Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages
Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)

Section 61.1d - Minimum Staffing Requirement; Adoption of Village Charter or Ordinance Prohibited. - Sec. 1d. Beginning on the effective date of the amendatory...

Section 61.2-61.11 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to incorporation of villages.

Section 61.12 - Village Incorporated; Body Politic; Powers. - Sec. 12. A village incorporated under this act is a...

Section 61.14 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the village board...

Section 61.15 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to registration of electors.

3-1895-II - Chapter II Officers. (62.1...62.15)

Section 62.1 - Village Officers; Council; Ordinance Providing for Election and Terms of Office; Adoption; Filing Petition to Delay Effect of Ordinance; Ballot Question. - Sec. 1. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and...

Section 62.2 - Additional Officers; Appointment. - Sec. 2. (1) The president may nominate and the council...

Section 62.3 - Appointments; Time. - Sec. 3. Except for an appointment to fill a vacancy...

Section 62.4 - Term of Office. - Sec. 4. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the president, clerk,...

Section 62.5 - Village Trustees; Term of Office; Ordinance Providing for Election and Terms of Office. - Sec. 5. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 3...

Section 62.5a - Staggered Terms of Office; Resolution; Length of Initial Terms; Applicability of Subsection (1). - ***** 62.5a SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31,...

Section 62.6 - Appointive Officers; Term. - Sec. 6. Except for an officer appointed to fill a...

Section 62.7 - Qualifications for Office; Void Votes; “In Default” Defined; Oath. - Sec. 7. (1) A person shall not be elected to...

Section 62.8 - Official Bonds; Deposit Time. - Sec. 8. Every officer elected or appointed in the village,...

Section 62.9 - Additional Bonds; Removal From Office. - Sec. 9. The council may, at any time, require any...

3-1895-II-VACANCIES-IN-OFFICE. - Vacancies in Office. (62.10...62.15)

Section 62.10 - Resignations. - Sec. 10. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),...

Section 62.11 - Office Vacancies. - Sec. 11. If any elected officer shall cease to be...

Section 62.12 - Failure of Officer to Give or Maintain Bond. - Sec. 12. If any person elected or appointed to office...

Section 62.13 - Vacancies; Filling; Special Elections; Procedure; Expenses. - Sec. 13. A vacancy occurring in the office of president,...

Section 62.14 - Surety Not Exonerated. - Sec. 14. The resignation or removal of an officer or...

Section 62.15 - Property Delivered to Successor. - Sec. 15. When an officer resigns or is removed from...

3-1895-III - Chapter III Elections. (63.1...63.14)

Section 63.1 - Election; Exception; Place. - Sec. 1. (1) An election under this act shall be...

Section 63.2 - Special Election; Resolution. - Sec. 2. Special elections may be called by resolution of...

Section 63.3 - Village Elections as Nonpartisan. - Sec. 3. Notwithstanding a charter provision or ordinance to the...

Section 63.4 - Voting Requirements. - Sec. 4. An individual who is a registered elector of...

Section 63.5, 63.6 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to board of elections...

Section 63.7 - Conduct of Election; Designation of Term on Ballot. - Sec. 7. (1) All elections in the village shall be...

Section 63.8-63.12 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to canvass of votes,...

Section 63.13 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to division of villages...

Section 63.14 - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 14. A petition under section 13 of chapter II,...

3-1895-IV - Chapter IV Duties of Officers. (64.1...64.21)

3-1895-IV-PRESIDENT. - President. (64.1...64.4)

Section 64.1 - President as Chief Executive Officer; Duties Generally. - Sec. 1. The president is the chief executive officer of...

Section 64.2 - Village President; Duties as Conservator of Peace. - Sec. 2. The president is a conservator of the peace...

Section 64.3 - Suspension or Removal of Officer; Examination and Inspection of Books, Records, and Papers; Additional Duties of President; Section Subject to Ordinance. - Sec. 3. The president may suspend any officer authorized by...

Section 64.4 - Acting President. - Sec. 4. In the absence or disability of the president,...

3-1895-IV-CLERK. - Clerk. (64.5...64.8a)

Section 64.5 - Clerk; Duties. - Sec. 5. (1) The clerk shall keep the corporate seal...

