Sec. 56.
In case the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall deem it necessary for the proper drainage of the highway to be improved, that any drain or water course be laid out and established, deepened and widened, cleaned out, straightened or extended, they may petition the county drain commissioner for the same, and such petition shall have all the force and effect of the requisite petitions by freeholders to the county drain commissioner for the same purpose; and thereupon the county drain commissioner shall proceed to act upon such petition, and shall take the same steps that are provided for him to take under the drain laws of the state.
History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4726 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4371 ;-- CL 1948, 247.456
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)
59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)
Section 247.453 - Tax Set Aside; New Proceedings.
Section 247.454 - Apportionment Based on Benefits; Description of Lands.
Section 247.456 - Drainage; Petition of Commissioner.
Section 247.457 - Legal and Clerical Service, Expenses.
Section 247.458 - Record of Proceedings; Supplies.
Section 247.459 - County Road Commissioners; Annual Report.
Section 247.460 - County Road Commissioners; Administrative Board.
Section 247.462 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Section 247.464 - Repealed. 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963.