Sec. 1.
The township board of any township may grant to any person, partnership, association or corporation the right to use the highways, streets, alleys, and other public places of the township to set poles, string wires, lay pipes or conduits or to lay tracks for railways and to operate and maintain the same and the right to transact a local business in such township, subject to such reasonable regulations as said board shall prescribe from time to time.
History: 1909, Act 266, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 4836 ;-- CL 1929, 11103 ;-- CL 1948, 460.601
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 460 - Public Utilities
Act 266 of 1909 - Public Utility Franchise (460.601 - 460.605)
Section 460.601 - Franchise to Use Streets and Public Places; Grant by Township Board.
Section 460.603 - Vote by Electors to Grant Irrevocable Trust; Notice.
Section 460.603a - Revocable Franchise Granted Before Effective Date of Act.
Section 460.604, 460.605 - Repealed. 1996, Act 322, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1996.