Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 12 of 1869 - Rural Cemetery Corporations (456.101 - 456.119)
Section 456.106 - Board of Directors; Powers.

Sec. 6.
The board of directors shall have the general management of such corporation and shall have the power,—
To purchase land for the use of such association, but for no other purpose, and not exceeding in all 300 acres;
To levy assessments upon the subscribers to the articles of association, not exceeding the amount severally subscribed by them, payable at such times as the directors shall determine, and to enforce the collection thereof either by suit or forfeiture;
To cause to be prepared a plan or design for laying out such lands so purchased by them for cemetery purposes; and when such plan or design is adopted by them, it shall be their duty to cause the same to be recorded in a book to be kept by them for that purpose, and it shall not thereafter be altered or modified, unless by a 2/3 vote of all the directors, after a special notice of such proposed change shall have been given, and after said proposition shall have been submitted in writing to the board at a meeting thereof, to be held prior to the one at which the vote upon such proposed change shall be taken; Provided, That no such alteration shall be made which shall interfere with rights of burial already granted;
To dispose of rights of burial, fix the prices thereof, make conditions in relation to burials within the cemetery grounds, and guarantee to grantees of burial rights the care and preservation of the grounds;
To establish such rules and regulations for the control and management of the grounds and all matters and things incident thereto, as they shall deem for the best interests of the corporation;
To sell any part or portion of the lands owned by such corporation, in case the same shall not be occupied or required for burial purposes, or for the uses of such cemetery;
To invest the moneys received from the sale of burial rights, and to prescribe, from time to time the interest or dividends which shall be paid to holders of the scrip of such corporation, subject to the restrictions hereinafter named.
History: 1869, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 3413 ;-- How. 4768 ;-- CL 1897, 8404 ;-- CL 1915, 11165 ;-- CL 1929, 10445 ;-- CL 1948, 456.106

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations

Act 12 of 1869 - Rural Cemetery Corporations (456.101 - 456.119)

Section 456.101 - Cemetery Corporations; Incorporators, Name.

Section 456.102 - Articles; Signing, Acknowledgment, Contents.

Section 456.103 - Payment by Subscribers to Articles of Association.

Section 456.104 - Annual Meeting; Election of Board of Directors; Right to Vote; Special Meetings.

Section 456.105 - Board of Directors; Selection of Officers.

Section 456.106 - Board of Directors; Powers.

Section 456.106a - Conveyance of Land.

Section 456.107, 456.107a - Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.

Section 456.108 - Tax Exemption.

Section 456.109 - Burial Rights; Granting in Lands Subject to Lien or Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited.

Section 456.110 - Highways, Sewers or Other Public Thoroughfares Through Grounds; Right to Purchase Additional Property.

Section 456.111 - Saloons and Amusements Prohibited.

Section 456.112 - Burial Rights; Transfer, Rights of Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin.

Section 456.113 - Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1977.

Section 456.114 - Use of Firearms in Cemetery; Entering Over Fence; Penalty.

Section 456.114a - Witness Fee; Prohibition.

Section 456.115 - Perpetual Care Fund; Receipts; Investment; Bond; Account.

Section 456.116 - Non-Profit Corporation.

Section 456.117 - Charter Not Deemed Forfeited; Filing Articles; Affidavit, Report.

Section 456.118 - Corporate Name.

Section 456.119 - List of Corporations; Compilation; Forwarding to Corporation and Securities Commission.