Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities
Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)

Section 81.7 - Election Results; Adoption, Recording; Declaration of Incorporation, Filing. - Sec. 7. Immediately upon the adoption of the resolution mentioned...

Section 81.8 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Evidence. - Sec. 8. When the declaration of incorporation mentioned in the...

Section 81.9 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Officers in Power. - Sec. 9. After the incorporation of the village as a...

Section 81.10 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Division Into Wards. - Sec. 10. Immediately upon filing the declaration of incorporation mentioned...

Section 81.11 - First Election of New City; Time, Procedure. - Sec. 11. The first election in and for the new...

Section 81.12 - First Election of New City; Prerequisites. - Sec. 12. At least 10 days before the first election...

Section 81.13 - Inspectors of Election; Oath, Duties. - Sec. 13. The inspectors of election, appointed as provided in...

Section 81.14 - Inspectors of First Election; Duties. - Sec. 14. Said inspectors shall be inspectors of such first...

Section 81.15 - Fourth Class City; Bodies Corporate. - Sec. 15. All cities organized under or made subject to...

Section 81.16 - Fourth Class Cities; Judicial Notice Taken; Changes in Organization. - Sec. 16. Judicial notice shall be taken in all courts...

Section 81.17 - Existing Ordinances, By-Laws, Resolutions. - Sec. 17. All ordinances, by-laws, and resolutions, in force in...

Section 81.18 - Status of Former Rights; Liabilities; Remedies. - Sec. 18. All rights and property of any kind and...

215-1895-II - Chapter II Changes of Boundaries. (82.1...82.2)

Section 82.1 - Change of Boundaries; Procedure; Order of Determination, Entry Upon Records; Approval by Electors of Territory Affected. - Sec. 1. Whenever the council of any city shall determine...

Section 82.2 - Change of Boundaries; Rights and Liabilities of Annexed Territory. - Sec. 2. Whenever any city incorporated subject to the provisions...

215-1895-III - Chapter III Wards. (83.1...83.4)

Section 83.1 - Existing Wards. - Sec. 1. The wards established by the council as provided...

Section 83.2 - Wards; Number, Apportionment. - Sec. 2. Any city having a population of less than...

Section 83.3 - Wards; Existing Ward Officers or Aldermen. - Sec. 3. No election of aldermen or ward officers shall...

Section 83.4 - New Wards; Aldermen, Terms. - Sec. 4. When by the creation of a new ward...

215-1895-IV - Chapter IV Electors and Registration. (84.1...84.8)

Section 84.1 - Electors; Qualifications; Registration; Precincts. - Sec. 1. The inhabitants of cities having the qualifications of...

Section 84.2-84.8 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to voting districts and...

215-1895-V - Chapter V Officers. (85.1...85.19)

Section 85.1 - Election of Certain City Officers. - Sec. 1. In cities incorporated under this act, a mayor,...

Section 85.2 - Ward Officers; Election, Term. - Sec. 2. In each ward a supervisor, 2 aldermen and...

Section 85.3 - Appointment, Powers, and Duties of City Officers; Availability of Writings to Public. - Sec. 3. (1) A city attorney, city marshal, street commissioner,...

Section 85.3a - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice. - Sec. 3a. The business which a board, commission, or committee...

Section 85.4 - City Officers; Appointment, Time. - Sec. 4. Appointments to office, except appointments to fill vacancies,...

Section 85.5 - First Election; Election and Terms of Aldermen. - Sec. 5. At the first election held in a city...

Section 85.6 - City Officers; Terms. - Sec. 6. The mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, supervisors and...

Section 85.7 - Appointive Officers; Terms, Vacancies. - Sec. 7. All officers appointed by the mayor or council,...

Section 85.8 - Entering Upon Duties of Offices. - Sec. 8. Except as otherwise prescribed by law, officers not...

215-1895-V-QUALIFICATIONS-OATH-AND-BOND-OF-OFFICE. - Qualifications, Oath and Bond of Office. (85.9...85.13)

Section 85.9 - City Offices; Qualifications; Defaulters, Election or Appointment Void. - Sec. 9. No person shall be elected or appointed to...

Section 85.10 - Oath of Office. - Sec. 10. All officers elected or appointed in the city,...

Section 85.11 - Bond or Security. - Sec. 11. Each officer elected or appointed in the city,...

Section 85.12 - Required Bond; Sufficiency of Sureties, Inquiry; Examination Annexed to Bond. - Sec. 12. The council, or the mayor, or other officer...

Section 85.13 - New Bonds; Failure to Comply. - Sec. 13. The council may also at any time require...

215-1895-V-VACANCIES-IN-OFFICE. - Vacancies in Office. (85.14...85.19)

Section 85.14 - Resignations. - Sec. 14. Resignation of officers shall be made to the...

Section 85.15 - Office Declared Vacant. - Sec. 15. If any officer shall cease to be a...

Section 85.16 - Office Declared Vacant; Failure to File Oath or Bond. - Sec. 16. If any person elected or appointed to office...

Section 85.17 - Vacancies; Filling. - Sec. 17. In case any vacancy occurs in the office...

Section 85.18 - Vacating Officer; Liabilities. - Sec. 18. The resignation or removal of any officer shall...

Section 85.19 - Property Turned Over to Successor; Penalty. - Sec. 19. Whenever any officer shall resign or be removed...

215-1895-VI - Chapter VI Elections. (86.1...86.16)

Section 86.1 - Annual City Election; Time, Place. - Sec. 1. An annual city election shall be held on...

Section 86.2 - Special Election; Resolution of Council. - Sec. 2. Special elections may be appointed by resolution of...

Section 86.3-86.9 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to notice of elections,...

Section 86.10 - Elections; Manner Conducted. - Sec. 10. All elections held under the provisions of this...

Section 86.11 - Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 Applicable to Petitions; Penalties. - Sec. 11. A petition under section 3 of chapter I,...

Section 86.12 - Vote by Ballot. - Sec. 12. The electors shall vote by ballot. Such ballot...

Section 86.13, 86.14 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to certificates showing result...

Section 86.15 - Notification of Election or Appointment. - Sec. 15. The city clerk, within 5 days after the...

Section 86.16 - Oath of Office or Bond; Failure to File; Notice by Clerk. - Sec. 16. Within 1 week after the expiration of the...