Section 64.6 - Clerk as General Accountant; Duties; Check Disbursement. - Sec. 6. (1) The clerk shall be the general accountant...

Section 64.7 - Clerk; Duties. - Sec. 7. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance, the clerk shall...

Section 64.8 - Duties; Financial Report to Council; Contents. - Sec. 8. The clerk shall report to the council, whenever...

Section 64.8a - Functions Subject to Ordinance. - Sec. 8a. The functions of the village clerk are subject...

3-1895-IV-TREASURER. - Treasurer. (64.9...64.12a)

Section 64.9 - Village Treasurer; Duties. - Sec. 9. The treasurer shall do all of the following:...

Section 64.10 - Treasurer; Reports; Contents. - Sec. 10. The treasurer shall report to the clerk on...

Section 64.11 - Treasurer; Vouchers. - Sec. 11. The treasurer shall take vouchers for all money...

Section 64.12 - Treasurer; Disposition of Money; Private Use Prohibited. - Sec. 12. The treasurer shall keep all village money in...

Section 64.12a - Functions Subject to Ordinance. - Sec. 12a. The functions of the village treasurer are subject...

3-1895-IV-MARSHAL. - Marshal. (64.13...64.16)

Section 64.13-64.16 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to powers and duties...

3-1895-IV-SURVEYOR. - Surveyor. (64.17...64.17)

Section 64.17 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to power and duties...

3-1895-IV-STREET-COMMISSIONER. - Street Commissioner. (64.18... 64.19)

Section 64.18, 64.19 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to powers and duties...

3-1895-IV-ASSESSOR. - Assessor. (64.20...64.20)

Section 64.20 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to powers and duties...

3-1895-IV-COMPENSATION. - Compensation. (64.21...64.21)

Section 64.21 - Village Officers; Compensation. - Sec. 21. The president and each trustee shall receive compensation...

3-1895-V - Chapter V Village Council. (65.1...65.8)

Section 65.1 - Legislative Authority Vested in Village Council. - Sec. 1. The legislative authority of villages shall be vested...

Section 65.2 - Village Council; President. - Sec. 2. The president shall be president of the council,...

Section 65.3 - Village Council; President Pro Tempore. - Sec. 3. (1) On November 20 of each year, or...

Section 65.4 - Village Council; Regular Meetings; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Special Meetings. - Sec. 4. The council shall hold regular meetings for the...

Section 65.5 - Village Council; Rules and Record of Proceedings; Quorum; Adjournment; Compelling Attendance; Vote; Ordinance or Resolution Appropriating Money; Publication of Proceedings and Vote; Availability of Certain Writings to Public. - Sec. 5. (1) The council shall prescribe the rules of...

Section 65.6 - Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to village council members'...

Section 65.7 - Village Council; Audit of Accounts; Procedure; Defenses to Action or Proceeding. - Sec. 7. (1) The council shall audit and allow all...

Section 65.8 - Village Manager; Term; Employment Contract; Powers and Duties; Ordinance Assigning Responsibilities to Manager. - Sec. 8. (1) The council may employ a village manager....

3-1895-VI - Chapter VI Ordinances. (66.1...66.14)

Section 66.1 - Ordinance; Style; Passage; Days Required to Be Effective. - Sec. 1. The style of an ordinance shall be: "The...

Section 66.2 - Violation of Ordinance; Sanction; Designation as Civil Infraction; Civil Fine; Act or Omission Constituting Crime; Penalty. - Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,...

Section 66.2a - Recreational Trailway; Posting Ordinance; Prohibited Operation of Vehicle as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty. - Sec. 2a. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is...

Section 66.3 - Record of Ordinances; Authentication. - Sec. 3. Upon enactment, each ordinance shall be recorded by...

Section 66.3a - Codification of Ordinances. - Sec. 3a. A village may codify, recodify, and continue in...

Section 66.4 - Publication of Ordinance or Synopsis; Certification; Adoption of State Statute by Reference; Penalty. - Sec. 4. (1) Within 15 days after an ordinance is...

Section 66.5 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to laws, regulations, or...

Section 66.6 - Violation of Ordinance; Commencement of Prosecution; Judicial District; Powers of Court. - Sec. 6. (1) an action for violation of an ordinance...

