Michigan Compiled Laws
283-1909-I - Chapter I Laying Out, Altering and Discontinuing Highways (221.1...221.30)
Section 221.22 - Public Highway; Discontinuance.

Sec. 22.
Every public highway already laid out, or hereafter to be laid out, no part of which shall have been opened and worked within 4 years after the time of its being so laid out, shall cease to be a road for any purpose whatever.
History: 1909, Act 283, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 4309 ;-- CL 1929, 3938 ;-- CL 1948, 221.22 ;-- CL 1897, 4063 Compiler's Notes: This section re-enacts Sec. 22 of Ch. I of Act 243 of 1881, being How. 1317.

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapters 220 - 244 - General Highway Law

Act 283 of 1909 - Public Highways and Private Roads (220.1 - 244.10)

283-1909-I - Chapter I Laying Out, Altering and Discontinuing Highways (221.1...221.30)

Section 221.1-221.19 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.20 - Public Highway; Definition, Width.

Section 221.20a - Declaration of Road as Public Highway; Consent; Petition; Action in Circuit Court; Order; Purchase or Condemnation.

Section 221.20b - Declaration of Road as Public Highway; Complaint; Deposit.

Section 221.20c - Order Fixing Date for Hearing; Contents of Order; Service of Complaint and Order; Notice of Hearing; Service and Publication of Complaint.

Section 221.20d - Determining Sufficiency of Petition; Trial Date; Order.

Section 221.20e - Applicability of Rules for Civil Actions.

Section 221.20f - Notice of Filing of Complaint; Contents; Recordation.

Section 221.20g - Improvement of Road by Township; Standards; Special Assessment; Petition; Acceptance of Public Highway; Maintenance.

Section 221.20h - Acquisition of Property by Township by Gift, Purchase, or Condemnation; Petition; Order of Taking.

Section 221.21 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.22 - Public Highway; Discontinuance.

Section 221.23-221.26 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

Section 221.27 - Repealed. 1993, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994.

Section 221.28-221.30 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.