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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 137 of 1929 - Incorporation of Summer Resort Owners (455.201 - 455.220) › Section 455.217 - Public Utilities; Corporate Authority.

455.217 Public utilities; corporate authority.
Sec. 17.
The corporation shall have authority to provide a water system for its members and occupants, a sewage system, fire protection and electric light service.
History:
1929, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 10379 ;-- CL 1948, 455.217
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 137 of 1929 - Incorporation of Summer Resort Owners (455.201 - 455.220) › Section 455.218 - Lands Owned by Corporation; Annexation to City.

455.218 Lands owned by corporation; annexation to city.
Sec. 18.
Lands owned by the said corporation and its members may not be annexed to any city or village without the consent of a 2/3 majority of the members of said corporation, at a regular or special meeting.
History:
1929, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 10380 ;-- CL 1948, 455.218
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 137 of 1929 - Incorporation of Summer Resort Owners (455.201 - 455.220) › Section 455.219 - Members; Dues and Assessments.

455.219 Members; dues and assessments.
Sec. 19.
(1) The board of trustees may require that the members of a corporation pay annual dues and special assessments for any purpose authorized under this act. All of the following apply to an assessment of annual dues or a special assessment under this subsection:
(a) The approval of the members under subsection (2) is required.
(b) With the approval of the members under subsection (2), the board of trustees shall prescribe the time and manner of payment and manner of collection of the annual dues or special assessment.
(c) With the approval of the members under subsection (2), the board of trustees may provide that delinquent annual dues or assessments shall become a lien upon the land of the delinquent member and may provide the manner and method of enforcing that lien.
(2) Unless the members by a vote of a majority of all of the members have by resolution specifically provided for approval by a majority of the votes cast by the members voting, the vote of a majority of all of the members of the corporation is required to approve an action of the board under subsection (1).
History:
1929, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 10381 ;-- CL 1948, 455.219 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 44, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 2006
Compiler's Notes:
Enacting section 1 of Act 44 of 2006 provides:"Enacting section 1. It is the intent of the legislature to reconcile conflicting opinions of the attorney general in the interpretation of this act, and to ratify the opinion of the attorney general in attorney general opinion no. 7164 of 2004, concerning the appropriate vote of the members required to approve an action of the board under section 19."
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 137 of 1929 - Incorporation of Summer Resort Owners (455.201 - 455.220) › Section 455.220 - Corporate Term of Existence; Expiration; Cessation of Jurisdiction.

455.220 Corporate term of existence; expiration; cessation of jurisdiction.
Sec. 20.
When a corporation, organized under this act, shall dissolve or its term of existence expires by limitation, all jurisdiction over streets, alleys and highways shall cease and the said streets, alleys and highways shall thereupon become dedicated to the use of the public, and in such case the lands of the members shall be cleared of all jurisdiction conferred by the provisions of this act.
History:
1929, Act 137, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 10382 ;-- CL 1948, 455.220
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 12 of 1901 - Summer Resort Associations; Extension of Corporate Life (455.251 - 455.252) › Section 455.251 - Continuance of Corporate Existence; Term; Resolution; Filing Copy of Resolution With Department of Commerce; Copy of Resolution or Record as Evidence of Passage and Extension of Corporate Life; Franchise Fee.

455.251 Continuance of corporate existence; term; resolution; filing copy of resolution with department of commerce; copy of resolution or record as evidence of passage and extension of corporate life; franchise fee.
Sec. 1.
It shall be lawful for any summer resort association, whose term is about to expire by limitation, at any time within 8 years next preceding the expiration of such term, by a vote of 2/3 of its capital stock, at any annual meeting, to direct the continuance of its corporate existence for such further term not exceeding 30 years from the expiration of the existing term, as may be expressed in a resolution for that purpose. The president and secretary of such stockholders' meeting shall make and sign a copy of such resolution, and its passage shall be verified by the oath of such secretary attached to the copy. The copy shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and the copy so filed, or the record thereof or a certified copy of such record, shall be prima facie evidence of the passage of such resolution and of the extension of said corporate life: Provided, That the franchise fee, which may be provided by law for new corporations, shall be paid before such term shall be extended.
History:
1901, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10060 ;-- CL 1929, 10383 ;-- CL 1948, 455.251 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 93, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 12 of 1901 - Summer Resort Associations; Extension of Corporate Life (455.251 - 455.252) › Section 455.252 - Renewed Corporations; Time, Liabilities, Rights.