215-1895-VII - Chapter VII Duties and Compensation of Officers. (87.1...87.40)

215-1895-VII-MAYOR. - Mayor. (87.1...87.4)

Section 87.1 - Mayor; Duties. - Sec. 1. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer...

Section 87.2 - Mayor; Conservator of Peace; Limitation. - Sec. 2. The mayor shall be a conservator of the...

Section 87.3 - Mayor; Suspension of Appointed Officers, Procedure; Records, Inspection. - Sec. 3. The mayor may suspend any officer appointed by...

Section 87.4 - Mayor; Vacancy in Office, President Pro Tem. - Sec. 4. In the absence or disability of the mayor,...

215-1895-VII-ALDERMEN. - Aldermen. (87.5...87.5)

Section 87.5 - Aldermen; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 5. The aldermen of the city shall be members...

215-1895-VII-CITY-CLERK. - City Clerk. (87.6...87.10)

Section 87.6 - City Clerk; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 6. The city clerk shall keep the corporate seal,...

Section 87.7 - City Clerk; General Accountant; Tax Reports. - Sec. 7. The clerk shall be the general accountant of...

Section 87.8 - Supervision Duties Over Moneys and Property; Accounts. - Sec. 8. The clerk shall exercise a general supervision over...

Section 87.9 - Financial Report to Council. - Sec. 9. The clerk shall report to the council, whenever...

Section 87.10 - Deputy; Appointment, Duties; Responsibility of Clerk. - Sec. 10. The clerk may, subject to the approval of...

215-1895-VII-CITY-TREASURER. - City Treasurer. (87.11...87.15)

Section 87.11 - City Treasurer; Powers; Duties; Depositary, Bond; Deputy. - Sec. 11. The treasurer, subject to the direction of the...

Section 87.12 - Financial Reports; Time. - Sec. 12. The treasurer shall render to the clerk on...

Section 87.13 - Payment Receipts and Vouchers. - Sec. 13. The said treasurer shall take receipts and vouchers...

Section 87.14 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to city treasurer as...

Section 87.15 - Public Moneys; Prohibited Handling; Removal From Office. - Sec. 15. The city treasurer shall keep all moneys in...

215-1895-VII-CITY-MARSHAL. - City Marshal. (87.16...87.19)

Section 87.16 - City Marshal; Chief of Police and Peace Officer; Duties. - Sec. 16. The marshal shall be the chief of the...

Section 87.17 - City Marshal; Suppression of Riots. - Sec. 17. He shall suppress all riots, disturbances, and breaches...

Section 87.18 - Monthly Report to Council; Contents; Moneys, Disposition. - Sec. 18. The marshal shall report in writing and on...

Section 87.19 - Fees. - Sec. 19. The marshal may collect and receive the same...

215-1895-VII-CITY-ATTORNEY. - City Attorney. (87.20...87.20)

Section 87.20 - City Attorney; Duties. - Sec. 20. The attorney, in addition to the other duties...

215-1895-VII-CITY-SURVEYOR. - City Surveyor. (87.21...87.21)

Section 87.21 - City Surveyor; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 21. The surveyor shall have and exercise within the...

215-1895-VII-STREET-COMMISSIONER. - Street Commissioner. (87.22...87.23)

Section 87.22 - Street Commissioner; Duties. - Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the street...

Section 87.23 - Monthly Report to Council; Contents; Marshal as Street Commissioner. - Sec. 23. He shall make a report to the council,...

215-1895-VII-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (87.24...87.25)

Section 87.24 - Constables; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 24. The constables of the city shall have the...

Section 87.25 - Neglect or Refusal to Perform Duty; Penalty; Bond. - Sec. 25. The constables of the city shall obey the...

215-1895-VII-SUPERVISORS. - Supervisors. (87.26...87.27)

Section 87.26 - Supervisors; Powers, Duties; Representation Upon County Board. - Sec. 26. The supervisors of the several wards are authorized...

Section 87.27 - Selection of Jury Lists. - Sec. 27. The supervisors of the several wards shall, except...

215-1895-VII-JUSTICES-OF-THE-PEACE. - Justices of the Peace. (87.28...87.37)

Section 87.37 - Additional Powers and Liabilities of Officers. - Sec. 37. In addition to the rights, powers, duties and...

215-1895-VII-COMPENSATION-OF-OFFICERS. - Compensation of Officers. (87.38...87.40)

Section 87.38 - City Officers; Compensation; Fees. - Sec. 38. The mayor shall receive an annual salary as...

Section 87.39 - Increase or Diminishment of Salary During Term Prohibited; Exception; Eligibility for Office Resigned or Vacated. - Sec. 39. The salary or rate of compensation for any...

Section 87.40 - Ordinance Establishing Alternate Procedure for Determining Salaries; Local Officials Compensation Commission; Resolution; Petition for Referendum; Changing Procedure by Charter Amendment or Revision. - Sec. 40. (1) In lieu of the procedure in section...

215-1895-VIII - Chapter VIII the City Council. (88.1...88.20)

Section 88.1 - City Council; Members. - Sec. 1. The legislative authority of cities incorporated under this...

Section 88.2 - Mayor to Be President. - Sec. 2. The mayor shall be president of the council,...

Section 88.3 - President Pro Tempore; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 3. On the first Monday in May in each...

Section 88.4 - Clerks; Duties. - Sec. 4. The city clerk shall be clerk of the...

Section 88.5 - Aldermen; Required Attendance; Loss of Vote, Interest. - Sec. 5. Each alderman shall be required to attend all...

Section 88.6 - Election Returns; Qualification of Membership; Meetings, Notice. - Sec. 6. The council shall be judge of the election...

Section 88.7 - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice; Quorum; Adjournment; Pending Business; Compelling Attendance of Absent Members; Concurring Vote Required for Certain Actions; Reconsidering or Rescinding Vote at Special Meeting; Appropria... - Sec. 7. (1) The business which the council may perform...

Section 88.8 - Rules for Council Proceedings; Record or Journal of Proceedings; Availability of Writings to Public; Taking Votes; Entering Votes on Journal; Publication of Record and Votes. - Sec. 8. (1) The council shall prescribe rules for council...

Section 88.9 - Compelling Attendance at Meetings; Fines for Nonattendance; Sanctions for Disorderly Conduct; Ordinance. - Sec. 9. The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance...

