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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › Section 254.2-254.4 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.2-254.4 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections provided for bridge plans and specifications, petitions for construction over navigable streams, and removal of obstructions.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › Section 254.5 - Obstructions to Navigation; Powers of Commissioner; Removal Costs; Failure to Remove, Penalty.

254.5 Obstructions to navigation; powers of commissioner; removal costs; failure to remove, penalty.
Sec. 5.
The commissioner or commissioners having in charge the construction or maintenance of any bridge shall have the power to provide for the removal of any booms, rafts, logs or other obstruction in the stream and to direct the time in which, and the places where, such booms, rafts, logs or other obstructions in such stream shall be allowed to remain and when the same shall be removed, whenever, in the opinion of such commissioner or commissioners such booms, rafts, logs or other obstructions are a menace to the bridge, or interfere with the construction or maintenance thereof. The person, firm or corporation responsible for any such boom, raft, logs or other obstruction shall be liable for the cost of such removal, to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case, or to be assessed upon any property of such person, firm or corporation when certified by such commissioner or commissioners to the proper township clerk, and any person who shall fail to comply with such directions of the commissioner or commissioners shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than 500 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4526 ;-- CL 1948, 254.5
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.6 - Inter-Township, Bridge; Construction, Repair, Expense, Joint Action.

254.6 Inter-township, bridge; construction, repair, expense, joint action.
Sec. 6.
Whenever the commissioners of highways and township boards of any 2 adjoining townships in either the same or different counties shall determine that a bridge on or across the township line over any stream or sink-hole, either crossing or running along the boundary line between such townships, should be constructed, rebuilt or repaired, such bridge shall be constructed, rebuilt or repaired and maintained at the joint expense of such townships. The commissioners of the townships interested, either of whom may give notice to the other of meetings of said commissioners for the purposes herein mentioned, shall jointly agree on the plans and specifications for such bridge, subject to the approval of an engineer assigned to the job by the state highway commissioner in case the structure shall cost more than 2,500 dollars, and upon the proportion of the cost thereof that each such township shall bear.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4527 ;-- CL 1948, 254.6
Former Law:
See section 9 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4423.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.7 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.7 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for township disbursements for bridge construction and maintenance.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.8 - Townships and Commissioners Construed; Authority to Contract.

254.8 Townships and commissioners construed; authority to contract.
Sec. 8.
The word “townships”, as used in the 2 last preceding sections, shall be deemed to include cities and incorporated villages, both in their relation to each other and to townships, and when the word commissioner is used with reference to townships, it shall be deemed to include the corporate authorities of cities and incorporated villages. And such commissioners or corporate authorities may make such equitable contracts with the corresponding authorities as will secure the construction, rebuilding or repairing and maintenance of such bridges as they may deem advisable.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4529 ;-- CL 1948, 254.8
Former Law:
See section 11 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4425.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.9 - Failure to Join; Petition to State Commissioner.

254.9 Failure to join; petition to state commissioner.
Sec. 9.
Whenever any such township, city or incorporated village shall fail upon request to join in building, rebuilding, or repairing such bridge or to contribute its just share thereto, any such township, city or village desiring the building, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge may, by its township board or legislative body, as the case may be, by petition in the form of a resolution or otherwise, apply to the state highway commissioner for an order for the construction, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge and for determining the respective proportions which each township, city and village shall contribute for the construction, rebuilding or repairing of such bridge and for keeping the same in repair, as well as for deciding the kind of bridge or road to be constructed.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4530 ;-- CL 1948, 254.9
Former Law:
See section 27 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4441.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.10 - Failure to Join; Hearing, Notice.

254.10 Failure to join; hearing, notice.
Sec. 10.
Upon receipt of such petition, the state highway commissioner shall set a day for hearing, which shall be not less than 10 nor more than 20 days thereafter, and shall give notice thereof to each township, city and village interested or to be affected by registered letter addressed to the clerk of each such township, city and village and mailed at least 7 days before said day of hearing. The hearing shall be held at some convenient place in the county in which it is proposed to construct, rebuild or repair such bridge.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4531 ;-- CL 1948, 254.10
Former Law:
See section 28 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4442.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.11 - Failure to Join; Commissioner, Duties; Approval of Supervisors of Navigable Rivers.

