Sec. 72.
Water supply. Every dwelling not exempted in section 7 of this act shall have within each apartment or family unit at least 1 approved sink with running water furnished in sufficient quantity at all times. The owner shall provide proper and suitable tanks, pumps or other appliances to receive and to distribute an adequate and sufficient supply of such water at each floor in the said dwelling at all times of the year, during all hours of the day and night. But a failure in the general supply of city water shall not be construed to be a failure on the part of such owner, provided proper and suitable appliances to receive and distribute such water have been provided in said dwelling.
History: 1917, Act 167, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 2560 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 303, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 125.472
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 125 - Planning, Housing, and Zoning
Act 167 of 1917 - Housing Law of Michigan (125.401 - 125.543)
Article IV - Maintenance. (125.465...125.488)
Section 125.465 - Public Halls in Multiple Dwellings; Lighting; Exit Lights.
Section 125.466 - Water Closets in Cellars.
Section 125.467 - Water Closet Accommodations.
Section 125.468 - Basement and Cellar Rooms.
Section 125.469 - Joint Use of Kitchen by More Than One Family Prohibited.
Section 125.470 - Water Closets and Sinks; Floors Under and Around.
Section 125.471 - Repairs and Drainage.
Section 125.472 - Water Supply.
Section 125.473 - Catch-Basins.
Section 125.474 - Cleanliness of Dwellings.
Section 125.475 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls of Courts.
Section 125.476 - Multiple Dwellings; Walls and Ceilings of Rooms.
Section 125.477 - Multiple Dwellings; Wallpaper.
Section 125.478 - Receptacles for Ashes, Garbage and Rubbish; Chutes Prohibited.
Section 125.479 - Prohibited Uses.
Section 125.480 - Storage of Combustible Materials.
Section 125.481 - Storage of Combustible Materials; Openings Between Storage Room and Public Hall.
Section 125.482 - Fire Prevention and Safety Requirements.
Section 125.483 - Overcrowding; Minimum Space Requirements.
Section 125.484 - Multiple Dwellings; Regulation; Application; Lodgers Prohibited.
Section 125.485 - Health Order; Infected and Uninhabitable Dwellings to Be Vacated.
Section 125.486 - Health Order; Repairs to Buildings, Other Structures.
Section 125.487 - Fire Escape Maintenance.
Section 125.488 - Scuttles, Bulkheads, Ladders and Stairs in Multiple Dwellings.