455.252 Renewed corporations; time, liabilities, rights.
Sec. 2.
The renewal term of such corporation shall begin from the expiration of the former term, and the corporation whose term has thus been renewed shall be the same corporation, and own all its property, and be subject to all its liabilities, have the same stockholders and members and the same officers. The rights of all persons interested in said corporation shall continue as before such extension. The articles of association and by-laws shall continue the same until changed or amended by the corporation in the manner required by law.
History:
1901, Act 12, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10061 ;-- CL 1929, 10384 ;-- CL 1948, 455.252
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 55 of 1911 - Reorganization of Summer Resort Corporations (455.281 - 455.283) › Section 455.281 - Reorganization of Certain Corporations; Procedure, Evidence, Franchise Fee.

455.281 Reorganization of certain corporations; procedure, evidence, franchise fee.
Sec. 1.
It shall be lawful for any corporation heretofore or hereafter organized or existing under the laws of this state for the purpose of owning, maintaining and improving lands and other property kept for the purposes of summer resorts or for ornament, recreation or amusement, whose corporate term has expired, or shall expire by limitation, at a special meeting of its stockholders called for that purpose, by a vote of at least 4/5 of its capital stock, to direct the reorganization of such corporation and the renewal, continuance and extension of its corporate term for such further period not exceeding 30 years from the expiration of its former term as may be expressed in a resolution for that purpose. Such meeting may be called by order of the directors de facto of such corporation, in accordance with the by-laws of such corporation and the laws of this state applicable to such class of corporations whose term has not expired. It shall be lawful to embrace in the call for such meeting a notice for the election of directors of such reorganized and renewed corporation. Upon the adoption of such resolution by a vote in person or by proxy duly filed, of a majority of at least 4/5 of the capital stock it shall be the duty of the president and secretary of such stockholders' meeting to certify under oath duplicate copies of such resolution and its adoption by at least 4/5 of the capital stock of such corporation, which copies shall be filed and recorded at the expense of said corporation in the same public offices wherein articles of association of the same class of corporations are required to be filed and recorded by the laws of this state, and the copies so filed or a certified copy of either of such records shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein recited. The franchise fee provided by law shall apply to and be paid by such corporations so reorganized and renewed.
History:
1911, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10057 ;-- CL 1929, 10385 ;-- CL 1948, 455.281
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 55 of 1911 - Reorganization of Summer Resort Corporations (455.281 - 455.283) › Section 455.282 - Reorganized Corporations; Rights, Obligations.

455.282 Reorganized corporations; rights, obligations.
Sec. 2.
Upon the filing of such duplicate certificates in said public offices, such corporation shall be deemed reorganized and its term renewed, continued and extended as of the time of the expiration of the former term thereof, and such reorganized and renewed corporation and as well the stockholders thereof shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises and be seized and possessed of all of the property and of the same estate and interest therein, which said corporation and its stockholders or their assigns had or were seized or possessed of before the expiration of said corporate term, and as well all property acquired by or in the name of such corporation since the expiration of said corporate term in all respects without change, diminution or prejudice by reason of the expiration of said corporate term or lapse of time thereafter, as fully and absolutely as if said corporate term had not expired; and said reorganized and renewed corporation shall be subject to and liable for all of the debts, obligations and liabilities of such corporation in all respects as if said corporate term had not expired.
History:
1911, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10058 ;-- CL 1929, 10386 ;-- CL 1948, 455.282
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 55 of 1911 - Reorganization of Summer Resort Corporations (455.281 - 455.283) › Section 455.283 - Reorganized Corporations; Time Limit.

455.283 Reorganized corporations; time limit.
Sec. 3.
Any such corporation whose term has already expired may take advantage of this act at any time within 5 years of the date of such expiration, and any such corporation whose term shall hereafter expire may be so reorganized and renewed within 3 years of such expired term.
History:
1911, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10059 ;-- CL 1929, 10387 ;-- CL 1948, 455.283
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.301 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives and Boulevards; Incorporation, Purpose.

