Sec. 36.
Any corporation organized or to be organized under this act may own and hold land heretofore or hereafter acquired for additional burial grounds and such other land heretofore or hereafter acquired as may be needed for the convenient or proper operation of its burial grounds. Land heretofore or hereafter acquired by said corporation and not being a part of its burial grounds shall not be exempt from taxation. Any corporation organized under this act shall not convey any part or portions of land owned by it if such land is part of the plan or design of the cemetery adopted and recorded as provided in section 17 of this act or secured for the purpose of becoming part of such plan or design unless at least $5,000.00 for each acre so conveyed is allocated to the improvement or memorial fund provided for by section 35 of this act.
History: Add. 1897, Act 75, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8397 ;-- CL 1915, 11157 ;-- CL 1929, 10436 ;-- CL 1948, 456.36 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 53, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
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.