Section 88.10 - City Officers; Attendance at Meetings; Public Attendance and Participation Not Prohibited. - Sec. 10. (1) The attorney, marshal, street commissioner, surveyor, and...

Section 88.11 - Powers of Council; Control of Finances, Property. - Sec. 11. The council shall have control of the finances...

Section 88.12 - Powers of Council; Ordinances, Enactment. - Sec. 12. Whenever by this act or any other provisions...

Section 88.13 - Powers of Council; Standing Committees; Appointment, Duties. - Sec. 13. The council may provide for the appointment of...

Section 88.14 - Records, Books, Documents, or Papers; Location; Filing; Inspection; Defacement or Destruction; Violation; Penalty. - Sec. 14. (1) The council shall cause the records of...

Section 88.15 - Members; Compensation. - Sec. 15. No member of the council shall receive any...

Section 88.16 - Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided that city council members...

Section 88.17 - Removal From Office; Preferring Charges Against and Trying Officers. - Sec. 17. A person appointed to office by the council...

Section 88.18 - Investigation of Charges or Other Matters; Procedure. - Sec. 18. To enable the council to investigate charges against...

Section 88.19 - Witnesses; Summons, Oath. - Sec. 19. Whenever the council, or any committee of the...

Section 88.20 - Claims Against City; Audit, Allowance; Rules; Defense to Suit. - Sec. 20. The council shall audit and allow all accounts...

215-1895-IX - Chapter IX Ordinances. (89.1...89.7)

Section 89.1 - Style of Ordinance; Passage; Required Vote; Effective Date of Ordinance. - Sec. 1. The style of each ordinance shall be, "The...

Section 89.2 - Violation of Ordinance; Sanction; Designation of Civil Infractions; Act or Omission Constituting Crime; Limitation on Fine or Forfeiture; Penalty. - Sec. 2. (1) The council of a city may prescribe...

Section 89.2a - Recreational Trailway; Posting of Ordinance; Prohibited Operation of Vehicle as Municipal Civil Infraction; Penalty. - Sec. 2a. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is...

Section 89.3 - Veto Powers of Officers; Passage of Resolution Over Veto. - Sec. 3. No ordinance or resolution passed by the council...

Section 89.4 - Repealed Ordinances; Re-Enactment. - Sec. 4. No repealed ordinance shall be revived unless the...

Section 89.5 - Approved Ordinances; Recording. - Sec. 5. All ordinances when approved by the mayor or...

Section 89.6 - Approved Ordinances; Publication; Certificate; Plumbing, Electric, Building Codes, Adoption; Publication. - Sec. 6. Within 1 week after the passage of any...

Section 89.7 - Judicial Notice of Ordinances; Best Evidence, Order. - Sec. 7. In all courts having authority to hear, try...

215-1895-X - Chapter X Enforcement of Ordinances. (90.1...90.18)

Section 90.1 - Violations; Commencement of Action; Time Limitation. - Sec. 1. An action for a violation of an ordinance...

Section 90.4 - Violations; Commencement of Action; Warrant for Arrest. - Sec. 4. Except in the case of a civil infraction...

Section 90.5 - Contents, Form, and Issuance of Warrant; Law Governing Proceedings. - Sec. 5. (1) A warrant shall be in the name...

Section 90.6 - Judgment or Conviction; Limitation on Sanctions; Costs. - Sec. 6. Upon judgment or conviction, the court shall impose...

Section 90.7 - Judgment; Execution; Fine and Imprisonment. - Sec. 7. Every such judgment shall be executed by virtue...

Section 90.8 - Imprisonment; City Use of County Jail. - Sec. 8. Every city shall be allowed the use of...

Section 90.9 - Process; Direction and Execution. - Sec. 9. Process issued in a prosecution or proceeding for...

Section 90.10 - Cause of Action; Allegations; Applicability of Subsection (1); Judicial Notice. - Sec. 10. (1) It is not necessary in a proceeding...

Section 90.11 - Trial by Jury. - Sec. 11. In prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of...

Section 90.12 - Appeal; Judicial Notice of Ordinances and Resolutions. - Sec. 12. (1) In an action commenced by warrant as...

Section 90.13 - Fines Imposed for Violations; Payment. - Sec. 13. Except in cases in which a fine is...

Section 90.14 - Fines Imposed for Violations; Neglect of Receiver, Penalty. - Sec. 14. If any person who shall have received any...

Section 90.15 - Fines Imposed for Violations; Disposition. - Sec. 15. Fines paid into the city treasury for violations...

Section 90.16 - District Court; Jurisdiction; Proceedings; Applicable Laws. - Sec. 16. The district court in the judicial district in...

Section 90.17 - Repealed. 1978, Act 539, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1978. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to jurisdiction of justice...

Section 90.18 - Prosecutions by Person Other Than Officer; Security Filed for Payment of Costs. - Sec. 18. In all prosecutions for violations of the ordinances...

215-1895-XI - Chapter XI General Powers of City Corporations. (91.1...91.9)

Section 91.1 - General Powers. - Sec. 1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3),...

Section 91.2 - License; Conditions for Granting; Revocation; Sanctions. - Sec. 2. (1) The council may prescribe the terms and...

Section 91.3 - License; Term; Transfer Prohibited; Sanctions. - Sec. 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1(1)(mm) of...

Section 91.4 - License Receipts; Disposition. - Sec. 4. All sums received for licenses granted for any...

Section 91.5 - Franchise Rights in Streets; Council Vote; Private Damage Suits. - Sec. 5. The council of any city shall have authority...

Section 91.6 - Railroad Track; Location and Grade of Street Crossings; Construction and Repair; Flagmen; Lighting; Enforcement of Ordinance Prescribing Maximum Speed Limit. - Sec. 6. The council may provide for and change the...

Section 91.7 - Railroad Companies; Drainage Repairs; Failure, Expense of Company. - Sec. 7. The council shall have power to require and...

Section 91.8 - Partition Fence; Ordinances, By-Laws, Regulation. - Sec. 8. The council is authorized to enact all such...

Section 91.9 - Support of Poor Persons; Director of the Poor. - Sec. 9. The council of any city may make such...

