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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.113 - Accounts and Records.

483.113 Accounts and records.
Sec. 13.
The commission shall have the power and authority and it is hereby made its duty to prescribe the manner and the form or system of accounts, financial records and operating memoranda or data to be set up and kept by all common purchasers and common carriers of natural gas and every common purchaser and common carrier of natural gas existing and operating within this state is hereby required to set up and keep its books of accounts, records and memoranda in the manner and form prescribed by the commission.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11644 ;-- CL 1948, 483.113
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.114 - Prevention of Waste; Rules of Public Utilities Commission.

483.114 Prevention of waste; rules of public utilities commission.
Sec. 14.
The commission shall have authority to prevent the waste of natural gas in producing operations and in the piping and distribution thereof and to make rules and regulations for that purpose. It is hereby authorized and empowered to do all things necessary for the conservation of natural gas in connection with the production, piping and distribution thereof and to establish such other rules and regulations as will be necessary to carry into effect this act, to conserve the natural gas resources of the state and to preserve the public peace, safety, and convenience in relation thereto.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11645 ;-- CL 1948, 483.114
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.115 - Penalties; Civil Liability.

483.115 Penalties; civil liability.
Sec. 15.
Any corporation, association or person, violating any provision of this act or any order or regulation of the commission made pursuant thereto, shall be deemed guilty of an unlawful act and shall be liable to a penalty of not less than 100 dollars, nor more than 20,000 dollars. Any officer, agent, representative, employee or servant of any corporation or association or any person who causes, aids or assists, or participates in any such unlawful act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine of not less than 100 dollars, nor more than 1,000 dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than 30 days, nor more than 1 year, or to both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. Said penalty shall be exclusive of civil liability.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11646 ;-- CL 1948, 483.115
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.116 - Assistants; Employment by Commission.

483.116 Assistants; employment by commission.
Sec. 16.
The commission is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such clerks, inspectors, and experts as may be necessary to carry out and administer the provisions of this act.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11647 ;-- CL 1948, 483.116
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.117 - Municipal Corporations Excepted.

483.117 Municipal corporations excepted.
Sec. 17.
Nothing in this act contained shall be construed to vest the commission with regulatory control and authority over any natural gas utility owned and operated by a municipal corporation nor to in any way infringe upon the authority of the duly constituted official bodies having charge of such municipally owned utilities.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11648 ;-- CL 1948, 483.117
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 9 of 1929 - Natural Gas (483.101 - 483.120) › Section 483.120 - Immediate Effect.

483.120 Immediate effect.
Sec. 20.
An emergency is hereby declared, by reason whereof it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, safety, convenience and welfare that this act take immediate effect.
History:
1929, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 19, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 11651 ;-- CL 1948, 483.120
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.151 - Definitions.

483.151 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) “Commission” means the public service commission.
(b) “Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or gas that is toxic or corrosive.
(c) “Person” means an individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint stock association, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of such an entity.
(d) “Pipeline facilities” includes, but is not limited to, new and existing pipeline rights-of-way, and any equipment, facility, or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation.
(e) “Transportation of gas” means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or the storage of gas. Transportation of gas does not include the gathering of gas in rural locations that lie outside the limits of an incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, business or shopping center, community development, or similar populated area that the commission may define as a nonrural area. Transportation of gas includes gathering lines located in or occupying the property of schools, hospitals, churches, parks, or similar public places.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.152 - Rules and Standards; Criteria; Waiver.

483.152 Rules and standards; criteria; waiver.
Sec. 2.
(1) The commission shall promulgate rules and prescribe safety standards for pipeline facilities and the transportation of gas in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. In prescribing safety standards, the commission shall consider:
(a) Relevant available pipeline safety data.
(b) Whether the standards are appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation.
(c) The extent to which the standards will contribute to public safety.
(2) If a person engaged in the transportation of gas or the operation of pipeline facilities applies, the commission, after notice and opportunity for a hearing and under the terms and conditions and to the extent the commission considers appropriate, may waive, in whole or in part, compliance with any standard established under this act, if the waiver is not inconsistent with gas pipeline safety. At the time of issuing the waiver, the commission shall state the reasons for its issuance.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1992
Admin Rule:
R 460.2301 et seq.; R 460.20101 et seq.; and R 460.20201 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.153 - Gas Transporters, Pipe Line Owners and Operators; Duties.

