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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b) › Section 41.61 - Supervisor as Chief Assessor; Additional Assessors; Certification; Depositing Rolls With Supervisor; Supervisor as Secretary of Board of Review; Deputy Township Supervisor.

41.61 Supervisor as chief assessor; additional assessors; certification; depositing rolls with supervisor; supervisor as secretary of board of review; deputy township supervisor.
Sec. 61.
(1) The supervisor of each township is the chief assessor of the township. The township board may provide for the appointment of additional assessors. If the supervisor is not certified at the proper level, the township board shall provide for the appointment of properly certified assessors. The assessors so appointed shall receive compensation allowed by the township board. If assessors are appointed pursuant to this section, the supervisor shall be the chief assessing officer and the assessors shall be subordinate to the supervisor. Upon completion of the assessment and the making of the rolls, the rolls shall be deposited with the supervisor. The supervisor shall be secretary of the board of review.
(2) The township supervisor may appoint a deputy township supervisor, who shall serve at the pleasure of the supervisor. The deputy shall take an oath of office and file the oath with the township clerk. In case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the supervisor, the deputy shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the supervisor, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid by salary or otherwise as the township board determines appropriate. With the approval of the supervisor, the deputy may assist the supervisor in the performance of the supervisor's duties at any additional times agreed upon between the township board and the supervisor, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 553 ;-- CL 1871, 697 ;-- How. 733 ;-- CL 1897, 2332 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 347, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 2111 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 89, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 355, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 1000 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 64, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 41.61 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 104, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 230, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1982 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b) › Section 41.61a - Township Appraisal; Employment of Independent Appraisal Firm.

41.61a Township appraisal; employment of independent appraisal firm.
Sec. 61a.
Any township board may employ an independent appraisal firm to make a township-wide appraisal or to assist the supervisor as directed and authorized by the board in performing his assessing duties. Such appraisal firm shall be paid out of the general fund of the township.
History:
Add. 1958, Act 6, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b) › Section 41.62 - Books, Assessment Rolls, and Other Papers; Preservation; Delivery to Successor in Office; Availability to Public.

41.62 Books, assessment rolls, and other papers; preservation; delivery to successor in office; availability to public.
Sec. 62.
The supervisor shall preserve and keep the books, assessment rolls, and other papers belonging to the supervisor's office in a safe and suitable place, but not where the books, assessment rolls, and other papers will be exposed to an unusual hazard from fire or theft. The supervisor shall deliver the books, assessment rolls, and other papers on demand to his or her successor in office. The books, assessment rolls, papers, and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the supervisor in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.231 to 15.246 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 554 ;-- CL 1871, 698 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 178, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1875 ;-- How. 734 ;-- CL 1897, 2333 ;-- CL 1915, 2112 ;-- CL 1929, 1001 ;-- CL 1948, 41.62 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b) › Section 41.63-41.64a - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.

41.63-41.64a Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to attendance at meetings by township supervisor, reports to township board, and township supervisor as agent for legal township business.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-SUPERVISOR. - Supervisor. (41.60...41.64b) › Section 41.64b - Statements to Supervisor; Oath; Oath of Office.

41.64b Statements to supervisor; oath; oath of office.
Sec. 64b.
(1) The supervisor of a township may place a person under oath on any of his or her statements made to the supervisor in his or her official capacity as supervisor.
(2) The supervisor of a township may administer the oath of office as provided in section 1 of article XI of the state constitution of 1963 to township officers.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 420, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 2012
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69) › Section 41.65 - Custody of Records, Books, and Papers; Preservation; Delivery to Successor in Office; Accounts; Accounting Records; Journals and Ledgers.