Section 66.7 - Violation of Ordinance; Civil Action to Recover Penalty; Warrant; Law Governing Proceedings. - Sec. 7. If a penalty is incurred for the violation...

Section 66.8 - Use of County Jail; Expenses. - Sec. 8. Every village shall be allowed the use of...

Section 66.9 - Sufficient Statement of Cause; Right to Trial by Jury; Selecting and Summoning Jurors; Inhabitant of Village as Juror; Applicability of Section to Civil Infraction. - Sec. 9. (1) An action for the violation of an...

Section 66.10 - Appeals to Circuit Court; Proceedings. - Sec. 10. A person convicted of a violation of an...

Section 66.11 - Village Lockup or Holding Facility. - Sec. 11. The council shall have power to provide and...

Section 66.12 - Security for Costs; Filing by Complaining Witness; Liability. - Sec. 12. In prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of...

Section 66.13 - Fines; Payment. - Sec. 13. Except in cases in which a fine is...

Section 66.14 - Suit Against Collector; Failure to Pay Over Fines; Larceny. - Sec. 14. If a person who collects a fine or...

3-1895-VII - Chapter VII Powers of Council. (67.1...67.64)

Section 67.1 - General Powers of Council. - Sec. 1. A village subject to this act has, in...

Section 67.1a - Locomotives; Enforceability of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit. - Sec. 1a. Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, on...

Section 67.1a[1] - Powers and Immunities of Village. - Sec. 1a. (1) Unless otherwise provided or limited in this...

3-1895-VII-LICENSES. - Licenses. (67.2...67.2)

Section 67.2 - Licenses; Issuance; Revocation; Sanctions; Support of Poor. - Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,...

3-1895-VII-POUNDS. - Pounds. (67.3...67.3)

Section 67.3 - Animal Pound. - Sec. 3. The council may maintain an animal pound and...

3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-GROUNDS-AND-PARKS. - Public Buildings, Grounds, and Parks. (67.4...67.6)

Section 67.4 - Acquisition, Purchase, and Erection of Public Buildings; Purchase, Appropriation, and Ownership of Real Estate; Purposes; Sale of Buildings, Grounds, or Parks. - Sec. 4. A village may acquire, purchase, and erect public...

Section 67.5 - Village Lockup, Holding Facility, or Hospital; Location Outside Corporate Limits; Regulations; Enforcement. - Sec. 5. If the council considers it in the public...

Section 67.6 - Public Parks and Grounds; Powers of Council. - Sec. 6. The council may lay out or establish public...

3-1895-VII-STREETS-AND-SIDEWALKS. - Streets and Sidewalks. (67.7...67.16)

Section 67.7 - Public Highways, Bridges, Grounds; Supervision; Liability for Damages; Bridges. - Sec. 7. The council shall have supervision and control of...

Section 67.8 - Sidewalks; Construction; Maintenance; Expenses; Allocation. - Sec. 8. The council shall have control of all sidewalks...

Section 67.9 - Sidewalks; Removal of Snow and Ice; Ordinance Authorized. - Sec. 9. The council may, either by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 67.10 - Sidewalks; Failure of Abutting Owner; Assessment; Collection. - Sec. 10. If the owner or occupant of a lot...

Section 67.11 - Sidewalks; Regulation of Things On, Over and Under. - Sec. 11. The council shall have power to regulate and...

Section 67.12 - Public Improvement; Powers of Council; Expenses; Assessment. - Sec. 12. The council may lay out, establish, open, make,...

Section 67.13 - Vacating, Discontinuing, or Abolishing Highway, Street, Lane, Alley, or Public Ground; Resolution; Meeting; Objections; Notice of Meeting; Filing Objection; Record. - Sec. 13. When the council considers it advisable to vacate,...

Section 67.14 - Public Highways; Survey; Vacation Resolution, Recording, Evidence. - Sec. 14. The council may cause all public streets, alleys,...

Section 67.15 - Street Grades; Conformity With Adjacent Lands; Record, Diagram. - Sec. 15. The council shall have authority to determine and...

Section 67.16 - Street or Sidewalk Grades; Change; Damage to Property Owner; Payment; Assessment. - Sec. 16. (1) Whenever the grade of any street or...

3-1895-VII-PAVING-AND-IMPROVEMENTS. - Paving and Improvements. (67.17...67.19)

Section 67.17 - Bridges, Culverts, and Streets; Construction, Maintenance. - Sec. 17. The council shall have authority to construct and...