483.153 Gas transporters, pipe line owners and operators; duties.
Sec. 3.
Any person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates a pipeline facility shall:
(a) Comply with the requirements of any standard prescribed by the commission.
(b) File and comply with a plan of inspection and maintenance as required by section 4.
(c) Permit access to and copying of records, make reports and provide information and permit entry and inspection as required by sections 5 and 6.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.154 - Inspection and Maintenance Plan; Filing, Changes, Determination of Adequacy.

483.154 Inspection and maintenance plan; filing, changes, determination of adequacy.
Sec. 4.
Any person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall file with the commission a plan for inspection and maintenance of each pipeline facility owned or operated by the person and any changes in the plan, in accordance with rules prescribed by the commission. If at any time the commission finds that the plan is inadequate to achieve pipeline safety, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, it shall require the plan to be revised. In determining the adequacy of any plan the commission shall consider:
(a) Relevant available pipeline safety data.
(b) Whether the plan is appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation.
(c) The extent to which such plan will contribute to the public safety.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.155 - Records and Reports; Inspection.

483.155 Records and reports; inspection.
Sec. 5.
Any person who engages in the transportation of gas or who owns or operates pipeline facilities shall establish and maintain such records, make such reports and provide such information as the commission may reasonably require to enable it to determine whether the person has acted or is acting in compliance with the standards established pursuant to this act. Upon the request of an officer, employee or agent of the commission, the person shall permit the commission or person authorized by it to inspect his books, papers, records and other relevant documents to determine whether the person has acted or is acting in compliance with the standards established pursuant to this act.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.156 - Inspection and Investigation; Reports of Noncompliance; Right of Entry.

483.156 Inspection and investigation; reports of noncompliance; right of entry.
Sec. 6.
The commission may conduct such inspection and investigation as may be necessary to aid in the enforcement of the provisions of this act and the standards established pursuant to this act. The commission shall furnish the attorney general any information obtained indicating noncompliance with the standards for appropriate action. For purposes of the enforcement of this act, officers, employees or agents authorized by the commission, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the person in charge of the pipeline facilities, may enter and inspect pipeline facilities at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner and with reasonable promptness.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.157 - Accident Reports; Use in Judicial Proceedings; Testimony; Public Inspection.

483.157 Accident reports; use in judicial proceedings; testimony; public inspection.
Sec. 7.
Accident reports made by any officer, employee or agent of the commission shall be available for use in any civil, criminal or other judicial proceeding arising out of the accident. Any officer, employee or agent may be required to testify in the proceedings. Any report shall be made available to the public in a manner which does not identify individuals. All reports on research projects, demonstration projects and other related activities shall be public information.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.158 - Trade Secrets, Confidentiality; Disclosure to Legislative Committee.

483.158 Trade secrets, confidentiality; disclosure to legislative committee.
Sec. 8.
All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the commission or its representative pursuant to sections 5, 6 or 7, which information contains or relates to a trade secret referred to in section 1905 of title 18 of the United States code, shall be considered confidential for the purpose of that section, except that the information may be disclosed to other officers or employees concerned with carrying out this act or when relevant in any proceeding under this act. Nothing in this section shall authorize the withholding of information by the commission or any officer, employee or agent under its control, from the duly authorized committees of the legislature.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.159 - Research, Testing, Development and Training; Cooperation With State and Federal Agencies.

