Michigan Compiled Laws Act 272 Of 1909 Enlargement Of Township Burial Grounds (128.151 - 128.164)

AN ACT to authorize the boards of trustees of the townships of this state to acquire and enlarge burying grounds and approaches to burying grounds in their respective townships and to provide the manner of acquiring private property for that purpose.

History: 1909, Act 272, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 380, Imd. Eff. Jan. 2, 1981

Section 128.151 Township Board Of Trustees; Providing New Burying Ground Or Enlarging Limits Of Existing Burying Ground; Providing Suitable Approaches Or Enlarging Limits Of Existing Approach; Inability To Agree; Application For Jury; Determining Just Compensation And Necessity For Using Real Estate.
The board of trustees of a township of this state, when it considers it desirable and necessary, may provide new burying ground in the...
Section 128.152 Summons Or Venire Facias Commanding County Sheriff Or Constable To Summon Freeholders To Appear As Jury; Application And Issuance; Ascertaining Just Compensation And Necessity For Using Real Estate; Notice To Owner Or Occupant; Service.
The circuit court judge or district court judge, upon application, shall issue a summons or venire facias, directed to the sheriff or a constable...
Section 128.153 Notice To Township Board Of Trustees; Publication; Service Of Notice On Owner.
Thirty days' previous notice of the time when and the place where the jury will assemble shall be given by the board of trustees...
Section 128.154 Judge; Duties; Jury Summons, Return, Contents; Empaneling.
It shall be the duty of such judge, commissioner, or justice, and of the persons summoned as jurors, as hereinbefore provided, and of the...
Section 128.155 Jury Sworn By Judge; Subpoenas For Witnesses; Visiting And Examining Premises; Jurors' Certificate; Signatures And Indorsement; Judge's Certificate.
(1) The 12 persons selected as the jury shall be sworn by the judge in attendance, to inquire, ascertain, and determine, faithfully and impartially,...
Section 128.156 Judgment; Collection.
Upon filing such certificates in the circuit court of the county where such real estate is situated, such court shall, if it finds all...
Section 128.157 Incompetent Or Unknown Owner; County Treasurer, Duties; Funds Subject To Court Order.
In case the owner of such real estate shall be unknown, insane, non compos mentis, or an infant, or cannot be found within such...
Section 128.158 Vesting Of Fee; Conditions; Writ Of Possession.
Upon satisfactory evidence being presented to the circuit court of the county where such real estate lies, that such judgment, or the sum ascertained...
Section 128.159 Possession By Township; Writ Of Possession.
Such township may, at any time after making the payment or deposit hereinbefore required, enter upon and take possession of such real estate for...
Section 128.160 Jury Disagreement; Adjournment, Limit.
In case the jury hereinbefore provided for shall not agree, another jury may be summoned in the same manner, and the same proceedings may...
Section 128.161 Parties To Suit; Proof Of Claims; Settlement.
In case the said burying grounds or addition or approach thereto, is encumbered by mortgage, levy, tax sale, or otherwise, as aforesaid, the mortgagee,...
Section 128.162 Payment Order; Issuance, Receipt; Evidence.
The circuit judge, judge of probate, or circuit court commissioner of any county where any money has been deposited with the county treasurer of...
Section 128.163 Subsequent Proceedings.
In case any circuit judge, circuit court commissioner, or justice of the peace, who shall issue a summons or venire for a jury, shall...
Section 128.164 Fees; Compensation.
Circuit judges, circuit court commissioners, and justices of the peace, for any services rendered under the provisions of this act, shall be entitled to...

Last modified: October 10, 2016