Sec. 1b.
No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any city incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, unless specifically adopted by the electors as a part of its city charter. The provisions of this act shall be deemed to be in the nature of charter provisions for any city incorporated thereunder or subject thereto and any such provision may be altered or removed by amendment adopted by the electors as provided in Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, provided that the effect of the amendment is such as might legally be accomplished by charter provision in the case of a city operating under said Act No. 279. All such amendments heretofore so adopted by any city incorporated under or subject to this act, and all actions heretofore taken and all bonds heretofore issued under or in accordance with such amendments, are hereby validated to the same extent as if the foregoing provision had been in effect when such amendments were adopted.
History: Add. 1962, Act 161, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1962
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapters 81 - 113 - Fourth Class Cities
Act 215 of 1895 - The Fourth Class City Act (81.1 - 113.20)
215-1895-I - Chapter I Incorporation. (81.1...81.18)
Section 81.1 - Fourth Class Cities.
Section 81.1a - Short Title; Definitions.
Section 81.1b - Fourth Class Cities; Construction of Act; Validation of Amendments and Acts.
Section 81.1c - Incorporated City as Home Rule City; Charter.
Section 81.1d - Emergency Financial Manager; Authority and Responsibilities.
Section 81.3 - Incorporation; Petition; Resolution of Village Council; Referendum.
Section 81.4 - Election; Notices, Contents.
Section 81.5 - Election; Qualified Voters; Form of Submission, Canvass; Return.
Section 81.6 - Election; Authorizing Vote; Resolution of Council, Contents; Records.
Section 81.7 - Election Results; Adoption, Recording; Declaration of Incorporation, Filing.
Section 81.8 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Evidence.
Section 81.9 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Officers in Power.
Section 81.10 - Village Deemed Fourth Class City; Division Into Wards.
Section 81.11 - First Election of New City; Time, Procedure.
Section 81.12 - First Election of New City; Prerequisites.
Section 81.13 - Inspectors of Election; Oath, Duties.
Section 81.14 - Inspectors of First Election; Duties.
Section 81.15 - Fourth Class City; Bodies Corporate.
Section 81.16 - Fourth Class Cities; Judicial Notice Taken; Changes in Organization.
Section 81.17 - Existing Ordinances, By-Laws, Resolutions.
Section 81.18 - Status of Former Rights; Liabilities; Remedies.