Michigan Compiled Laws Act 297 Of 1929 Vacating Cemetery In City Or Village (128.51 - 128.57)

AN ACT to provide for vacating private and public cemetery plats and cemetery grounds in the limits of incorporated cities and villages and to provide for the acquisition by said cities and villages of the cemetery grounds and plats vacated hereunder.

History: 1929, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1929

Section 128.51 Circuit Court In Chancery; Jurisdiction To Vacate Cemeteries.
That, whenever the trustees of an incorporated village, or the common council of any city, shall, by a resolution adopted by them, determine that...
Section 128.52 Contract For Sale Of Private Cemetery To City, Village; Contents.
That, upon the adoption of such a resolution, it shall be competent for the board of directors, or board of trustees, of such cemetery...
Section 128.53 Petition Of Trustees Or Council To Vacate; Filing, Notice.
That, upon the execution of such contract, a petition shall be made in behalf of said village trustees, or common council, by an attorney,...
Section 128.54 Compensation To Objecting Lot Owners; Credit On Contract; Condition Precedent.
That, should there appear at the hearing of such petition any objecting lot owner or grave owner of such cemetery, setting forth, by special...
Section 128.55 Court Proceedings; Order To Vacate, Contents, Recording; Recorded Under Complete Bar.
That the hearing of such petition may be continued from term to term, in the discretion of the court, without further notice; that all...
Section 128.56 Appeal; Bond.
Any lot owner or grave owner whose property may be taken, and any municipality or person, party to the proceedings under this act, considering...
Section 128.57 Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removal and reinterment of dead bodies.

Last modified: October 10, 2016