41.65 Custody of records, books, and papers; preservation; delivery to successor in office; accounts; accounting records; journals and ledgers.
Sec. 65.
The township clerk of each township shall have custody of all the records, books, and papers of the township, when no other provision for custody is made by law. The township clerk shall file and safely keep all certificates of oaths and other papers required by law to be filed in his or her office, and shall record those items required by law to be recorded. These records, books, and papers shall not be kept where they will be exposed to an unusual hazard of fire or theft. The township clerk shall deliver the records, books, and papers on demand to his or her successor in office. The township clerk shall also open and keep an account with the treasurer of the township, and shall charge the treasurer with all funds that come into the treasurer's hands by virtue of his or her office, and shall credit him or her with all money paid out by the treasurer on the order of the proper authorities of the township, and shall enter the date and amount of all vouchers in a book kept by the township clerk in the office. The township clerk shall also open and keep a separate account with each fund belonging to the township, and shall credit each fund with the amounts that properly belong to it, and shall charge each fund with warrants drawn on the township treasurer and payable from that fund. The township clerk shall be responsible for the detailed accounting records of the township utilizing the uniform chart of accounts prescribed by the state treasurer. The township clerk shall prepare and maintain the journals and ledgers necessary to reflect the assets, liabilities, fund equities, revenues, and expenditures for each fund of the township.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- Am. 1850, Act 66, Imd. Eff. Mar. 5, 1850 ;-- CL 1857, 557 ;-- CL 1871, 701 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 178, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1875 ;-- How. 739 ;-- CL 1897, 2338 ;-- CL 1915, 2117 ;-- CL 1929, 1005 ;-- CL 1948, 41.65 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69) › Section 41.66 - Book of Records; Transcription of Minutes of Township Meeting; Entering Order, Direction, or Rule; Availability of Book and Other Writings to Public.

41.66 Book of records; transcription of minutes of township meeting; entering order, direction, or rule; availability of book and other writings to public.
Sec. 66.
The township clerk shall transcribe, in the book of records of the township, the minutes of the proceedings of each township meeting held in the township, and shall enter in the book, each order, direction, or rule made by the township meeting. The book and any other writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the township clerk in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the public in compliance with Act No. 442 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 558 ;-- CL 1871, 702 ;-- How. 740 ;-- CL 1897, 2339 ;-- CL 1915, 2118 ;-- CL 1929, 1006 ;-- CL 1948, 41.66 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69) › Section 41.67 - Return to County Clerks of Names and Addresses of Officers Elected or Appointed.

41.67 Return to county clerks of names and addresses of officers elected or appointed.
Sec. 67.
The township clerk of each township, and the city clerk of each city, shall, immediately after the qualifying of the officers elected or appointed in their respective townships and cities, return to the clerks of their respective counties the names and addresses of all such officers.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 559 ;-- Am. 1869, Act 103, Eff. July 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 703 ;-- Am. 1873, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 1873 ;-- How. 741 ;-- Am. 1885, Act 55, Imd. Eff. Apr. 23, 1885 ;-- CL 1897, 2340 ;-- CL 1915, 2119 ;-- CL 1929, 1007 ;-- CL 1948, 41.67 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69) › Section 41.68 - Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974.

41.68 Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to notice of election of justice of the peace.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-CLERK. - Township Clerk. (41.65...41.69) › Section 41.69 - Township Clerk; Bond; Deputy.

41.69 Township clerk; bond; deputy.
Sec. 69.
Each township clerk, within the time limited for filing the oath of office and before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond to the township in the sum and with sureties that the township board requires and approves, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office according to law, including the safekeeping of the records, books, and papers of the township in the manner required by law, and for their delivery on demand to the township clerk's successor in office. The bond shall be filed in the office of the supervisor. The township clerk shall appoint a deputy, who shall serve at the pleasure of the clerk. The deputy shall take an oath of office and file the oath with the clerk. In case of the absence, sickness, death, or other disability of the clerk, the deputy shall possess the powers and perform the duties of the clerk, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board. The deputy shall be paid by salary or otherwise as the township board determines. With the approval of the township clerk, the deputy may assist the township clerk in the performance of the township clerk's duties at any additional times agreed upon between the board and the clerk, except the deputy shall not have a vote on the township board.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 561 ;-- CL 1871, 705 ;-- Am. 1875, Act 178, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1875 ;-- How. 743 ;-- CL 1897, 2342 ;-- CL 1915, 2121 ;-- CL 1929, 1009 ;-- CL 1948, 41.69 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 33, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1977 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 230, Imd. Eff. Sept. 16, 1982 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.70 - Township Board; Membership; Quorum; Adoption of Section.

