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MI Comp L § 128.14 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 46 of 1931 - Public Cemeteries (128.11 - 128.16)|Section 128.14 - Duty of Board.

128.14 Duty of board. Sec. 4.  It shall be the duty of the cemetery board to keep an accurate account of all expenses incurred by it under the provision of this act and shall charge such expenses against the burial spaces involved. If, at the expiration of 60 days from and after the entering of the order of termination and forfeiture hereinbefore provided for, the owner shall not have redeemed his right or interest, the board is authorized and empowered to maintain and care for the burial space or spaces involved and shall keep an accurate and detailed account of all money expended for such purpose. History: 1931, Act 46, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 128.14
MI Comp L § 128.15 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 46 of 1931 - Public Cemeteries (128.11 - 128.16)|Section 128.15 - Reconveyance; Perpetual Care Trust Fund.

128.15 Reconveyance; perpetual care trust fund. Sec. 5.  At any time during the period of 2 years from and after the entering of the order of termination and forfeiture, the owner of any burial space or spaces shall be entitled to a reconveyance to him by the cemetery board on the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in said proceeding, not exceeding 15 dollars, in the care and maintenance of such space or spaces. If such reconveyance is not sought and obtained during said 2 year period, then and thereupon the cemetery board shall be authorized and empowered to offer such spaces for sale in accordance with the rules and regulations of said board governing the sale of lots and spaces in the cemetery concerned. The proceeds derived therefrom shall be used to defray the expenses incurred in accordance with the provisions of this act and the balance, if any, shall be placed in a fund to be known as the “Perpetual care trust fund” of the cemetery. The income therefrom shall be used by the board for the future maintenance, care and upkeep of the cemetery. History: 1931, Act 46, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 128.15
MI Comp L § 128.16 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 46 of 1931 - Public Cemeteries (128.11 - 128.16)|Section 128.16 - Rights Not Forfeited; Conditions.

128.16 Rights not forfeited; conditions. Sec. 6.  Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to authorize the forfeiture or termination of rights or interest in and to any burial space that has been used for interment nor shall any such space be subject to resale under the provisions hereof. History: 1931, Act 46, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 128.16
MI Comp L § 128.31 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.31 - Removal of Private Cemetery; Complaint; Grounds; Proceedings to Vacate; Power of Circuit Court.

128.31 Removal of private cemetery; complaint; grounds; proceedings to vacate; power of circuit court. Sec. 1.  When a complaint is made in writing to the board of trustees of a township in this state, by 10 or more residents of the township, setting forth the fact that a private cemetery within the bounds of the township should be removed for the reason that the cemetery has become commons, has become neglected or abandoned by its owner or owners, has become a public nuisance, or shall impede the growth of a city or village in the township, or when a private cemetery endangers the health of the people living in the immediate vicinity of the private cemetery, the township board of trustees immediately shall institute proceedings to vacate the cemetery in the manner provided in this act. The circuit court for the county in which the cemetery is located may vacate the private cemetery, or a part of the private cemetery, on petition made to the court as provided in this act. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2387 ;-- CL 1915, 2163 ;-- CL 1929, 2657 ;-- CL 1948, 128.31 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980
MI Comp L § 128.32 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.32 - Petition; Filing; Contents; Notice; Neglect or Refusal to Appoint Attorney or Agent; Proceeding by Freeholder Resident; Security for Costs.

128.32 Petition; filing; contents; notice; neglect or refusal to appoint attorney or agent; proceeding by freeholder resident; security for costs. Sec. 2.  The petition shall be made by the board of trustees by an agent or attorney appointed by it for that purpose. The agent or attorney shall file a petition signed and sworn to by the agent or attorney, in the office of the register of the court for the proper county. The petition shall set forth his or her authority as attorney or agent, the particular reasons for making and filing the petition, and a distinct description of the premises on which the cemetery is located. The petition shall be filed 30 days before the first day of the term for which the petition shall be noticed for hearing. Notice of the pendency and hearing of the petition shall be given for the same space of time, by publishing the same in a newspaper, published in the proper county, once in each week for 4 successive weeks before the first day of the term when the case is noticed for hearing. If the board of trustees neglects or refuses to appoint an attorney or agent within 30 days after the complaint in writing has been filed with the board, then a freeholder resident of the township may file the petition and proceed in the same manner as though regularly appointed as an agent or attorney. The freeholder may be required, upon the order of the circuit court, to furnish security for costs should the petition be denied. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2388 ;-- CL 1915, 2164 ;-- CL 1929, 2658 ;-- CL 1948, 128.32 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980
MI Comp L § 128.33 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.33 - Hearing; Burden of Proof; Order, Recording.