215-1895-XII - Chapter XII Police. (92.1...92.6)

Section 92.1 - Policemen; Watchmen. - Sec. 1. The council of any city may provide, by...

Section 92.2 - Policemen; Rules, Regulations; Temporary Appointments. - Sec. 2. The council may make and establish rules for...

Section 92.3 - City Marshal; Duties. - Sec. 3. The city marshal, subject to the direction of...

Section 92.4 - Police Officers; Powers; Duties. - Sec. 4. Under the direction of the mayor and chief...

Section 92.4a - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant. - Sec. 4a. A police officer of a city or, if...

Section 92.5 - Police Force; Fees, Compensation; Monthly Report. - Sec. 5. When employed in the service of process, policemen...

Section 92.6 - Police Force; Suspension, Removal. - Sec. 6. The mayor may suspend any policeman or nightwatchman...

215-1895-XIII - Chapter XIII City Prison. (93.1...93.2)

Section 93.1 - Prison Facilities. - Sec. 1. The council of any city shall have power...

Section 93.2 - Prisoners; Hard Labor. - Sec. 2. All persons sentenced to confinement in the city...

215-1895-XIV - Chapter XIV Public Health. (94.1...94.8) -

215-1895-XV - Chapter XV Cemeteries. (95.1...95.9)

Section 95.1 - City Ownership of Cemetery; Regulation. - Sec. 1. Any city may acquire, hold and own such...

Section 95.2 - Appropriation, Cemetery. - Sec. 2. The council may, within the limitations of this...

Section 95.3 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Appointment, Term, Removal. - Sec. 3. Whenever any city shall own, purchase or otherwise...

Section 95.4 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Chairman, Clerk; Powers. - Sec. 4. The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1...

Section 95.5 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Property Management Powers, Duties. - Sec. 5. Said board, subject to the directions and ordinances...

Section 95.6 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Necessary Employees; Ordinances, Enforcement. - Sec. 6. Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and...

Section 95.7 - Board of Cemetery Trustees; Cemetery Fund, Accounting; Report to Council, Contents. - Sec. 7. All moneys raised for any public cemetery authorized...

Section 95.8 - Cemetery; City Owned; Ordinances; Passage; Enforcement. - Sec. 8. If a city owns a public cemetery, whether...

Section 95.9 - Privately Owned Cemeteries; Ordinances Governing. - Sec. 9. The council shall have power also to pass...

215-1895-XVI - Chapter XVI Pounds. (96.1...96.2)

Section 96.1 - City Owned Pounds; Impounding Regulations; Poundmaster. - Sec. 1. The council may provide and maintain 1 or...

Section 96.2 - Fees for Impounding; Sale of Animals; Penalties. - Sec. 2. The council may also prescribe the fees for...

215-1895-XVII - Chapter XVII Harbors, Wharves and Harbormasters. (97.1...97.6)

Section 97.1 - Authority of Council; Public Wharves. - Sec. 1. The council of any city located upon or...

Section 97.2 - Authority of Council; Construction of Wharves. - Sec. 2. The council shall have authority also to require...

Section 97.3 - Authority of Council; Regulation of Use of Wharves, Rates. - Sec. 3. The council shall have authority to prohibit the...

Section 97.4 - Authority of Council; Preservation of Water Purity; Use of Harbor; Ordinances and Regulations. - Sec. 4. The council may provide by ordinance for the...

Section 97.5 - Authority of Council; Regulation of Use of Tugs and Bridges. - Sec. 5. The council may also license and regulate the...

Section 97.6 - Authority of Council; Appointment of Harbor Officers; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 6. The council may also appoint a harbormaster, wharfmaster,...

215-1895-XVIII - Chapter XVIII Ferries. (98.1...98.1)

Section 98.1 - Regulation and Licensing of Ferries by Council; Sanctions. - Sec. 1. The council of a city may regulate and...

215-1895-XIX - Chapter XIX Markets. (99.1...99.2)

Section 99.1 - Council; Powers to Establish and Regulate Markets. - Sec. 1. The council of any city shall have the...

Section 99.2 - Council; Rules and Regulations. - Sec. 2. The council may adopt and enforce such rules...

215-1895-XX - Chapter XX Public Buildings, Grounds and Parks. (100.1...100.3)

Section 100.1 - Council; Power to Acquire Real Estate. - Sec. 1. Any city may acquire, purchase and erect all...

Section 100.2 - Council; Grounds for Prisons; Hospitals Outside City Limits. - Sec. 2. When the council shall deem it for the...

Section 100.3 - Council; Public Parks. - Sec. 3. The council shall have authority to lay out,...

215-1895-XXI - Chapter XXI Sewers, Drains and Water-Courses. (101.1...101.18)

Section 101.1 - Construction of Sewage Systems; Condemnation; Location. - Sec. 1. The council of any city may establish, construct...

Section 101.2 - Board of Public Works; Powers, Duties. - Sec. 2. The board of public works shall have the...

Section 101.3 - Board of Public Works; Drainage Construction Plan. - Sec. 3. Whenever it may become necessary, in the opinion...

Section 101.4 - Board of Public Works; Sewer Districts; Plats Submitted to Councils; Adoption, Filing. - Sec. 4. Such plan shall, in the discretion of the...

Section 101.5 - Main Sewer Districts; Subdivision; Special Sewer Districts. - Sec. 5. Main sewer districts may be subdivided into special...

Section 101.6 - Main Trunk Sewers; Adoption, Recording. - Sec. 6. The council may, however, provide for main or...

Section 101.7 - Main or Trunk Sewers; Payment of Cost and Expenses; Assessment; Taxation. - Sec. 7. The cost and expenses of establishing and making...

Section 101.8, 101.9 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to diagram of sewer...

Section 101.10 - Special Assessments for Construction of Sewers. - Sec. 10. Special assessments for the construction of sewers shall...

Section 101.11 - Construction Petition; Sewer Districts. - Sec. 11. When the owner of a majority of the...

Section 101.12 - Drains Privately Owned; Regulations; Expense Lien. - Sec. 12. Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for...

Section 101.13 - Drains Privately Owned; Connection With Public Sewers. - Sec. 13. The owners or occupants of lots and premises...

Section 101.14 - Drains Privately Owned; Annual Charge, Lien. - Sec. 14. The board of public works may charge and...

