Michigan Compiled Laws Act 12 Of 1869 Rural Cemetery Corporations (456.101 - 456.119)

AN ACT to authorize and encourage the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries; to provide for the care and maintenance thereof; to provide for the revision and codification of the laws relating to cemeteries, mausoleums, crypts, vaults, crematoriums, and other means of disposing of the dead; to make an appropriation therefor; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.

History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 110, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982

Section 456.101 Cemetery Corporations; Incorporators, Name.
That any number of persons not less than 10, who shall by articles of agreement in writing, associate themselves according to the provisions of...
Section 456.102 Articles; Signing, Acknowledgment, Contents.
The articles of agreement of every such association shall be signed by the persons associating in the first instance, and acknowledged before some person...
Section 456.103 Payment By Subscribers To Articles Of Association.
The subscribers to such articles of association, shall at the time of subscription thereto, severally pay to the treasurer named therein at least 20...
Section 456.104 Annual Meeting; Election Of Board Of Directors; Right To Vote; Special Meetings.
The annual meeting of every such corporation shall be held on the second Monday of May in each year, unless some other day shall...
Section 456.105 Board Of Directors; Selection Of Officers.
It shall be the duty of said board of directors to choose from their own number a president and vice-president, and also to elect...
Section 456.106 Board Of Directors; Powers.
The board of directors shall have the general management of such corporation and shall have the power,— To purchase land for the use of...
Section 456.106a Conveyance Of Land.
The corporation shall not convey any part or portions of land owned by it if the land is part of the plan or design...
Section 456.107, 456.107a Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to appointment and duties of board of directors and requirements for setting aside endowment care funds.
Section 456.108 Tax Exemption.
All the lands of said corporation enclosed and set apart for cemetery purposes, and all rights of burial therein, shall be wholly exempt from...
Section 456.109 Burial Rights; Granting In Lands Subject To Lien Or Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited.
No mortgage, or other lien or incumbrance, shall be executed upon any of the lands of such corporation, actually used for burial purposes, and...
Section 456.110 Highways, Sewers Or Other Public Thoroughfares Through Grounds; Right To Purchase Additional Property.
No streets, highways, railways, sewers or canals shall be opened or constructed through the grounds of such corporation, without the assent of the board...
Section 456.111 Saloons And Amusements Prohibited.
After any such corporation shall have been formed, and their cemetery site shall have been purchased, no saloon or place of entertainment shall thereafter...
Section 456.112 Burial Rights; Transfer, Rights Of Surviving Spouse And Next Of Kin.
All rights of burial granted by such corporation shall be transferable and as fully alienable as any other personal property in this state, subject...
Section 456.113 Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977.
Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to arrests by employees of cemetery corporation.
Section 456.114 Use Of Firearms In Cemetery; Entering Over Fence; Penalty.
No person shall use firearms upon the grounds of any cemetery owned and inclosed by any such corporation, nor hunt game therein. No person...
Section 456.114a Witness Fee; Prohibition.
A corporation established under the provisions of this act shall not charge a fee for witnessing the lowering of a casket into the ground....
Section 456.115 Perpetual Care Fund; Receipts; Investment; Bond; Account.
All corporations established under the provisions of this act may receive and hold any grant, donation or bequest made to them for the purpose...
Section 456.116 Non-profit Corporation.
Any corporation organized under this act may, by suitable provision in its articles of association, or by suitable amendment thereto filed in the same...
Section 456.117 Charter Not Deemed Forfeited; Filing Articles; Affidavit, Report.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other laws, the charter of any corporation organized under this act shall not be deemed to be forfeited and...
Section 456.118 Corporate Name.
Prior to the filing by any corporation, in accordance with section 17, of the instruments thereby required with the corporation and securities commission, the...
Section 456.119 List Of Corporations; Compilation; Forwarding To Corporation And Securities Commission.
Upon instructions from the corporation and securities commission, every county clerk shall forthwith compile a list of corporations whose articles have been filed in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016