455.301 Parks, playgrounds, drives and boulevards; incorporation, purpose.
Sec. 1.
Any number of persons, not less than 5, who shall desire to form a corporation for the purpose of acquiring, owning, controlling, maintaining and improving lands for the purposes of parks, playgrounds, drives and boulevards, or any 1 or more such purposes, and holding the same in trust for any 1 or more municipal corporations of this state, may, by articles of agreement in writing under their hands and seals, associate for such purposes under a name to be assumed by them in their articles of association: Provided, That no 2 corporations shall assume the same name.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10130 ;-- CL 1929, 10388 ;-- CL 1948, 455.301
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.302 - Articles of Association; Acknowledgment, Contents.

455.302 Articles of association; acknowledgment, contents.
Sec. 2.
Such articles of association shall be signed by the persons associating in the first instance, and be duly acknowledged before some officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgment of deeds, and shall set forth:
(1) The name by which the corporation shall be known in law;
(2) The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is formed;
(3) The city, village or township where the office of the corporation shall be located;
(4) The municipality or municipalities for which the corporation is to hold property in trust;
(5) The names of those incorporating and their respective residences;
(6) The number of directors of the corporation.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10131 ;-- CL 1929, 10389 ;-- CL 1948, 455.302
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.303 - Filing Articles of Association With Department of Commerce.

455.303 Filing articles of association with department of commerce.
Sec. 3.
The articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10132 ;-- CL 1929, 10390 ;-- CL 1948, 455.303 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 105, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.304 - Body Corporate; Powers.

455.304 Body corporate; powers.
Sec. 4.
Upon the recording of such articles of association the persons who have signed and acknowledged the same, their associates and successors, shall thereupon become a body politic and corporate and shall have power:
(1) To sue and be sued;
(2) To appoint and employ such officers, managers and agents as the affairs of the corporation may require;
(3) To make rules and by-laws for the regulation and management of its affairs, and alter and repeal the same;
(4) To acquire, hold, sell and convey all real and personal property suitable or necessary for the transaction of the business of the corporation, and to do all things in relation thereto in the same manner and to the same extent as a natural person.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10133 ;-- CL 1929, 10391 ;-- CL 1948, 455.304
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.305 - Corporation; Shares of Stock; Directors, Election, Terms, Powers.

455.305 Corporation; shares of stock; directors, election, terms, powers.
Sec. 5.
The corporation shall not have any shares of stock or be for pecuniary profit. It shall have not less than 5 directors to be chosen annually from and by the members at the time and place fixed by the by-laws, they to hold office for 1 year and until their successors are elected. The directors shall manage the affairs of the corporation.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10134 ;-- CL 1929, 10392 ;-- CL 1948, 455.305
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.306 - Membership.

455.306 Membership.
Sec. 6.
There shall be 2 classes of members, life and annual. Any person may become a life member by paying to the corporation $100.00 or more in cash, or donating property or services of that value, which the corporation is willing to accept. Any person over 18 years of age may become an annual member by the payment of $1.00 or more. His membership shall terminate if he fails to pay dues for any year of at least $1.00 before the election of directors for the ensuing year.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10135 ;-- CL 1929, 10393 ;-- CL 1948, 455.306 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 41, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.307 - Corporation; Powers; Condemnation.

455.307 Corporation; powers; condemnation.
Sec. 7.
Corporations organized under this act shall have power to govern, manage, control, lay out and improve parks, playgrounds, boulevards and pleasure drives over which their powers and jurisdiction extend, and shall have the right to purchase and by voluntary grants, bequests and donations to receive, take, hold and use all such lands and other property as may be necessary for carrying out its purposes, and if the corporation shall at any time be unable to make a reasonable agreement with the owners of land needed as herein provided for the purchase thereof, or with any railroad company as to crossing its railroad, or with any municipal corporation as to crossing or changing highways, streets or streams, then in all such cases upon the vote of its board of directors, such corporation shall have the power to take such property, within the limits of the state constitution, as it may require in carrying out its purposes, and may bring suit therefor in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the laws of Michigan providing for the condemnation of lands for public use shall govern and be the rule of procedure so far as the same may be practicable and applicable thereto.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10136 ;-- CL 1929, 10394 ;-- CL 1948, 455.307
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.308 - Municipal Corporation; Transfer of Realty, Revocation.