128.33 Hearing; burden of proof; order, recording. Sec. 3.  That the hearing on such petition may be continued from term to term, in the discretion of the court, without further notice; that all testimony may be taken in open court, or the taking of the same may be referred, in the discretion of the court, to a circuit court commissioner of the proper county; that, under the discretion of the court, proper issues may be made for the determination of all questions of law and fact, and all questions of compensation to any person or persons to be affected by such proceedings, and all questions touching the compensation to be paid by the person or persons to whom said premises or any part thereof shall be sold after the same shall have been vacated as such cemetery, and all issues of fact may be tried by a jury, or 3 commissioners, if the court shall so order, and any person adversely interested may cause himself to be made defendant to such petition. In all cases where reference shall be made to a jury or commissioners to determine the compensation to be paid to or by any persons as aforesaid, the proceedings upon such reference, shall, so far as practicable, be like those had in cases where a jury is impaneled or commissioners are selected, to ascertain and determine the necessity of taking lands, franchises, and other property for the construction of railroads, and to appraise the damages and compensation to be allowed therefor. If upon hearing, such petitioner shall produce satisfactory evidence to the court that the notice required by this act has been given, and that such cemetery should be vacated in whole or in part, as a place of burial, for any of the reasons given in this act for vacating cemeteries, such court shall thereupon order that such cemetery shall be vacated, in whole or in part, as a place of burial. That a copy of such order, certified by the register of such court under his seal, shall be recorded by the petitioners in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2389 ;-- CL 1915, 2165 ;-- CL 1929, 2659 ;-- CL 1948, 128.33
MI Comp L § 128.34 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.34 - Reinterment of Dead Bodies and Remains; Removal and Erection of Fences, Tombstones, and Monuments; Removal During Certain Months Prohibited; Exception; Costs.

128.34 Reinterment of dead bodies and remains; removal and erection of fences, tombstones, and monuments; removal during certain months prohibited; exception; costs. Sec. 4.  (1) When a cemetery is vacated as provided in this act, the township board of trustees shall cause all the dead bodies and remains buried in the cemetery to be reinterred in the cemetery of the township, if it has a cemetery, and if not, then in some suitable cemetery in an adjoining township, in a prudent, careful, and respectful manner, and shall cause to be removed and again erected over the proper remains, permanent fences around graves and lots, tombstones, and monuments, with as little injury possible. If the cemetery vacated belongs to a religious society or church, and another suitable cemetery belonging to the same church or denominational society exists within the township or an adjoining township, then the removal may be made to that cemetery instead of to the township cemetery. A removal of bodies and remains shall not be made during June, July, August, or September, except in the Upper Peninsula.  (2) The removal and the cost of the proceedings under this act shall be at the expense of, and paid by, the township in which the cemetery is situated. If the proceeding is instituted by an individual, without the consent of the township board of trustees, and the petition is denied by the court, the person instituting the proceeding shall be required to pay the costs allowed by order of the circuit court. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2390 ;-- CL 1915, 2166 ;-- CL 1929, 2660 ;-- CL 1948, 128.34 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980
MI Comp L § 128.35 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.35 - Reimbursement of Lot Owner.

128.35 Reimbursement of lot owner. Sec. 5.  If the land vacated reverts to the township or to a person, the township, on demand, and upon the conveyance of the lot, if conveyance is necessary, to the township board of trustees or private person, shall repay to the owner the price the owner paid for the lot. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2391 ;-- CL 1915, 2167 ;-- CL 1929, 2661 ;-- CL 1948, 128.35 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 367, Imd. Eff. Dec. 30, 1980
MI Comp L § 128.36 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 49 of 1895 - Vacating Cemetery in Township (128.31 - 128.36)|Section 128.36 - Reversion to Original Owner; Conditions.

128.36 Reversion to original owner; conditions. Sec. 6.  In all cases where the land embraced in the cemetery so vacated shall not exceed 1 acre in area it shall revert to the original grantor or his heirs, or be so conveyed to him or them by the said township if necessary: Provided, said grantor or his heirs shall first pay to said township the value of said land based upon the market price of like land in the immediate vicinity. History: 1895, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 2392 ;-- CL 1915, 2168 ;-- CL 1929, 2662 ;-- CL 1948, 128.36
MI Comp L § 128.41 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)|Section 128.41 - Vacation of Cemetery; Jurisdiction of Chancery Court.