Section 67.18 - Bridges, Streets, and Highways; Expenses; Payment; Tax Levy; “Paving” Defined. - Sec. 18. The expense of constructing and maintaining bridges, and...

Section 67.19 - Bridges, Streets, and Highways; Principles of Tax Apportionment. - Sec. 19. Assessments made under section 18 upon exempt public...

3-1895-VII-STREET-REGULATIONS. - Street Regulations. (67.20...67.23)

Section 67.20 - Obstructions, Encroachments; Removal; Offenders, Punishment. - Sec. 20. The council shall have the power to prohibit...

Section 67.21 - Trees in Highways; Street Lighting. - Sec. 21. The council may provide for and regulate the...

Section 67.22 - Public Streets; Excavation, Regulation. - Sec. 22. The council may regulate the making of all...

Section 67.23 - Public Streets; Regulations; Enforcement; Council; Powers. - Sec. 23. The council may regulate the use of public...

3-1895-VII-SEWERS-DRAINS-AND-WATER-COURSES. - Sewers, Drains and Water-Courses. (67.24...67.34)

Section 67.24 - Sewers, Drains, Watercourses; Construction; Condemnation. - Sec. 24. The council of any village may establish, construct,...

Section 67.25 - Sewers, Drains, and Watercourses; Expense of Construction; Methods of Payment. - Sec. 25. The expense of constructing sewers, drains, and watercourses...

Section 67.26 - Sewers, Drains, Watercourses; Special Assessment; Map of Sewer District; Contents; Filing With Cost Estimate; Hearing; Notice; Special Assessments. - Sec. 26. (1) Before proceeding to the construction of any...

Section 67.27 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to declaration of resolution...

Section 67.28 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to special assessments.

Section 67.29 - Private Drains; Construction, Regulation; Work at Private Expense. - Sec. 29. Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for...

Section 67.30 - Private Drains; Connection With Public Sewers. - Sec. 30. The owners and occupants of lots and premises...

Section 67.31 - Private Drains; Connection to Public Sewers; Charge; Collection. - Sec. 31. The council may charge and collect annually from...

Section 67.32 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to assessments for providing...

Section 67.33 - Sewers, Ditches, Water Systems, and Watercourses; Repair Expense. - Sec. 33. The expenses of repairing public sanitary sewers, drains,...

Section 67.34 - Public Sewers and Drain Ordinances. - Sec. 34. The council may enact ordinances necessary for the...

3-1895-VII-HARBORS-WHARVES-AND-HARBOR-MASTERS. - Harbors, Wharves, and Harbor Masters. (67.35...67.39)

Section 67.35 - Public Wharves, Piers and Levees; Construction, Regulation, Leasing of Privileges. - Sec. 35. The council of any village located upon or...

Section 67.36 - Public Wharves; Conformity With Grade; Line Limit. - Sec. 36. The council shall have authority also to require...

Section 67.37 - Public Wharves; Rates and Charges. - Sec. 37. The council shall have authority to prohibit the...

Section 67.38 - Preservation of Purity of Water; Regulation of Navigable Waters; Duties of Council. - Sec. 38. The council may do all of the following:...

Section 67.39 - Harbor Master; Appointment; Duties; Compensation. - Sec. 39. The president may nominate and the council may...

3-1895-VII-FERRIES. - Ferries. (67.40...67.40)

Section 67.40 - Ferry Licenses; Terms and Restrictions; Sanctions. - Sec. 40. The council of a village may regulate and...

3-1895-VII-MARKETS. - Markets. (67.41...67.42)

Section 67.41 - Markets; Establishment; Regulation. - Sec. 41. The council of any village may establish and...

Section 67.42 - Regulations; Adoption, Enforcement. - Sec. 42. The council may adopt and enforce such regulations...

3-1895-VII-PARTITION-FENCES. - Partition Fences. (67.43...67.43)

Section 67.43 - Ordinances and Laws; Fence Viewers. - Sec. 43. The council is authorized to enact all such...

3-1895-VII-POLICE. - Police. (67.44...67.46a)

Section 67.44-67.46a - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to village police force.