41.70 Township board; membership; quorum; adoption of section.
Sec. 70.
The supervisor, 2 trustees, the township treasurer, and the township clerk constitute the township board, and any 3 of them constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the township board. However, in townships having a population of 5,000 or more as determined by the last federal decennial census or having 3,000 or more registered electors, the supervisor, the township treasurer, the township clerk, and 4 trustees, to be elected by the registered electors of the township as provided in sections 358 and 362 of the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.358 and 168.362 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, constitute the township board, and any 4 of them constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The township clerk in such a township shall be the clerk of the township board. However, this subsection does not apply unless the electors of a township having a population of 5,000 or more, or having 3,000 or more registered electors, adopt the provisions of this section by a majority vote at an annual or special township meeting of the electors or adopted the provisions of this section before December 22, 1952.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 562 ;-- CL 1871, 706 ;-- How. 744 ;-- CL 1897, 2343 ;-- CL 1915, 2122 ;-- CL 1929, 1010 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 81, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 23, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 41.70 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1952, Ex. Sess., Act 2, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1952 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Compiler's Notes:
Section 171.13, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 116 of 1954. See now MCL 168.1 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.71 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.

41.71 Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to raising quorum.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.72 - Fiscal Year; Commencement and Termination; Proportionate Extension or Reduction.

41.72 Fiscal year; commencement and termination; proportionate extension or reduction.
Sec. 72.
The fiscal year of a township may commence on July 1 of each year and end on the following June 30, or it may commence on April 1 of each year and end on the following March 31. If a budget has been adopted, an audit performed, or other actions or proceedings taken before July 1, based upon a fiscal year ending in March, the fiscal year shall be proportionately extended or reduced to coincide with the fiscal year as provided in this section without impairment of township functions, services, or activities.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 564 ;-- CL 1871, 708 ;-- How. 746 ;-- CL 1897, 2345 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 149, Eff. Sept. 16, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 2124 ;-- CL 1929, 1012 ;-- CL 1948, 41.72 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 159, Eff. Mar. 30, 1972 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 596, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1979 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 291, Eff. Mar. 31, 1981 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.72b - Conducting Business at Public Meeting; Notice of Meeting.

41.72b Conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting.
Sec. 72b.
The business which the township board may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. Public notice of the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the manner required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976.
History:
Add. 1960, Act 19, Eff. Aug. 17, 1960 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.73, 41.74 - Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.

41.73, 41.74 Repealed. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections pertained to auditing accounts, preservation of records, bond of township clerk, and township clerk as clerk of board.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.75 - Approval and Payment of Claims Against Township; Filing and Preservation of Accounts; Authorized Payments.

41.75 Approval and payment of claims against township; filing and preservation of accounts; authorized payments.
Sec. 75.
In addition to other business matters that may be acted upon at a regular meeting of the township board, the township board shall approve claims against the township and authorize payment of allowed claims. Accounts approved by the township board shall be filed and preserved by the township clerk. The payments authorized shall be paid by the treasurer, on the order of the township board, signed by the township clerk.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 567 ;-- CL 1871, 711 ;-- How. 749 ;-- Am. 1887, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1887 ;-- CL 1897, 2348 ;-- CL 1915, 2127 ;-- CL 1929, 1015 ;-- CL 1948, 41.75 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Compiler's Notes:
For transfer of functions relating to energy policy from the Energy Administration, Department of Commerce, to the Public Service Commission, Department of Commerce, see E.R.O. No. 1986-4, compiled at MCL 460.901 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BOARD. - Township Board. (41.70...41.75b) › Section 41.75a - Township Manager and Other Employees; Employment; Duties.