455.308 Municipal corporation; transfer of realty, revocation.
Sec. 8.
Any municipal corporation, by vote of its governing body, may transfer to any such corporation in trust as hereinbefore provided, the management and control of any real property held by it, for the purpose of laying out, maintaining or carrying on parks, playgrounds, boulevards or pleasure drives, and may by like vote revoke the said transfer to such corporation and re-vest the management and control of said property in its own officers, at any time it shall be for the public benefit so to do.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10137 ;-- CL 1929, 10395 ;-- CL 1948, 455.308
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.309 - Municipal Corporation; Aid.

455.309 Municipal corporation; aid.
Sec. 9.
It shall be lawful for any such municipal corporation to appropriate, by a vote of its common council, or other governing body, to any such corporation, moneys for the uses and purposes of such corporation.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10138 ;-- CL 1929, 10396 ;-- CL 1948, 455.309
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.310 - Lands Held in Trust; Free Access, Tax Exemption.

455.310 Lands held in trust; free access, tax exemption.
Sec. 10.
All lands acquired by any corporation organized under this act or subject to its control and management shall be held in trust as aforesaid for public parks, playgrounds, boulevards and pleasure drives for the recreation, health, welfare and benefit of the public and shall be free to all persons, subject to such necessary and reasonable rules and regulations as shall, from time to time, be adopted for the well-ordering and government thereof. And all such lands and personal property so held in trust for such purposes shall be exempt from taxation.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10139 ;-- CL 1929, 10397 ;-- CL 1948, 455.310
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.311 - Trustees; Court Appointment.

455.311 Trustees; court appointment.
Sec. 11.
If any corporation organized under this act shall at any time fail, from any cause, to perform the duties of trustee as herein provided, and by reason of such failure injury may result to any of the drives, parks, playgrounds, boulevards or other property held by such corporation as trustee, or shall make unreasonable rules and regulations regarding the same, or do other acts to the permanent injury of the public, then upon petition to the circuit court in chancery of the county in which said corporation shall be located of any 5 citizens and freeholders residing within said county, said court may, upon notice to such corporation, appoint a day for hearing said petition, and if upon such hearing it shall appear that damage has resulted to, or is likely to result to, the public or to any of the property held by such corporation, said court may appoint such number of trustees ad interim as shall be deemed necessary to protect the interests of the public in said trust, until such time as the disability of said corporation as trustee shall have been removed.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10140 ;-- CL 1929, 10398 ;-- CL 1948, 455.311
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.312 - Vesting of Property in Municipality.

455.312 Vesting of property in municipality.
Sec. 12.
If any such corporation fail at any time to have members and no trustees ad interim shall have been appointed, then until such time as the disability of such corporation as trustee shall have been removed, the title to the property thus held in trust shall vest in the municipality or municipalities for which the corporation has held the same in trust.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10141 ;-- CL 1929, 10399 ;-- CL 1948, 455.312
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 455 - Summer Resort and Park Associations › Act 161 of 1911 - Parks, Playgrounds, Drives, and Boulevards (455.301 - 455.313) › Section 455.313 - Construction of Act.

455.313 Construction of act.
Sec. 13.
In all proceedings of suits that may arise or be brought in any of the courts of this state touching or concerning corporations under this act, all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be interpreted and construed in such manner as to give full force and effect to all the provisions of this act and to all the rights and privileges hereby granted.
History:
1911, Act 161, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 10142 ;-- CL 1929, 10400 ;-- CL 1948, 455.313
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.1 - Cemetery Corporation; Incorporators.

456.1 Cemetery corporation; incorporators.
Sec. 1.
That any 5 or more persons of lawful age, may organize themselves into a corporation, by such name as they shall adopt, for the purpose of acquiring land for a burial ground for the dead, to dispose of rights of burial therein, and to fence, improve, ornament and keep the same in suitable condition, in the manner hereinafter provided.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1717 ;-- CL 1871, 3373 ;-- How. 4728 ;-- CL 1897, 8362 ;-- CL 1915, 11122 ;-- CL 1929, 10401 ;-- CL 1948, 456.1
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.2 - Cemetery Corporation; Acquisition of Land, Encumbrance, Payment; Lease, Restriction.