3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-HEALTH. - Public Health. (67.47...67.54) -

3-1895-VII-CEMETERIES. - Cemeteries. (67.55...67.64)

Section 67.55 - Interments; Regulation. - Sec. 55. Any village may acquire, hold and own such...

Section 67.56 - Cemeteries; Appropriation by Council. - Sec. 56. The council may, within the limitations in this...

Section 67.57 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Appointment; Terms; Removal; Compensation. - Sec. 57. (1) Whenever any village owns, purchases, or otherwise...

Section 67.58 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Chairperson; Clerk; Powers; Duties. - Sec. 58. The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1...

Section 67.59 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Duties; Directions of Council. - Sec. 59. Said board subject to the directions and ordinances...

Section 67.60 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Cemetery Employees; Ordinances, Enforcement; Rules. - Sec. 60. Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and...

Section 67.61 - Board of Trustees; Cemetery Fund; Use; Reports to Council; Contents; Verification. - Sec. 61. (1) Money raised for any public cemetery authorized...

Section 67.62 - Necessary Ordinances; Enforcement. - Sec. 62. The council of a village owning a burial...

Section 67.63 - Cemetery Trustees; Power to Accept Gifts; Use. - Sec. 63. The board of cemetery trustees may receive in...

Section 67.64 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Rules and Bylaws; Recording Bylaws; Appointment, Duties, and Bond of Treasurer; Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting; Availability of Certain Writings to Public. - Sec. 64. (1) The board of cemetery trustees may make...

3-1895-VIII - Chapter VIII Improvements and Assessments. (68.1...68.36)

Section 68.31 - Expense of Local Public Improvement or Repair; Special Assessments. - Sec. 31. The council of the village by adopting a...

Section 68.32 - Ordinance Providing Special Assessment Procedure; Contents; Additional Assessments; Disposition of Excess Assessments; Payment of Future Due Installments. - Sec. 32. The complete special assessment procedure to be used,...

Section 68.33 - Special Assessment as Lien and Debt; Collection. - Sec. 33. From the date of confirmation of a roll...

Section 68.34 - Action to Contest Collection of Special Assessment; Illegal Assessment Roll. - Sec. 34. An action to contest the collection of a...

Section 68.35 - Bonds. - Sec. 35. The village council may borrow money and issue...

Section 68.36 - Energy Conservation Improvements; Acquisition or Financing; Resolution; Payment; Scope of Improvements; Acquisition of Improvements by Contract, Lease-Purchase Agreement, or Notes; Reports; Forms; Terms of Lease-Purchase Agreement. - Sec. 36. (1) The council of a village may provide...

3-1895-IX - Chapter IX Finance and Taxation. (69.1... 69.27)

Section 69.1 - Authority of Council to Levy Taxes; General Fund. - Sec. 1. (1) Actions taken by the council under this...

Section 69.2 - Authority of Council to Levy Taxes; General Highway Fund. - Sec. 2. The council shall also have power to raise,...

Section 69.3 - Repealed. 1958, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for levy and collection...

Section 69.4 - Authority of Council to Levy Taxes; Cemeteries; Tax Limit. - Sec. 4. The council may for the purpose of purchasing...

Section 69.5 - Authority of Council to Levy Taxes; Street and Other Local Improvements; Special Assessment Proceeds. - Sec. 5. The council may raise by special assessment upon...

Section 69.6 - Taxation for Payment of Interest, Principal, Sinking Fund Deposits, Evidences of Indebtedness, Assessments, or Contract Obligations; Credit for Surplus Money. - Sec. 6. The council shall raise annually by taxation an...

Section 69.7 - Auditing and Settling Accounts; Statement. - Sec. 7. Within 2 weeks after an annual village election...

Section 69.7a - Commencement of Fiscal Year. - Sec. 7a. The fiscal year of a village shall commence...

Section 69.8 - Village Taxes; Annual Assessment Roll; Contents; Certification of Determination. - Sec. 8. The treasurer of a village subject to this...

Section 69.9 - Assessment Roll; Review by Township Board of Review. - Sec. 9. The board of review of the township where...

Section 69.10, 69.11 - Repealed. 1967, Act 84, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections related to board of review...

Section 69.12 - Annual Assessment Roll; Certification of Board of Review. - Sec. 12. Immediately after the review of the assessment roll,...

