Sec. 29.
Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for the public health, they may require the owners and occupants of lots and premises to construct private drains therefrom to connect with some public sewer or drain, and thereby to drain such lots and premises; and to keep such private drains in repair and free from obstruction and nuisance; and if such private drains are not constructed and maintained according to such requirement, the council may cause the work to be done at the expense of such owner or occupant, and the amount of such expense shall be a lien upon the premises drained, and may be collected by special assessment to be levied thereon.
History: 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2797 ;-- CL 1915, 2668 ;-- CL 1929, 1577 ;-- CL 1948, 67.29
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 3 of 1895 - The General Law Village Act (61.1 - 75.12)
3-1895-VII - Chapter VII Powers of Council. (67.1...67.64)
3-1895-VII-SEWERS-DRAINS-AND-WATER-COURSES. - Sewers, Drains and Water-Courses. (67.24...67.34)
Section 67.24 - Sewers, Drains, Watercourses; Construction; Condemnation.
Section 67.25 - Sewers, Drains, and Watercourses; Expense of Construction; Methods of Payment.
Section 67.27 - Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 67.28 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 67.29 - Private Drains; Construction, Regulation; Work at Private Expense.
Section 67.30 - Private Drains; Connection With Public Sewers.
Section 67.31 - Private Drains; Connection to Public Sewers; Charge; Collection.
Section 67.32 - Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 67.33 - Sewers, Ditches, Water Systems, and Watercourses; Repair Expense.