456.2 Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
Sec. 2.
Such corporation shall have power to acquire and hold in fee, or for a term of years, so much land as may be necessary for their burying ground: Provided, That no land thus held shall be in any way encumbered by such corporation: And provided further, That the purchase price thereof, and interest thereon, or the rent reserved therefor, and the costs of fencing, improving and platting the same, shall be paid out of the funds first realized from the sale of rights of burial: And provided, further, That any lease of land to such corporations, shall contain a covenant on the part of the lessor, that the land thus leased shall never be used by him, his heirs or assigns, for any other than burial purposes, and that all rights of burial acquired under such corporation, shall remain unimpaired, although such lease may expire, or such corporation may forfeit the rights acquired under such lease, by reason of non-compliance with the conditions thereof.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1718 ;-- Am. 1865, Act 282, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1865 ;-- CL 1871, 3374 ;-- How. 4729 ;-- CL 1897, 8363 ;-- CL 1915, 11123 ;-- CL 1929, 10402 ;-- CL 1948, 456.2
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.3 - Right of Burial; Definition.

456.3 Right of burial; definition.
Sec. 3.
A right of burial under this act shall be, in respect to any corporation organized under this act, the right to bury the dead in and upon a parcel of land of the size specified in the by-laws of any corporation organized under this act.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1719 ;-- CL 1871, 3375 ;-- How. 4730 ;-- CL 1897, 8364 ;-- CL 1915, 11124 ;-- CL 1929, 10403 ;-- CL 1948, 456.3
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.3a - Right of Burial; Granting in Tax Delinquent Lands Prohibited.

456.3a Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
Sec. 3a.
No rights of burial shall at any time be granted or sold by such corporation upon any lands which are delinquent for taxes or special assessments.
History:
Add. 1941, Act 168, Eff. Jan. 10, 1943 ;-- CL 1948, 456.3a
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.4 - Right of Burial; Disposal by Member.

456.4 Right of burial; disposal by member.
Sec. 4.
Any member of any corporation organized under this act, wishing to dispose of any right of burial owned by him, shall procure for the purchaser a grant of such right from said corporation; and at the same time such member shall also relinquish to such corporation all claim he may have to such right of burial.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1720 ;-- CL 1871, 3376 ;-- How. 4731 ;-- CL 1897, 8365 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11125 ;-- CL 1929, 10404 ;-- CL 1948, 456.4
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.5 - Member; Right to Vote.

456.5 Member; right to vote.
Sec. 5.
Any person owning a right of burial in ground controlled by a corporation organized under this act, and having the right to use the same, shall be deemed a member of the corporation, and shall have the right to vote at all corporate meetings unless in arrears for assessments.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1721 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3377 ;-- How. 4732 ;-- CL 1897, 8366 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11126 ;-- CL 1929, 10405 ;-- CL 1948, 456.5
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.6 - Meeting to Incorporate; Warrant.

456.6 Meeting to incorporate; warrant.
Sec. 6.
Upon application in writing of any 3 of the persons aforesaid to the district or municipal court of the judicial district or municipality in which such burying ground is to be situated, the court shall issue a warrant to either one of the applicants, directing him or her to call a meeting of the persons wishing to become incorporated, which warrant shall contain the substance of the application, and shall state the time and place of holding the meeting. The meeting shall be called in obedience to such warrant, by posting up notice containing the substance of the warrant in at least 2 public places in the township, city, or village, in which such burying ground is to be situated at least 10 days before the time of holding such meeting.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1722 ;-- CL 1871, 3379 ;-- How. 4733 ;-- CL 1897, 8367 ;-- CL 1915, 11127 ;-- CL 1929, 10406 ;-- CL 1948, 456.6 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.7 - Meeting to Incorporate; Affidavit of Notice.

456.7 Meeting to incorporate; affidavit of notice.
Sec. 7.
The person to whom the aforesaid warrant is directed shall, after having called said meeting, attach to said warrant a copy of the notice accompanied by his affidavit showing that it is a true copy of the notice posted up by him, and also showing when and where such notices were posted, and the same shall be presented to such meeting and filed by the clerk elected thereat.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1723 ;-- CL 1871, 3380 ;-- How. 4734 ;-- CL 1897, 8368 ;-- CL 1915, 11128 ;-- CL 1929, 10407 ;-- CL 1948, 456.7
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.8 - Board of Trustees; Election; Terms.

