in all courts and proceedings in this state of the existence of all cities incorporated or made subject to ...
• Existing Ordinances, By-Laws, Resolutions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.17
  All ordinances, by-laws, and resolutions, in force in any village, when it shall be incorporated under this act and not inconsistent herewith, shall continue ...
• Status Of Former Rights; Liabilities; Remedies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 81.18
  All rights and property of any kind and description which were vested in any village corporation under its former organization shall, upon its incorporation, ...
• Change Of Boundaries; Procedure; Order Of Determination, Entry Upon Records; Approval By Electors Of Territory Affected - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 82.1
  Whenever the council of any city shall determine by resolutions to alter the boundaries of such city, either by taking in lands and premises ...
• Change Of Boundaries; Rights And Liabilities Of Annexed Territory - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 82.2
  Whenever any city incorporated subject to the provisions of this act shall have its boundaries changed by the addition of any territory thereto, or ...
• Existing Wards - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 83.1
  The wards established by the council as provided in section 10, chapter 1 of this act, and the wards established in any incorporated city ...
• Wards; Number, Apportionment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 83.2
  Any city having a population of less than 5,000 inhabitants may be divided into 3 wards. If it contains a population of 5,000 or ...
• Wards; Existing Ward Officers Or Aldermen - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 83.3
  No election of aldermen or ward officers shall be held in any newly established ward, or in any ward, on account of changes in ...
• New Wards; Aldermen, Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 83.4
  When by the creation of a new ward 2 aldermen are to be elected therein at the same time, 1 of them shall be ...
• Electors; Qualifications; Registration; Precincts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 84.1
  The inhabitants of cities having the qualifications of electors under the constitution of the state and statutes enacted thereunder, and no others, shall be ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 84.2-84.8
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to voting districts and registration. ...
• Election Of Certain City Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.1
  In cities incorporated under this act, a mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer shall be elected by the qualified voters of the whole city. ...
• Ward Officers; Election, Term - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.2
  In each ward a supervisor, 2 aldermen and a constable shall be elected: Provided, That the council of any city re-incorporated under and made ...
• Appointment, Powers, And Duties Of City Officers; Availability Of Writings To Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.3
  (1) A city attorney, city marshal, street commissioner, city surveyor, a city assessor when provided for, and a chief engineer of the fire department shall ...
• Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.3a
  The business which a board, commission, or committee created under this act may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board, ...
• City Officers; Appointment, Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.4
  Appointments to office, except appointments to fill vacancies, shall be made on the first Monday of May in each year; but appointments which for ...
• First Election; Election And Terms Of Aldermen - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.5
  At the first election held in a city incorporated under this act, 2 aldermen in each ward shall be elected. In a city reincorporated ...
• City Officers; Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.6
  The mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, supervisors and constables shall hold their offices for the term of 1 year from the second Monday in ...
• Appointive Officers; Terms, Vacancies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.7
  All officers appointed by the mayor or council, except officers appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices, shall hold their respective offices until the ...
• Entering Upon Duties Of Offices - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.8
  Except as otherwise prescribed by law, officers not elected to fill vacancies shall enter upon the duties of their offices on the second Monday ...
• City Offices; Qualifications; Defaulters, Election Or Appointment Void - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.9
  No person shall be elected or appointed to any office unless he be an elector of the city, and if elected or appointed for ...
• Oath Of Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.10
  All officers elected or appointed in the city, within 10 days after receiving notice of election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath ...
• Bond Or Security - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.11
  Each officer elected or appointed in the city, before entering upon the duties of his or her office and within the time prescribed for ...
• Required Bond; Sufficiency Of Sureties, Inquiry; Examination Annexed To Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.12
  The council, or the mayor, or other officer whose duty it shall be to judge of the sufficiency of the proposed sureties of any ...
• New Bonds; Failure To Comply - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.13
  The council may also at any time require any officer, whether elected or appointed, to execute and file with the clerk of the city, ...
• Resignations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.14
  Resignation of officers shall be made to the council. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3001 ;-- CL 1915, ...
• Office Declared Vacant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.15
  If any officer shall cease to be a resident of the city, or if elected in and for a ward, shall remove therefrom during ...
• Office Declared Vacant; Failure To File Oath Or Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.16
  If any person elected or appointed to office shall fail to take and file the oath of office, or shall fail to give the ...
• Vacancies; Filling - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.17
  In case any vacancy occurs in the office of mayor, or in any other elective office, except justice of the peace, constable and school ...
• Vacating Officer; Liabilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.18
  The resignation or removal of any officer shall not, nor shall the appointment or election of another to the office, exonerate such officer or ...
• Property Turned Over To Successor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 85.19
  Whenever any officer shall resign or be removed from office, or the term for which he shall have been elected or appointed shall expire, ...
• Annual City Election; Time, Place - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.1
  An annual city election shall be held on the first Monday in April in each year, at such place or places in each of ...
• Special Election; Resolution Of Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.2
  Special elections may be appointed by resolution of the council, and held in and for the city, or in and for any ward thereof, ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.3-86.9
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to notice of elections, ballot boxes, polls, and board of election inspectors. ...
• Elections; Manner Conducted - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.10
  All elections held under the provisions of this act, shall be conducted, as nearly as may be, in the manner provided by law for ...
• Violation Of SS 168.1 To 168.992 Applicable To Petitions; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.11
  A petition under section 3 of chapter I, section 40 of chapter VII, section 11 or 13 of chapter XXVIII, or section 1 of ...
• Vote By Ballot - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.12
  The electors shall vote by ballot. Such ballot shall be prepared and furnished by the board of election commissioners as provided by the general ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.13, 86.14
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to certificates showing result of election and to persons deemed duly elected. ...
• Notification Of Election Or Appointment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.15
  The city clerk, within 5 days after the meeting and determination of the board of canvassers, shall notify each person elected, in writing, of ...
• Oath Of Office Or Bond; Failure To File; Notice By Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 86.16
  Within 1 week after the expiration of the time in which any official bond or oath of office is required to be filed, the ...
• Mayor; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.1
  The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city. He shall preside at the meetings of the council and shall from time ...
• Mayor; Conservator Of Peace; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.2
  The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace, and may exercise within the city the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress disorder; and ...
• Mayor; Suspension Of Appointed Officers, Procedure; Records, Inspection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.3
  The mayor may suspend any officer appointed by him at any time for neglect of duty, misconduct or other sufficient cause: Provided, That a ...
• Mayor; Vacancy In Office, President Pro Tem - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.4
  In the absence or disability of the mayor, or in case of any vacancy in his office, the president pro tempore of the council ...
• Aldermen; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.5
  The aldermen of the city shall be members of the council, and attend the meetings thereof, and act upon committees, when thereupon appointed by ...
• City Clerk; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.6
  The city clerk shall keep the corporate seal, and all the documents, official bonds, papers, files and records of the city, not by this ...
• City Clerk; General Accountant; Tax Reports - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.7
  The clerk shall be the general accountant of the city; and all claims against the corporation shall be filed with him for adjustment, and, ...
• Supervision Duties Over Moneys And Property; Accounts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.8
  The clerk shall exercise a general supervision over all officers charged in any manner with the receipt, collection and disbursement of the city revenues ...