254.11 Failure to join; commissioner, duties; approval of supervisors of navigable rivers.
Sec. 11.
The commissioner may adjourn the hearing from time to time in his discretion. He shall hear the parties and may make such independent investigation as he may deem desirable, and shall either grant or refuse the prayer of the petition. If he shall grant the same, he shall designate the kind of bridge to be built, and shall cause to be prepared the plans and specifications therefor: Provided, That if the same be on a navigable stream the approval of the board of supervisors of the proper county shall be secured before any construction work shall be done.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4532 ;-- CL 1948, 254.11
Former Law:
See section 29 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4443.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.12 - Failure to Join; Determination of Quota, Alteration.

254.12 Failure to join; determination of quota, alteration.
Sec. 12.
The state highway commissioner shall also determine the quota or proportion which each township, city and village named shall contribute thereto, and whether the whole amount shall be raised the first year, or only a part, and, if only a part, what part the first and what part the second year, but no part of it shall be deferred more than 2 years. He shall also determine the quota of each towards keeping the same in repair, which shall remain the same till altered by him, or by the consent of each township, city and village, which is a party to such proceedings.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4533 ;-- CL 1948, 254.12
Former Law:
See section 29 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4443.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.13 - Failure to Join; Copy of Determination, Filing; Tax Levy.

254.13 Failure to join; copy of determination, filing; tax levy.
Sec. 13.
A copy of the determination of the state highway commissioner shall be filed with the clerk of each township, city and village affected, and thereupon such bridge shall be constructed, rebuilt, repaired and maintained in accordance therewith. Each such township, city and village shall cause to be levied and assessed upon the taxable property therein an amount sufficient to pay for its quota of costs as above determined, which shall be disbursed by the treasurers of the respective townships, cities and villages in the manner provided in section 7 hereof.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4534 ;-- CL 1948, 254.13
Former Law:
See section 30 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4444.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.14 - Inter-County Bridge; Failure of Boards of Commissioners to Agree on Apportionment, Petition to State Commissioner.

254.14 Inter-county bridge; failure of boards of commissioners to agree on apportionment, petition to state commissioner.
Sec. 14.
Whenever the boards of county road commissioners of adjoining counties are unable to agree on the apportionment of the costs of constructing, rebuilding, repairing or maintaining an inter-county bridge on a county road, either of such boards may petition the state highway commissioner to decide the issues upon which they have been unable to agree, and thereupon the state highway commissioner shall proceed and may make such orders and determinations in the matter as is herein above provided in case of a similar petition by a township, city or village.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4535 ;-- CL 1948, 254.14
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.15 - Interstate Bridge; Commissioners' Authority to Contract; Supervisors, Fund Raising, Special Tax, Limitation.

254.15 Interstate bridge; commissioners' authority to contract; supervisors, fund raising, special tax, limitation.
Sec. 15.
The board of county road commissioners of any county bordering on a stream which is the boundary line between such county and a county in another state, is hereby authorized, in conjunction with the proper highway authorities of such adjoining county or state, to construct, rebuild, repair and maintain a bridge, or bridges, across such stream at such place or places within the limits of such boundary as may be agreed upon by said board of county road commissioners and highway authorities, whenever said board of county road commissioners shall deem it necessary, and to enter into a contract with the proper highway authorities of such adjoining county or state relative thereto: Provided, however, That the board of supervisors of such county shall provide by resolution for the raising of funds to pay for the construction, rebuilding, repairing or maintaining of such bridge, or bridges, and for such purposes the board of supervisors of such county may levy a special tax not to exceed 1 mill on the assessed valuation of all the property of such county for such part of the cost of constructing, rebuilding, repairing or maintaining of such bridge, or bridges, as shall be allotted to such county; and such board of supervisors is hereby authorized, at any regular or special meeting of such board, to borrow on the faith and credit of such county, such sums of money as may be needed to carry out the purposes aforesaid, not exceeding the amount specified in this act, and to levy such amount to be collected with the next ensuing assessment.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- Am. 1927, Act 81, Imd. Eff. Apr. 25, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 4536 ;-- CL 1948, 254.15
Former Law:
See section 10 of Ch. 16 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4527.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-INTER-MUNICIPAL-BRIDGES. - Inter-Municipal Bridges. (254.6...254.16) › Section 254.16 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.16 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section authorized state highway commissioner to enter into contracts for construction and maintenance of bridges on nontrunkline roads.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.17 - Bridge; Specifications by State Department Without Cost.