483.159 Research, testing, development and training; cooperation with state and federal agencies.
Sec. 9.
(1) The commission may conduct research, testing, development and training necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
(2) Upon request, the commission shall furnish to the federal department of transportation any information it has concerning the safety of any materials, operations, devices or processes relating to the transportation of gas or the operation of pipeline facilities.
(3) The commission is authorized to advise, assist and cooperate with other state departments and agencies and other interested public and private agencies and persons, in the planning and development of safety standards, and methods for inspecting and testing to determine compliance with safety standards.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.160 - Exemptions; Applicability of Act.

483.160 Exemptions; applicability of act.
Sec. 10.
(1) This act does not apply to a pipeline facility or the transportation of gas subject to the jurisdiction of the federal energy regulatory commission under the natural gas act, chapter 556, 52 Stat. 821, 15 U.S.C. 717 to 717w.
(2) This act applies to a person engaged in interstate commerce other than a person subject to the jurisdiction of the federal energy regulatory commission.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.161 - Penalties.

483.161 Penalties.
Sec. 11.
(1) A person who violates this act or a rule promulgated under this act is subject to a fine of not more than $10,000.00 for each violation for each day that the violation persists, except that the maximum civil penalty shall not exceed $500,000.00 for any related series of violations.
(2) In determining the amount of the fine, the commission shall consider all of the following:
(a) The effect on the ability of the person charged to continue in business.
(b) The nature, circumstances, and gravity of the violation.
(c) Any good faith effort by the person charged to comply with the requirements of this act.
(d) The degree of culpability of the person charged.
(e) The history of prior violations of the person charged.
(f) The ability of the person charged to pay.
(g) Other matters as justice may require.
(3) The amount of the penalty stipulated may be deducted from a sum the state owes the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the Ingham county circuit court.
(4) A person who willfully and knowingly defaces, damages, removes, or destroys a pipeline sign or right-of-way marker required by this act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $5,000.00, or both, for each offense.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 1992
Admin Rule:
R 460.2301 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Act 165 of 1969 - Gas Safety Standards (483.151 - 483.162) › Section 483.162 - Injunctive Relief; Jurisdiction; Notice; Opportunity to Comply.

483.162 Injunctive relief; jurisdiction; notice; opportunity to comply.
Sec. 12.
The Ingham county circuit court has jurisdiction to restrain violations of this act, including the restraint of transportation of gas or the operation of a pipeline facility, and to enforce standards established under this act upon petition by the attorney general. Whenever practical, the commission shall give notice to any person against whom an action for injunctive relief is contemplated and afford him an opportunity to be heard, and, except in the case of a knowing and wilful violation, shall afford him a reasonable opportunity to achieve compliance. The failure to give such notice and afford such opportunity shall not preclude the granting of appropriate relief.
History:
1969, Act 165, Imd. Eff. Aug. 5, 1969
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 483 - Oil, Gas, and Brine Lines › Repealed - Act 182 of 1881 - Brine Pipe Line Companies (483.201 - 483.228)

BRINE PIPE LINE COMPANIES
Act 182 of 1881
483.201-483.228 Repealed. 2002, Act 428, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2002.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.1 - Incorporators; Signing, Filing, Form, and Contents of Articles of Incorporation; Provisions Governing Corporation.

484.1 Incorporators; signing, filing, form, and contents of articles of incorporation; provisions governing corporation.
Sec. 1.
(1) One or more persons may be the incorporators of a corporation under this act by signing in ink and filing articles of incorporation for the corporation which shall be in the form prescribed by section 202 of Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, being section 450.1202 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The articles shall specify that the purpose is to form a telephone corporation for profit and to engage in the telephone business.
(2) A corporation organized under this act shall be governed by Act No. 284 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being sections 450.1101 to 450.2099 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1883, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1883 ;-- How. 3718a ;-- CL 1897, 6688 ;-- CL 1915, 8788 ;-- CL 1929, 11690 ;-- CL 1948, 484.1 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 194, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.2, 484.3 - Repealed. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978.

484.2, 484.3 Repealed. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to powers, election, term, and qualifications of directors, and to shares of stock.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.6 - Injury to Property; Penalty.

