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2018 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations
Act 87 of 1855 CEMETERY CORPORATIONS (456.1 - 456.36)
AN ACT relative to burying grounds; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.
History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
- Section 456.1 Cemetery corporation; incorporators.
- Section 456.2 Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
- Section 456.3 Right of burial; definition.
- Section 456.3a Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
- Section 456.4 Right of burial; disposal by member.
- Section 456.5 Member; right to vote.
- Section 456.6 Meeting to incorporate; warrant.
- Section 456.7 Meeting to incorporate; affidavit of notice.
- Section 456.8 Board of trustees; election; terms.
- Section 456.9 Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
- Section 456.10 Officers; vacancies.
- Section 456.11 Officers; acceptance of office, bond.
- Section 456.12 Officers; notice of election.
- Section 456.13 Treasurer; bond.
- Section 456.14 Officers; compensation.
- Section 456.15 By-laws, rules and regulations.
- Section 456.16 Certificate of organization; contents; signature; filing certificate with department of commerce.
- Section 456.17 Laying out burial grounds; maps; filing map with department of commerce; certificate.
- Section 456.18 Actions and suits; common seal.
- Section 456.19 Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
- Section 456.20 Saving clause.
- Section 456.21 Vacation of burying ground; procedure.
- Section 456.22 Forfeited right of burial; disposal.
- Section 456.23 Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
- Section 456.24 Assessment; voting; notice of meeting.
- Section 456.25 Assessment; record.
- Section 456.26 Assessment; notice; payment, enforcement.
- Section 456.27 Duties of officers defined by by-laws.
- Section 456.28 Treasurer; duties.
- Section 456.29 Records of rights of burial; form.
- Section 456.30 Records of rights of burial; bound blanks, index.
- Section 456.31 Price of lots or rights of burial.
- Section 456.32 Price of lots or rights of burial; payment receipt.
- Section 456.33 Certificate of right of burial.
- Section 456.34 Potter's field.
- Section 456.34a Witness fee; prohibition.
- Section 456.35, 456.35a Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
- Section 456.35b Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
- Section 456.36 Additional land; taxation; conveyance.
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