Section 69.13 - Assessment Roll; Council's Certificate to Treasurer; Contents. - Sec. 13. The council, after an examination of the assessment...

Section 69.14 - Assessment Roll; Tax Apportionment by Assessor. - Sec. 14. Upon receiving the assessment roll, with the certificate...

Section 69.15 - Delivery of Certified Assessment Roll to Treasurer; Collection Warrant; Renewal of Warrant. - Sec. 15. The warrant of the president of the village...

Section 69.16 - Taxes; Treasurer to Collect; Fees. - Sec. 16. Immediately upon receiving the tax roll, with the...

Section 69.17 - Taxes; Collection by Seizure of Personal Property. - Sec. 17. If a person, including a firm or corporation,...

Section 69.18 - Taxes as Lien Against Property; Interest; Fees and Charges; Taxes Returned Delinquent; Resolution; Tax Bill or Enclosure to Specify Where Delinquent Taxes to Be Paid; Adding Fees and Interest to Taxes; Return of Unpaid Taxes on Real P... - Sec. 18. (1) Taxes collected by a village become a...

Section 69.19 - Tax Sales; Proceeds, Deposit With County Treasurer. - Sec. 19. Moneys received for such sale shall be paid...

Section 69.20 - Tax on Personal Property; Collection Suit. - Sec. 20. If the treasurer is unable to collect a...

Section 69.21 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Revenue Sharing or Taxes. - Sec. 21. Subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001...

Section 69.22 - Raising Additional Amounts by Tax or Loan; Approval of Electors; Limitation on Taxation and Indebtedness; Exclusions From Limitation; Validation of Prior Bonds or Obligations; Computation of Net Indebtedness for Purposes of Subsection... - Sec. 22. (1) If any greater amount is required in...

Section 69.22a - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to acquisition or operation...

Section 69.23 - Bonds; Approval of Electors Required; Exemption of Certain Bonds and Obligations; Expenses. - Sec. 23. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a village shall...

Section 69.24 - Disbursements; Procedures. - Sec. 24. Disbursements may be made from the treasury under...

Section 69.25 - Loans; Issuance and Execution of Bonds; Validation of Prior Bonds or Indebtedness. - Sec. 25. A loan may not be made by the...

Section 69.26, 69.27 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to bonds and contractual...

3-1895-X - Chapter X Fires and Fire Department. (70.1...70.18)

Section 70.1 - Ordinances and Regulations; Fire Department and Fire Companies; Fire Fighters; Rules and Regulations. - Sec. 1. The council may adopt ordinances and regulations to...

Section 70.2 - Vehicles and Equipment; Water Supply. - Sec. 2. The council may purchase and provide suitable vehicles...

Section 70.3 - Necessary Buildings for Keeping Vehicles and Equipment. - Sec. 3. The council may also provide or erect all...

Section 70.4 - Chief of Fire Department; Appointment; Duties; Section Subject to Ordinance. - Sec. 4. The council may provide by ordinance or resolution...

Section 70.5 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to failure of person...

Section 70.6 - Storage and Handling of Hazardous Substances; Prevention and Suppression of Fires; Ordinance; Fire Inspectors; Authority Subject to State and Federal Law. - Sec. 6. (1) The council may provide by ordinance for...

Section 70.7, 70.8 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to erection or construction...

Section 70.9 - Building or Structure as Nuisance; Abatement or Removal. - Sec. 9. Every building or structure erected, placed, enlarged, or...

Section 70.10 - Compensation of Officers, Fire Fighters, and Employees; Compensation for Injuries. - Sec. 10. The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the...

Section 70.11 - Authorized Razing of Buildings; Damages; Determination by Jury. - Sec. 11. (1) The chief in charge of the department...

Section 70.12 - Watercraft on Navigable Streams; Regulation. - Sec. 12. The council of a village located upon any...

Section 70.13 - Police Force; Employment; Compliance With Standards. - Sec. 13. (1) The council may establish a police force,...

Section 70.14 - Police Officers; Powers, Duties, and Authority. - Sec. 14. The council shall adopt rules for the government...

Section 70.15 - Police Chief; Nomination; Appointment; Service; Duties. - Sec. 15. The president may nominate and the council may...