484.6 Injury to property; penalty.
Sec. 6.
Any person who shall unlawfully injure or molest any line of wire or property of any such corporation, appurtenant thereto, or any of the instruments or apparatus of such corporation, shall on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 3 months, or both, in the discretion of the court in which such conviction shall be had.
History:
1883, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1883 ;-- How. 3718f ;-- CL 1897, 6693 ;-- CL 1915, 8792 ;-- CL 1929, 11694 ;-- CL 1948, 484.6
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.7 - Repealed. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978.

484.7 Repealed. 1978, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1978.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to stockholder's liability for corporate debts.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.8 - Governing Laws.

484.8 Governing laws.
Sec. 8.
Every corporation organized hereunder shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 130 of the Compiled Laws of 1871, so far as applicable, and of Act No. 168 of the session laws of 1881, approved May 26, 1881, entitled "An act to provide for the assessment of and taxation of telegraph and telephone lines within the state of Michigan and to repeal Act No. 77 of the session laws of 1879, approved May twentieth, 1879."
History:
1883, Act 129, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1883 ;-- How. 3718h ;-- CL 1897, 6695 ;-- CL 1915, 8794 ;-- CL 1929, 11696 ;-- CL 1948, 484.8
Compiler's Notes:
Chapter 130, referred to in this section, contained the following provisions which have not been repealed or reenacted: MCL 450.504 to 450.525. Act 168 of 1881, referred to in this section, was superseded by MCL 207.1 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.9 - Lines in Lower Peninsula; Location.

484.9 Lines in lower peninsula; location.
Sec. 9.
Whenever any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall desire to construct a line of public telephones in the lower peninsula of this state, the same shall in all cases, when not located upon the public places, streets and highways of the said lower peninsula, or within the corporate limits of cities and villages, be located along side of and adjacent to the railway right of way in cases where the railway right of way lies adjacent to the lands sought to be acquired.
History:
Add. 1899, Act 93, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 8795 ;-- CL 1929, 11697 ;-- CL 1948, 484.9
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 129 of 1883 - Telephone and Messenger Service Companies (484.1 - 484.10) › Section 484.10 - Condemnation; Procedure, Restrictions.

484.10 Condemnation; procedure, restrictions.
Sec. 10.
Whenever any such corporation shall desire to acquire a right of way over, through, under or across any lands which may be adjacent to the right of way of any railway operated by steam power, and is unable to agree with the owner or owners of such lands for the purchase of said right of way such corporation shall have the right to acquire the title of said right of way, outside the corporate limits of cities and villages, in the same manner and by the same proceedings as are provided for in chapter 164 of the Compiled Laws of 1897 of this state, providing for the condemnation of lands for right of way by railroad companies: Provided, That the owner or owners of the lands over which any such right of way shall be acquired shall have the right to occupy and use the same, but such occupancy and use shall not be to the injury of the property of such corporation situated upon such right of way: Provided, The strip of land so condemned shall not exceed 10 feet in width, together with the right to set and maintain outside of the same guy posts and anchors reasonably requisite to the proper construction and maintenance of a pole line thereon: Provided further, however, That the right to set guy posts and anchors outside such 10 foot strip shall be acquired in the manner hereinbefore described: Provided further, That the provisions of this act will not apply to such land located within 5 miles of the corporate limits of any city having a population of 250,000 or more.
History:
Add. 1899, Act 93, Imd. Eff. May 31, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 8796 ;-- Am. 1923, Act 125, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923 ;-- CL 1929, 11698 ;-- CL 1948, 484.10
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of chapter 164, referred to in this section, see MCL 463.1 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.101-484.103f - Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

484.101-484.103f Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to the duties, powers, and responsibilities of the PSC in regulating telephone service in competitive markets, basic local exchange service, resale of services, franchise cable companies, and alternative operator service.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.103g - Repealed. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995.