• Financial Report To Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.9
  The clerk shall report to the council, whenever required, a detailed statement of the receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of the city, of the ...
• Deputy; Appointment, Duties; Responsibility Of Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.10
  The clerk may, subject to the approval of the council, appoint a deputy, who shall possess all the powers and authority of the city ...
• City Treasurer; Powers; Duties; Depositary, Bond; Deputy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.11
  The treasurer, subject to the direction of the council, shall have the custody of all moneys, bonds, mortgages, notes, leases and evidences of value ...
• Financial Reports; Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.12
  The treasurer shall render to the clerk on the first Monday of every month, and oftener if required, a report of the amounts received ...
• Payment Receipts And Vouchers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.13
  The said treasurer shall take receipts and vouchers for all moneys paid from the treasury, showing the amount and fund from which payment was ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.14
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to city treasurer as treasurer of school district. ...
• Public Moneys; Prohibited Handling; Removal From Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.15
  The city treasurer shall keep all moneys in his hands belonging to the city and to the public schools, separate and distinct from his ...
• City Marshal; Chief Of Police And Peace Officer; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.16
  The marshal shall be the chief of the police of the city. As police officer, he shall be subject to the direction of the ...
• City Marshal; Suppression Of Riots - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.17
  He shall suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches of the peace, and for that purpose may command the aid of the citizens in the ...
• Monthly Report To Council; Contents; Moneys, Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.18
  The marshal shall report in writing and on oath to the council at their first meeting in each month all arrests made by him, ...
• Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.19
  The marshal may collect and receive the same fees for services performed by him as are allowed to constables for like services; but in ...
• City Attorney; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.20
  The attorney, in addition to the other duties prescribed in this act, shall be the legal adviser of the council and of all officers ...
• City Surveyor; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.21
  The surveyor shall have and exercise within the city, the like powers and duties as are conferred by law upon county surveyors; and the ...
• Street Commissioner; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.22
  It shall be the duty of the street commissioner to perform or cause to be performed, all such labor, repairs and improvements upon the ...
• Monthly Report To Council; Contents; Marshal As Street Commissioner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.23
  He shall make a report to the council, in writing and on oath, once in each month, giving an exact statement of all labor ...
• Constables; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.24
  The constables of the city shall have the like powers and authority in matters of civil and criminal nature, and in relation to the ...
• Neglect Or Refusal To Perform Duty; Penalty; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.25
  The constables of the city shall obey the lawful orders of the mayor, and aldermen and shall discharge the duties required of them by ...
• Supervisors; Powers, Duties; Representation Upon County Board - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.26
  The supervisors of the several wards are authorized to perform the same duties in relation to the assessment of property and levying taxes for ...
• Selection Of Jury Lists - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.27
  The supervisors of the several wards shall, except in counties having a jury commission, select and return lists of grand and petit jurors to ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.28-87.36
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• Additional Powers And Liabilities Of Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.37
  In addition to the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of officers prescribed in this act, all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall have such ...
• City Officers; Compensation; Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.38
  The mayor shall receive an annual salary as the council determines and aldermen may each receive a salary as prescribed by the council. The ...
• Increase Or Diminishment Of Salary During Term Prohibited; Exception; Eligibility For Office Resigned Or Vacated - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.39
  The salary or rate of compensation for any officer elected by authority of this act shall not be increased or diminished during the term ...
• Ordinance Establishing Alternate Procedure For Determining Salaries; Local Officials Compensation Commission; Resolution; Petition For Referendum; Changing Procedure By Charter Amendment Or Revision - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 87.40
  (1) In lieu of the procedure in section 38, as amended, for determining salaries of elected officials, the council by ordinance may establish the procedure ...
• City Council; Members - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.1
  The legislative authority of cities incorporated under this act shall be vested in a council consisting of the mayor, two aldermen elected from each ...
• Mayor To Be President - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.2
  The mayor shall be president of the council, and preside at the meetings thereof, but shall have no vote therein, except in case of ...
• President Pro Tempore; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.3
  On the first Monday in May in each year, the council shall appoint 1 of their number president pro tempore of the council, who, ...
• Clerks; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.4
  The city clerk shall be clerk of the council, but shall have no vote therein. He shall keep a full record of all the ...
• Aldermen; Required Attendance; Loss Of Vote, Interest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.5
  Each alderman shall be required to attend all sessions of the council, and serve upon committees when appointed thereon. No alderman shall vote on ...
• Election Returns; Qualification Of Membership; Meetings, Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.6
  The council shall be judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. It shall hold regular stated meetings for the transaction ...
• Conducting Business At Public Meeting; Notice; Quorum; Adjournment; Pending Business; Compelling Attendance Of Absent Members; Concurring Vote Required For Certain Actions; Reconsidering Or Rescinding Vote At Special Meeting; Appropriation Of Money; Passing Or Adopting Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.7
  (1) The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with Act No. 267 ...
• Rules For Council Proceedings; Record Or Journal Of Proceedings; Availability Of Writings To Public; Taking Votes; Entering Votes On Journal; Publication Of Record And Votes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.8
  (1) The council shall prescribe rules for council proceedings, and keep a record or journal of the proceedings. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the ...
• Compelling Attendance At Meetings; Fines For Nonattendance; Sanctions For Disorderly Conduct; Ordinance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.9
  The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance of council members and other officers of the city at its meetings, may enforce fines for ...
• City Officers; Attendance At Meetings; Public Attendance And Participation Not Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.10
  (1) The attorney, marshal, street commissioner, surveyor, and engineer of the fire department may take part in proceedings and deliberations of the council on subjects ...
• Powers Of Council; Control Of Finances, Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.11
  The council shall have control of the finances and of all property of the city corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by law. ...
• Powers Of Council; Ordinances, Enactment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.12
  Whenever by this act or any other provisions of law any power or authority is vested in, or duly imposed upon, the corporation or ...
• Powers Of Council; Standing Committees; Appointment, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.13
  The council may provide for the appointment of standing committees of its members, who shall perform such duties, investigate, have charge of, and report ...
• Records, Books, Documents, Or Papers; Location; Filing; Inspection; Defacement Or Destruction; Violation; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.14
  (1) The council shall cause the records of the corporation, records of the proceedings of the council, and all books, documents, reports, contracts, receipts, vouchers, ...
• Members; Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.15
  No member of the council shall receive any compensation for his services, either as alderman, committeeman or otherwise, except as herein provided. History: 1895, ...
• Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.16
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that city council members not be interested in contracts; penalty; exception. ...
• Removal From Office; Preferring Charges Against And Trying Officers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.17
  A person appointed to office by the council under this act, may be removed from office by a vote of the majority of the ...
• Investigation Of Charges Or Other Matters; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.18
  To enable the council to investigate charges against an officer, or other matters as they consider proper to investigate, the mayor, at the request ...
• Witnesses; Summons, Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.19
  Whenever the council, or any committee of the members thereof, are authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters which ...
• Claims Against City; Audit, Allowance; Rules; Defense To Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 88.20
  The council shall audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the city but no account or claim or contract shall be received for audit ...