Section 70.16 - Village Police Officer; Powers Vested; Authority. - Sec. 16. (1) A police officer of the village, within...

Section 70.18 - Department of Public Safety; Creation; Director; Officers; Structure. - Sec. 18. (1) The council may by ordinance create a...

3-1895-XI - Chapter XI Water Works. (71.1...71.14)

Section 71.1 - Water Works; Establishment; Maintenance. - Sec. 1. Any village may purchase or construct and may...

Section 71.2 - Water Works or Filtration Plant; Authorized Acquisitions, Construction, and Maintenance. - Sec. 2. The village may acquire, purchase, erect, and maintain...

Section 71.3 - Borrowing; Purpose; Limitations. - Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for any village, subject...

Section 71.4 - Estimate of Expense; Specially Assessing Cost of Certain Water Improvements. - Sec. 4. Before any money shall be borrowed, appropriated, raised,...

Section 71.5 - Private Connections; Manner; Permit; Repairs at Owner's Expense. - Sec. 5. The connecting or supplying pipes, leading from buildings...

Section 71.6 - Water Rates; Ordinance; Terms. - Sec. 6. The council shall establish just and equitable water...

Section 71.7 - Water Works; Ordinances. - Sec. 7. The council may enact such ordinances, and adopt...

Section 71.8 - Water Works; Location Outside Corporate Limits; Control by Council. - Sec. 8. If the council considers it in the public...

Section 71.9 - Water Works; Use of Street or Highway. - Sec. 9. For the purpose of operating or constructing and...

Section 71.10 - Water Works; Condemnation. - Sec. 10. If it shall be necessary, in the judgment...

Section 71.11 - Water Supply Contract; Use of Streets, Wharves, and Public Grounds. - Sec. 11. The council may contract from year to year,...

Section 71.12 - Street Administrator; Duties. - Sec. 12. Unless otherwise provided by ordinance adopted under section...

Section 71.13 - Street Administrator; Report. - Sec. 13. The street administrator shall provide the council, in...

Section 71.14 - Department of Public Works; Performance of Duties of Administrator; Director. - Sec. 14. The council by ordinance may establish a department...

3-1895-XII - Chapter XII Lighting. (72.1...72.9)

Section 72.1 - Authorized Village Lighting. - Sec. 1. A village may purchase or construct, and operate...

Section 72.2 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to authorization of lighting...

Section 72.3 - Authorized Village Lighting; Acquisition Estimate; Referendum; Restriction on Council. - Sec. 3. (1) To exercise the powers granted by section...

Section 72.4 - Authorized Village Lighting; Borrowing; Limitation; Payment; Bonds; Terms. - Sec. 4. (1) A village may borrow a sum of...

Section 72.5 - Lighting Works; Repairs, Alterations, or Extensions; Raising and Expenditure of Funds; Title Retention Contract Providing for Payment From Available Net Revenues; Construction. - Sec. 5. (1) After lighting works have been purchased or...

Section 72.6 - Light Rates. - Sec. 6. The council may fix the just and equitable...

Section 72.7 - Lighting; Condemnation of Property. - Sec. 7. If it is necessary in the judgment of...

Section 72.8 - Lighting; Contract; Users of Streets, Wharves, Public Grounds. - Sec. 8. The council may contract from year to year,...

Section 72.9 - Lighting Works; Control and Preservation; Ordinances and Resolutions. - Sec. 9. The council may enact such ordinances and adopt...

3-1895-XIII - Chapter XIII Appropriation of Private Property (73.1...73.36)

Section 73.1 - Condemnation. - Sec. 1. Private property may be taken for public use...

Section 73.2 - Condemnation; Acquisition of Property; Resolution. - Sec. 2. To initiate the acquisition of private property, the...

Section 73.3 - Condemnation; Record of Proceedings; Admissible as Evidence. - Sec. 3. If a verdict and judgment in an action...

Section 73.4 - Condemnation; Assessment. - Sec. 4. (1) After the village clerk records the final...

Section 73.5 - Condemnation by Negotiation and Purchase. - Sec. 5. This chapter does not prohibit a village from...

Section 73.6-73.36 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to condemnation proceedings.

3-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Miscellaneous. (74.1...74.25)

Section 74.1 - Village; Construed. - Sec. 1. The term village, whenever used in this act,...