484.103g Repealed. 1995, Act 216, Imd. Eff. Nov. 30, 1995.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to alternative operator service providers.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.104-484.114 - Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

484.104-484.114 Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to the prohibiting of discriminatory and preferential service; the regulation of connecting, sale or leasing, constructing, and setting rates for lines; and providing complaint and hearing procedures.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.115-484.118 - Repealed. 1987, Act 5, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987.

484.115-484.118 Repealed. 1987, Act 5, Eff. Apr. 1, 1987.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to judicial review of orders.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.119-484.124 - Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

484.119-484.124 Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to reporting, recordkeeping, and public inspection of records and prescribed penalties for violation of the act.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 206 of 1913 - Telephone Companies as Common Carriers (484.101 - 484.126) › Section 484.126 - Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.

484.126 Repealed. 1991, Act 179, Eff. Jan. 1, 1992.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to repeal of MCL 484.101 to 484.103b and MCL 484.103d to 484.126.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.151 - Telegraph Companies; Incorporators.

484.151 Telegraph companies; incorporators.
Sec. 1.
That any number of persons may associate for the purpose of constructing a line of wires of telegraph through this state, or from and to any point within this state, upon such terms and conditions, and subject to the liabilities prescribed in this act.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2049 ;-- CL 1871, 2625 ;-- How. 3693 ;-- CL 1897, 6667 ;-- CL 1915, 8767 ;-- CL 1929, 11663 ;-- CL 1948, 484.151
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.152 - Telegraph Companies; Certificate of Organization, Contents, Filing.

484.152 Telegraph companies; certificate of organization, contents, filing.
Sec. 2.
Such persons, under their hands and seals, shall make a certificate which shall specify:
1st. The name assumed to distinguish such association, and to be used in its dealings, and by which it may sue and be sued;
2nd. The general route of the line of telegraph, designating the points to be connected;
3rd. The capital stock of such association, and the number of shares into which the stock shall be divided;
4th. The names and places of residence of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each of them respectively;
5th. The term of its existence, not to exceed 30 years; which certificate shall be proved or acknowledged, and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where any office of such association shall be established, and a copy thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state; such acknowledgment may be taken by any officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds of real estate, at the place where such acknowledgment is taken.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2050 ;-- CL 1871, 2626 ;-- How. 3694 ;-- CL 1897, 6668 ;-- CL 1915, 8768 ;-- CL 1929, 11664 ;-- CL 1948, 484.152
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.153 - Body Corporate; Certified Copy of Certificate as Evidence.

484.153 Body corporate; certified copy of certificate as evidence.
Sec. 3.
Upon complying with the provisions of the last preceding section, such association shall be, and hereby is declared to be a body corporate, by the name designated in said certificate, and a copy of said certificate duly certified by the clerk of the county where the same is filed and recorded, or by the secretary of state, may be used as evidence in all courts and places, for and against any such association.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2051 ;-- CL 1871, 2627 ;-- How. 3695 ;-- CL 1897, 6669 ;-- CL 1915, 8769 ;-- CL 1929, 11665 ;-- CL 1948, 484.153
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.154 - Power to Hold Realty; Officers and Agents; Rules and By-Laws.

484.154 Power to hold realty; officers and agents; rules and by-laws.
Sec. 4.
Such association shall have power to purchase, receive and hold and convey such real estate, and such only, as may be necessary for the convenient transaction of the business, and for effectually carrying on the operations of such association, and may appoint such directors, officers and agents, and make such prudential rules, regulations and by-laws as may be necessary in the transaction of their business, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States. But this section shall not be so construed as to authorize any such association to hold any real estate except such as shall be actually occupied by such association in the exercise of its franchises.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2052 ;-- CL 1871, 2628 ;-- How. 3696 ;-- CL 1897, 6670 ;-- CL 1915, 8770 ;-- CL 1929, 11666 ;-- CL 1948, 484.154
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.155 - Telegraph Lines; Construction, Restrictions.