Section 101.15 - Improvement of Ditches and Water Courses; Special Assessment. - Sec. 15. Such part of the expenses of providing ditches...

Section 101.16 - Public Sewers; Repair; Cost, Payment. - Sec. 16. The expenses of repairing public sewers, ditches and...

Section 101.17 - Public Sewers; Ordinances for Protection and Control. - Sec. 17. The council may enact such ordinances as may...

Section 101.18 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to borrowing to construct...

215-1895-XXII - Chapter XXII Streets and Public Grounds. (102.1...102.14)

Section 102.1 - Thoroughfares and Public Grounds; Control by Council; Damage Suits, Liability; Required Notice. - Sec. 1. The council shall have supervision and control of...

Section 102.2 - Thoroughfares; Public Improvements; Condemnation; Expenses, Assessment. - Sec. 2. The council shall have authority to lay out,...

Section 102.3 - Thoroughfares; Resolution to Vacate; Hearing, Notice. - Sec. 3. When the council shall deem it advisable to...

Section 102.4 - Thoroughfares; Survey; Boundaries; Recording of Descriptions; Ordinance to Discontinue Street; Filing With Secretary of State. - Sec. 4. The council may cause all public streets, alleys,...

Section 102.5 - Thoroughfares; Street Grading; Diagrams, Record. - Sec. 5. The council shall have authority to determine and...

Section 102.6 - Thoroughfares; Expense of Grading, Payment. - Sec. 6. Whenever any street, alley or public highway shall...

Section 102.7 - Thoroughfares; Grade Changes, Damage to Property Owner; Compensation, Assessment, Procedure. - Sec. 7. Whenever the grade of any street or sidewalk...

215-1895-XXII-PAVING-AND-IMPROVEMENTS. - Paving and Improvements. (102.8...102.10)

Section 102.8 - Improvement and Repair of Highways, Streets, Avenues, Lanes, and Alleys; Street Districts; Sewer, Water, and Gas Connections; Liability for Cost; Penalty; Special Assessment. - Sec. 8. The council shall have power to grade, pave,...

Section 102.9 - Street Districts; Expenses of Improvement, Payment. - Sec. 9. Such part of the expenses of improving any...

Section 102.10 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to special assessment for...

215-1895-XXII-STREET-REGULATIONS. - Street Regulations. (102.11...102.14)

Section 102.11 - Obstructions to Highways; Removal. - Sec. 11. The council shall have the power to prohibit...

Section 102.12 - Shade Trees; Lighting System. - Sec. 12. The council may provide for and regulate the...

Section 102.13 - Removal of Soil; Street Openings. - Sec. 13. The council may regulate the making of all...

Section 102.14 - Use of Highways and Streets. - Sec. 14. The council may regulate the use of the...

215-1895-XXIII - Chapter XXIII Sidewalks. (103.1...103.5)

Section 103.1 - Sidewalks; Control; Grading; Construction, Maintenance. - Sec. 1. The city council shall have control of all...

Section 103.2 - Sidewalks; Required Construction and Repair by Owners at Public Expense. - Sec. 2. The council shall also have authority to require...

Section 103.3 - Sidewalks; Removal of Snow, Ice; Repair, Removal of Obstructions. - Sec. 3. The council shall also have power, either by...

Section 103.4 - Sidewalks; Upkeep, Failure of Owner; Work at Owner's Expense; Assessment; Suit. - Sec. 4. If the owner or occupant of any lot...

Section 103.5 - Sidewalks; Use Regulated by Council. - Sec. 5. The council shall have power to regulate and...

215-1895-XXIV - Chapter XXIV Cost of Improvements—special Assessments. (104.1...104.30) -

215-1895-XXIVA - Chapter Xxiva Special Assessments. (104a.1...104a.5)

Section 104A.1 - Special Assessment for Local Public Improvement or Repair; Resolution. - Sec. 1. The council may determine that the whole or...

Section 104A.2 - Special Assessment Procedure; Ordinance. - Sec. 2. The complete special assessment procedure to be used,...

Section 104A.3 - Special Assessment and Interest Thereon as Lien and Debt; Delinquency. - Sec. 3. After the date of confirmation of any roll...

Section 104A.4 - Action to Contest or Enjoin Collection of Special Assessment; Notice; Time Limitation; Effect of Illegality in Assessment Roll. - Sec. 4. An action of any kind shall not be...

Section 104A.5 - Bonds. - Sec. 5. The city council may borrow money and issue...

215-1895-XXV - Chapter XXV Appropriation of Private Property. (105.1...105.29)

Section 105.1 - Condemnation. - Sec. 1. Private property may be appropriated for public use...

Section 105.2 - Condemnation; Proceedings. - Sec. 2. If it shall become necessary to appropriate private...

Section 105.3 - Condemnation; Resolution of Council; Suit. - Sec. 3. Whenever the council shall have declared a public...

Section 105.4 - Condemnation; Certified Copy of Resolution, Delivery to Attorney; Petition, Contents; Filing; Evidence. - Sec. 4. The city clerk shall make and deliver to...

Section 105.5 - Probate Court Summons; Contents. - Sec. 5. Upon receiving such petition it shall be the...

Section 105.6 - Probate Court Summons; Service; Guardian Ad Litem; Appearance Order; Alias, Pluries Summons; Return, Filing; Evidence. - Sec. 6. Said summons shall be served by the city...

Section 105.7 - Probate Court; Impaneling Jury; Composition of Jury. - Sec. 7. On the return day of the summons, or...

Section 105.8 - Probate Court; Oath of Jurors, Form; Duties; Instruction; Verdict. - Sec. 8. The jurors so impaneled shall be sworn or...

Section 105.9 - Probate Court; Verdict of Jury; Contents, Necessity, Damages. - Sec. 9. The jury shall determine in their verdict the...

Section 105.10 - Probate Court; Jury to Retire With Petition, Map, Blank Verdict; Form of Verdict. - Sec. 10. To assist the jury in arriving at their...

Section 105.11 - Probate Court; Amendments Allowed. - Sec. 11. Amendments either in form or substance may be...

Section 105.12 - Probate Court; Docket Entries, Copy; Confirmation Judgement on Application, Time; New Proceedings; Appeal. - Sec. 12. Upon filing the report and award made by...