254.17 Bridge; specifications by state department without cost.
Sec. 17.
The bridge specifications of the state highway department shall provide such requirements for load capacity, clearances, allowable unit stresses and loads, distributions, workmanship, impact and deterioration allowances as in the judgment of the state highway commissioner are necessary to meet the requirements of existing and future growth of traffic highway improvements and local needs. Such specifications may, at his option, be revised from time to time as he may deem best and shall be furnished free of cost to all proper parties requesting the same.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4538 ;-- CL 1948, 254.17
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.18 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.18 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided that no bridge be constructed by the state within city or village having a population of 6,000, and provided for joint action on a boundary bridge.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.19 - Bridge; Carrying Capacity.

254.19 Bridge; carrying capacity.
Sec. 19.
Hereafter no bridge shall be constructed which shall have a carrying capacity less than that specified by the bridge specifications of the state highway department, current at the time the work of construction is commenced, or which shall have a roadway width at the narrowest part thereof, of less than 19 feet, measured above top of curb, or which shall have a clear height for vehicles of less than 14 feet: Provided, That the provisions of this section as to width shall not be applicable to bridges on township and village roads which have an average traffic count, as determined by the state highway department, of less than 500 vehicles in 14 hours, until on and after the first day of July 1927.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4540 ;-- CL 1948, 254.19
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.19a - Federally Compliant and Risk-Based Inspection Plan.

254.19a Federally compliant and risk-based inspection plan.
Sec. 19a.
The state transportation department shall institute and implement a federally compliant and risk-based inspection plan for all bridges under its jurisdiction.
History:
Add. 1968, Act 222, Eff. Feb. 2, 1969 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 375, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 1982 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 16, Eff. May 23, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.20 - Posting of Narrow and One-Lane Bridges; Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

254.20 Posting of narrow and one-lane bridges; uniform traffic control devices.
Sec. 20.
Every bridge which has a clear 2-way roadway width of less than 19 feet, but more than 17 feet at the narrowest part thereof, shall be posted as a narrow bridge; and every bridge which has a clear 2-way roadway width, as so measured, of 17 feet or less, shall be posted as a 1-lane bridge. Such posting shall be in accordance with the manual of uniform traffic control devices adopted pursuant to section 608 of Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being section 257.608 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4541 ;-- CL 1948, 254.20 ;-- Am. 1965, Act 274, Imd. Eff. July 21, 1965
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.21 - Movable Bridge; Warning, Protection, Penalty.

254.21 Movable bridge; warning, protection, penalty.
Sec. 21.
All movable bridges shall be provided with warning lights, signs, protection gates and other devices as shall be prescribed by the state highway commissioner and as may be required by the board of supervisors in its permit for construction, which said lights, signs, protection gates and other devices shall be so constructed, placed, maintained and operated as to provide reasonable safety to the public. Protection gates or devices shall at all times be closed before the draw or swing span is opened for any purpose and shall be kept closed until the draw or swing is closed, and the bridge is ready for public travel. Any person who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than 50 dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4542 ;-- CL 1948, 254.21
Former Law:
See sections 18, 19, and 20 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, §§ 4432 to 4434.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.22 - Bridge Over Navigable Stream; Construction and Maintenance.

254.22 Bridge over navigable stream; construction and maintenance.
Sec. 22.
Bridges over any navigable streams shall be so constructed as not to prevent or hinder the navigation of such streams by the usual crafts plying thereon. All such bridges shall be so constructed and maintained as not to interfere with the ordinary uses of said streams for driving logs or floating other materials or boats therein, and shall be constructed and maintained so as to offer and afford reasonable, adequate and proper means for the passage of boats, vessels, sawlogs, floating timber and rafts through the same.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4543 ;-- CL 1948, 254.22
Former Law:
See section 11 of Ch. 16 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4528.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.23 - Movable Span Bridge; Rules, Posting, Duty of Commissioner.

254.23 Movable span bridge; rules, posting, duty of commissioner.
Sec. 23.
The commissioners having charge of movable span bridges shall cause to be posted in each commissioner's or operator's shelter rules and regulations governing the operation of the structure and all parts appertaining thereto, and shall see that every operator complies with such regulations. Such regulations shall be in accordance with the specifications of the state highway department as applying to movable bridges and with such other regulations in regard to signals, lights, etc., as may be prescribed by the war department of the United States government or as may be otherwise existent for the control of navigation.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4544 ;-- CL 1948, 254.23
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-GENERAL-PROVISIONS. - General Provisions. (254.17...254.24) › Section 254.24 - Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.

