Michigan Compiled Laws 215-1895-i Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)

• Section 81.1 Fourth Class Cities.
  That all cities within the state of Michigan heretofore incorporated and made subject to the provisions of this act or which shall hereafter be...
• Section 81.1a Short Title; Definitions.
  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as “the fourth class city act”. (2) As used in this act: (a) “Civil...
• Section 81.1b Fourth Class Cities; Construction Of Act; Validation Of Amendments And Acts.
  No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any city incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 279...
• Section 81.1c Incorporated City As Home Rule City; Charter.
  Effective January 1, 1980, a city incorporated under this act shall be deemed a home rule city as provided by Act No. 279 of...
• Section 81.1d Emergency Financial Manager; Authority And Responsibilities.
  Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101...
• Section 81.2 Incorporation.
  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...
• Section 81.3 Incorporation; Petition; Resolution Of Village Council; Referendum.
  Any 100 or more registered electors residing within a village may present to the village council a petition setting forth the population of the...
• Section 81.4 Election; Notices, Contents.
  At least 30 days before the time of holding any election at which the question mentioned in the preceding section shall be submitted to...
• Section 81.5 Election; Qualified Voters; Form Of Submission, Canvass; Return.
  At such election all persons having the qualifications of electors at the annual village elections may vote upon the question of such incorporation, and...
• Section 81.6 Election; Authorizing Vote; Resolution Of Council, Contents; Records.
  After the council shall have determined the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon, as provided in the preceding section, if it...
• Section 81.7 Election Results; Adoption, Recording; Declaration Of Incorporation, Filing.
  Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned in the last preceding section, the clerk of the village shall record the same in the...
• Section 81.8 Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Evidence.
  When the declaration of incorporation mentioned in the last preceding section shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as therein...
• Section 81.9 Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Officers In Power.
  After the incorporation of the village as a city as aforesaid, the government and affairs of the old or village corporation shall continue and...
• Section 81.10 Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Division Into Wards.
  Immediately upon filing the declaration of incorporation mentioned in section 7, in the office of the secretary of state, as in that section directed,...
• Section 81.11 First Election Of New City; Time, Procedure.
  The first election in and for the new corporation shall be held on the first Monday in April next after the filing of the...
• Section 81.12 First Election Of New City; Prerequisites.
  At least 10 days before the first election in and for the new corporation, the council of the old corporation shall appoint 4 persons...
• Section 81.13 Inspectors Of Election; Oath, Duties.
  The inspectors of election, appointed as provided in the preceding section, shall constitute boards of registration for their respective wards for the purpose of...
• Section 81.14 Inspectors Of First Election; Duties.
  Said inspectors shall be inspectors of such first election in their respective wards, and shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties...
• Section 81.15 Fourth Class City; Bodies Corporate.
  All cities organized under or made subject to the provisions of this act shall be bodies politic and corporate under and by the name...
• Section 81.16 Fourth Class Cities; Judicial Notice Taken; Changes In Organization.
  Judicial notice shall be taken in all courts and proceedings in this state of the existence of all cities incorporated or made subject to...
• Section 81.17 Existing Ordinances, By-laws, Resolutions.
  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...
• Section 81.18 Status Of Former Rights; Liabilities; Remedies.
  All rights and property of any kind and description which were vested in any village corporation under its former organization shall, upon its incorporation,...

Last modified: October 10, 2016