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MI Comp L § 247.456 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.456 - Drainage; Petition of Commissioner.

247.456 Drainage; petition of commissioner. Sec. 56.  In case the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall deem it necessary for the proper drainage of the highway to be improved, that any drain or water course be laid out and established, deepened and widened, cleaned out, straightened or extended, they may petition the county drain commissioner for the same, and such petition shall have all the force and effect of the requisite petitions by freeholders to the county drain commissioner for the same purpose; and thereupon the county drain commissioner shall proceed to act upon such petition, and shall take the same steps that are provided for him to take under the drain laws of the state. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4726 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4371 ;-- CL 1948, 247.456
MI Comp L § 247.457 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.457 - Legal and Clerical Service, Expenses.

247.457 Legal and clerical service, expenses. Sec. 57.  The county road commissioner, or the state highway commissioner, acting under the provisions of this act, may employ all necessary clerks, and such clerk hire, and any legal expense shall be charged to the several road districts in behalf of which they shall be employed. They may likewise employ an attorney when they deem the same necessary. All incidental expenses shall be paid out of the first moneys collected. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4727 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 107, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4372 ;-- CL 1948, 247.457
MI Comp L § 247.458 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.458 - Record of Proceedings; Supplies.

247.458 Record of proceedings; supplies. Sec. 58.  The county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall procure record books, and keep a record of all the proceedings had under this act, and they shall procure the necessary stationery and supplies, which expense shall be paid by the county, or by the state as the case may be. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4728 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4373 ;-- CL 1948, 247.458
MI Comp L § 247.459 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.459 - County Road Commissioners; Annual Report.

247.459 County road commissioners; annual report. Sec. 59.  The county road commissioners shall render an annual report to the board of supervisors, of their doings, showing itemized statements of all the sums ordered raised by them and expended by them. Such statements shall be filed on or before the first day of the annual meeting of the supervisors in October. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4729 ;-- CL 1929, 4374 ;-- CL 1948, 247.459
MI Comp L § 247.460 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.460 - County Road Commissioners; Administrative Board.

247.460 County road commissioners; administrative board. Sec. 60.  The county road commissioners shall work together as an administrative board in the performance of their work. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4730 ;-- CL 1929, 4375 ;-- CL 1948, 247.460
MI Comp L § 247.462 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.462 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

247.462 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section provided for employment of an engineer.
MI Comp L § 247.463 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.463 - Estimates and Certificates of Completed Work; Payments on Contracts, Prerequisites, Portion Withheld.

247.463 Estimates and certificates of completed work; payments on contracts, prerequisites, portion withheld. Sec. 63.  As the work of improvement progresses, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall cause written estimates to be made, and certificates of work done and materials furnished, according to specifications, and of the value of the work accomplished by the several contractors. These estimates and certificates shall be made and signed by a competent engineer. At the request of any contractor doing work, such estimate shall be made at least once in each month. The county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall make no payment on any contract without such written estimates and certificates that the work is done according to specifications where the total contract price shall be 500 dollars or over. Before the final completion of the work and its final acceptance, they shall not pay more than 80 per cent of the amount of such estimates and certificates: Provided, That upon satisfactory showing of the paying of outstanding indebtedness as hereinafter provided the amount retained on such estimates may be proportionately reduced in the discretion of the state highway commissioner or the board of county road commissioners as the work progresses. Before payment is made on any estimate or certificate aforesaid, the contractor shall file an affidavit showing, either that all labor and material so far used in the improvement has been paid for by him, or an itemized statement giving the several amounts and names of persons to whom anything is owing for labor and material used in the particular improvement contracted for by him, or he shall file releases from all persons unpaid for either labor or material used in such improvement. In case it appears from such affidavits that any labor or material is not paid for, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall deduct from any payment to be made by them such indebtedness for material and labor. The county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, out of money so retained by them, may pay any such indebtedness; and they shall pay such indebtedness out of such money on the request of any contractor. They shall not be obliged to pay on the request of a creditor until such creditor shall have put his claim into final judgment. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4733 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 22, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 4378 ;-- CL 1948, 247.463
MI Comp L § 247.464 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.464 - Repealed. 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963.

247.464 Repealed. 1963, Act 213, Eff. Sept. 6, 1963. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section required bond of successful bidder.
MI Comp L § 247.465 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-MISCELLANEOUS. - Miscellaneous. (247.453...247.465)|Section 247.465 - Contracts Under $500; Payments.

247.465 Contracts under $500; payments. Sec. 65.  The county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, may let contracts under 500 dollars without advertising. They may make payments on such contracts without the estimates and certificates above required. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4735 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4380 ;-- CL 1948, 247.465
MI Comp L § 247.466 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.466 - Certiorari; Notice, Hearing, Bond; Proceedings, Setting Aside; Costs; Postponement in Letting of Contracts.

