Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 41 - Townships
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c)

R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c)

Section 41.2 - Inhabitants of Organized Township as Body Corporate; Powers and Duties Generally; Acquisition of Property for Public Purposes; Suit, Act, or Proceeding; Supervisor as Agent. - Sec. 2. (1) The inhabitants of an organized township are...

Section 41.2a - Power to Change the Name of the Township; Limitation. - Sec. 2a. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a township board...

Section 41.3 - Power to Grant and Vote Sums of Money; Purpose; Creation of Debt or Liability. - Sec. 3. The inhabitants of a township shall have the...

Section 41.3a - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Ordinance Prohibited. - Sec. 3a. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory...

Section 41.3b - Licensing Requirements Subject to Local Government Occupational Licensing Act. - Sec. 3b. Any occupational licensing requirements imposed under this act...

Section 41.3c - Power to Impose Special Assessment for Mosquito Abatement. - Sec. 3c. (1) A township may finance by special assessment...

Section 41.4 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to power to make...

Section 41.4a - Power to Levy Tax for Mosquito Abatement. - Sec. 4a. (1) A township may levy a tax of...

Section 41.5-41.7 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to power to make...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-MEETINGS. - Township Meetings. (41.8...41.29)

Section 41.8 - Annual Meeting of Electors of Township; Time and Place; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Public Notice; Majority Vote; Resolution or Petition Submitting Question of Reestablishment of Annual Meeting to Electors; Signatures; Aboli... - Sec. 8. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 41.9 - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 9. A petition under section 8 or 95, including...

Section 41.11 - Repealed. 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for election and term...

Section 41.13 - Repealed. 1971, Act 43, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to terms of school...

Section 41.15 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filling vacancy in...

Section 41.16 - Township Meetings; Place. - Sec. 16. The annual and special township meetings of the...

Section 41.17, 41.18 - Repealed. 1956, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections provided for adjournment of township...

Section 41.19 - Township Meetings; Adjournment. - Sec. 19. An annual or special meeting of the electors...

Section 41.20 - First Township Meeting; Date. - Sec. 20. The first township meeting of the electors after...

Section 41.21 - First Township Meeting; Choosing Moderator, Clerk, and Inspectors; Oath; Conduct of Proceedings. - Sec. 21. At the first township meeting of the electors...

Section 41.22 - First Township Meeting; Failure to Hold; Notice of Subsequent Meeting. - Sec. 22. If the electors of a newly organized township...

Section 41.23 - First Township Meeting; Oaths of Office, Administration. - Sec. 23. At such first township meeting, the moderator shall...

Section 41.24 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to special township meetings...

Section 41.25 - Special Township Meeting; Purpose; Order. - Sec. 25. A special township meeting of the electors shall...

Section 41.26 - Special Township Meeting; Contents of Order; Order as Part of Minutes. - Sec. 26. An order for a special township meeting of...

Section 41.27 - Special Township Meeting; Time. - Sec. 27. The time appointed for holding a special township...

Section 41.28 - Special Township Meeting; Posting and Publishing Copies of Order. - Sec. 28. The township clerk, within 2 days after receiving...

Section 41.29 - Repealed. 1956, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that no notice of...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-OFFICERS. - Township Officers. (41.46...41.55)

Section 41.46, 41.47 - Repealed. 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections required township officers to file...

Section 41.48-41.54 - Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to justices of the...

Section 41.55 - Repealed. 1983, Act 40, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1983. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to failure of township...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-RESIGNATIONS-VACANCIES-AND-SUPPLYING-VACANCIES. - Resignations, Vacancies and Supplying Vacancies. (41.56...41.59)

Section 41.56 - Resignations of Officers. - Sec. 56. Resignations of all officers shall be in writing,...

Section 41.57 - Township Office; Events Creating Vacancy. - Sec. 57. Every township office shall become vacant upon the...