• Style Of Ordinance; Passage; Required Vote; Effective Date Of Ordinance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.1
  The style of each ordinance shall be, "The city of ................... ordains." Each ordinance shall require for its passage the concurrence of a majority ...
• Violation Of Ordinance; Sanction; Designation Of Civil Infractions; Act Or Omission Constituting Crime; Limitation On Fine Or Forfeiture; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.2
  (1) The council of a city may prescribe a sanction for the violation of an ordinance. (2) Consistent with any of the following statutes, the ...
• Recreational Trailway; Posting Of Ordinance; Prohibited Operation Of Vehicle As Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.2a
  (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway. ...
• Veto Powers Of Officers; Passage Of Resolution Over Veto - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.3
  No ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall have any force or effect, if, on the day of its passage, or on the ...
• Repealed Ordinances; Re-Enactment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.4
  No repealed ordinance shall be revived unless the whole, or so much as is intended to be revived, shall be re-enacted. When any section ...
• Approved Ordinances; Recording - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.5
  All ordinances when approved by the mayor or when regularly enacted shall be immediately recorded by the clerk of the council, in a book ...
• Approved Ordinances; Publication; Certificate; Plumbing, Electric, Building Codes, Adoption; Publication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.6
  Within 1 week after the passage of any ordinance the same shall be published in some newspaper printed and circulated within the city, and ...
• Judicial Notice Of Ordinances; Best Evidence, Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 89.7
  In all courts having authority to hear, try or determine any matter or cause arising under the ordinances of any city, and in all ...
• Violations; Commencement Of Action; Time Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.1
  An action for a violation of an ordinance of a city incorporated under this act shall be commenced within 2 years after the commission ...
• Violations; Commencement Of Action; Warrant For Arrest - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.4
  Except in the case of a civil infraction action or an action against a corporation, an action for the violation of an ordinance of ...
• Contents, Form, And Issuance Of Warrant; Law Governing Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.5
  (1) A warrant shall be in the name of the people of the state of Michigan and shall set forth the substance of the offense ...
• Judgment Or Conviction; Limitation On Sanctions; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.6
  Upon judgment or conviction, the court shall impose a sanction not exceeding the limit prescribed in the ordinance violated, as the nature of the ...
• Judgment; Execution; Fine And Imprisonment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.7
  Every such judgment shall be executed by virtue of an execution or warrant, specifying the particulars of the judgment. If the judgment be for ...
• Imprisonment; City Use Of County Jail - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.8
  Every city shall be allowed the use of the jail of the county in which it is located, for the confinement of all persons ...
• Process; Direction And Execution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.9
  Process issued in a prosecution or proceeding for the violation of an ordinance of the city shall be directed to the city marshal or ...
• Cause Of Action; Allegations; Applicability Of Subsection (1); Judicial Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.10
  (1) It is not necessary in a proceeding for the violation of an ordinance of the city to state or set forth the ordinance or ...
• Trial By Jury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.11
  In prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the city, either party may require a trial by jury. The jury, except when other provision ...
• Appeal; Judicial Notice Of Ordinances And Resolutions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.12
  (1) In an action commenced by warrant as provided in this act, a party convicted of a violation of an ordinance of the city may ...
• Fines Imposed For Violations; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.13
  Except in cases in which a fine is paid to a parking violations bureau or a municipal ordinance violations bureau pursuant to section 8395 ...
• Fines Imposed For Violations; Neglect Of Receiver, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.14
  If any person who shall have received any such fine or any part thereof shall neglect to pay over the same pursuant to the ...
• Fines Imposed For Violations; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.15
  Fines paid into the city treasury for violations of ordinances of the city shall be disposed of as the council may direct. The expense ...
• District Court; Jurisdiction; Proceedings; Applicable Laws - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.16
  The district court in the judicial district in which a city incorporated under this act is located has jurisdiction to hear, try, and determine ...
• Repealed. 1978, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.17
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to jurisdiction of justice of the peace. ...
• Prosecutions By Person Other Than Officer; Security Filed For Payment Of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 90.18
  In all prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the city, commenced by any person other than an officer of the city, the court ...
• General Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.1
  (1) A city incorporated under the provisions of this act has, and the council may pass ordinances relating to, the following general powers: (a) To ...
• License; Conditions For Granting; Revocation; Sanctions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.2
  (1) The council may prescribe the terms and conditions upon which a license shall be granted and may require payment of a reasonable sum for ...
• License; Term; Transfer Prohibited; Sanctions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.3
  Except as otherwise provided in section 1(1)(mm) of this chapter, a license shall not be granted for a term beyond the next first Monday ...
• License Receipts; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.4
  All sums received for licenses granted for any purpose by the city or under its authority, shall be paid into the city treasury to ...
• Franchise Rights In Streets; Council Vote; Private Damage Suits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.5
  The council of any city shall have authority to permit any railroad company or street railway company to lay its track, and operate its ...
• Railroad Track; Location And Grade Of Street Crossings; Construction And Repair; Flagmen; Lighting; Enforcement Of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.6
  The council may provide for and change the location and grade of street crossings of any railroad track; compel any railroad company or street ...
• Railroad Companies; Drainage Repairs; Failure, Expense Of Company - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.7
  The council shall have power to require and compel any railroad company and any street railway company to make, keep open and in repair, ...
• Partition Fence; Ordinances, By-Laws, Regulation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.8
  The council is authorized to enact all such ordinances and by-laws as it may deem proper relative to the building, rebuilding, maintaining and repairing ...
• Support Of Poor Persons; Director Of The Poor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 91.9
  The council of any city may make such provision as they shall deem expedient for the support and relief of poor persons residing in ...
• Policemen; Watchmen - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.1
  The council of any city may provide, by ordinance, for a police force and for the appointment by the mayor of such number of ...
• Policemen; Rules, Regulations; Temporary Appointments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.2
  The council may make and establish rules for the regulation and government of the police, prescribing and defining the powers and duties of policemen ...
• City Marshal; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.3
  The city marshal, subject to the direction of the mayor, shall, as chief of police, have the superintendence and direction of the policemen and ...
• Police Officers; Powers; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.4
  Under the direction of the mayor and chief of police, and in conformity with the ordinances of the city and laws of this state, ...
• Police Officer Or Constable; Authority To Execute Bench Warrant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.4a
  A police officer of a city or, if authorized by the city council, a constable of a city has the same authority within the ...
• Police Force; Fees, Compensation; Monthly Report - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.5
  When employed in the service of process, policemen shall receive the same fees therefor as are allowed to constables for like services; when otherwise ...
• Police Force; Suspension, Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 92.6
  The mayor may suspend any policeman or nightwatchman on the complaint in writing and under oath of any citizen or on his own motion ...
• Prison Facilities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 93.1
  The council of any city shall have power to provide and maintain a city prison, and such watch or station houses as may be ...
• Prisoners; Hard Labor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 93.2
  All persons sentenced to confinement in the city prison, and all persons imprisoned therein on execution or commitment for the non-payment of fines for ...
• Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 94.1-94.8
  ...
• City Ownership Of Cemetery; Regulation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.1
  Any city may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation, ...
• Appropriation, Cemetery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.2
  The council may, within the limitations of this act contained, raise and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purchase of cemetery ...
• Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Appointment, Term, Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.3
  Whenever any city shall own, purchase or otherwise acquire any cemetery or cemetery grounds, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, ...
• Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Chairman, Clerk; Powers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.4
  The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1 of their number chairman, and the city clerk shall be the clerk of the board. And ...
• Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Property Management Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.5
  Said board, subject to the directions and ordinances of the council, shall have the care and management of any such cemetery or burial place ...
• Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Necessary Employees; Ordinances, Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.6
  Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and employes for the cemetery; expend the money provided for the care and improvement of the grounds; ...
• Board Of Cemetery Trustees; Cemetery Fund, Accounting; Report To Council, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.7
  All moneys raised for any public cemetery authorized by this act and all moneys received from the sale of lots therein, or otherwise therefrom, ...
• Cemetery; City Owned; Ordinances; Passage; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.8
  If a city owns a public cemetery, whether within or without the city, the council of a city may pass and enforce ordinances necessary ...
• Privately Owned Cemeteries; Ordinances Governing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 95.9
  The council shall have power also to pass all ordinances deemed necessary for the preservation and protection of any cemetery or burial place within ...
• City Owned Pounds; Impounding Regulations; Poundmaster - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 96.1
  The council may provide and maintain 1 or more pounds within the city and may appoint poundmasters, prescribe their powers and duties, and fix ...
• Fees For Impounding; Sale Of Animals; Penalties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 96.2
  The council may also prescribe the fees for impounding and the amount or rate of expenses for keeping, and the charges to be paid ...
• Authority Of Council; Public Wharves - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.1
  The council of any city located upon or adjacent to any of the navigable waters of the state shall have the power to establish, ...
• Authority Of Council; Construction Of Wharves - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.2
  The council shall have authority also to require and cause all docks, wharves and landings, whether upon public grounds or upon the property of ...
• Authority Of Council; Regulation Of Use Of Wharves, Rates - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.3
  The council shall have authority to prohibit the encumbering of the public wharves and landings, and to regulate the use of all wharves, docks, ...
• Authority Of Council; Preservation Of Water Purity; Use Of Harbor; Ordinances And Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.4
  The council may provide by ordinance for the preservation of the purity of a body of water within the city, and within 1/2 mile ...
• Authority Of Council; Regulation Of Use Of Tugs And Bridges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.5
  The council may also license and regulate the use of tugs and prescribe the rates and charges of towage within the harbor or other ...
• Authority Of Council; Appointment Of Harbor Officers; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 97.6
  The council may also appoint a harbormaster, wharfmaster, port wardens, and such other officers as may be necessary for the enforcement of all such ...
• Regulation And Licensing Of Ferries By Council; Sanctions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 98.1
  The council of a city may regulate and license ferries from the city or a place in the city; require the payment of a ...
• Council; Powers To Establish And Regulate Markets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 99.1
  The council of any city shall have the power to erect market houses, establish and regulate markets and market places for the sale of ...
• Council; Rules And Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 99.2
  The council may adopt and enforce such rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent fraud, and to preserve order in the markets; ...
• Council; Power To Acquire Real Estate - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 100.1
  Any city may acquire, purchase and erect all such public buildings as may be required for the use of the corporation and may purchase, ...
• Council; Grounds For Prisons; Hospitals Outside City Limits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 100.2
  When the council shall deem it for the public interest, grounds and buildings for city prisons, workhouses and other necessary public uses, may be ...
• Council; Public Parks - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 100.3
  The council shall have authority to lay out, establish and enlarge, or vacate and discontinue public grounds and parks within the city, and to ...
• Construction Of Sewage Systems; Condemnation; Location - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.1
  The council of any city may establish, construct and maintain sewers and drains whenever and wherever necessary, and of such dimensions and materials, and ...
• Board Of Public Works; Powers, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.2
  The board of public works shall have the management, supervision and control of the sewers, sewerage system and drainage of the city, and the ...
• Board Of Public Works; Drainage Construction Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.3
  Whenever it may become necessary, in the opinion of the council, to provide sewerage and drainage for the city or for any part thereof, ...
• Board Of Public Works; Sewer Districts; Plats Submitted To Councils; Adoption, Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.4
  Such plan shall, in the discretion of the board, be formed with a view to the division of the city into main sewer districts, ...
• Main Sewer Districts; Subdivision; Special Sewer Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.5
  Main sewer districts may be subdivided into special sewer districts in such manner that each special district shall include 1 or more lateral or ...
• Main Trunk Sewers; Adoption, Recording - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.6
  The council may, however, provide for main or trunk sewers without reference to sewer districts, and may direct the board of public works to ...
• Main Or Trunk Sewers; Payment Of Cost And Expenses; Assessment; Taxation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.7
  The cost and expenses of establishing and making any main or trunk sewers constructed without reference to sewer districts shall be paid from the ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.8, 101.9
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to diagram of sewer district, notice of intention to construct sewer, and resolution to construct sewer. ...
• Special Assessments For Construction Of Sewers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.10
  Special assessments for the construction of sewers shall be made in the manner provided in this act for making special assessments. History: 1895, Act ...
• Construction Petition; Sewer Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.11
  When the owner of a majority of the lands liable to taxation in any sewer district or part of the city which may be ...
• Drains Privately Owned; Regulations; Expense Lien - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.12
  Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for the public health, they may require the owners and occupants of lots and premises to construct ...
• Drains Privately Owned; Connection With Public Sewers - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.13
  The owners or occupants of lots and premises shall have the right to connect the same, at their own expense, by means of private ...
• Drains Privately Owned; Annual Charge, Lien - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.14
  The board of public works may charge and collect annually from persons whose premises are connected by private drains with the public sewers, such ...
• Improvement Of Ditches And Water Courses; Special Assessment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.15
  Such part of the expenses of providing ditches and improving water-courses as the council shall determine, may be defrayed by a special assessment upon ...
• Public Sewers; Repair; Cost, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.16
  The expenses of repairing public sewers, ditches and water-courses may be paid from the general sewer fund. The expenses of reconstructing public sewers shall ...
• Public Sewers; Ordinances For Protection And Control - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.17
  The council may enact such ordinances as may be necessary for the protection and control of the public drains and sewers, and to carry ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 101.18
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to borrowing to construct main or trunk sewer. ...
• Thoroughfares And Public Grounds; Control By Council; Damage Suits, Liability; Required Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.1
  The council shall have supervision and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks and public grounds within the city, and shall ...
• Thoroughfares; Public Improvements; Condemnation; Expenses, Assessment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.2
  The council shall have authority to lay out, open, widen, extend, straighten, alter, close, vacate or abolish any highway, street or alley in the ...
• Thoroughfares; Resolution To Vacate; Hearing, Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.3
  When the council shall deem it advisable to vacate, discontinue or abolish any street, alley or public ground, or any part thereof, they shall ...
• Thoroughfares; Survey; Boundaries; Recording Of Descriptions; Ordinance To Discontinue Street; Filing With Secretary Of State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.4
  The council may cause all public streets, alleys, and public grounds to be surveyed, and may determine and establish their boundaries and cause those ...
• Thoroughfares; Street Grading; Diagrams, Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.5
  The council shall have authority to determine and establish the grades of all streets, avenues, alleys and public grounds within the city, and to ...
