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Act 215 of 1937 - Cemetery or Burial Grounds (128.1 - 128.4)
Section 128.1 - Perpetual Care and Maintenance of Cemetery or Burial Lot; Resolution or Ordinance; Payment; Investment in Mutual Funds; Petition to Transfer Money to Municipality. - Sec. 1. (1) The legislative body of a municipality owning...
Section 128.2 - Joint Cemetery Authority; Formation and Purpose. - Sec. 2. The legislative body of 2 or more municipalities...
Section 128.3 - "Community Foundation" and "Municipality" Defined. - Sec. 3. As used in this act: (a) "Community foundation"...
Section 128.4 - Irrevocable Endowment and Perpetual Care Fund; Establishment as Component Fund Within Community Foundation; Powers and Duties of Community Foundation; "Fund" Defined. - Sec. 4. (1) Subject to this section, to lessen the...
Act 46 of 1931 - Public Cemeteries (128.11 - 128.16)
Section 128.11 - Definitions. - Sec. 1. The term “cemetery” as used herein shall be...
Section 128.12 - Failing or Neglecting to Care for and Maintain Burial Space; Proceedings for Termination and Forfeiture of Owner's Rights and Interest; Resolution; Petition; Service; Publication of Hearing Notice; Failure to Appear and Answer; Defau... - Sec. 2. If the owner of a burial space in...
Section 128.13 - Burial Space; Proceedings for Termination of Rights; Forfeiture; City, Village or Township May Re-Sell; Copy of Order Served on Owner; Redemption. - Sec. 3. On the day noticed for the hearing of...
Section 128.14 - Duty of Board. - Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the cemetery...
Section 128.15 - Reconveyance; Perpetual Care Trust Fund. - Sec. 5. At any time during the period of 2...
Section 128.16 - Rights Not Forfeited; Conditions. - Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained shall be construed...
Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)
Section 128.31 - Removal of Private Cemetery; Complaint; Grounds; Proceedings to Vacate; Power of Circuit Court. - Sec. 1. When a complaint is made in writing to...
Section 128.32 - Petition; Filing; Contents; Notice; Neglect or Refusal to Appoint Attorney or Agent; Proceeding by Freeholder Resident; Security for Costs. - Sec. 2. The petition shall be made by the board...
Section 128.33 - Hearing; Burden of Proof; Order, Recording. - Sec. 3. That the hearing on such petition may be...
Section 128.34 - Reinterment of Dead Bodies and Remains; Removal and Erection of Fences, Tombstones, and Monuments; Removal During Certain Months Prohibited; Exception; Costs. - Sec. 4. (1) When a cemetery is vacated as provided...
Section 128.35 - Reimbursement of Lot Owner. - Sec. 5. If the land vacated reverts to the township...
Section 128.36 - Reversion to Original Owner; Conditions. - Sec. 6. In all cases where the land embraced in...
Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)
Section 128.41 - Vacation of Cemetery; Jurisdiction of Chancery Court. - Sec. 1. That whenever the trustees of any incorporated village,...
Section 128.42 - Petition of Trustees or Council to Vacate; Notice. - Sec. 2. That such petition shall be made in behalf...
Section 128.43 - Court Proceedings; Order to Vacate; Recording. - Sec. 3. That the hearing of such petition may be...
Section 128.44 - Reinterment; Time of Year; Expenses, Payment. - Sec. 4. That when any cemetery shall be vacated as...
Section 128.45 - Price of Lots Repaid. - Sec. 5. In all cases where the title to the...
Act 297 of 1929 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.51 - 128.57)
Section 128.51 - Circuit Court in Chancery; Jurisdiction to Vacate Cemeteries. - Sec. 1. That, whenever the trustees of an incorporated village,...
Section 128.52 - Contract for Sale of Private Cemetery to City, Village; Contents. - Sec. 2. That, upon the adoption of such a resolution,...
Section 128.53 - Petition of Trustees or Council to Vacate; Filing, Notice. - Sec. 3. That, upon the execution of such contract, a...
Section 128.54 - Compensation to Objecting Lot Owners; Credit on Contract; Condition Precedent. - Sec. 4. That, should there appear at the hearing of...
Section 128.55 - Court Proceedings; Order to Vacate, Contents, Recording; Recorded Under Complete Bar. - Sec. 5. That the hearing of such petition may be...
Section 128.56 - Appeal; Bond. - Sec. 6. Any lot owner or grave owner whose property...
Section 128.57 - Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to removal and reinterment...
Act 113 of 1915 - Care of Cemeteries (128.61 - 128.62)
Section 128.61 - Cemeteries; Joint Maintenance by Municipalities; Money Deposited in Trust, Limitation, Expenditure. - Sec. 1. The township board of each township shall have...
Section 128.62 - Cemetery Day. - Sec. 2. The third Wednesday in August of each year...