456.8 Board of trustees; election; terms.
Sec. 8.
Any 7 or more persons who meet in pursuance of the notice described in section 7 may elect by ballot a board of trustees consisting of at least 9 but not more than 12 members. The first trustees elected shall be divided as nearly as possible into 3 equal groups with terms of each group as follows:
(a) 1 group for 1 year.
(b) 1 group for 2 years.
(c) 1 group for 3 years.
Upon expiration of the terms of the members first elected, successors shall be elected in a like manner for terms of 3 years each and shall serve until their successors are elected and have filed their acceptance. However, if any corporation now organized under this act has any trustees whose term of office does not expire at the date of its next annual meeting, it shall then elect only the number of trustees that will increase its board to at least 9 but not more than 12 members. At the election, the persons having the highest number of votes for trustee shall be considered elected.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1724 ;-- CL 1871, 3381 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 128, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1873 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 105, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1881 ;-- How. 4735 ;-- CL 1897, 8369 ;-- CL 1915, 11129 ;-- CL 1929, 10408 ;-- CL 1948, 456.8 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 407, Imd. Eff. Oct. 21, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.9 - Officers; Election; Sexton or Superintendent, Appointment.

456.9 Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
Sec. 9.
The board of trustees shall meet within 10 days after each annual meeting, and elect from their own number a president, vice-president, clerk, and treasurer, and from time to time may appoint a sexton or superintendent of grounds, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1725 ;-- CL 1871, 3382 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 128, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1873 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 105, Imd. Eff. Apr. 22, 1881 ;-- How. 4736 ;-- CL 1897, 8370 ;-- CL 1915, 11130 ;-- CL 1929, 10409 ;-- CL 1948, 456.9
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.10 - Officers; Vacancies.

456.10 Officers; vacancies.
Sec. 10.
A majority of the officers required to be chosen by ballot, in any corporation organized under this act, shall have power to fill any vacancy in office by appointment.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1726 ;-- CL 1871, 3383 ;-- How. 4737 ;-- CL 1897, 8371 ;-- CL 1915, 11131 ;-- CL 1929, 10410 ;-- CL 1948, 456.10
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.11 - Officers; Acceptance of Office, Bond.

456.11 Officers; acceptance of office, bond.
Sec. 11.
All persons elected or appointed to any office under any corporation organized under this act shall, within 10 days after such election or appointment, file with the clerk a written acceptance of the office together with a bond, if required, or said office will be vacant.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1727 ;-- CL 1871, 3384 ;-- How. 4738 ;-- CL 1897, 8372 ;-- CL 1915, 11132 ;-- CL 1929, 10411 ;-- CL 1948, 456.11
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.12 - Officers; Notice of Election.

456.12 Officers; notice of election.
Sec. 12.
Any person attending any meeting for the election of officers of any corporation organized under this act, and elected thereat, to any office, shall be deemed to have been duly notified of his election; the clerk of such corporation shall, within 2 days after the election of any person to office, who was not present at the election, notify such person of his election.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1728 ;-- CL 1871, 3385 ;-- How. 4739 ;-- CL 1897, 8373 ;-- CL 1915, 11133 ;-- CL 1929, 10412 ;-- CL 1948, 456.12
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.13 - Treasurer; Bond.

456.13 Treasurer; bond.
Sec. 13.
The treasurer shall give a bond to the corporation, with sufficient sureties, to be approved by the president thereof, for the faithful discharge of his duties, which bond shall be filed with the clerk.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1729 ;-- CL 1871, 3386 ;-- How. 4740 ;-- CL 1897, 8374 ;-- CL 1915, 11134 ;-- CL 1929, 10413 ;-- CL 1948, 456.13
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.14 - Officers; Compensation.

456.14 Officers; compensation.
Sec. 14.
The president, clerk, treasurer and superintendent of grounds of any corporation organized under this act shall receive such a compensation for their services as shall be allowed by a majority of the members of the corporation present at a corporate meeting, and no more: Provided, That if the members neglect to fix such compensation, the same may be fixed, from time to time, by the board of trustees.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1730 ;-- CL 1871, 3387 ;-- How. 4741 ;-- Am. 1885, Act 119, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1885 ;-- CL 1897, 8375 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11135 ;-- CL 1929, 10414 ;-- CL 1948, 456.14
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.15 - By-Laws, Rules and Regulations.