• Thoroughfares; Expense Of Grading, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.6
  Whenever any street, alley or public highway shall have been graded, or pavement shall have been constructed in conformity to grades established by authority ...
• Thoroughfares; Grade Changes, Damage To Property Owner; Compensation, Assessment, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.7
  Whenever the grade of any street or sidewalk shall have been heretofore, or shall hereafter be established, and improvements shall thereafter be made by ...
• Improvement And Repair Of Highways, Streets, Avenues, Lanes, And Alleys; Street Districts; Sewer, Water, And Gas Connections; Liability For Cost; Penalty; Special Assessment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.8
  The council shall have power to grade, pave, plank, gravel, curb, and otherwise improve and repair the highways, streets, avenues, lanes, and alleys of ...
• Street Districts; Expenses Of Improvement, Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.9
  Such part of the expenses of improving any street, lane or alley, by grading, paving, planking, graveling, curbing, or otherwise, and of repairing the ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.10
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to special assessment for improvement or repairs. ...
• Obstructions To Highways; Removal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.11
  The council shall have the power to prohibit and prevent obstructions and encumbrances in, and encroachments upon the public highways, streets and alleys of ...
• Shade Trees; Lighting System - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.12
  The council may provide for and regulate the planting of shade and ornamental trees in the public highways, streets and avenues of the city, ...
• Removal Of Soil; Street Openings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.13
  The council may regulate the making of all openings in, and removals of, the soil of public streets, and for the laying or repair ...
• Use Of Highways And Streets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 102.14
  The council may regulate the use of the public highways, streets, avenues and alleys of the city, subject to the right of travel and ...
• Sidewalks; Control; Grading; Construction, Maintenance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 103.1
  The city council shall have control of all sidewalks in the public streets and alleys of the city, and may prescribe the grade thereof, ...
• Sidewalks; Required Construction And Repair By Owners At Public Expense - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 103.2
  The council shall also have authority to require the owners and occupants of lots and premises to build, rebuild and maintain sidewalks in the ...
• Sidewalks; Removal Of Snow, Ice; Repair, Removal Of Obstructions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 103.3
  The council shall also have power, either by ordinance or resolution, to cause and require the owners and occupants of any lot or premises ...
• Sidewalks; Upkeep, Failure Of Owner; Work At Owner's Expense; Assessment; Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 103.4
  If the owner or occupant of any lot or premises shall fail to build, rebuild or maintain any particular sidewalk as mentioned and prescribed ...
• Sidewalks; Use Regulated By Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 103.5
  The council shall have power to regulate and prohibit the placing of signs, awnings, awning posts, and of other things upon or over sidewalks, ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104.1-104.30
  ...
• Special Assessment For Local Public Improvement Or Repair; Resolution - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104A.1
  The council may determine that the whole or part of the expense of a local public improvement or repair shall be defrayed by special ...
• Special Assessment Procedure; Ordinance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104A.2
  The complete special assessment procedure to be used, including the time when special assessments may be levied, the kinds of local public improvements for ...
• Special Assessment And Interest Thereon As Lien And Debt; Delinquency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104A.3
  After the date of confirmation of any roll levying a special assessment, the full amount of the assessment and all interest thereon shall constitute ...
• Action To Contest Or Enjoin Collection Of Special Assessment; Notice; Time Limitation; Effect Of Illegality In Assessment Roll - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104A.4
  An action of any kind shall not be instituted for the purpose of contesting or enjoining the collection of any special assessment unless, within ...
• Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 104A.5
  The city council may borrow money and issue bonds of the city therefor in anticipation of the payment of special assessments in 1 or ...
• Condemnation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.1
  Private property may be appropriated for public use in any city for the purpose of opening, widening, altering or extending streets, alleys and avenues; ...
• Condemnation; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.2
  If it shall become necessary to appropriate private property for the public uses or purposes specified in the preceding section, the right to occupy ...
• Condemnation; Resolution Of Council; Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.3
  Whenever the council shall have declared a public improvement to be necessary in the municipality and shall have declared that they deem it necessary ...
• Condemnation; Certified Copy Of Resolution, Delivery To Attorney; Petition, Contents; Filing; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.4
  The city clerk shall make and deliver to such attorney, as soon as may be, a copy of such resolution certified under seal, and ...
• Probate Court Summons; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.5
  Upon receiving such petition it shall be the duty of the said probate court to issue a summons against the respondents named in such ...
• Probate Court Summons; Service; Guardian Ad Litem; Appearance Order; Alias, Pluries Summons; Return, Filing; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.6
  Said summons shall be served by the city marshal, any member of the police force or any constable of the city, at least 5 ...
• Probate Court; Impaneling Jury; Composition Of Jury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.7
  On the return day of the summons, or on some subsequent day to which the proceedings are adjourned, if no sufficient cause to the ...
• Probate Court; Oath Of Jurors, Form; Duties; Instruction; Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.8
  The jurors so impaneled shall be sworn or shall affirm in substance as follows: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will well ...
• Probate Court; Verdict Of Jury; Contents, Necessity, Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.9
  The jury shall determine in their verdict the necessity for the proposed improvement and for taking such private property for the use or benefit ...
• Probate Court; Jury To Retire With Petition, Map, Blank Verdict; Form Of Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.10
  PART I. We find that it is ............... necessary to take the private property described in the petition in this cause, for the use ...
• Probate Court; Amendments Allowed - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.11
  Amendments either in form or substance may be allowed in any paper, petition, process, record or proceeding, or in the description of property proposed ...
• Probate Court; Docket Entries, Copy; Confirmation Judgement On Application, Time; New Proceedings; Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.12
  Upon filing the report and award made by any jury with said probate court he shall enter it upon the docket of his proceedings, ...
• Probate Court; Disagreement Of Jury; Impaneling New Jury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.13
  If such jury should be unable to agree upon a verdict, or for any cause should fail to render a verdict, said probate court ...
• Juror; Disability; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.14
  If any juror, after being sworn, and before the hearing shall have been commenced, shall die, or from sickness or any other cause be ...
• Circuit Court; Appeal, Procedure; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.15
  Any party aggrieved by the judgment of confirmation hereinbefore mentioned, may, within 10 days after the entry thereof, appeal therefrom to the circuit court ...
• Circuit Court; Probate Court To Return Appeal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.16
  Within 10 days after taking such appeal said probate court shall make and certify a return to said appeal, setting forth a transcript from ...
• Circuit Court; Jurisdiction; Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.17
  Upon filing the return to the probate court, as mentioned in the preceding section, the circuit court shall have jurisdiction of the case. The ...
• Circuit Court Jury; Impaneling - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.18
  The circuit judge shall make an order that a jury be impaneled in the case. Such jury shall be composed of 12 freeholders of ...
• Circuit Court; Oath Of Jurors, Form; Duties; Instruction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.19
  The jurors so impaneled shall be sworn or shall affirm in substance as follows: "You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you will well ...
• Circuit Court; Verdict Of Jury; Contents, Necessity, Damages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.20
  The jury shall in their verdict separately award to the owners of such property, and others interested therein, such compensation therefor as they shall ...