484.155 Telegraph lines; construction, restrictions.
Sec. 5.
Such association is authorized to enter upon, and construct, and maintain lines of telegraph through, along, and upon any of the public roads and highways, or across or under any of the waters within the limits of this state, by the erection of the necessary fixtures, including posts, piers, or abutments for sustaining the cords or wires of such lines: Provided, That the same shall not be so constructed as to incommode the public use of said roads or highways, or injuriously interrupt the navigation of said waters; nor shall this act be so construed as to authorize the construction of any bridge across any of the waters of this state: And provided, further, That this act shall not be construed to authorize any such association to injure, deface, tear, cut down, or destroy any tree or shrub planted along the margin of any highway in this state, or purposely left there for shade or ornament. Said association, instead of running or placing their wires on posts, may, if they choose, run or place the same under ground, with a suitable or proper covering for the protection of the same; and any part of this act, or any law made or to be made, providing for the appraisement of damages to any person injured by the construction or maintenance of such line or lines, shall be construed to include damages occasioned by the construction of said lines under ground, as provided by this act.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2053 ;-- Am. 1863, Act 240, Eff. June 22, 1863 ;-- CL 1871, 2629 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 28, Eff. July 31, 1873 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 129, Imd. Eff. Apr. 27, 1875 ;-- How. 3697 ;-- CL 1897, 6671 ;-- CL 1915, 8771 ;-- CL 1929, 11667 ;-- CL 1948, 484.155
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.156 - Aggrieved Property Owner; Remedy, Procedure.

484.156 Aggrieved property owner; remedy, procedure.
Sec. 6.
If any person over or through whose lands said lines shall pass, upon which said posts, piers or abutments shall be placed, or through whose lands said lines shall be run under ground, shall consider himself aggrieved or damaged thereby, it shall be the duty of the circuit court of the county within which said lands are, on the application of such person, and on notice to said association (to be served on the president or any director), to appoint 3 discreet and disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall severally take an oath before any person authorized to administer oaths, faithfully and impartially to perform the duties required of them by this act; and it shall be the duty of said commissioners, or a majority of them, to make a just and equitable appraisal of all the loss or damages sustained by said applicant by reason of said lines, posts, piers, or abutments, which appraisal shall be in writing, signed by said commissioners or a majority of them, and filed in the office of the clerk of said court. Said report or appraisal may be confirmed by said court at any term thereof, and the court shall appoint some day when it will consider said report or appraisal and objections against the confirmation thereof on the part of all parties interested therein, notice of which day shall be given to said association by service thereof on the president or any director. Said objections shall be as to matters of substance, and shall be filed with the clerk of said court, in writing, but may be argued, and the hearing of said report and objections may be adjourned from time to time until said report or appraisal be confirmed or otherwise disposed of. Upon the confirmation of said report or appraisal, in case any damages be adjudged to said applicant, such association shall pay the amount thereof with costs of such appraisal; said costs to be liquidated and ascertained on said award. In case no damages shall be reported to have been sustained by such applicant, and the report thereof being confirmed said applicant shall thereafter be held to have sustained no loss or damage by reason of said lines. In case said report or appraisal shall not be confirmed, it shall not prejudice the right of such applicant to renew his application. Said commissioners shall receive for their services 2 dollars for each day they are actually engaged in making such appraisal.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2054 ;-- Am. 1863, Act 240, Eff. June 22, 1863 ;-- CL 1871, 2630 ;-- How. 3698 ;-- CL 1897, 6672 ;-- CL 1915, 8772 ;-- CL 1929, 11668 ;-- CL 1948, 484.156
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.157 - Injury to Line; Penalty.

484.157 Injury to line; penalty.
Sec. 7.
Any person who shall unlawfully or intentionally injure, molest, or destroy any of said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the materials or property belonging thereto, shall, on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished by a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding 1 year, or both, at the discretion of the court before which the conviction shall be had.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2055 ;-- CL 1871, 2631 ;-- How. 3699 ;-- CL 1897, 6673 ;-- CL 1915, 8773 ;-- CL 1929, 11669 ;-- CL 1948, 484.157
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.158 - Stockholder's Liability for Corporate Debts; Contribution.