128.41 Vacation of cemetery; jurisdiction of chancery court. Sec. 1.  That whenever the trustees of any incorporated village, or the common council of any city, shall by resolution adopted by them, determine that the dead bodies buried in any public or private cemetery located in such city or village should be removed therefrom, for the reason that such cemetery shall have become commons, or has become neglected or abandoned by its owner or owners, or has become a public nuisance, or shall impede the growth of any such city or village, or shall endanger the health of the people living in the immediate vicinity thereof, the circuit court in chancery of the county in which such cemetery is located is hereby authorized to vacate the same, or any part thereof, on petition made to such court as hereinafter provided. History: 1871, Act 164, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 3423 ;-- How. 4790 ;-- CL 1897, 3485 ;-- CL 1915, 3481 ;-- CL 1929, 2663 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 149, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 128.41
MI Comp L § 128.42 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)|Section 128.42 - Petition of Trustees or Council to Vacate; Notice.

128.42 Petition of trustees or council to vacate; notice. Sec. 2.  That such petition shall be made in behalf of said trustees or common council by an attorney or agent appointed by them for that purpose, who shall file a petition signed and sworn to by him in the office of the register of said court for the proper county, which petition shall set forth his authority as attorney or agent, the particular reasons for making and filing such petition and a distinct description of the premises on which such cemetery is located, which petition shall be filed as aforesaid 30 days previous to the first day of the term for which such petition shall be noticed for hearing. That notice of the pendency and hearing of such petition shall be given for the same space of time by publishing the same in a newspaper published in the proper county once in each week for 4 successive weeks prior to the first day of the term when such case is noticed for hearing. History: 1871, Act 164, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 3424 ;-- How. 4791 ;-- CL 1897, 3486 ;-- CL 1915, 3482 ;-- CL 1929, 2664 ;-- CL 1948, 128.42
MI Comp L § 128.43 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)|Section 128.43 - Court Proceedings; Order to Vacate; Recording.

128.43 Court proceedings; order to vacate; recording. Sec. 3.  That the hearing of such petition may be continued from term to term in the discretion of the court, without further notice, that all testimony may be taken in open court or the taking of the same may be referred in the discretion of the court to a circuit court commissioner of the proper county. That under direction of the court proper issues may be made for the determination of all questions of law and fact and all questions of compensation to any person or persons to be affected by such proceedings and all issues of fact may be tried by a jury if the court shall so order, and any person adversely interested may cause himself to be made defendant to such petition. In all cases where reference shall be made to a jury to determine the compensation to be paid to any person or persons as aforesaid, the proceedings upon such reference shall so far as practicable be like those had in cases where a jury is empaneled to ascertain and determine the necessity of taking lands, franchises and other property for the construction of railroads and to apprize the damages and compensation to be allowed therefor. If upon the hearing of such petition the petitioner shall produce satisfactory evidence to the court that said trustees or common council have determined as aforesaid, that the notice required by this act has been given, and that such cemetery should be vacated in whole or in part as a place of burial for any of the reasons given in this act for vacating cemeteries, such court shall thereupon order that such cemetery shall be vacated in whole or in part as a place of burial. That a copy of such order certified by the register of such court under his seal shall be recorded by the petitioner in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county. History: 1871, Act 164, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 3425 ;-- How. 4792 ;-- CL 1897, 3487 ;-- CL 1915, 3483 ;-- CL 1929, 2665 ;-- CL 1948, 128.43
MI Comp L § 128.44 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)|Section 128.44 - Reinterment; Time of Year; Expenses, Payment.

128.44 Reinterment; time of year; expenses, payment. Sec. 4.  That when any cemetery shall be vacated as provided in this act, the said trustees or common council shall cause all the dead bodies and remains buried in such cemetery to be re-interred in the cemetery of such city or village, if they have one, and if not, then in some suitable cemetery not more than 6 miles from the nearest corporate limits of said city or village in a prudent, careful and respectful manner, and shall cause to be removed and again erected over the proper remains, all permanent fences around graves and lots, all tombstones and monuments, with as little injury as the case will admit, Provided, That no removal of said bodies and remains shall be made during the months of June, July, August or September, such removal, and the costs of the proceedings under this act, shall be at the expense of and paid by the city or village in which such cemetery is located. History: 1871, Act 164, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 3426 ;-- How. 4793 ;-- CL 1897, 3488 ;-- CL 1915, 3484 ;-- CL 1929, 2666 ;-- CL 1948, 128.44
MI Comp L § 128.45 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 164 of 1871 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.41 - 128.45)|Section 128.45 - Price of Lots Repaid.

