Michigan Compiled Laws Act 39 Of 1889 Summer Resort And Assembly Associations (455.51 - 455.72)

AN ACT to authorize the formation of corporations for the purchase and improvement of grounds to be occupied for summer homes, for camp-meetings, for meetings of assemblies or associations and societies organized for intellectual and scientific culture and for the promotion of the cause of religion and morality, or for any or all of such purposes; and to impose certain duties on the department of commerce.

History: 1889, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1889 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 85, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982

Section 455.51 Summer Resort And Assembly Associations; Incorporation, Purpose.
That any number of persons not less than 10, who may desire to form an association for the purchase and improvement of lands to...
Section 455.52 Articles Of Association; Capital Stock; Reorganization.
The persons so associating shall sign articles of association which shall state: First, The corporate name of the association; Second, The names and residences...
Section 455.53 Execution Of Articles Of Association; Acknowledgment; Filing Articles With Department Of Commerce; Certification.
The execution of such articles of association shall be acknowledged by the persons signing the same before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment...
Section 455.54 Powers, Privileges, And Liabilities Of Incorporated Association; Limitation On Land Holdings; Voting.
(1) An association incorporated under this act has all the general powers and privileges and is subject to all the liabilities of a corporation....
Section 455.55 Corporation; Powers.
Such corporation may improve and ornament its nds, erect and maintain churches, houses of worship, and other buildings thereon for its own use, or...
Section 455.56 Annual Meeting; Place; Board Of Trustees, Report, Powers.
The annual meeting of such association shall be held at some suitable place on its grounds at such time as shall be fixed by...
Section 455.57 Board Of Trustees; Quorum, Vacancy; Election Of Officers, Terms.
Such trustees shall be known and designated as the board of trustees. They shall elect a president, vice-president, a secretary and a treasurer from...
Section 455.58 Board Of Trustees; Powers; Annual Meeting; Streets, Control.
The board of trustees shall have the management and control of the business, finances, rights, interests, buildings and all property, real and personal, of...
Section 455.59 Board Of Trustees; By-laws And Orders, Amendment, Rescission.
Such board of trustees may from time to time make such orders and by-laws relating to the matters hereinbefore specified and to the business...
Section 455.60 Violation Of By-laws; Penalty.
Any person who shall violate any of such by-laws made as in said last section provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and...
Section 455.61 Marshal; Appointment By Board Of Trustees, Compensation, Duties, Removal, Powers, Responsibility.
The board of trustees may, for the preservation of peace and good order, appoint a marshal, whose duties and compensation shall be fixed by...
Section 455.62 Marshal; Authority Over Person Arrested.
The marshal shall have authority to take any person arrested, before the district or municipal court of the judicial district or municipality in which...
Section 455.63 Property; Injury Or Destruction, Penalty.
Any person who shall willfully destroy, injure or remove any statuary, fence, fountain, hydrant, building or other structure placed on the grounds of the...
Section 455.64 Property; Taxation, Exemption.
The property of such corporation shall be subject to taxation, except all houses of public worship, and also all school buildings used exclusively for...
Section 455.65 Property; Disposition; Conflict Of Powers And Duties.
Every corporation organized under the provisions of this act may, at any time within 2 years next preceding the time fixed for the termination...
Section 455.66 Assessment Of Association.
Whenever the board of trustees of any such association shall serve upon the assessing officer of the township, city or village in which its...
Section 455.67 Assessment; Collection From Members.
Whenever the real estate of any such association and the cottages and buildings thereon shall be assessed to the association and taxes paid as...
Section 455.68 Board Of Assessors; Election, Terms, Vacancy.
There shall be elected at each annual meeting of the association, or at some special meeting thereof called for that purpose, 3 assessors, members...
Section 455.69 Board Of Assessors; Members, Assessment; Trustees, Report; Interest; Fees.
It shall be the duty of such board of assessors and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to ascertain the amount of all taxes...
Section 455.70 Board Of Assessors; Report; Board Of Trustees, Additions And Corrections.
The board of trustees may correct any error or mistake in such report in the name of any owner or lessee of any such...
Section 455.71 Board Of Assessors; Report, Majority Rule.
The finding and determination and report of a majority of the members of the board of assessors, as set forth in their report, shall...
Section 455.72 Highway Assessments; Expenditure.
All moneys assessed, levied and paid upon the property of such association for highway purposes, including labor tax or assessment, shall be expended and...

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