484.158 Stockholder's liability for corporate debts; contribution.
Sec. 8.
The stockholders of every association organized in pursuance of this act, shall be jointly and severally, individually liable for the payment of all debts and demands for labor performed, and materials furnished for such association, which shall be contracted, or which shall be, or shall become due during the time of their holding such stock; but no stockholder shall be proceeded against for the collection of any such debt or demand against such association, until judgment thereon shall have been obtained against the association, and an execution returned unsatisfied in whole or in part, or unless such association shall be dissolved; and every stockholder against whom any such recovery shall have been had for labor and materials furnished, shall have the right to recover the same of the other stockholders in said corporation, in ratable proportion to the amount of stock they shall respectively hold.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2056 ;-- CL 1871, 2632 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 149, Imd. Eff. Apr. 28, 1875 ;-- How. 3700 ;-- CL 1897, 6674 ;-- CL 1915, 8774 ;-- CL 1929, 11670 ;-- CL 1948, 484.158
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.159 - Annual Report; Contents; Failure to Make, Liability of Directors.

484.159 Annual report; contents; failure to make, liability of directors.
Sec. 9.
Every such corporation shall, annually, within 10 days from the first of January, make a report which shall state the amount of capital and the amount actually paid in, the investment of any portion of the earnings of such company in its business, and the whole amount of money which has at any time been borrowed and then remaining unpaid; the commencement, general route, termination and length of the lines of the wires of such company, and the names of the places through which they pass; which report shall be signed by the president and a majority of the directors, and shall be verified by the oath of the president or secretary of such corporation, and filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the business of any such company is carried on, and a duplicate thereof in the office of the secretary of state; and if any such company shall fail so to do, all the directors thereof shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and that shall be contracted before such report shall be made.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2057 ;-- CL 1871, 2633 ;-- How. 3701 ;-- CL 1897, 6675 ;-- CL 1915, 8775 ;-- CL 1929, 11671 ;-- CL 1948, 484.159
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.160 - Annual Tax; in Lieu of Other State Taxes.

484.160 Annual tax; in lieu of other state taxes.
Sec. 10.
All corporations formed under this act shall pay to the treasurer of the state of Michigan an annual tax of 1 per-centum on the whole amount of capital actually paid in, and any investment of the earnings of any such company in their business, shall be considered as so much capital paid in; also, upon all sums of money at any time borrowed by any such company and then remaining unpaid in whole or in part; which tax shall be paid on the first Monday of February in each year, and shall be estimated upon the report of such company for that year, made as required by section 9 of this act; and such tax shall be in lieu of all state taxes upon the real and personal estate of such company.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2058 ;-- CL 1871, 2634 ;-- How. 3702 ;-- CL 1897, 6676 ;-- CL 1915, 8776 ;-- CL 1929, 11672 ;-- CL 1948, 484.160
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.161 - Shares of Stock; Status as Personalty, Transfer, Purchase in Other Corporations.

484.161 Shares of stock; status as personalty, transfer, purchase in other corporations.
Sec. 11.
The stock of any such corporation shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in such a manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the company; but no transfer shall be valid for any purpose whatever except to render the person to whom it shall be transferred liable for the debts of such company, according to the provisions of this act, until the same shall have been entered upon the books of the corporation, so as to show the names of the parties, by and to whom transferred, the number and designation of the shares, and the date of the transfer, and no shares shall be transferable until all previous calls or assessments thereon shall have been fully paid in, or shall have been declared forfeited for the non-payment of calls thereon. It shall not be lawful for any such corporation to use any of their funds in the purchase of, or in any manner to purchase stock in any other corporation.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2059 ;-- CL 1871, 2635 ;-- How. 3703 ;-- CL 1897, 6677 ;-- CL 1915, 8777 ;-- CL 1929, 11673 ;-- CL 1948, 484.161
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.163 - Books; Inspection, Use as Evidence; Penalty, Forfeiture.