247.466 Certiorari; notice, hearing, bond; proceedings, setting aside; costs; postponement in letting of contracts. Sec. 66.  The proceedings herein provided for improving any highway, shall be subject to review upon certiorari. Notice of such certiorari shall be served upon the county commissioners, or 1 of them or upon the state highway commissioner, within 10 days after the making of their apportionment of benefits for such improvement has been filed with the county clerk in the same manner as notice is required to be given of certiorari for reviewing judgments returned by the justice of the peace, and the writ shall be issued and served, and the bond given and approved, and all subject matter brought to issue in the same way and manner as in such case provided, except that such certiorari may be heard by the court during term, or at chambers, upon 5 days' notice given to the opposing party; and the circuit court of the county shall hear and determine the same without necessary delay; and if any material defect be found in the proceedings, such proceedings shall be set aside in so far as erroneous with consent to the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, to proceed anew with their proceedings from the point where the defect occurs. The entire proceedings shall not be set aside except where the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, are found to have no jurisdiction to act upon the petition presented. If the proceedings be sustained, the party bringing the certiorari shall be liable for the costs thereof; and if they be not sustained in whole, or in part, the parties petitioning for the proposed improvement, shall be liable for the costs. If no certiorari be brought within the time herein described, the improvements shall be deemed to have been legally ordered and established, and its legality shall not thereafter be questioned in any suit at law, or in equity. When such proceedings are brought, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall postpone the letting of contracts if they have not been let, and of all other proceedings until after the determination of the court. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4736 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4381 ;-- CL 1948, 247.466 Compiler's Notes: In the second sentence of this section, “necessary” evidently should read “unnecessary.”
MI Comp L § 247.467 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.467 - Tax Assessment; Irregularities Not Prejudicial; Presumptions; Prima Facie Evidence; Absent or Omitted Records; Signing of Papers; Deeds.

247.467 Tax assessment; irregularities not prejudicial; presumptions; prima facie evidence; absent or omitted records; signing of papers; deeds. Sec. 67.  A tax assessed under this act upon any property or sale of the property shall not be held invalid by any court of this state on account of any irregularity in any assessment, or on account of any tax roll not having been made, or proceeding had within the time required by law, or on account of the property having been assessed without the name of the owner, or in the name of any person other than the owner, or on account of any other irregularity, informality, omission, or want of any matter or form or substance in any proceeding that does not prejudice the property rights of the person whose property is taxed. All proceedings in assessing and levying taxes, and in the sale and conveyance therefor, shall be presumed by all the courts of this state to be legal until the contrary is affirmatively shown. All records, statements and certificates provided for under this act shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth. The absence of any record of any proceeding or proceedings, or the omission of any mention in any record of any vote or proceeding, or mention of any matter in any statement or certificate that should appear therein under this act, does not affect the validity of any proceeding, tax, or title thereon, if the fact that the vote or proceeding was had or tax authorized is shown by any other record, statement or certificate made evidence by the terms of this act or any other law of this state. A tax or sale of property for any tax shall not be rendered or held invalid by showing that any record, statement, affidavit, certificate, paper, or return cannot be found in the proper office. Unless the contrary is affirmatively shown, the presumption shall be that the record was made, and that the certificate, statement, affidavit, paper, or return was duly made and filed. If any statement, certificate, or record is required to be made or signed by the county road commissioners, that statement, certificate, or record may be made and signed by the members of the commission, or a majority of them, and it is not necessary that other members be present when each signs the statement, certificate, or record. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize any showing impeaching the validity of any deed executed by the state treasurer under this act, but the deed shall be held absolute and conclusive as provided in general tax laws of this state. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4737 ;-- CL 1929, 4382 ;-- CL 1948, 247.467 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 351, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2002
MI Comp L § 247.468 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.468 - Limitation of Actions; Tax Payment Under Protest; Suit Against County.

247.468 Limitation of actions; tax payment under protest; suit against county. Sec. 68.  No suit shall be instituted to recover any tax or money paid, or for property therefor, or for damages on account thereof, unless brought within 30 days from the time of payment of such money to, or for the sale of such property by, the collecting officers; and if such tax be paid under protest, the reasons therefor shall be specified, and the same procedure observed as is, and may be required by the general tax law: Provided, That suits specified in this section shall be brought against the county at large. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4738 ;-- CL 1929, 4383 ;-- CL 1948, 247.468
MI Comp L § 247.469 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.469 - Injunction Restricted.