Section 105.13 - Probate Court; Disagreement of Jury; Impaneling New Jury. - Sec. 13. If such jury should be unable to agree...

Section 105.14 - Juror; Disability; Procedure. - Sec. 14. If any juror, after being sworn, and before...

Section 105.15 - Circuit Court; Appeal, Procedure; Bond. - Sec. 15. Any party aggrieved by the judgment of confirmation...

Section 105.16 - Circuit Court; Probate Court to Return Appeal. - Sec. 16. Within 10 days after taking such appeal said...

Section 105.17 - Circuit Court; Jurisdiction; Proceedings. - Sec. 17. Upon filing the return to the probate court,...

Section 105.18 - Circuit Court Jury; Impaneling. - Sec. 18. The circuit judge shall make an order that...

Section 105.19 - Circuit Court; Oath of Jurors, Form; Duties; Instruction. - Sec. 19. The jurors so impaneled shall be sworn or...

Section 105.20 - Circuit Court; Verdict of Jury; Contents, Necessity, Damages. - Sec. 20. The jury shall in their verdict separately award...

Section 105.21 - Circuit Court; Jury May Retire With Petition, Map, Blank Verdict; Form of Verdict. - Sec. 21. To assist the jury in arriving at their...

Section 105.22 - Circuit Court; Confirmation of Proceedings; Cost. - Sec. 22. Upon any dismissal of the appeal, or rendition...

Section 105.23 - Circuit Court; Judgment of Confirmation; Records of City Clerk; Contents, Evidence. - Sec. 23. It shall be the duty of the city...

Section 105.24 - Verdict Confirmed; Sums Awarded; Procedure for Collection; Assessment; Evidence; City Purchaser at Sale. - Sec. 24. When the verdict of the jury shall have...

Section 105.25 - Verdict Confirmed; Sums Awarded; Payment Within Year; Raising of Funds; Treasurer, Duties; Right of Entry; Writ of Assistance. - Sec. 25. Within 1 year after the confirmation of the...

Section 105.26 - Court Proceedings; Officers, Jurors, Witnesses; Fees, Compensation. - Sec. 26. Officers, jurors and witnesses in any proceedings under...

Section 105.27 - Repealed. 2018, Act 199, Eff. Sept. 18, 2018. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to prima facie evidence...

Section 105.28 - Property; Sale of Buildings; Moneys, Disposition. - Sec. 28. In case there is on the private property...

Section 105.29 - Property; Negotiation; Purchase. - Sec. 29. Nothing in this chapter contained shall prevent any...

215-1895-XXVI - Chapter XXVI Waterworks. (106.1...106.11)

Section 106.1 - City Waterworks; Uses. - Sec. 1. Any city incorporated or reincorporated under the provisions...

Section 106.2 - Types of Waterworks; Construction; Maintenance. - Sec. 2. Such city may acquire, purchase, erect and maintain...

Section 106.3 - Constructing, Purchasing, or Extending Waterworks; Borrowing; Expenditure. - Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for a city, subject...

Section 106.4 - Constructing, Purchasing, or Extending Waterworks; Estimate of Expense; Special Assessment. - Sec. 4. Before any money shall be borrowed, appropriated, raised,...

Section 106.5 - Water Pipes; Private Connections; Repairs at Owner's Expense; Permit. - Sec. 5. The connecting or supplying pipes leading from buildings...

Section 106.6 - Establishing of Water Rates; Annual, Approval of City Council; Furnishing of Water Outside Corporate Limits. - Sec. 6. The board of public works shall annually, on...

Section 106.7 - Establishing Waterworks; Care, Control Ordinances. - Sec. 7. The council may enact such ordinances and adopt...

Section 106.8 - Establishing Waterworks; Property Beyond Corporate Limits, Control. - Sec. 8. When the council shall deem it for the...

Section 106.9 - Establishing Waterworks; Construction Privileges, Duties. - Sec. 9. For the purpose of operating, constructing, maintaining or...

Section 106.10 - Establishing Waterworks; Condemnation of Private Property. - Sec. 10. If it shall be necessary, in the judgment...

Section 106.11 - Contract for Water Supply; Time Limitation; Privileges Extended to Company. - Sec. 11. The council may contract from year to year,...

215-1895-XXVII - Chapter XXVII Lighting. (107.1...107.10)

Section 107.1 - City Lighting Plant. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any city incorporated...

Section 107.2 - City Lighting Plant; Resolution of Necessity; Action of Council. - Sec. 2. Whenever the council of any city shall, by...

Section 107.3 - City Lighting Plant; Expense Estimates; Vote by Electors. - Sec. 3. In case the council shall declare that it...

Section 107.4 - City Lighting Plant; Borrowing Power, Limit; Manner of Payment. - Sec. 4. It shall be lawful for any such city...

Section 107.5 - City Lighting Plant; Repairs, Limit. - Sec. 5. After lighting works have been purchased or constructed...

Section 107.6 - City Lighting Plant; Lighting Rates, Annual Determination. - Sec. 6. The board of public works subject to the...

Section 107.7 - City Lighting Plant; Condemnation of Private Property. - Sec. 7. If it shall be necessary in the judgment...

Section 107.8 - Contract for Lighting; Time Limitation; Privileges Extended to Company. - Sec. 8. The council may contract from year to year,...

Section 107.9 - City Lighting Plant; Care and Control Ordinances. - Sec. 9. The council may enact such ordinances and adopt...

Section 107.10 - Repairs, Alterations, and Extensions; Title Retention Contract Providing for Payment From Available Net Revenues; Construction. - Sec. 10. Repairs, alterations, and extensions may also be provided...

215-1895-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Board of Public Works. (108.1...108.14)

Section 108.1 - Board of Public Works; Members, Appointment, Terms. - Sec. 1. There may be created and constituted in every...

Section 108.2 - Board of Public Works; Officers, Election, Duties; Quorum. - Sec. 2. Said board shall, within 10 days after their...

Section 108.3 - Board of Public Works; Powers and Duties. - Sec. 3. The said board of public works, subject to...

Section 108.4 - Board of Public Works; Rules, By-Laws, Regulations. - Sec. 4. The said board shall have power to make...

Section 108.5 - Board of Public Works; Letting Contracts, Conditions. - Sec. 5. Whenever the expense of constructing or repairing any...