456.15 By-laws, rules and regulations.
Sec. 15.
The board of trustees of any corporation organized under this act, shall have the power, by a 2/3 vote of the members elect, to make all needful by-laws, rules, and regulations, not inconsistent with this act, that may be necessary to the proper management of the affairs of such corporation, and may by a like vote amend the same.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1731 ;-- CL 1871, 3388 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1881 ;-- How. 4742 ;-- CL 1897, 8376 ;-- CL 1915, 11136 ;-- CL 1929, 10415 ;-- CL 1948, 456.15
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.16 - Certificate of Organization; Contents; Signature; Filing Certificate With Department of Commerce.

456.16 Certificate of organization; contents; signature; filing certificate with department of commerce.
Sec. 16.
Within 1 week after the organization of any corporation organized under this act, the clerk shall make out a certificate of the organization of such corporation, specifying the corporate name thereof, the officers chosen at the first meeting; which certificate shall be signed by the president and clerk of such corporation, and forthwith file such certificate with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1732 ;-- CL 1871, 3389 ;-- How. 4743 ;-- CL 1897, 8377 ;-- CL 1915, 11137 ;-- CL 1929, 10416 ;-- CL 1948, 456.16 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.17 - Laying Out Burial Grounds; Maps; Filing Map With Department of Commerce; Certificate.

456.17 Laying out burial grounds; maps; filing map with department of commerce; certificate.
Sec. 17.
Before any corporation organized under the provisions of this act shall issue certificates of rights of burial, they shall cause their burial ground to be laid out in such form as they may choose, and cause 2 maps thereof to be made, which maps shall accurately describe the land belonging to such burying ground, its boundaries and location, with the lots or subdivisions named or numbered thereon, and also their size, situation and extent, with the width extent, and location of all the streets, alleys, or walks in such burying ground, which maps shall be prepared under the supervision and direction of the president and clerk of such corporation, and certified by them to be a correct map of their burying ground. One of the above maps shall be filed with the clerk of the corporation, and the other with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. The department of commerce shall give said corporation a certificate under the seal of the department of commerce, showing that such map has been received and duly filed, which certificate shall be filed with the clerk of said corporation.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1733 ;-- CL 1871, 3390 ;-- How. 4744 ;-- CL 1897, 8378 ;-- CL 1915, 11138 ;-- CL 1929, 10417 ;-- CL 1948, 456.17 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.18 - Actions and Suits; Common Seal.

456.18 Actions and suits; common seal.
Sec. 18.
All corporations organized under this act, shall be capable in their corporate name, of suing and being sued, appealing, prosecuting, and defending, to final judgment and execution, in any of the courts of this state or elsewhere, and to have a common seal which they may alter at pleasure.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1734 ;-- CL 1871, 3391 ;-- How. 4745 ;-- CL 1897, 8379 ;-- CL 1915, 11139 ;-- CL 1929, 10418 ;-- CL 1948, 456.18
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.19 - Reincorporation Under Act; Lot Owners in Public Burying Ground, Incorporation; Transfer of Rights From Municipalities.

456.19 Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
Sec. 19.
Any burying ground corporation heretofore organized under any law of this state, upon complying with the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, shall possess all the powers, and be subject to all the restrictions of corporations originally organized under this act; and the owners of lots in any public burying ground in this state may associate together and organize themselves into a corporation under the provisions of this act, whenever a majority of such owners shall take the proceedings provided by sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, and thereafter other owners may become members of such corporation by a vote of the board of officers of the corporation, on application to be admitted to membership. Cities, villages and towns may transfer to any corporation, organized under this act, all rights remaining to them in any public burying ground.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1735 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3392 ;-- How. 4746 ;-- CL 1897, 8380 ;-- CL 1915, 11140 ;-- CL 1929, 10419 ;-- CL 1948, 456.19
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.20 - Saving Clause.

456.20 Saving clause.
Sec. 20.
Any right that may have accrued to any member, stockholders or lot owner of any burial ground corporation, or public burying ground heretofore existing in this state, shall not be affected or impaired by reason of this act.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1736 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3393 ;-- How. 4747 ;-- CL 1897, 8381 ;-- CL 1915, 11141 ;-- CL 1929, 10420 ;-- CL 1948, 456.20
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.21 - Vacation of Burying Ground; Procedure.

