Sec. 17.
Before any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall issue certificates of rights of burial, they shall cause their burial ground to be laid out in such form as they may choose, and cause 2 maps thereof to be made, which maps shall accurately describe the land belonging to such burying ground, its boundaries and location, with the lots or subdivisions named or numbered thereon, and also their size, situation and extent, with the width extent, and location of all the streets, alleys, or walks in such burying ground, which maps shall be prepared under the supervision and direction of the president and clerk of such corporation, and certified by them to be a correct map of their burying ground. One of the above maps shall be filed with the clerk of the corporation, and the other with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. The department of commerce shall give said corporation a certificate under the seal of the department of commerce, showing that such map has been received and duly filed, which certificate shall be filed with the clerk of said corporation.
History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1733 ;-- CL 1871, 3390 ;-- How. 4744 ;-- CL 1897, 8378 ;-- CL 1915, 11138 ;-- CL 1929, 10417 ;-- CL 1948, 456.17 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations
Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36)
Section 456.1 - Cemetery Corporation; Incorporators.
Section 456.2 - Cemetery Corporation; Acquisition of Land, Encumbrance, Payment; Lease, Restriction.
Section 456.3 - Right of Burial; Definition.
Section 456.3a - Right of Burial; Granting in Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited.
Section 456.4 - Right of Burial; Disposal by Member.
Section 456.5 - Member; Right to Vote.
Section 456.6 - Meeting to Incorporate; Warrant.
Section 456.7 - Meeting to Incorporate; Affidavit of Notice.
Section 456.8 - Board of Trustees; Election; Terms.
Section 456.9 - Officers; Election; Sexton or Superintendent, Appointment.
Section 456.10 - Officers; Vacancies.
Section 456.11 - Officers; Acceptance of Office, Bond.
Section 456.12 - Officers; Notice of Election.
Section 456.13 - Treasurer; Bond.
Section 456.14 - Officers; Compensation.
Section 456.15 - By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.
Section 456.18 - Actions and Suits; Common Seal.
Section 456.20 - Saving Clause.
Section 456.21 - Vacation of Burying Ground; Procedure.
Section 456.22 - Forfeited Right of Burial; Disposal.
Section 456.23 - Unused Burial Rights; Sale on Non-Payment of Assessment; Reconveyance.
Section 456.24 - Assessment; Voting; Notice of Meeting.
Section 456.25 - Assessment; Record.
Section 456.26 - Assessment; Notice; Payment, Enforcement.
Section 456.27 - Duties of Officers Defined by By-Laws.
Section 456.28 - Treasurer; Duties.
Section 456.29 - Records of Rights of Burial; Form.
Section 456.30 - Records of Rights of Burial; Bound Blanks, Index.
Section 456.31 - Price of Lots or Rights of Burial.
Section 456.32 - Price of Lots or Rights of Burial; Payment Receipt.
Section 456.33 - Certificate of Right of Burial.
Section 456.34 - Potter's Field.
Section 456.34a - Witness Fee; Prohibition.
Section 456.35, 456.35a - Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
Section 456.35b - Endowment Care Fund; Exemption From Care Fund Requirements.