2018 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 456 - Cemetery Associations
Act 87 of 1855 CEMETERY CORPORATIONS (456.1 - 456.36)
Section 456.19 Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
Sec. 19.
Any burying ground corporation heretofore organized under any law of this state, upon complying with the provisions of the preceding sections of this act, shall possess all the powers, and be subject to all the restrictions of corporations originally organized under this act; and the owners of lots in any public burying ground in this state may associate together and organize themselves into a corporation under the provisions of this act, whenever a majority of such owners shall take the proceedings provided by sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, and thereafter other owners may become members of such corporation by a vote of the board of officers of the corporation, on application to be admitted to membership. Cities, villages and towns may transfer to any corporation, organized under this act, all rights remaining to them in any public burying ground.
History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1735 ;-- Am. 1867, Act 99, Eff. June 27, 1867 ;-- CL 1871, 3392 ;-- How. 4746 ;-- CL 1897, 8380 ;-- CL 1915, 11140 ;-- CL 1929, 10419 ;-- CL 1948, 456.19