Section 108.6 - Work Done by Board of Public Works; Reports to Council, Contents; Payment of Claims. - Sec. 6. All work done under the supervision of said...

Section 108.7 - Reports to Council; Expense Estimate Submitted to Council, Time. - Sec. 7. On or before the first Monday of September,...

Section 108.8 - Moneys Received; Disposition; Statement, Filing. - Sec. 8. The board of public works shall on the...

Section 108.9 - Rate Charges, Payment; Suit. - Sec. 9. The board of public works may provide when...

Section 108.10 - Board of Public Works; Employment of Operating Personnel; Appointment, Compensation. - Sec. 10. The board of public works is hereby empowered,...

Section 108.11 - Board of Public Works Abolished; Procedure. - Sec. 11. The council of every city subject to the...

Section 108.12 - Board Abolished; Powers and Duties Transferred to Council; Committee Established. - Sec. 12. If at any such election, a majority of...

Section 108.13 - Board of Public Works Abolished; Re-Establishment Procedure. - Sec. 13. In a city subject to this act, and...

Section 108.14 - Election of Board; Time, Notice; Form of Proposition. - Sec. 14. An election under the provisions of this chapter...

215-1895-XXIX - Chapter XXIX Fire Department. (109.1...109.12)

Section 109.1 - Fire Protection; Ordinances and Regulations; Fire Department, Establishment. - Sec. 1. The council of any city shall have power...

Section 109.2 - Fire Equipment; Water Supply. - Sec. 2. The council may purchase and provide suitable fire...

Section 109.3 - Fire Houses. - Sec. 3. The council may also provide or erect all...

Section 109.4 - Fire Chief; Duties; Assistants. - Sec. 4. The engineer of the fire department shall be...

Section 109.5 - Fire Chief; Power to Command Aid at Fire; Refusal, Penalty. - Sec. 5. The chief of the fire department, or other...

Section 109.6 - Fire Wardens; Appointment, Duties. - Sec. 6. The council may provide by ordinance for the...

Section 109.7 - Fire Ordinances; Limits on Wooden Structures, Construction, Regulation; Escapes. - Sec. 7. The council may prescribe by ordinance, from time...

Section 109.8 - Trades Within Certain Districts Prohibited; Combustibles, Regulation. - Sec. 8. The council may also prohibit within such places...

Section 109.9 - Prohibited Structure; Nuisance, Abatement. - Sec. 9. Every building or structure which may be erected,...

Section 109.10 - Compensation of Officers, Fire Fighters, and Employees; Compensation for Injuries. - Sec. 10. The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the...

Section 109.11 - Destruction of Buildings at Fires; Damages, Settlement; Jury Trial. - Sec. 11. The engineer in charge of the department at...

Section 109.12 - Harbor Fire Ordinances. - Sec. 12. The council of any city located upon any...

215-1895-XXX - Chapter XXX Finance and Taxation. (110.1...110.29)

Section 110.1 - Fiscal Year. - Sec. 1. The fiscal year of cities subject to the...

Section 110.2 - Council's Power of Taxation; Collection; Installments. - Sec. 2. The council of any such city shall have...

Section 110.3 - Tax Revenues; Division Into Funds. - Sec. 3. The revenues raised by general tax upon all...

Section 110.4 - Tax Money; Special Funds. - Sec. 4. Revenues and moneys raised by taxation in special...

Section 110.5 - Taxes for General Fund; Limitation on Council. - Sec. 5. The aggregate amount which the council may raise...

Section 110.6 - Tax Raised in Street District; Purposes, Limitation. - Sec. 6. The council may also raise by tax in...

Section 110.7 - Special Assessments; Purposes; Local Improvements, Street and Drain Construction. - Sec. 7. In addition to the above amounts, the council...

Section 110.8 - Private Sewer Tax. - Sec. 8. A tax or assessment of not more than...

Section 110.9 - Annual Tax Levy; Purpose; Credit for Surplus Moneys. - Sec. 9. The council shall also raise annually by taxation,...

Section 110.10 - Expense Estimates of Council; Time, Contents. - Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the council...

Section 110.11 - Expense Estimate of Council; Deficiencies; Installment Levies. - Sec. 11. The council shall also in the same month...

Section 110.12 - Annual Appropriation Bill; Purpose; Contents. - Sec. 12. The council shall also in the said month...

Section 110.13 - Taxes Certified to Board of Supervisors and Ward Supervisors; Manner. - Sec. 13. All sums ordered in the annual appropriation bill,...

Section 110.14 - Annual Appropriation Bill; Raising of Moneys After Passage Prohibited. - Sec. 14. After the passage of the annual appropriation bill,...

Section 110.15 - Improvements Prohibited Unless Appropriation Made; Expenditures Only From Appropriations. - Sec. 15. No improvement, work, repairs or expense, to be...

Section 110.16 - Improvements Financed by Special Assessments. - Sec. 16. Sections 14 and 15 of this chapter do...

Section 110.17 - Improvement Before Tax Levy Prohibited. - Sec. 17. No public work, improvement or expenditure shall be...

Section 110.18 - Taxes and Loans for Capital Improvements; Bonds; Limitation. - Sec. 18. Instead of levying a tax for the whole...

Section 110.19 - Loan in Anticipation of Receipts From Special Assessments; Purpose; Limitation; Bonds. - Sec. 19. The council shall also have authority to raise...

Section 110.20 - Tax or Loan to Raise Greater Amount; Vote of Electors; Maximum Amount; Limitation on Amount of Indebtedness; Fire, Flood, or Other Calamity Requiring Emergency Fund; Exclusions From Computation of Net Indebtedness; Deducting Resource... - Sec. 20. (1) If a greater amount is required in...

Section 110.21 - Bonds; Approval of Electors Required; Exceptions. - Sec. 21. Bonds shall not be issued, except special assessment...

Section 110.22 - Accounting Rules; Moneys Received. - Sec. 22. All moneys and taxes raised, loaned or appropriated...

Section 110.23 - Moneys; Procedure for Disbursement. - Sec. 23. No money shall be drawn from the treasury,...

Section 110.24 - Moneys; Drawing Upon Exhausted Funds; Warrants on Such Funds Declared Void. - Sec. 24. No warrant shall be drawn upon the treasury,...

Section 110.25 - Loans; Limitation; Bonds. - Sec. 25. Loans shall not be made by the council,...