Section 41.58 - Disability of Incumbent or Incumbent's Deputy; Temporary Appointment. - Sec. 58. If, because of disabilities, the incumbent in a...

Section 41.59 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to vacancies in office...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b)

Section 41.60 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to prosecution of penalties...

Section 41.61 - Supervisor as Chief Assessor; Additional Assessors; Certification; Depositing Rolls With Supervisor; Supervisor as Secretary of Board of Review; Deputy Township Supervisor. - Sec. 61. (1) The supervisor of each township is the...

Section 41.61a - Township Appraisal; Employment of Independent Appraisal Firm. - Sec. 61a. Any township board may employ an independent appraisal...

Section 41.62 - Books, Assessment Rolls, and Other Papers; Preservation; Delivery to Successor in Office; Availability to Public. - Sec. 62. The supervisor shall preserve and keep the books,...

Section 41.63-41.64a - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to attendance at meetings...

Section 41.64b - Statements to Supervisor; Oath; Oath of Office. - Sec. 64b. (1) The supervisor of a township may place...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69)

Section 41.65 - Custody of Records, Books, and Papers; Preservation; Delivery to Successor in Office; Accounts; Accounting Records; Journals and Ledgers. - Sec. 65. The township clerk of each township shall have...

Section 41.66 - Book of Records; Transcription of Minutes of Township Meeting; Entering Order, Direction, or Rule; Availability of Book and Other Writings to Public. - Sec. 66. The township clerk shall transcribe, in the book...

Section 41.67 - Return to County Clerks of Names and Addresses of Officers Elected or Appointed. - Sec. 67. The township clerk of each township, and the...

Section 41.68 - Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to notice of election...

Section 41.69 - Township Clerk; Bond; Deputy. - Sec. 69. Each township clerk, within the time limited for...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b)

Section 41.70 - Township Board; Membership; Quorum; Adoption of Section. - Sec. 70. The supervisor, 2 trustees, the township treasurer, and...

Section 41.71 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to raising quorum.

Section 41.72 - Fiscal Year; Commencement and Termination; Proportionate Extension or Reduction. - Sec. 72. The fiscal year of a township may commence...

Section 41.72a - Township Board; Regular and Special Meetings; Time and Place; Moderator; Transaction of Business; Publication of Proceedings; Adjusted Amount. - Sec. 72a. (1) The township board shall provide by resolution...

Section 41.72b - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting. - Sec. 72b. The business which the township board may perform...

Section 41.73, 41.74 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to auditing accounts, preservation...

Section 41.75 - Approval and Payment of Claims Against Township; Filing and Preservation of Accounts; Authorized Payments. - Sec. 75. In addition to other business matters that may...

Section 41.75a - Township Manager and Other Employees; Employment; Duties. - Sec. 75a. The township board may employ a township manager...

Section 41.75b - Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Payment; Acquisition by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement. - Sec. 75b. (1) A township board may provide for the...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TREASURER. - Treasurer. (41.76...41.79)

Section 41.76 - Township Treasurer; Duties Generally. - Sec. 76. The township treasurer shall receive and take charge...

Section 41.77 - Township Treasurer; Bond; Deposit of Funds; Limitation as to Assets; Deputy; “Financial Institution” Defined. - Sec. 77. (1) A township treasurer, within the time limited...

Section 41.78 - Account of Receipts and Expenditures; Book or Electronic Means; Delivery to Successor in Office; Availability of Documents to Public. - Sec. 78. (1) At the expense of the township, each...

Section 41.79 - Repealed. 1972, Act 178, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to accounting by treasurer.

R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84)

Section 41.80 - Constables; Bond Required. - Sec. 80. Every person elected or appointed to the office...

Section 41.81 - Constables; Bond; Filing; Certified Copy as Evidence of Contents and Execution; Actions Against Constables or Sureties Upon Bond. - Sec. 81. The bond required in section 80 shall be...