41.75a Township manager and other employees; employment; duties.
Sec. 75a.
The township board may employ a township manager and other employees as are necessary. They shall serve at the pleasure of the township board and shall perform duties lawfully directed by the township board, except those duties that are delegated by law to another township official, unless consent has been granted.
History:
Add. 1972, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1972 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TREASURER. - Treasurer. (41.76...41.79) › Section 41.76 - Township Treasurer; Duties Generally.

41.76 Township treasurer; duties generally.
Sec. 76.
The township treasurer shall receive and take charge of money belonging to the township, or that is by law required to be paid into the township treasury, and shall pay over and account for the money, according to the order of the township board, or the authorized officers of the township.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 568 ;-- CL 1871, 712 ;-- Am. 1877, Act 124, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 751 ;-- CL 1897, 2353 ;-- CL 1915, 2133 ;-- CL 1929, 1016 ;-- Am. 1933, Act 43, Eff. Oct. 17, 1933 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 16, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- CL 1948, 41.76 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 177, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TREASURER. - Treasurer. (41.76...41.79) › Section 41.78 - Account of Receipts and Expenditures; Book or Electronic Means; Delivery to Successor in Office; Availability of Documents to Public.

41.78 Account of receipts and expenditures; book or electronic means; delivery to successor in office; availability of documents to public.
Sec. 78.
(1) At the expense of the township, each township treasurer shall keep an accurate account of the receipts and expenditures of township money in a book or by electronic means which meets the uniform accounting requirements of the state treasurer. The account shall reflect the amount of money belonging to each of the several funds of the township and shall be delivered in a timely manner to the township treasurer's successor in office.
(2) Any document prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the township treasurer in the performance of an official function shall be available to the public in compliance with the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 570 ;-- CL 1871, 714 ;-- How. 753 ;-- CL 1897, 2355 ;-- CL 1915, 2135 ;-- CL 1929, 1018 ;-- CL 1948, 41.78 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 651, Imd. Eff. Jan. 5, 2007
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TREASURER. - Treasurer. (41.76...41.79) › Section 41.79 - Repealed. 1972, Act 178, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973.

41.79 Repealed. 1972, Act 178, Eff. Mar. 30, 1973.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to accounting by treasurer.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.80 - Constables; Bond Required.

41.80 Constables; bond required.
Sec. 80.
Every person elected or appointed to the office of constable, before taking office and within the time prescribed by law for filing the official oath, shall execute, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the township board, an instrument in writing by which the constable and his or her sureties jointly and severally agree to pay to each person who may be entitled money that the constable becomes liable to pay on account of the neglect or default of the constable in the service or return of process that may be delivered to him or her for service or collection or on account of misfeasance of the constable in the discharge of, or failure of the constable to faithfully perform, the duties of his or her office.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- Am. 1855, Act 51, Eff. May 15, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 572 ;-- CL 1871, 723 ;-- Am. 1881, Act 166, Eff. Sept. 10, 1881 ;-- How. 762 ;-- CL 1897, 2364 ;-- CL 1915, 2144 ;-- CL 1929, 1020 ;-- CL 1948, 41.80 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.81 - Constables; Bond; Filing; Certified Copy as Evidence of Contents and Execution; Actions Against Constables or Sureties Upon Bond.

