Sec. 6.
Upon application in writing of any 3 of the persons aforesaid to the district or municipal court of the judicial district or municipality in which such burying ground is to be situated, the court shall issue a warrant to either one of the applicants, directing him or her to call a meeting of the persons wishing to become incorporated, which warrant shall contain the substance of the application, and shall state the time and place of holding the meeting. The meeting shall be called in obedience to such warrant, by posting up notice containing the substance of the warrant in at least 2 public places in the township, city, or village, in which such burying ground is to be situated at least 10 days before the time of holding such meeting.
History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1722 ;-- CL 1871, 3379 ;-- How. 4733 ;-- CL 1897, 8367 ;-- CL 1915, 11127 ;-- CL 1929, 10406 ;-- CL 1948, 456.6 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
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.