Sec. 24.
At any corporate meeting of the members, after notice as provided by its bylaws, those members present, when they deem it necessary, may vote an assessment upon the members of such corporation by a majority vote of the members present, which assessment shall be made by the board of trustees of such corporation, as near as may be in proportion to the value of the respective rights of burial owned by such members. Notice of a proposed assessment setting forth the date and place of meeting and the method of assessment and amount thereof shall be sent by certified mail to all known addresses of living members at least 30 days before date set for the meeting.
History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1740 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3397 ;-- How. 4751 ;-- CL 1897, 8385 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11145 ;-- CL 1929, 10424 ;-- CL 1948, 456.24 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 41, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
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.