254.24 Repealed. 1958, Act 77, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section provided for construction, control, and maintenance of bridges in villages.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-ALTERATION-OF-WATERCOURSES. - Alteration of Watercourses. (254.25...254.26) › Section 254.25 - Permit for Alteration of Watercourses.

254.25 Permit for alteration of watercourses.
Sec. 25.
Hereafter, no person, firm, corporation, or municipality shall artificially alter the stage of water or widen or deepen the channel of any watercourse, except drains established by public authority, without first securing a written permit therefor from the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over all the bridges and culverts on or over said watercourse, or the portion thereof affected by such proposed change.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4546 ;-- CL 1948, 254.25
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-ALTERATION-OF-WATERCOURSES. - Alteration of Watercourses. (254.25...254.26) › Section 254.26 - Permit for Alteration of Watercourses; Costs, Payment, Contract.

254.26 Permit for alteration of watercourses; costs, payment, contract.
Sec. 26.
The person, firm, corporation or municipality to whom any such permit shall hereafter be issued, shall pay the full cost of all bridges and bridge approach work made necessary by such proposed alteration, and every such permit shall require the person, firm, corporation or municipality to whom the same is issued, his, their or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, to bear and pay such part of the cost of the reconstruction of such bridges and approaches, or of existing bridges and approaches, and of the maintenance of all such bridges and approaches as the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction of the matter shall determine to be caused by such alteration. Such commissioner or commissioners may contract with any such person, firm, corporation or municipality relative to present and future costs of construction, reconstruction, repairs and maintenance of such bridges and approaches.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4547 ;-- CL 1948, 254.26
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-MILL-RACES. - Mill Races. (254.27...254.32) › Section 254.27 - Bridge Over Race; Duty of Water Workers.

254.27 Bridge over race; duty of water workers.
Sec. 27.
It shall be the duty of all owners, occupiers, or possessors of mills or other water works, where any race or races appertaining to the same may cross a public highway, to keep and maintain a good and sufficient bridge or bridges over the same, except where said mills have been erected and the races dug previous to the formation of said highway. Such bridges shall be constructed and maintained in compliance with the specifications of the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over the road adjacent thereto.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4548 ;-- CL 1948, 254.27
Former Law:
See section 14 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4428.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-MILL-RACES. - Mill Races. (254.27...254.32) › Section 254.28 - Bridge Over Race; Failure to Maintain, Commissioner, Duty.

254.28 Bridge over race; failure to maintain, commissioner, duty.
Sec. 28.
In all cases where the owner or owners, occupiers, or possessors of any such mill or mills, or other water works, shall refuse or neglect to construct such bridge or bridges, or shall refuse or neglect to keep the same in good repair, it shall be the duty of the commissioner or commissioners having jurisdiction over the road adjacent thereto to proceed forthwith to erect or repair such bridge or bridges, at the expense of the person or persons whose duty it was to have erected or repaired the same.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4549 ;-- CL 1948, 254.28
Former Law:
See section 15 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4429.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-MILL-RACES. - Mill Races. (254.27...254.32) › Section 254.29 - Bridge Over Race; Expense, Collection.

254.29 Bridge over race; expense, collection.
Sec. 29.
The expense so incurred may be recovered by such commissioner or commissioners in an action of assumpsit, or, at the option of said commissioner or commissioners, may be certified to the clerk of the township in which such mill or water works are situated and, when so certified, shall be assessed upon any property of such owner, owners, occupiers or possessors situated in such township and collected in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and collected.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4550 ;-- CL 1948, 254.29
Former Law:
See section 16 of Ch. 8 of Act 283 of 1909, being CL 1915, § 4430.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-MILL-RACES. - Mill Races. (254.27...254.32) › Section 254.30 - Bridge and Culvert; Synonymous.

254.30 Bridge and culvert; synonymous.
Sec. 30.
The words “bridge” and “culvert” as used in this act shall be considered as synonymous terms.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4551 ;-- CL 1948, 254.30
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 354 of 1925 - Bridges and Culverts (254.1 - 254.32) › 354-1925-MILL-RACES. - Mill Races. (254.27...254.32) › Section 254.32 - Bridges Excepted.

254.32 Bridges excepted.
Sec. 32.
The provisions of this act shall not apply to any bridge across any river forming the boundary between this state and any foreign country.
History:
1925, Act 354, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 4553 ;-- CL 1948, 254.32
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.51 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Petition.