128.45 Price of lots repaid. Sec. 5.  In all cases where the title to the land vacated shall revert to such city or village, such city or village shall on demand and upon the conveyance of said lot (where conveyance may be necessary) to said city or village, repay to any owner the price he may have paid for his lot. History: 1871, Act 164, Eff. July 18, 1871 ;-- CL 1871, 3427 ;-- How. 4794 ;-- CL 1897, 3489 ;-- CL 1915, 3485 ;-- CL 1929, 2667 ;-- CL 1948, 128.45
MI Comp L § 128.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 297 of 1929 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.51 - 128.57)|Section 128.51 - Circuit Court in Chancery; Jurisdiction to Vacate Cemeteries.

128.51 Circuit court in chancery; jurisdiction to vacate cemeteries. Sec. 1.  That, whenever the trustees of an incorporated village, or the common council of any city, shall, by a resolution adopted by them, determine that the dead bodies buried in any private or public cemetery located in such city or village should be removed therefrom for the reason that such cemetery shall impede the establishment, maintenance, development or enhancement of any public improvement by such city or village, the circuit court in chancery of the county in which such cemetery is located, upon such findings, and under the conditions hereinafter set forth, is hereby authorized to vacate the same, or any part thereof, on petition made to such court, as hereinafter provided. History: 1929, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2668 ;-- CL 1948, 128.51
MI Comp L § 128.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 297 of 1929 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.51 - 128.57)|Section 128.52 - Contract for Sale of Private Cemetery to City, Village; Contents.

128.52 Contract for sale of private cemetery to city, village; contents. Sec. 2.  That, upon the adoption of such a resolution, it shall be competent for the board of directors, or board of trustees, of such cemetery association, as is the owner of such cemetery, to agree upon a contract for the sale of such cemetery to such city or village: Provided, however, That the validity and enforceability of such contract shall be conditioned upon the aforesaid circuit court authorizing the vacating of such cemetery under the terms hereof: Provided further, That such contract shall be approved by a 3/4 vote of the scrip holders or stockholders of such cemetery association, at a special meeting called for that purpose, notice of such meeting to be mailed to the last known place of residence of such scrip holders or stockholders: And provided further, That such contract shall provide that such cemetery association agrees to provide, within a reasonable distance from such city or village, a cemetery ground suitable for the reinterment of such dead bodies and remains as are ordered to be vacated: And provided further, That such contract shall provide that such cemetery association agrees to reinter such dead bodies and remains, except as to such as are interred in the lots of objecting lot owners or grave owners, as hereinafter set forth. History: 1929, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2669 ;-- CL 1948, 128.52
MI Comp L § 128.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 297 of 1929 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.51 - 128.57)|Section 128.53 - Petition of Trustees or Council to Vacate; Filing, Notice.

128.53 Petition of trustees or council to vacate; filing, notice. Sec. 3.  That, upon the execution of such contract, a petition shall be made in behalf of said village trustees, or common council, by an attorney, or agent, appointed by them for that purpose, who shall file a petition, signed and sworn to by him, in the office of the clerk of said court for the proper county, which petition shall set forth his authority, as attorney, or agent, the particular reasons for making and filing such petition, a copy of the aforesaid contract with the cemetery association, and a complete legal description of the premises on which said cemetery is located, which petition shall be filed as aforesaid, at least 30 days previous to the date for which such petition shall be noticed for hearing. That notice of the pendency and hearing of such petition shall be given by publishing the same in a newspaper circulated in the proper county, once in each week, for 4 successive weeks, prior to the date of the hearing. History: 1929, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2670 ;-- CL 1948, 128.53
MI Comp L § 128.54 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 128 - Cemeteries|Act 297 of 1929 - Vacating Cemetery in City or Village (128.51 - 128.57)|Section 128.54 - Compensation to Objecting Lot Owners; Credit on Contract; Condition Precedent.

128.54 Compensation to objecting lot owners; credit on contract; condition precedent. Sec. 4.  That, should there appear at the hearing of such petition any objecting lot owner or grave owner of such cemetery, setting forth, by special petition, that he has not come to an agreement with said cemetery association in respect to the necessity for such removal under the terms of this act and in respect to compensation for the loss of burial rights, or for the removal of dead bodies interred on their lots, compensation shall be awarded to such lot owners and grave owners in the manner hereinafter set forth, and such compensation shall be paid by said city, or village, and shall, thereafter, be deducted from the purchase price theretofore agreed to be paid to said cemetery association: Provided, however, That as a condition precedent to the payment of such compensation, such objecting lot owner and grave owner shall remove and reinter the dead bodies and remains on his lot. History: 1929, Act 297, Imd. Eff. May 23, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 2671 ;-- CL 1948, 128.54