Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 12 of 1869 - Rural Cemetery Corporations (456.101 - 456.119)
Section 456.118 - Corporate Name.

Sec. 18.
Prior to the filing by any corporation, in accordance with section 17, of the instruments thereby required with the corporation and securities commission, the corporation shall ascertain from the commission whether its corporate name is in conflict with that of any other corporation whose articles of association or articles of incorporation have previously been filed with the commission. If, in the judgment of the commission, there shall be a conflict in corporate names, then the corporation filing under the provisions of the section shall amend its name by adding thereto the name of the locality in which it is organized or operating, or in such other manner as shall be approved by the corporation and securities commission to distinguish it from any corporation whose articles have previously been filed as aforesaid.
History: Add. 1953, Act 167, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 Compiler's Notes: Original section 18 of Act 12 of 1869, which attempted to confer the power of eminent domain, was held unconstitutional in Portage Township Board of Health v. Van Hoesen, 87 Mich. 533, 535 N.W. 894 (1891).

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Section 456.107, 456.107a - Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd.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Section 456.113 - Repealed. 1977, Act 67, Imd.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.