254.51 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; petition.
Sec. 1.
Whenever in any county within this state there are any 2 or more organized townships, or any 1 or more townships and 1 or more villages, or 1 or more townships and 1 or more cities, or any combination of townships, villages and cities, or any combination of any of them, lying contiguous in such county, through the territory of which extends any public highway which crosses within said county and within or along the boundary line of any such township, village or city, any navigable water or stream, or which intersects with or leads to any highway so crossing such navigable water or stream, any 1 or more of such townships, villages or cities may, by its or their respective legislative bodies, petition the board of supervisors of said county for the construction or reconstruction of a bridge over such stream or water, whereon such highway may be continued as an avenue of public travel between points upon opposite sides of such water or stream. Such petition may be presented at any regular meeting of the said board of supervisors or at any special meeting thereof duly called for the presentation of such petition: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall apply only to counties having a population of 400,000 or more.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4554 ;-- CL 1948, 254.51
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.52 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Meeting of County Supervisors, Notices; Plans and Specifications.

254.52 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; meeting of county supervisors, notices; plans and specifications.
Sec. 2.
Unless such petition is to be presented to the annual meeting of said board of supervisors, or at an earlier meeting already appointed by the board to be held at least 30 days prior to such annual meeting, it may contain a request for a special meeting of said board, and may be delivered to the clerk of said board, who shall have authority, and whose duty it shall be, to call a special meeting of said board not more than 20 nor less than 10 days from the time he shall receive the petition. It shall be the said clerk's duty to inform all the members of said board to be found in the county of such meeting and the purpose thereof at least 5 days before such meeting is to be held, and at whatever meeting such petition is to be heard. It shall be the duty of such petitioner to give notice in writing to the township board at each township named and to the common council of any city and to the village council of any village named of the intention of the petitioner to ask for the hearing upon the same at such meeting, and of the purpose thereof. Such notice shall be delivered to the clerk of every township, city and village named, and if such clerk is not readily found, then to any member of the township board, and the mayor or some member of the common council of the city or cities named, and to a member of the council of the village or villages named, as the case may be, at least 7 days before said board is to be asked to hear said petition. For the purpose of facilitating by said board their determination of the kind and cost of the bridge proposed to be constructed or reconstructed, each township, city and village named in the said petition may present a plan or plans and specifications of such proposed bridge with or without drawings, and an estimate of each as to the cost thereof.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4555 ;-- CL 1948, 254.52
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.53 - Bridge Over Navigable Waters in Certain Counties; Board of Supervisors, Authority; Type of Bridge.

254.53 Bridge over navigable waters in certain counties; board of supervisors, authority; type of bridge.
Sec. 3.
Upon presentation of any such petition said board of supervisors shall proceed to a consideration thereof. The said board shall have authority to make any necessary surveys, procure any appropriate plans and specifications, obtain estimates of probable cost of construction and take any other appropriate step for procuring necessary or desirable information with reference to the project embodied in such petition. Said board shall have full authority, by a majority vote of those voting thereon, to grant or deny the object of such petition and to determine the character and type of construction of any such bridge ordered thereon. The several boards of supervisors of the counties of the state shall each likewise have authority, upon their own initiative, respectively, in a proper case, in the discretion of any such board, to order the construction of a bridge over any navigable stream or water within the county, as hereinbefore provided in cases when a petition is presented to a board of supervisors by a city, village or township for the construction of a bridge. Whenever in any case a bridge shall be ordered hereunder, said board shall determine and designate only a bascule type of bridge. No part of such bridge or its approaches shall be suspended over such highway.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4556 ;-- CL 1948, 254.53
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.54 - County Under Road System; Authority of Commissioners; Specifications; Type of Bridges Not to Be Changed.

254.54 County under road system; authority of commissioners; specifications; type of bridges not to be changed.
Sec. 4.
In those counties in which the county road system, so-called, shall have been adopted, the board of supervisors shall upon the ordering of any such bridge duly certify such action to the county road commissioners of such county. Thereupon the said county road commissioners shall promptly proceed to establish a road district for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing such bridge. Said commissioners shall have authority to procure, if need be, any further surveys, plans, specifications and estimates of cost for such work of construction or reconstruction in addition to those which may have been obtained by the said board of supervisors. Such specifications shall not be final, but may be changed by the county road commissioners, but not after the hearing of objections hereinafter provided for, except after due notice and hearing thereon: Provided, Said road commissioners shall not at any time change the type of bridge ordered by the board of supervisors.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4557 ;-- CL 1948, 254.54
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.55 - County Under Road System; Special Assessment District, Hearings, Objections, Boundary Changes.

