Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36)
Section 456.34a - Witness Fee; Prohibition.

Sec. 34a.
A corporation organized under this act shall not charge a fee for witnessing the lowering of a casket into the ground.
History: Add. 1996, Act 111, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1996

Structure Michigan Compiled Laws

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 456.16 - Certificate of Organization; Contents; Signature; Filing Certificate With Department of Commerce.

Section 456.17 - Laying Out Burial Grounds; Maps; Filing Map With Department of Commerce; Certificate.

Section 456.18 - Actions and Suits; Common Seal.

Section 456.19 - Reincorporation Under Act; Lot Owners in Public Burying Ground, Incorporation; Transfer of Rights From Municipalities.

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.

Section 456.36 - Additional Land; Taxation; Conveyance.