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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 278 of 1909
| AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of villages and for revising and amending their charters; to provide for the levy and collection of taxes, borrowing of money, and issuance of bonds and other evidences of indebtedness; to validate bonds issued and obligations previously incurred; and to prescribe penalties and provide remedies.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 78.1 | Short title; corporate existence of villages to continue; village subject to general laws; seal; suit. |
| Section 78.1a | Conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public. |
| Section 78.1b | Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities. |
| Section 78.2 | Incorporation, detachment or addition of territory, or consolidation; petition; signatures; incorporation of summer resort association; proceedings; certification; appointment, oath, duties, and compensation of enumerators; sworn statement; "qualified electors" defined. |
| Section 78.2a | Violation of §§ 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties. |
| Section 78.3 | Petitions; contents. |
| Section 78.4 | Petition; presentation; action of county board of commissioners; resolution; vote; review. |
| Section 78.5 | Incorporation, consolidation or change of boundaries; affected district; referendum; authorizing vote. |
| Section 78.5a | Annexation; petition; vote; approval of adjoining city, village or township. |
| Section 78.6 | Petition and resolution; certified copies, transmittal to local clerks, time; election notices. |
| Section 78.7 | Villages in more than 1 county; incorporation, consolidation or change in boundary; procedure. |
| Section 78.8 | Returns canvass. |
| Section 78.9 | Proceedings; copy filed with secretary of state; recording; change effected; certificate to state treasurer; time. |
| Section 78.10 | Annexation of entire village or township; incorporation of village from part of township; annexation of part of city, village, or township by village. |
| Section 78.11 | New village; charter commission, election, manner, duties, oath; proposed charter, vote, manner; notices. |
| Section 78.12 | Village charter; rejection, effect; president de facto; resubmission; revert to prior status. |
| Section 78.13 | Village charter; new charter commission, petition, procedure, duties; eligibility; expenses, payment; territory, control. |
| Section 78.14 | Village charter; revision. |
| Section 78.15 | Election of charter commission; details fixed by legislative body. |
| Section 78.16 | Charter commission; quorum. |
| Section 78.17 | Charter; amendments, submission. |
| Section 78.18 | Charter commission; prosecuting attorneys to give advice; charter vote prerequisites. |
| Section 78.19 | Charter; publication prerequisites. |
| Section 78.20 | Charter of amendment; approval; filing time. |
| Section 78.21 | Election; expenses; manner of conducting. |
| Section 78.22 | Police officers of village; powers. |
| Section 78.22a | District court or municipal court; hearing and determining cases. |
| Section 78.22b | Police officer; authority to execute bench warrant. |
| Section 78.23 | Village charter; mandatory provisions. |
| Section 78.24 | Village charter; permissible provisions. |
| Section 78.24a | Codification of ordinances. |
| Section 78.24b | Energy conservation improvements; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contracts or notes; reports; forms. |
| Section 78.24c | Acquisition of land for disposal of sewage or protection of water supply. |
| Section 78.24d | Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1). |
| Section 78.25 | Statutory provisions; adoption. |
| Section 78.25a | Ordinance; designation of violation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime. |
| Section 78.25b | Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited violation of ordinance as municipal civil infraction; penalty. |
| Section 78.26 | Prohibited powers. |
| Section 78.26a | Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit. |
| Section 78.27 | Village charter; prohibited conflicts. |
| Section 78.28 | Construction of act. |
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