456.21 Vacation of burying ground; procedure.
Sec. 21.
Whenever it may become necessary to vacate any burying ground, the property of any corporation organized under this act, such corporation may, by a majority of its members present at any corporate meeting, direct the president and clerk of such corporation to petition the circuit court for the county in which such burying ground is situated, for leave to vacate the same; and such circuit court may make such order in the premises as shall be just and proper: Provided, No final order shall be made within 6 months from the time of filing such petition, and without due proof of publication of notice of such petition, for 12 successive weeks, in such newspaper as may have been designated by said court for that purpose.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1737 ;-- CL 1871, 3394 ;-- How. 4748 ;-- CL 1897, 8382 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11142 ;-- CL 1929, 10421 ;-- CL 1948, 456.21
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.22 - Forfeited Right of Burial; Disposal.

456.22 Forfeited right of burial; disposal.
Sec. 22.
It shall be lawful for any corporation organized under this act, to dispose of that part of any forfeited right of burial, which has not been actually used as a repository of the dead, in like manner as if the same had never been granted.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1738 ;-- CL 1871, 3395 ;-- How. 4749 ;-- CL 1897, 8383 ;-- CL 1915, 11143 ;-- CL 1929, 10422 ;-- CL 1948, 456.22
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.23 - Unused Burial Rights; Sale on Non-Payment of Assessment; Reconveyance.

456.23 Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
Sec. 23.
Any corporation organized under this act may be authorized by the circuit or district court of the county, upon the like petition as is required in the twenty-first section of this act, and after 6 months from the filing of such petition, to redispose of unused burial rights on which assessment shall have remained unpaid for 7 years or more: Provided, That if personal service is not made on the owner or owners of the burial right then the same procedure as is provided by law for substituted service in circuit courts shall be used.
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 board of trustees on the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in said proceeding, and not exceeding $15.00 for 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 board of trustees 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.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1739 ;-- CL 1871, 3396 ;-- How. 4750 ;-- CL 1897, 8384 ;-- CL 1915, 11144 ;-- CL 1929, 10423 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 153, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 456.23
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.24 - Assessment; Voting; Notice of Meeting.

456.24 Assessment; voting; notice of meeting.
Sec. 24.
At any corporate meeting of the members, after notice as provided by its bylaws, those members present, when they deem it necessary, may vote an assessment upon the members of such corporation by a majority vote of the members present, which assessment shall be made by the board of trustees of such corporation, as near as may be in proportion to the value of the respective rights of burial owned by such members. Notice of a proposed assessment setting forth the date and place of meeting and the method of assessment and amount thereof shall be sent by certified mail to all known addresses of living members at least 30 days before date set for the meeting.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1740 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3397 ;-- How. 4751 ;-- CL 1897, 8385 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11145 ;-- CL 1929, 10424 ;-- CL 1948, 456.24 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 41, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.25 - Assessment; Record.

456.25 Assessment; record.
Sec. 25.
After an assessment has been made, as provided for in the next preceding section, such corporation shall cause a record to be made of such assessment, showing the day when the same is made, with a list of the names of all the members of such corporation, and the amount assessed to each member; a copy of the assessment shall be furnished by the clerk to the treasurer of such corporation.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1741 ;-- CL 1871, 3398 ;-- How. 4752 ;-- CL 1897, 8386 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11146 ;-- CL 1929, 10425 ;-- CL 1948, 456.25
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations › Act 87 of 1855 - Cemetery Corporations (456.1 - 456.36) › Section 456.26 - Assessment; Notice; Payment, Enforcement.

456.26 Assessment; notice; payment, enforcement.
Sec. 26.
Within 1 month from the time of making any assessment, the clerk of the corporation making the same, shall cause public notice of the same to be given, in such manner as the board of trustees shall direct, directing each member of such corporation to pay his assessment to the treasurer of such corporation within 30 days from the date of such notice; and such assessment shall be, and hereby is declared, a personal liability against such member and the payment thereof may be enforced by action of debt or assumpsit in the name of such corporation.
History:
1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1742 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3399 ;-- How. 4753 ;-- CL 1897, 8387 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 216, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 65, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11147 ;-- CL 1929, 10426 ;-- CL 1948, 456.26