41.81 Constables; bond; filing; certified copy as evidence of contents and execution; actions against constables or sureties upon bond.
Sec. 81.
The bond required in section 80 shall be filed in the office of the township clerk, and a copy of the bond certified by the township clerk is presumptive evidence of the contents and execution of the bond. Actions against a constable or his or her sureties upon such a bond shall be commenced within 6 years after the expiration of the year in which commenced the term of office during which the neglect, default, misfeasance, or failure occurred.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 573 ;-- CL 1871, 724 ;-- How. 763 ;-- CL 1897, 2365 ;-- CL 1915, 2145 ;-- CL 1929, 1021 ;-- CL 1948, 41.81 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.82 - Constables; Service of Warrants, Notices, and Process; Duties; Ordinance Restricting or Limiting Powers; Compliance With Minimum Employment Standards; Cost of Compliance; Appointment as District Court Officer.

41.82 Constables; service of warrants, notices, and process; duties; ordinance restricting or limiting powers; compliance with minimum employment standards; cost of compliance; appointment as district court officer.
Sec. 82.
(1) Constables shall serve all warrants, notices, and process lawfully directed to them by the township board, or the township clerk, or another officer, and shall perform other duties as are required of them by law. A township board, by ordinance, may restrict or limit the powers of a township constable prescribed by state law. If the township requires the constable to perform both statutory criminal and civil duties, a person elected or appointed to the office of township constable shall comply with the minimum employment standards established by the law enforcement officer training council pursuant to section 9 of Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being section 28.609 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The cost of complying with these standards shall be borne by the township.
(2) A township constable may be appointed as a district court officer by the district court and may perform the duties permitted pursuant to chapter 83 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, as amended, being sections 600.8301 to 600.8395 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The employment standards of subsection (1) shall not apply when a township constable is appointed as a district court officer.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 574 ;-- CL 1871, 725 ;-- How. 764 ;-- CL 1897, 2366 ;-- CL 1915, 2146 ;-- CL 1929, 1022 ;-- CL 1948, 41.82 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 426, Imd. Eff. Jan. 11, 1977
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.83 - Constables; Service of Writ, Process, or Order.

41.83 Constables; service of writ, process, or order.
Sec. 83.
A constable may serve any writ, process, or order lawfully directed to him or her in any township in his or her county.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 575 ;-- CL 1871, 726 ;-- How. 765 ;-- CL 1897, 2367 ;-- CL 1915, 2147 ;-- CL 1929, 1023 ;-- CL 1948, 41.83 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.83a - Constable or Police Officers; Right to Pursue, Arrest, and Detain Person Outside of Township Limits.

41.83a Constable or police officers; right to pursue, arrest, and detain person outside of township limits.
Sec. 83a.
If a person has committed a civil infraction violation under the Michigan vehicle code, Act No. 300 of the Public Acts of 1949, being sections 257.1 to 257.923 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, within a township, or has committed or is suspected of having committed any crime within a township, or has escaped from any prison or jail in that township, the constable or police officers of that township shall have the same right to pursue, arrest, and detain the person outside of the township limits as does the sheriff of the county.
History:
Add. 1983, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Mar. 18, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.83b - Police Officer or Constable; Authority to Execute Bench Warrant.

41.83b Police officer or constable; authority to execute bench warrant.
Sec. 83b.
A police officer of a township or, if authorized by the township board, a constable of a township has the same authority within the township as a deputy sheriff to execute a bench warrant for arrest issued by a court of record or a municipal court.
History:
Add. 1992, Act 44, Imd. Eff. May 12, 1992
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-CONSTABLES. - Constables. (41.80...41.84) › Section 41.84 - Constables; Attendance at Sessions of Circuit Courts; Notice; Payment.

41.84 Constables; attendance at sessions of circuit courts; notice; payment.
Sec. 84.
Constables shall attend the sessions of the circuit courts for their respective counties when notified for that purpose by the sheriff and paid by their respective counties.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 576 ;-- CL 1871, 727 ;-- How. 766 ;-- CL 1897, 2368 ;-- CL 1915, 2148 ;-- CL 1929, 1024 ;-- CL 1948, 41.84 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-JUSTICES-OF-THE-PEACE. - Justices of the Peace. (41.90...41.94) › Section 41.90-41.94 - Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974.