Section 110.26 - Annual Accounts Audit by Council; Statement, Contents. - Sec. 26. Immediately upon the close of the fiscal year...

Section 110.27 - Statement of Receipts; Filing, Publication. - Sec. 27. Said statement, signed by the mayor and clerk,...

Section 110.28 - Misappropriation of Moneys; Penalty. - Sec. 28. If any officer of the corporation shall, directly...

Section 110.29 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bonds.

215-1895-XXXI - Chapter XXXI Assessment and Collection of Taxes. (111.1...111.20)

Section 111.1 - Tax Assessment and Collection by Supervisors; City Assessor, Duties; Rules. - Sec. 1. The supervisors of every city shall, in each...

Section 111.2 - Personal Property; Assessment; Tax Exemption. - Sec. 2. If any person residing in the city a...

Section 111.3 - Personal Property; Assessment; Situs. - Sec. 3. All personal property found in any ward may...

Section 111.4 - Property Assessment; Equalization. - Sec. 4. For the purpose of assessing all property equally...

Section 111.5 - Board of Review; Members, Duties, Compensation; Equalization by County Supervisors; Apportionment. - Sec. 5. The supervisors of the several wards, the city...

Section 111.6 - Board of Review; Meetings of Board; Officers; Proceedings; Statement, Form; Endorsed Rolls Returned to Supervisors; Finality. - Sec. 6. The said board shall meet on the third...

Section 111.7 - Assessment Roll; Certified Copy Delivered by Supervisor to City Clerk. - Sec. 7. Within 60 days after the confirmation, and where...

Section 111.8 - Certification by City Clerk to County Clerk; Contents. - Sec. 8. On or before the first Monday of October...

Section 111.9 - Apportionment of Amounts by Board of Supervisors; Certification Procedure. - Sec. 9. The board of supervisors of the county in...

Section 111.10 - Certification of Taxes by City Clerk to Ward Supervisors. - Sec. 10. On or before the first day of October,...

Section 111.11 - Ward Supervisors; Duties as to Tax Levy. - Sec. 11. Each supervisor, shall, where the taxes are levied...

Section 111.12 - Ward Supervisors; Delivery of Roll to City Clerk; Amounts Charged to Treasurer, Bond; Collection Procedure. - Sec. 12. Each supervisor [upon] on completing his roll shall...

Section 111.13 - Warrant Annexed to Roll; Contents. - Sec. 13. The warrant annexed to each roll shall state...

Section 111.14 - Taxes; Lien on Land. - Sec. 14. All taxes levied in any ward tax roll,...

Section 111.15 - City Treasurer; Duties; Notice to Taxpayers; Collection Fee. - Sec. 15. Upon receiving the several ward tax rolls as...

Section 111.16 - Unpaid Taxes; Collection; Sale. - Sec. 16. For the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid...

Section 111.17 - Unpaid Taxes; New Warrants; Suits. - Sec. 17. The county treasurer may issue new warrants to...

Section 111.18 - Assessment Unit; City Treasurer, Duties. - Sec. 18. For the purpose of assessing and levying taxes...

Section 111.19 - Moneys Received; Disposition. - Sec. 19. The city treasurer shall, within 1 week after...

Section 111.20 - Delinquent Taxes; Collection. - Sec. 20. All the provisions of law respecting delinquent taxes...

215-1895-XXXII - Chapter XXXII Education. (112.1...112.20) -

215-1895-XXXIII - Chapter XXXIII Fourth Class Cities—miscellaneous. (113.1...113.20)

Section 113.1 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure; City Council; Duty; Resolution; Declaration of Reincorporation; Filing; Evidence. - Sec. 1. All cities heretofore incorporated under any general or...

Section 113.2 - Reincorporation Under Act; Property, Assets, Vesting; Liabilities; Cumulative Remedies. - Sec. 2. All cities reincorporated under and made subject to...

Section 113.3 - Reincorporation Under Act; Officers in Office Until Successors Qualify. - Sec. 3. All the officers in any such city, elected...

Section 113.4 - Reincorporation Under Act; Existing By-Laws, Ordinances. - Sec. 4. The by-laws and ordinances of any such city...

Section 113.5 - Reincorporation Under Act; Special Assessments, Enforcement. - Sec. 5. In cases where a special assessment has been...

Section 113.6 - Reincorporation Under Act; Existing Licenses. - Sec. 6. All licenses granted by any such city under...

Section 113.7 - Reincorporation Under Act; First Election of Officers, Procedure. - Sec. 7. The first election of officers for any such...

Section 113.9 - Reincorporation Under Act; Platting of Lands; Liability of City for New Streets. - Sec. 9. No lands or premises shall hereafter be laid...

Section 113.10 - City; Definition. - Sec. 10. The term "city," whenever used in this act,...

Section 113.11 - City Not to Own Stock of Incorporated Companies. - Sec. 11. No such city shall become the owner or...

Section 113.12 - Affidavit of Notice; Filing, Evidence. - Sec. 12. When, by the provisions of this act, notice...

Section 113.13 - Repealed. 1974, Act 345, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974. - Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to bonds for payment...

Section 113.14 - Reincorporation From Fourth to Third Class Cities. - Sec. 14. Whenever any city of the fourth class shall...

Section 113.16 - Vacating Incorporation of City; Prerequisite, Petition, Procedure. - Sec. 16. Whenever the qualified electors of any incorporated city...

Section 113.17 - Vacating Incorporation of City; Election, Form of Ballots, Transcript of Proceedings Certified to County Clerk; Plats Unaffected. - Sec. 17. At the time of holding such meeting, all...

Section 113.18 - Vacating Incorporation of City; Certified Transcript of Proceedings; Resolution of Board of Supervisors, Contents; Representative Districts. - Sec. 18. Upon receiving the transcript of the proceedings in...

Section 113.19 - Vacating Incorporation of City; Deposit of Books and Records With County Clerk; Bond or Other Indebtedness, Procedure and Time for Payment. - Sec. 19. Upon the vacation of the incorporation of any...

Section 113.20 - Vacated Territory in Two or More Townships or Counties; Division of Indebtedness, Procedure. - Sec. 20. In case the territory formerly embraced within such...

Michigan Compiled Laws Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)

Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities
Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)