14 chapters · 63 sections in this title.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.41 Vacation of cemetery; jurisdiction of chancery court.
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Sec. 1. That whenever the trustees of any incorporated village, or the common council of any city, shall by resolution adopted by them, determine that the dead bodies buried in any public or private cemetery located in such city or village should be removed therefrom, for the rea…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.42 Petition of trustees or council to vacate; notice.
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Sec. 2. That such petition shall be made in behalf of said trustees or common council by an attorney or agent appointed by them for that purpose, who shall file a petition signed and sworn to by him in the office of the register of said court for the proper county, which petition…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.43 Court proceedings; order to vacate; recording.
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Sec. 3. That the hearing of such petition may be continued from term to term in the discretion of the court, without further notice, that all testimony may be taken in open court or the taking of the same may be referred in the discretion of the court to a circuit court commissio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 128.44 Reinterment; time of year; expenses, payment.
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Sec. 4. That when any cemetery shall be vacated as provided in this act, the said trustees or common council shall cause all the dead bodies and remains buried in such cemetery to be re-interred in the cemetery of such city or village, if they have one, and if not, then in some s…