41.90-41.94 Repealed. 1974, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Feb. 26, 1974.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-COMPENSATION-TO-TOWNSHIP-OFFICERS. - Compensation to Township Officers. (41.95...41.96) › Section 41.96 - Township Officers; Extra Services, Compensation.

41.96 Township officers; extra services, compensation.
Sec. 96.
For services not otherwise provided for by law, rendered to townships by township officers in the duties of their respective offices, the township board shall audit and allow such compensation as they shall deem reasonable.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 588 ;-- CL 1871, 742 ;-- How. 775 ;-- CL 1897, 2375 ;-- CL 1915, 2155 ;-- CL 1929, 1031 ;-- CL 1948, 41.96
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101) › Section 41.97 - Moderator of Township Meeting.

41.97 Moderator of township meeting.
Sec. 97.
The supervisor, if present, shall be the moderator of an annual or special township meeting of the electors, and if he or she is not present, the meeting, under the direction of the township clerk, shall elect by voice vote, a moderator of the meeting. However, the township clerk has the same powers and duties as the moderator until a moderator is chosen.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 589 ;-- CL 1871, 743 ;-- How. 776 ;-- CL 1897, 2376 ;-- CL 1915, 2156 ;-- CL 1929, 1032 ;-- CL 1948, 41.97 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 105, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101) › Section 41.98 - Duties of Moderator.

41.98 Duties of moderator.
Sec. 98.
The moderator of a meeting of the electors shall preside in and regulate the proceedings of a meeting of the electors. He or she shall decide all questions of order and make public declaration of all votes passed, and if a vote so declared by him or her shall immediately upon such declaration be questioned, he or she shall make the vote certain by polling the voters, or dividing the meeting, unless the township, by a previous vote or by its bylaws, has otherwise provided.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 590 ;-- CL 1871, 744 ;-- How. 777 ;-- CL 1897, 2377 ;-- CL 1915, 2157 ;-- CL 1929, 1033 ;-- CL 1948, 41.98 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101) › Section 41.99 - Permission Required to Address Meeting; Request for Silence.

41.99 Permission required to address meeting; request for silence.
Sec. 99.
A person shall not address a meeting of the electors until permission is obtained from the moderator, nor while any other person is speaking. All persons at a meeting of the electors shall be silent at the request of the moderator.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 591 ;-- CL 1871, 745 ;-- How. 778 ;-- CL 1897, 2378 ;-- CL 1915, 2158 ;-- CL 1929, 1034 ;-- CL 1948, 41.99 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101) › Section 41.100 - Repealed. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977.

41.100 Repealed. 1977, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 8, 1977.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to disorderly conduct at township meeting.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-TOWNSHIP-BUSINESS-OTHER-THAN-ELECTIONS. - Township Business, Other Than Elections. (41.97...41.101) › Section 41.101 - Exclusion of Person From Public Meeting; Refusal to Withdraw as Misdemeanor; Penalty.

41.101 Exclusion of person from public meeting; refusal to withdraw as misdemeanor; penalty.
Sec. 101.
A person shall not be excluded from a public meeting except for a breach of the peace actually committed at the meeting. A person who refuses to withdraw from a public meeting, on being ordered by the moderator to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $50.00.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 593 ;-- CL 1871, 747 ;-- How. 780 ;-- CL 1897, 2380 ;-- CL 1915, 2160 ;-- CL 1929, 1036 ;-- CL 1948, 41.101 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.102 - Right to Vote; Challenge; Ruling.

41.102 Right to vote; challenge; ruling.
Sec. 102.
An elector of the township shall have a right to vote on all matters and questions before any township meeting of the electors, and when any person claiming the right to vote is challenged, the moderator shall rule on the challenged person's qualifications as an elector.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 594 ;-- CL 1871, 748 ;-- How. 781 ;-- CL 1897, 2381 ;-- CL 1915, 2161 ;-- CL 1929, 1050 ;-- CL 1948, 41.102 ;-- Am. 1963, 2nd Ex. Sess., Act 1, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1963 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.103 - Polling Places.