• Circuit Court; Jury May Retire With Petition, Map, Blank Verdict; Form Of Verdict - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.21
  The just compensation to be paid for such private property we have ascertained and determined, and hereby award as follows: __________________________________________________________________ Description of each Owners, ...
• Circuit Court; Confirmation Of Proceedings; Cost - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.22
  Upon any dismissal of the appeal, or rendition of judgment after trial in the circuit court, said court shall confirm the proceedings and rights ...
• Circuit Court; Judgment Of Confirmation; Records Of City Clerk; Contents, Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.23
  It shall be the duty of the city clerk to procure copies of any judgment of confirmation of the circuit court or of the ...
• Verdict Confirmed; Sums Awarded; Procedure For Collection; Assessment; Evidence; City Purchaser At Sale - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.24
  When the verdict of the jury shall have been finally confirmed by the probate court and the time in which to take an appeal ...
• Verdict Confirmed; Sums Awarded; Payment Within Year; Raising Of Funds; Treasurer, Duties; Right Of Entry; Writ Of Assistance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.25
  Within 1 year after the confirmation of the verdict of the jury, or after the judgment of confirmation shall on appeal be confirmed, the ...
• Court Proceedings; Officers, Jurors, Witnesses; Fees, Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.26
  Officers, jurors and witnesses in any proceedings under this chapter shall be entitled to receive the same fees and compensation as are provided by ...
• Property; Ownership; Prima Facie Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.27
  It shall be prima facie evidence as to who are owners of, and persons interested in, any property proposed to be taken in the ...
• Property; Sale Of Buildings; Moneys, Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.28
  In case there is on the private property taken a building or other structure, the same shall be sold by or under direction of ...
• Property; Negotiation; Purchase - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 105.29
  Nothing in this chapter contained shall prevent any city from obtaining private property for any of the public uses herein specified by negotiation and ...
• City Waterworks; Uses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.1
  Any city incorporated or reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall have authority to purchase or construct new and to maintain and extend ...
• Types Of Waterworks; Construction; Maintenance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.2
  Such city may acquire, purchase, erect and maintain such reservoirs, canals, aqueducts, sluices, buildings, engines, water wheels, pumps, hydraulic machines, distributing pipes and other ...
• Constructing, Purchasing, Or Extending Waterworks; Borrowing; Expenditure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.3
  It shall be lawful for a city, subject to the provisions of this act, to borrow money to be used exclusively for the purpose ...
• Constructing, Purchasing, Or Extending Waterworks; Estimate Of Expense; Special Assessment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.4
  Before any money shall be borrowed, appropriated, raised, or expended for the purchase, construction, or extension of waterworks in any city, the council shall ...
• Water Pipes; Private Connections; Repairs At Owner's Expense; Permit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.5
  The connecting or supplying pipes leading from buildings or yards to the distributing pipes, shall be inserted and kept in repair at the expense ...
• Establishing Of Water Rates; Annual, Approval Of City Council; Furnishing Of Water Outside Corporate Limits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.6
  The board of public works shall annually, on or before the first Monday in June, establish a scale of rates to be charged and ...
• Establishing Waterworks; Care, Control Ordinances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.7
  The council may enact such ordinances and adopt such resolutions as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation and control of the waterworks ...
• Establishing Waterworks; Property Beyond Corporate Limits, Control - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.8
  When the council shall deem it for the public interest, such waterworks may be purchased, or may be constructed and maintained beyond the corporate ...
• Establishing Waterworks; Construction Privileges, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.9
  For the purpose of operating, constructing, maintaining or extending such waterworks, the city shall have the right to lay conduits, pipes, aqueducts or other ...
• Establishing Waterworks; Condemnation Of Private Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.10
  If it shall be necessary, in the judgment of the council, to appropriate private property either within or without the city for the construction ...
• Contract For Water Supply; Time Limitation; Privileges Extended To Company - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 106.11
  The council may contract from year to year, or for a period of time not exceeding 10 years, with any person or persons, or ...
• City Lighting Plant - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.1
  It shall be lawful for any city incorporated or reincorporated under the provisions of this act to acquire by purchase or to construct, operate ...
• City Lighting Plant; Resolution Of Necessity; Action Of Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.2
  Whenever the council of any city shall, by resolution, declare that it is expedient for such city to acquire by purchase, or to construct, ...
• City Lighting Plant; Expense Estimates; Vote By Electors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.3
  In case the council shall declare that it is expedient for such city to acquire by purchase or to construct, as the case may ...
• City Lighting Plant; Borrowing Power, Limit; Manner Of Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.4
  It shall be lawful for any such city to borrow any sum of money not exceeding 5 per cent of the assessed value of ...
• City Lighting Plant; Repairs, Limit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.5
  After lighting works have been purchased or constructed as aforesaid, in such city, the council may then raise and expend in making repairs or ...
• City Lighting Plant; Lighting Rates, Annual Determination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.6
  The board of public works subject to the approval of the council shall have the power to fix such just and equitable rates as ...
• City Lighting Plant; Condemnation Of Private Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.7
  If it shall be necessary in the judgment of the council to appropriate private property either within or without the city for the construction ...
• Contract For Lighting; Time Limitation; Privileges Extended To Company - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.8
  The council may contract from year to year, or for a period of time not exceeding 10 years with any person or persons, or ...
• City Lighting Plant; Care And Control Ordinances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.9
  The council may enact such ordinances and adopt such resolutions as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation and control of the lighting ...
• Repairs, Alterations, And Extensions; Title Retention Contract Providing For Payment From Available Net Revenues; Construction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 107.10
  Repairs, alterations, and extensions may also be provided by the city council by contract for the making and installation of repairs, alterations, and extensions, ...
• Board Of Public Works; Members, Appointment, Terms - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.1
  There may be created and constituted in every city, subject to the provisions of this act, a board of public works composed of 5 ...
• Board Of Public Works; Officers, Election, Duties; Quorum - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.2
  Said board shall, within 10 days after their first appointment and annually thereafter during the month of May, organize and elect 1 of their ...
• Board Of Public Works; Powers And Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.3
  The said board of public works, subject to the direction of the council, is hereby charged and entrusted with the following duties, powers and ...
• Board Of Public Works; Rules, By-Laws, Regulations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.4
  The said board shall have power to make and adopt all such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for ...
• Board Of Public Works; Letting Contracts, Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.5
  Whenever the expense of constructing or repairing any public work placed under the control of the board of public works shall not exceed the ...
• Work Done By Board Of Public Works; Reports To Council, Contents; Payment Of Claims - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.6
  All work done under the supervision of said board shall be reported to the council from time to time, and no money shall be ...
• Reports To Council; Expense Estimate Submitted To Council, Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.7
  On or before the first Monday of September, or on or before the first Monday of May in each year where the council has ...
• Moneys Received; Disposition; Statement, Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.8
  The board of public works shall on the first Monday of each month pay into the city treasury to the credit of the water, ...
• Rate Charges, Payment; Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.9
  The board of public works may provide when and to whom all water and light rates, and other moneys collectible by them shall be ...
• Board Of Public Works; Employment Of Operating Personnel; Appointment, Compensation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.10
  The board of public works is hereby empowered, subject to the approval of the council, to employ all necessary officers, agents and employes that ...