484.163 Books; inspection, use as evidence; penalty, forfeiture.
Sec. 13.
It shall be the duty of the directors of every such corporation or company to cause books to be kept by the treasurer or secretary or other officers thereof, containing the names of all persons, alphabetically arranged, who are or shall within 6 years have been stockholders of such company, and showing their place of residence, the number of shares of stock held by them respectively, and the time when they respectively became owners of such shares, and the amount of stock actually paid in; which book shall be kept open in the principal office of every such company in every county in which such company transact [sic] business, for the inspection of stockholders and creditors of such company and their personal representatives; and any and every such person shall have a right to make extracts from any such book. Such books shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated in favor of the plaintiff, in any suit or proceeding against such company, or against any 1 or more stockholders. Every officer or agent of any such company, who shall fail or neglect to make any proper entry in any such book, or shall neglect or refuse to exhibit the same, or allow the same to be inspected, and extracts to be taken therefrom as provided by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the company shall forfeit and pay to the party injured a penalty of 50 dollars for every such neglect or refusal, or for neglecting to keep such books open for inspection as aforesaid.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2061 ;-- CL 1871, 2637 ;-- How. 3705 ;-- CL 1897, 6679 ;-- CL 1915, 8778 ;-- CL 1929, 11674 ;-- CL 1948, 484.163
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.164 - Transmission of Dispatches; Penalty.

484.164 Transmission of dispatches; penalty.
Sec. 14.
It shall be the duty of the owner or association owning any telegraph line, doing business within this state, to receive dispatches from and for other telegraph lines and associations, and from and for any individual, and on payment of their usual charges for individuals for transmitting dispatches, as established by the rules and regulations of such telegraph line, to transmit the same with impartiality and good faith, under the penalty of 100 dollars for every neglect or refusal so to do, to be recovered, with costs of suit, in the name and for the benefit of the person or persons sending or desiring to send such dispatch.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2062 ;-- CL 1871, 2638 ;-- How. 3706 ;-- CL 1897, 6680 ;-- CL 1915, 8779 ;-- CL 1929, 11675 ;-- CL 1948, 484.164
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.165 - Transmission of Dispatches; Order of Transmission; Penalty.

484.165 Transmission of dispatches; order of transmission; penalty.
Sec. 15.
It shall likewise be the duty of every such owner or association, to transmit all dispatches in the order in which they are received, under the like penalty of 100 dollars, to be recovered, with costs of suit, by the person or persons whose dispatch is postponed out of its order, as herein prescribed; Provided, however, That arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers of newspapers, for the transmission for the purpose of publication of intelligence of general and public interest, out of its regular order.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2063 ;-- CL 1871, 2639 ;-- How. 3707 ;-- CL 1897, 6681 ;-- CL 1915, 8780 ;-- CL 1929, 11676 ;-- CL 1948, 484.165
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 484 - Telephone, Telegraph, and Radio › Act 59 of 1851 - Telegraph Companies (484.151 - 484.172) › Section 484.166 - Divulging Contents; Willful Failure to Transmit; Penalty, Civil Liability.

484.166 Divulging contents; willful failure to transmit; penalty, civil liability.
Sec. 16.
Any person connected with any telegraph company in this state or connected with any such company transacting business in this state, either as clerk, operator, messenger, or in any other capacity, who shall willfully or negligently divulge the contents or the nature of the contents of any private communication entrusted for transmission or delivery to the agent, clerk, operator, messenger, or other person in the employ of such company, or who shall willfully refuse or neglect to transmit or deliver the same, shall, on conviction before any court, be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and shall suffer imprisonment in the county jail where such conviction shall be had, for a term not exceeding 6 months, or shall pay a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, in the discretion of the court; and such company shall be liable to the party aggrieved for all damages sustained thereby.
History:
1851, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 2064 ;-- CL 1871, 2640 ;-- How. 3708 ;-- CL 1897, 6682 ;-- CL 1915, 8781 ;-- CL 1929, 11677 ;-- CL 1948, 484.166