Act 95 of 1909 - Trust Fund for Care of Cemeteries (128.71 - 128.74)
Section 128.71 - Township Board of Trustees; Taking, Receiving, and Holding Property in Trust; Purpose; Expenditure of Funds. - Sec. 1. The board of trustees of a township may...
Section 128.72 - Trust Fund; Investment. - Sec. 2. All moneys and property which may be received...
Section 128.73 - Trust Fund; Not Transferable. - Sec. 3. Neither the whole nor any part of the...
Section 128.74 - Treasurer and Custodian; Bond. - Sec. 4. The clerk of said board shall be the...
Act 81 of 1903 - Care and Preservation of Cemetery Lots (128.81 - 128.90)
Section 128.81 - Cemetery Lots; Deposit for Care With County Treasurer. - Sec. 1. Any person residing in the state of Michigan,...
Section 128.81a - Deposit of Money After June 30, 2018. - Sec. 1a. No money may be deposited with a county...
Section 128.82 - Investment of Money Deposited Under MCL 128.81. - Sec. 2. A county treasurer may invest money deposited with...
Section 128.83 - Transfer of Earnings on Investment; Purpose. - Sec. 3. Each year, a county treasurer shall transfer any...
Section 128.84 - Repealed. 2018, Act 8, Eff. June 30, 2018. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to delivery of receipt...
Section 128.85 - Treasurer's Bond; Increase. - Sec. 5. A bond covering a county treasurer as required...
Section 128.86 - Annual Report on Money Deposited, Invested, and Expended. - Sec. 6. If a county treasurer holds money under this...
Section 128.87 - Cemetery Deposits; County Liability. - Sec. 7. Every county in this state having any such...
Section 128.88 - Cemetery Deposits; Tax Exempt. - Sec. 8. All moneys set apart for the purposes specified...
Section 128.89 - Transfer of Money After June 30, 2018; Inability to Identify Location of Cemetery or Cemetery Lot; Certification of Abandoned Legal Interests or Rights; Presumption; Requirements; Record of Certification. - Sec. 9. (1) After June 30, 2018, a county treasurer...
Section 128.90 - Definitions. - Sec. 10. As used in this act, "cemetery", "cemetery owner",...
Act 211 of 1911 - Fencing of Private Cemeteries (128.101 - 128.103)
Section 128.101 - Private Cemeteries in Cities; Fencing. - Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of any owner...
Section 128.102 - Private Cemeteries in Cities; Notice to Build or Repair. - Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the council...
Section 128.103 - Noncompliance With Fencing Requirement; Erection by City Council; Expense. - Sec. 3. If at the expiration of said notice, the...
Act 88 of 1875 - Exemption of Private Burial Grounds From Taxation or Attachment (128.111 - 128.112)
Section 128.111 - Private Burial Grounds; Laying Out; Deed. - Sec. 1. That it shall be lawful for any person...
Section 128.112 - Private Burial Grounds; Exemptions. - Sec. 2. Such land so laid out and described in...
Act 22 of 1905 - Memory Days (128.121 - 128.121)
Section 128.121 - Memory Days; Purpose. - Sec. 1. That the twenty-fifth day of May and the...
Act 272 of 1909 - Enlargement of Township Burial Grounds (128.151 - 128.164)
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 J... - Sec. 1. The board of trustees of a township of...
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; Serv... - Sec. 2. The circuit court judge or district court judge,...
Section 128.153 - Notice to Township Board of Trustees; Publication; Service of Notice on Owner. - Sec. 3. Thirty days' previous notice of the time when...
Section 128.154 - Judge; Duties; Jury Summons, Return, Contents; Empaneling. - Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of such judge,...
Section 128.155 - Jury Sworn by Judge; Subpoenas for Witnesses; Visiting and Examining Premises; Jurors' Certificate; Signatures and Indorsement; Judge's Certificate. - Sec. 5. (1) The 12 persons selected as the jury...
Section 128.156 - Judgment; Collection. - Sec. 6. Upon filing such certificates in the circuit court...
Section 128.157 - Incompetent or Unknown Owner; County Treasurer, Duties; Funds Subject to Court Order. - Sec. 7. In case the owner of such real estate...
Section 128.158 - Vesting of Fee; Conditions; Writ of Possession. - Sec. 8. Upon satisfactory evidence being presented to the circuit...
Section 128.159 - Possession by Township; Writ of Possession. - Sec. 9. Such township may, at any time after making...
Section 128.160 - Jury Disagreement; Adjournment, Limit. - Sec. 10. In case the jury hereinbefore provided for shall...
Section 128.161 - Parties to Suit; Proof of Claims; Settlement. - Sec. 11. In case the said burying grounds or addition...
Section 128.162 - Payment Order; Issuance, Receipt; Evidence. - Sec. 12. The circuit judge, judge of probate, or circuit...
Section 128.163 - Subsequent Proceedings. - Sec. 13. In case any circuit judge, circuit court commissioner,...
Section 128.164 - Fees; Compensation. - Sec. 14. Circuit judges, circuit court commissioners, and justices of...