254.55 County under road system; special assessment district, hearings, objections, boundary changes.
Sec. 5.
Said county road commissioners shall speedily prepare a proposed special assessment district for such work, fixing it by resolution which shall embody a description of the boundaries thereof. They shall fix a time and place to hear objections to such proposed special assessment district and give notice thereof as hereinafter provided. Such notice shall set forth a description of the boundaries of the proposed special assessment district or the several parcels of land proposed to be assessed on account of such work, and the time and place of hearing. At this hearing all parties or persons interested shall be given an opportunity to present their objections, if any, to such proposed special assessment district. Notice of this hearing shall be given by the county road commissioners at least 10 days prior to such hearing by causing a notice thereof to be published at least once in each week for 2 weeks in succession in some newspaper published and of general circulation in such county, and by posting in public and conspicuous places 5 notices in each township, city and village within which the assessment district lies in whole or in part, and within the limits of such district, and also by posting such notice in any public place which may be provided in the county seat for the posting of public notices. At this hearing the county road commissioners shall, subject to the foregoing, make any changes in the specifications deemed by them advisable, without further notice or hearing, provided such changes do not increase the estimates more than 10 per cent. If they do increase the estimates more than 10 per cent then a new hearing shall be had and notice thereof given, as in the first instance. At said hearing the county road commissioners may alter the boundaries of the proposed assessment district: Provided, however, That if said district is enlarged or otherwise altered so as to embrace additional lands, hearing thereon after due notice shall be had as hereinbefore provided.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4558 ;-- CL 1948, 254.55
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.56 - County Under Road System; Commissioners' Final Order.

254.56 County under road system; commissioners' final order.
Sec. 6.
After hearing objections, the county road commissioners shall make their final order in writing, under their hands, determining that the proposed improvement shall be made according to the final specifications adopted by them, a copy of which specifications shall be attached to said order.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4559 ;-- CL 1948, 254.56
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.57 - County Under Road System; Commissioners' Powers and Duties.

254.57 County under road system; commissioners' powers and duties.
Sec. 7.
In so far as applicable hereto, the same powers are hereby conferred, and the same duties are hereby imposed upon said county road commissioners for the prosecution, completion and payment of such improvement, as are conferred and imposed by section 4684; section 4686 to section 4689, both inclusive; section 4691 to section 4706, both inclusive; section 4711 to section 4731, both inclusive; section 4733 to section 4745, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1915 as amended and as supplemented by Act No. 125 of the Public Acts of 1917, upon county road commissioners on behalf of the county or improvement district with reference to works provided for in said sections and in said act, except as said Act No. 125 has been held invalid. And all the other rights created and all the other duties imposed by said sections and the said act are herewith likewise made applicable, in so far as appropriate to this act, including the method so provided for a board of review.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4560 ;-- CL 1948, 254.57
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of sections 4686 to 4689, sections 4691 to 4706, sections 4711 to 4731, and sections 4733 to 4745, referred to in this section, see MCL 247.416 to 247.419, MCL 247.421 to 247.436, MCL 247.441 to 247.460, and MCL 247.463 to 247.474, respectively. Section 4684, also referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 221 of 1933.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.58 - County Under Road System; Rights, Duties, Remedies, Limitations; Legislative Intent.

254.58 County under road system; rights, duties, remedies, limitations; legislative intent.
Sec. 8.
With reference to the work in this act provided for which shall be done in any county in which the county road system, so-called, shall have been adopted, like rights are hereby created and like duties are hereby imposed; the acts and proceedings of said county road commissioners hereunder shall receive like effect and validity; like rights and remedies are preserved and restricted to any township, village, city and county affected hereunder by the construction or reconstruction of any such bridge; like rights and remedies are preserved and restricted to any persons, partnerships and corporations affected by any act of said county road commissioners made in connection with or following upon the improvement herewith authorized; and like duties are hereby enjoined upon the several city, village, township and county officials of the cities, villages, townships and county affected hereunder by such improvement, as are by the sections specifically enumerated above and by the said Act No. 125 respectively created and imposed; as are given to the acts and proceedings of county road commissioners; as are preserved or restricted to township, village, cities, counties, persons, firms and corporations affected by any order or determination made under the authority of said sections or any of them or under the authority of said Act No. 125, or are enjoined upon the several city, village, township and county officials mentioned in said sections and in said Act No. 125 with reference to the completion by county road commissioners of works of improvement provided for in said sections and in said Act No. 125. It is the legislative intent and purpose for the purpose of effectuating this act to make applicable hereto, in so far as may be, all the rights, duties, privileges, prerogatives, restrictions and limitations which are created and imposed by the sections above enumerated and by the said Act No. 125.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4561 ;-- CL 1948, 254.58
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of Act 125 of 1917, referred to in this section, see MCL 254.57 and Compiler's note thereto.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.59 - County Under Road System; Annual Installments, Apportionment of Cost; Announcement of Decision, Exemption.