Section 74.2 - Village Not to Own Stock. - Sec. 2. No village shall become the owner or holder...

Section 74.3 - Affidavit or Certificate of Publication; Filing; Evidence. - Sec. 3. If, under this act, notice of any matter...

Section 74.4 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bonds for payment...

Section 74.5 - Board of Trustees; Construction. - Sec. 5. If in any other act the governing body...

Section 74.6 - Changing Boundaries; Order, Copy to Secretary of State, Evidence. - Sec. 6. Whenever the council of any village shall determine...

Section 74.6a - Petition for Annexation or Detachment; Prohibition. - Sec. 6a. The county board of commissioners shall not consider...

Section 74.7 - Reincorporation of Villages; Repeal. - Sec. 7. Villages incorporated before February 19, 1895 under any...

Section 74.8 - Reincorporation of Villages; Rights, Obligations; Remedies. - Sec. 8. All villages reincorporated under and made subject to...

Section 74.9 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to effect of reincorporation...

Section 74.10 - Reincorporation; Existing By-Laws, Ordinances, Rules and Regulations. - Sec. 10. The by-laws and ordinances of any such village,...

Section 74.11 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to effect of reincorporation...

Section 74.12 - Reincorporation; Granted Licenses. - Sec. 12. All licenses granted by any such village under...

Section 74.13 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to effect of reincorporation...

Section 74.15 - Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to effect of reincorporation...

Section 74.17, 74.18 - Repealed. 1988, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1988. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to vacating incorporation of...

Section 74.18a - Disincorporation of Village; Procedure. - Sec. 18a. (1) To initiate the disincorporation of a village,...

Section 74.19 - Vacating Incorporation of Village; Submission of Transcript to County Board of Commissioners. - Sec. 19. Upon receiving the transcript of the proceedings in...

Section 74.20 - Vacation of Village Incorporation; Disposition of Village Property; Assessment; Levy; Placement in Separate Fund. - Sec. 20. (1) Upon the vacation of the incorporation of...

Section 74.21 - Vacation of Village Incorporation; Apportionment of Indebtedness; Village in More Than One Township or County. - Sec. 21. (1) If the territory formerly embraced within a...

Section 74.22 - Placing Property Outside Corporate Limits; Procedure; Resolution, Board of Supervisors. - Sec. 22. In case any person or persons want their...

Section 74.23 - Resolution for Election of Procedures. - Sec. 23. Not later than the next meeting of council...

Section 74.23a - Disincorporation Commission; Composition; Appointment of Members. - Sec. 23a. (1) A disincorporation commission shall be composed of...

Section 74.23b - Disincorporation Commission; Oath of Office; Vacancy. - Sec. 23b. (1) An individual appointed to the disincorporation commission...

Section 74.23c - Disincorporation Commission; Chairperson; Secretary; Officers; Bylaws; Quorum; Conducting Business at Public Meetings. - Sec. 23c. (1) The president of the village shall appoint...

Section 74.23d - Disincorporation Commission; Contract for Consultants and Advisors; Funds. - Sec. 23d. (1) The disincorporation commission may contract for such...

Section 74.23e - Disincorporation Plan; Elements to Be Included; Findings. - Sec. 23e. (1) The disincorporation commission may adopt a disincorporation...

Section 74.23f - Disincorporation Plan; Submission; Ratification. - Sec. 23f. A disincorporation plan adopted under section 23e shall...

Section 74.23g - Disincorporation Plan; Approval; Ballot; Form; Special Election; Failure of Commission to Adopt Plan. - Sec. 23g. (1) If the disincorporation plan is approved under...

Section 74.23h - Disincorporation; Approval by Electors. - Sec. 23h. (1) The proposed disincorporation is approved by the...

Section 74.23i - Filing New Petition; Limitation. - Sec. 23i. A new petition shall not be filed under...

Section 74.24 - Modification of Act. - Sec. 24. A village incorporated under this act may locally...

Section 74.25 - Short Title. - Sec. 25. This act shall be known and may be...

3-1895-XV - Chapter XV Elections for Borrowing Money and Issuing Bonds; Issuance of Bonds and Levy of a Tax to Pay Principal and Interest Thereof. (75.1...75.12) -

Michigan Compiled Laws Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)

Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 61 - 75 - Villages
Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)