41.103 Polling places.
Sec. 103.
A township board may provide polling places located within the limits of a city that has been incorporated from territory formerly a part of the township, and the electors of the township may cast their ballots at this polling place.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 41.103, which pertained to eligibility for elective township office, was repealed by Act 19 of 1972, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.104 - Limits and Boundary Lines of Organized Township; Division of Lands Into 2 or More Townships; Agreement as Dispositive of Lands and Apportionment of Proceeds; Annexation; Sale and Conveyance of Lands; Apportionment of Proceeds.

41.104 Limits and boundary lines of organized township; division of lands into 2 or more townships; agreement as dispositive of lands and apportionment of proceeds; annexation; sale and conveyance of lands; apportionment of proceeds.
Sec. 104.
(1) The limits and boundary lines of every organized township in existence on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section shall remain as established until otherwise provided by law.
(2) If, as provided by law, lands owned by a township are divided into 2 or more townships, the township boards of the townships constituted by the division shall jointly meet as soon as possible after the first township meetings of the electors held in each of the townships. At the meeting, the township boards may make an agreement concerning the disposition of township lands and the apportionment of the proceeds of a sale of those lands, as they think equitable, and take measures, and execute conveyances necessary to implement the agreement.
(3) If a township's boundary is altered by annexing a part of its territory to 1 or more townships, the township board of the township from which the territory is to be taken and the township board of the township or townships to which the territory is to be annexed shall jointly meet as soon as possible after the annexation and shall possess the powers provided in subsection (2).
(4) If an agreement for the disposition of lands altered pursuant to this section is not made by the township boards within 6 months after the alteration or division, the township board of each township in which any portion of these lands are located shall proceed as soon as possible to sell and convey the part of the lands that are located within the limits of that township. The proceeds arising from this sale shall be apportioned between the several townships by the township boards of all of these townships, according to the amount of taxable property in the township divided or altered, as it existed immediately before the division or alteration, to be ascertained by the last assessment roll of the township.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.105 - Apportionment of Money, Rights, Credits, and Other Personal Estate.

41.105 Apportionment of money, rights, credits, and other personal estate.
Sec. 105.
If a township possessed of or entitled to money, rights, credits, or other personal estate is divided or altered, the money, rights, credits, and other personal estate, shall be apportioned between the interested townships by the township boards of these townships according to the rule of apportionment above prescribed. The township boards of these townships shall jointly meet for that purpose as soon as possible after each township holds its first subsequent township meeting.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.106 - Meeting of Township Boards; Notice; Compliance With Open Meetings Act.

41.106 Meeting of township boards; notice; compliance with open meetings act.
Sec. 106.
If a meeting of the township boards of 2 or more townships is required pursuant to sections 104 to 109 of this chapter, a meeting may be called by any of the supervisors, but the supervisor calling the meeting shall give in writing to all the other officers at least 6 days' notice of the time and place at which the meeting is to be held. The meeting shall be held in compliance with the open meetings act, Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 41 - Townships › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (41.1 - 41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16 - Chapter 16 Chapter 16. of the Powers and Duties of Townships, the Election and Duties of Township Officers, and the Division of Townships. (41.1...41.110c) › R-S-1846-41-1-16-QUALIFICATIONS-OF-VOTERS-AND-OFFICERS. - Qualifications of Voters and Officers. (41.102...41.110c) › Section 41.107 - Cemeteries.

41.107 Cemeteries.
Sec. 107.
Sections 104 to 106 of this chapter shall not apply to a cemetery belonging to a township. Such a cemetery shall belong to the township within which it is situated after a division is made.
History:
Add. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989