247.469 Injunction restricted. Sec. 69.  After any taxes shall have been assessed for the improvement of any highway under this act, no injunction shall issue to restrain the spreading of the same upon the tax roll, nor to restrain the collection thereof, nor shall the same be in any manner stayed, except as provided in provisions for certiorari unless the amount of such assessment shall be first paid to the county treasurer to be applied upon such taxes in case the court in which the suit upon which such injunction is tried, shall so order. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4739 ;-- CL 1929, 4384 ;-- CL 1948, 247.469
MI Comp L § 247.470 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.470 - Faulty Proceedings; Collection of Tax; New Proceedings.

247.470 Faulty proceedings; collection of tax; new proceedings. Sec. 70.  The collection of no tax levied, or ordered to be levied for the payment of the improvement or construction of any highway laid out under this act shall be perpetually enjoined, or declared absolutely void in consequence of any error or informality appearing in the record of the proceedings under which any highway shall have been constructed or improved, nor on account of any irregularity or informality in the condemnation of the right of way, nor for want of any record thereof, but the court in which any action may be brought to recover any tax or assessment paid, or to declare void the highway proceedings, or to enjoin any tax or assessment levied or ordered to be levied for the payment of the labor and expenses of the improvement thereof, shall, if there be manifest error in the proceedings, allow the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, to begin their proceedings anew at the stage prior to which the error occurred. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4740 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4385 ;-- CL 1948, 247.470
MI Comp L § 247.471 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.471 - Delinquent Tax; Collection.

247.471 Delinquent tax; collection. Sec. 71.  Any taxes that may have been assessed and returned delinquent to the county treasurer upon any lands and by virtue of the provisions of this act and remaining unpaid, may be sued for, by the county road commissioners of the county in which such delinquent lands are situated, or by the state highway commissioner, in an action of assumpsit before any court of competent jurisdiction; or the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, may file their bill in equity to enforce the lien of such tax against the real estate charged therewith, in the same manner as mortgages are foreclosed in chancery. The court may order the sale of such delinquent lands at any time after 6 months from the filing of such bill in chancery. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4741 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4386 ;-- CL 1948, 247.471
MI Comp L § 247.472 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.472 - Tax Set Aside; Parties to Action.

247.472 Tax set aside; parties to action. Sec. 72.  In case any suit shall be brought to set aside any tax assessed under the provisions of this act, or in any way attacking the legality of the proceedings had under this act, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall be made a party to such suit. The county in which such road district shall be situated, if operating under the county road system, shall likewise be made a party and process shall be served upon the clerk of such county. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4742 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4387 ;-- CL 1948, 247.472
MI Comp L § 247.473 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.473 - Tax Set Aside; New Proceedings.

247.473 Tax set aside; new proceedings. Sec. 73.  In case any tax assessed under the provisions of this act shall be set aside, except for the reason that the petition for the improvement does not confer jurisdiction to act, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, as the case may be, shall begin proceedings anew at the stage where they shall be correct. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4743 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4388 ;-- CL 1948, 247.473
MI Comp L § 247.474 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.474 - Proceedings; Recommencement; Notice of Hearing; Credit for Tax Paid.

247.474 Proceedings; recommencement; notice of hearing; credit for tax paid. Sec. 74.  Whenever the work of improving any highway has been wholly or partly completed, and payment for same has not been legally made, the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall proceed without unnecessary delay to start such proceedings anew, providing the petition for the improvement confers jurisdiction upon the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, at such a stage as may be correct; and the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall proceed to take the necessary steps under the provisions of this act, and shall reassess upon the lands benefited by the improvement, the original cost thereof, together with all expense of completing the proceedings, and continue so to do, until such improvement has been legally constructed: Provided, That on such recording and legally completing the proceedings, it shall not be necessary to re-advertise the letting or to make a new contract for the letting and constructing of the improvement, but the county road commissioners, or the state highway commissioner, shall advertise a day of review for benefits in the manner provided in the first instance: Provided further, That any person who has paid taxes for benefits assessed against him for such improvement, shall be allowed the amount so paid; and the collecting officer shall accept the receipt theretofore issued as cash, and the same shall be applied upon such new assessment. History: 1915, Act 59, Eff. Aug. 24, 1915 ;-- CL 1915, 4744 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4389 ;-- CL 1948, 247.474
MI Comp L § 247.476 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 247 - Highways|Act 59 of 1915 - Construction, Improvement, and Maintenance of Highways (247.415 - 247.487)|59-1915-ACTIONS-AND-HEARING-PROVISIONS. - Actions and Hearing Provisions. (247.466...247.487)|Section 247.476 - Saving Clause.

247.476 Saving clause. Sec. 76.  All proceedings heretofore taken under this act shall not be defeated or nullified because of any irregularity therein if there has been a substantial compliance with the requirements of the said measure as hereby amended. Such proceedings heretofore commenced under said act shall not be invalidated either in whole or in part hereby, but may be completed under the provisions hereof. History: Add. 1917, Act 125, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 4391 ;-- CL 1948, 247.476