• Board Of Public Works Abolished; Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.11
  The council of every city subject to the provisions of this act and the acts to which this act is amendatory, upon petition to ...
• Board Abolished; Powers And Duties Transferred To Council; Committee Established - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.12
  If at any such election, a majority of the electors voting thereon shall vote to abolish the board of public works in such city, ...
• Board Of Public Works Abolished; Re-Establishment Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.13
  In a city subject to this act, and in which the board of public works has been abolished as provided in this chapter, the ...
• Election Of Board; Time, Notice; Form Of Proposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 108.14
  An election under the provisions of this chapter cannot be held oftener than once in 2 years and notice of such election shall be ...
• Fire Protection; Ordinances And Regulations; Fire Department, Establishment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.1
  The council of any city shall have power to enact such ordinances and establish and enforce such regulations as they shall deem necessary to ...
• Fire Equipment; Water Supply - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.2
  The council may purchase and provide suitable fire engines and such other apparatus, instruments and means for the use of the department as may ...
• Fire Houses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.3
  The council may also provide or erect all necessary and suitable buildings for keeping the engines, carriages, teams and fire apparatus of the department. ...
• Fire Chief; Duties; Assistants - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.4
  The engineer of the fire department shall be the chief of the department, and, subject to the direction of the mayor, shall have the ...
• Fire Chief; Power To Command Aid At Fire; Refusal, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.5
  The chief of the fire department, or other officer acting as such, may command any person present at a fire to aid in the ...
• Fire Wardens; Appointment, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.6
  The council may provide by ordinance for the appointment of, and may appoint, such number of fire wardens as may be deemed necessary; and ...
• Fire Ordinances; Limits On Wooden Structures, Construction, Regulation; Escapes - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.7
  The council may prescribe by ordinance, from time to time, limits of districts within the city within which wooden buildings and structures shall not ...
• Trades Within Certain Districts Prohibited; Combustibles, Regulation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.8
  The council may also prohibit within such places or districts as they shall deem expedient, the location of shops; the prosecution of any trade ...
• Prohibited Structure; Nuisance, Abatement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.9
  Every building or structure which may be erected, placed, enlarged, repaired or kept, in violation of any ordinance or regulation made for the prevention ...
• Compensation Of Officers, Fire Fighters, And Employees; Compensation For Injuries - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.10
  The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the department shall receive compensation as the council may provide. The council may provide suitable compensation for ...
• Destruction Of Buildings At Fires; Damages, Settlement; Jury Trial - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.11
  The engineer in charge of the department at any fire, with the concurrence of the mayor or any 2 aldermen, may cause any building ...
• Harbor Fire Ordinances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 109.12
  The council of any city located upon any of the navigable waters of the state may, by ordinance, prescribe such regulations to be observed ...
• Fiscal Year - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.1
  The fiscal year of cities subject to the provisions of this act shall commence on the first Monday of March in each year, or ...
• Council's Power Of Taxation; Collection; Installments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.2
  The council of any such city shall have authority, within the limitations herein prescribed, to raise annually by taxation within the corporation such sum ...
• Tax Revenues; Division Into Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.3
  The revenues raised by general tax upon all the property in the city or by loan to be repaid by a general tax shall ...
• Tax Money; Special Funds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.4
  Revenues and moneys raised by taxation in special districts of the city shall be divided into the following special funds: First, A street district ...
• Taxes For General Fund; Limitation On Council - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.5
  The aggregate amount which the council may raise by general tax upon the taxable real and personal property in the city for the purpose ...
• Tax Raised In Street District; Purposes, Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.6
  The council may also raise by tax in each street district for defraying the expenses of working upon, improving and repairing and cleaning the ...
• Special Assessments; Purposes; Local Improvements, Street And Drain Construction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.7
  In addition to the above amounts, the council may raise by special assessment in sewer districts and special assessment districts, for the purpose of ...
• Private Sewer Tax - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.8
  A tax or assessment of not more than 2 dollars per year may be levied upon each lot or premises drained by a private ...
• Annual Tax Levy; Purpose; Credit For Surplus Moneys - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.9
  The council shall also raise annually by taxation, an amount such that the estimated collections therefrom are sufficient to promptly pay when due the ...
• Expense Estimates Of Council; Time, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.10
  It shall be the duty of the council to cause estimates to be made in the month of September, or in the month of ...
• Expense Estimate Of Council; Deficiencies; Installment Levies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.11
  The council shall also in the same month determine upon the amount required to be raised in the next general tax levy to meet ...
• Annual Appropriation Bill; Purpose; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.12
  The council shall also in the said month of September, or in said month of May where the council has decided to have the ...
• Taxes Certified To Board Of Supervisors And Ward Supervisors; Manner - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.13
  All sums ordered in the annual appropriation bill, in any year to be raised for the several general funds (except in cases where the ...
• Annual Appropriation Bill; Raising Of Moneys After Passage Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.14
  After the passage of the annual appropriation bill, no further sums shall be used, raised or appropriated; nor shall any further liability be incurred ...
• Improvements Prohibited Unless Appropriation Made; Expenditures Only From Appropriations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.15
  No improvement, work, repairs or expense, to be paid for out of any general fund, or street district fund, excepting as herein otherwise provided, ...
• Improvements Financed By Special Assessments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.16
  Sections 14 and 15 of this chapter do not apply to appropriations, contracts, incurring of liabilities, expenditures and work in connection with any improvements ...
• Improvement Before Tax Levy Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.17
  No public work, improvement or expenditure shall be commenced, nor any contract therefor be let or made, except as herein otherwise provided, until a ...
• Taxes And Loans For Capital Improvements; Bonds; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.18
  Instead of levying a tax for the whole amount authorized by this act to be raised in that manner in any year, for the ...
• Loan In Anticipation Of Receipts From Special Assessments; Purpose; Limitation; Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.19
  The council shall also have authority to raise moneys by loan in anticipation of the receipts from special assessments for the purpose of defraying ...
• Tax Or Loan To Raise Greater Amount; Vote Of Electors; Maximum Amount; Limitation On Amount Of Indebtedness; Fire, Flood, Or Other Calamity Requiring Emergency Fund; Exclusions From Computation Of Net Indebtedness; Deducting Resources Of Sinking Fund; Validation Of Bonds Or Contract Or Assessment Obligations; Calculating Assessed Value Equivalent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.20
  (1) If a greater amount is required in any year for a lawful purpose than can be raised by the council under the provisions of ...
• Bonds; Approval Of Electors Required; Exceptions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.21
  Bonds shall not be issued, except special assessment bonds, bonds for the portion of the cost of local improvements to be paid by the ...
• Accounting Rules; Moneys Received - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.22
  All moneys and taxes raised, loaned or appropriated for the purposes of any particular fund, shall be paid in and credited to such fund, ...
• Moneys; Procedure For Disbursement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.23
  No money shall be drawn from the treasury, except in pursuance of the authority and appropriation of the council and upon the warrant of ...
• Moneys; Drawing Upon Exhausted Funds; Warrants On Such Funds Declared Void - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.24
  No warrant shall be drawn upon the treasury, after the fund from which it should be paid has been exhausted; nor when the liabilities ...