254.59 County under road system; annual installments, apportionment of cost; announcement of decision, exemption.
Sec. 9.
Such county road commissioners shall have power and it shall be their duty to determine the number of annual installments, not exceeding 10, within which the money for the construction or reconstruction of any such bridge shall be raised. It shall apportion the whole cost of such work, in percentages, as between the special assessment area to be designated by them and whatever cities, villages and townships comprising said road districts and the county, or any or all of them, as in its discretion it shall determine. Such apportionment shall be made according to the benefits from such improvement accruing to the lands within such assessment area and the benefits to the public welfare and convenience of each of the cities, villages, townships and county, or any or all of them. The number of such installments, the road district aforesaid, the said special assessment area and said apportionment shall be designated and announced by said county road commissioners as soon as practicable after the approval of said specifications for said work. No township shall be entitled to any exemption from the payment of any assessment levied against it because of being entitled to the return of any county road taxes paid by it under section 26, chapter 4 of Act No. 283 of the Public Acts of 1909.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4562 ;-- CL 1948, 254.59
Compiler's Notes:
Section 26, referred to near the end of this section, was repealed by Act 77 of 1958.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.60 - County Not Under Road System; Supervisors' Authority, Delegation.

254.60 County not under road system; supervisors' authority, delegation.
Sec. 10.
Whenever in any county in which the county road system, so-called, shall not have been adopted, the board of supervisors shall, pursuant to sections 1 and 2 hereof, have ordered a bridge to be constructed or reconstructed, full authority of every necessary character shall thereupon be vested in said board to construct or reconstruct as the case may be, such bridge. In furtherance thereof, said board may delegate any of its powers and duties to any of its officers, or to its committee or committees, or to any or all of them as it may deem suitable.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4563 ;-- CL 1948, 254.60
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.61 - County Not Under Road System; Powers and Duties, Legislative Intent.

254.61 County not under road system; powers and duties, legislative intent.
Sec. 11.
Thereafter in any county in which the county road system, so-called, shall not have been adopted, the board of supervisors shall proceed in such manner as it shall determine, either by the board as a whole, or by any of its officers, or its committee or committees or by any or all of them, to construct or reconstruct such bridge. For such purpose, in so far as applicable hereto, the same powers are hereby conferred, and the same duties are hereby imposed upon said board, and upon its officers, its committee or committees, or any or all of them, if said board shall determine to act through them or any of them, as are conferred and imposed by section 4684; section 4686 to section 4689, both inclusive; section 4691 to section 4706, both inclusive; section 4711 to section 4730, both inclusive; section 4733 to section 4745, both inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1915 as amended and as supplemented by Act No. 125 of the Public Acts of 1917. It is the legislative intent and purpose in this matter for the purpose of effectuating this act to make applicable hereto, in those counties in which the county road system, so-called, shall not have been adopted, all the rights, duties, privileges, prerogatives, restrictions and limitations which are created and imposed by the said sections and by the said Act No. 125.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4564 ;-- CL 1948, 254.61
Compiler's Notes:
For provisions of sections referred to in this section, see Compiler's note to MCL 254.57.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 254 - Bridges › Act 398 of 1919 - Bridges Over Navigable Waters (254.51 - 254.67) › Section 254.62 - Bridge Deemed Public Highway; County Maintenance.

254.62 Bridge deemed public highway; county maintenance.
Sec. 12.
Upon the completion of any such bridge the same shall be and become a public highway and shall thereafter be maintained and repaired as such by said county.
History:
1919, Act 398, Imd. Eff. May 13, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 4565 ;-- CL 1948, 254.62