Section 41.82 - Constables; Service of Warrants, Notices, and Process; Duties; Ordinance Restricting or Limiting Powers; Compliance With Minimum Employment Standards; Cost of Compliance; Appointment as District Court Officer. - Sec. 82. (1) Constables shall serve all warrants, notices, and...

Section 41.83 - Constables; Service of Writ, Process, or Order. - Sec. 83. A constable may serve any writ, process, or...

Section 41.83a - Constable or Police Officers; Right to Pursue, Arrest, and Detain Person Outside of Township Limits. - Sec. 83a. If a person has committed a civil infraction...

Section 41.83b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant. - Sec. 83b. A police officer of a township or, if...

Section 41.84 - Constables; Attendance at Sessions of Circuit Courts; Notice; Payment. - Sec. 84. Constables shall attend the sessions of the circuit...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-JUSTICES-OF-THE-PEACE. - Justices of the Peace. (41.90...41.94) -

R-S-1846-41-1-16-COMPENSATION-TO-TOWNSHIP-OFFICERS. - Compensation to Township Officers. (41.95...41.96)

Section 41.95 - Salary for Officers Composing Township Board; Procedures. - Sec. 95. (1) In a township that holds an annual...

Section 41.96 - Township Officers; Extra Services, Compensation. - Sec. 96. For services not otherwise provided for by law,...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101)

Section 41.97 - Moderator of Township Meeting. - Sec. 97. The supervisor, if present, shall be the moderator...

Section 41.98 - Duties of Moderator. - Sec. 98. The moderator of a meeting of the electors...

Section 41.99 - Permission Required to Address Meeting; Request for Silence. - Sec. 99. A person shall not address a meeting of...

Section 41.100 - Repealed. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to disorderly conduct at...

Section 41.101 - Exclusion of Person From Public Meeting; Refusal to Withdraw as Misdemeanor; Penalty. - Sec. 101. A person shall not be excluded from a...

R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c)

Section 41.102 - Right to Vote; Challenge; Ruling. - Sec. 102. An elector of the township shall have a...

Section 41.103 - Polling Places. - Sec. 103. A township board may provide polling places located...

Section 41.104 - Limits and Boundary Lines of Organized Township; Division of Lands Into 2 or More Townships; Agreement as Dispositive of Lands and Apportionment of Proceeds; Annexation; Sale and Conveyance of Lands; Apportionment of Proceeds. - Sec. 104. (1) The limits and boundary lines of every...

Section 41.105 - Apportionment of Money, Rights, Credits, and Other Personal Estate. - Sec. 105. If a township possessed of or entitled to...

Section 41.106 - Meeting of Township Boards; Notice; Compliance With Open Meetings Act. - Sec. 106. If a meeting of the township boards of...

Section 41.107 - Cemeteries. - Sec. 107. Sections 104 to 106 of this chapter shall...

Section 41.108 - Apportionment of Debts. - Sec. 108. Debts of a township divided or altered as...

Section 41.109 - Liability in Action for Accounting and Settlement; Applicable Law. - Sec. 109. If the township board or boards of any...

Section 41.110 - Transfer of Unexpended Balance in Nonrestricted Township Fund to General Fund of Township. - Sec. 110. (1) The township board may, by resolution, transfer...

Section 41.110a - Uniform Chart of Accounts and Reports; Annual Financial Reports and Audits. - Sec. 110a. The township board of a township shall establish...

Section 41.110b - Retirement System; Insurance; Deduction of Premium or Charge; Automatic Insurance or Coverage; Notice of Desire Not to Be Insured or Covered; Validity of Prior Programs, Insurance, or Coverage; Authority in Addition to Existing Powe... - Sec. 110b. (1) Subject to the protecting local government retirement...

Section 41.110c - Appropriations and Expenditures; Purposes. - Sec. 110c. The township board may appropriate money or expend...

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Michigan Compiled Laws Chapter 41 - Townships R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c)

Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 41 - Townships
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c)