• Loans; Limitation; Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.25
  Loans shall not be made by the council, or by its authority, in any year exceeding the amounts prescribed in this act. For any ...
• Annual Accounts Audit By Council; Statement, Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.26
  Immediately upon the close of the fiscal year the council shall audit and settle the accounts of the city treasurer and other officers of ...
• Statement Of Receipts; Filing, Publication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.27
  Said statement, signed by the mayor and clerk, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk, and a copy thereof published in ...
• Misappropriation Of Moneys; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.28
  If any officer of the corporation shall, directly or indirectly, appropriate or convert any of the moneys, securities, evidences of value, or any property ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 110.29
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bonds. ...
• Tax Assessment And Collection By Supervisors; City Assessor, Duties; Rules - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.1
  The supervisors of every city shall, in each year, make and complete an assessment of all the real and personal property within their respective ...
• Personal Property; Assessment; Tax Exemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.2
  If any person residing in the city a part of the time during the year shall, in the opinion of any supervisor, unjustly or ...
• Personal Property; Assessment; Situs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.3
  All personal property found in any ward may be assessed therein, whether the owner thereof resides in such ward or elsewhere. If there shall ...
• Property Assessment; Equalization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.4
  For the purpose of assessing all property equally in the whole city, the supervisors of the several wards shall meet and confer together from ...
• Board Of Review; Members, Duties, Compensation; Equalization By County Supervisors; Apportionment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.5
  The supervisors of the several wards, the city assessor in cities providing for such officer, the mayor and the city attorney, shall constitute a ...
• Board Of Review; Meetings Of Board; Officers; Proceedings; Statement, Form; Endorsed Rolls Returned To Supervisors; Finality - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.6
  The decision of a majority of the members of said board upon all questions shall govern. The rolls as prepared by the several supervisors shall ...
• Assessment Roll; Certified Copy Delivered By Supervisor To City Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.7
  Within 60 days after the confirmation, and where the council have decided to have the taxes levied and collected in 2 installments, and the ...
• Certification By City Clerk To County Clerk; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.8
  On or before the first Monday of October in each year, the city clerk shall certify to the county clerk of the county in ...
• Apportionment Of Amounts By Board Of Supervisors; Certification Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.9
  The board of supervisors of the county in which such city is located shall apportion the amounts to be raised as mentioned in the ...
• Certification Of Taxes By City Clerk To Ward Supervisors - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.10
  On or before the first day of October, or on or before the first Monday of June in each year where the council have ...
• Ward Supervisors; Duties As To Tax Levy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.11
  Each supervisor, shall, where the taxes are levied and collected on 1 tax roll, at the time of levying state and county taxes in ...
• Ward Supervisors; Delivery Of Roll To City Clerk; Amounts Charged To Treasurer, Bond; Collection Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.12
  Each supervisor [upon] on completing his roll shall certify to the city clerk the amounts of taxes levied in the roll for the state ...
• Warrant Annexed To Roll; Contents - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.13
  The warrant annexed to each roll shall state the several amounts levied therein to be paid into the city and county treasuries respectively; and ...
• Taxes; Lien On Land - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.14
  All taxes levied in any ward tax roll, shall be and remain a lien upon the lands upon which they are levied until paid. ...
• City Treasurer; Duties; Notice To Taxpayers; Collection Fee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.15
  Upon receiving the several ward tax rolls as above provided, the city treasurer shall give notice immediately to the taxpayers of the city that ...
• Unpaid Taxes; Collection; Sale - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.16
  For the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid on the general roll on the tenth day of January, and on the July roll, where ...
• Unpaid Taxes; New Warrants; Suits - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.17
  The county treasurer may issue new warrants to the city treasurer for the collection of taxes in the same manner and in the same ...
• Assessment Unit; City Treasurer, Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.18
  For the purpose of assessing and levying taxes in any city incorporated under this act, for state, county, school and library purposes, each ward ...
• Moneys Received; Disposition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.19
  The city treasurer shall, within 1 week after the time specified and directed in the warrants annexed to said several December tax rolls, pay ...
• Delinquent Taxes; Collection - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 111.20
  All the provisions of law respecting delinquent taxes levied in townships shall apply to all taxes levied in any ward of the city, and ...
• Repealed. 1964, Act 256, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 112.1-112.20
  ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure; City Council; Duty; Resolution; Declaration Of Reincorporation; Filing; Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.1
  All cities heretofore incorporated under any general or special law of this state, and having a population of 10,000 or less, according to the ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Property, Assets, Vesting; Liabilities; Cumulative Remedies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.2
  All cities reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act, as provided in the preceding section, shall succeed to and be ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Officers In Office Until Successors Qualify - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.3
  All the officers in any such city, elected or appointed under the provisions of the former act of incorporation of such city, and in ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Existing By-Laws, Ordinances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.4
  The by-laws and ordinances of any such city and the rules and regulations of the council, and of the board of health or other ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Special Assessments, Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.5
  In cases where a special assessment has been made by authority of and confirmed by the council of any such city, and the same, ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Existing Licenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.6
  All licenses granted by any such city under its former act of incorporation shall be and remain in full force and virtue until the ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; First Election Of Officers, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.7
  The first election of officers for any such city reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall be held on the first Monday in ...
• Reincorporation Under Act; Platting Of Lands; Liability Of City For New Streets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.9
  No lands or premises shall hereafter be laid out, divided and platted into lots, streets and alleys within any such city, except by permission ...
• City; Definition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.10
  The term "city," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its ...
• City Not To Own Stock Of Incorporated Companies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.11
  No such city shall become the owner or holder of stock or shares in any incorporated company. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, ...
• Affidavit Of Notice; Filing, Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.12
  When, by the provisions of this act, notice of any matter or proceeding is required to be published or posted, an affidavit of the ...
• Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.13
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bonds for payment of judgement or decree against city. ...
• Reincorporation From Fourth To Third Class Cities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.14
  Whenever any city of the fourth class shall have a population of more than 10,000 according to the last preceding federal or state census, ...
• Vacating Incorporation Of City; Prerequisite, Petition, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.16
  Whenever the qualified electors of any incorporated city whose population has decreased since its incorporation to less than 500 inhabitants as shown by the ...
• Vacating Incorporation Of City; Election, Form Of Ballots, Transcript Of Proceedings Certified To County Clerk; Plats Unaffected - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.17
  At the time of holding such meeting, all persons voting thereon shall have written or printed on their ballots "Shall the city of .......................... ...
• Vacating Incorporation Of City; Certified Transcript Of Proceedings; Resolution Of Board Of Supervisors, Contents; Representative Districts - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.18
  Upon receiving the transcript of the proceedings in submitting to a vote of the electors the question of vacating the incorporation of any city, ...
• Vacating Incorporation Of City; Deposit Of Books And Records With County Clerk; Bond Or Other Indebtedness, Procedure And Time For Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.19
  Upon the vacation of the incorporation of any city, under the provisions of the preceding sections, it shall be the duty of the officers ...
• Vacated Territory In Two Or More Townships Or Counties; Division Of Indebtedness, Procedure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 113.20
  In case the territory formerly embraced within such vacated city shall consist of territory of two or more townships in the same county, it ...

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