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Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.22 Street commissioner; duties.
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Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the street commissioner to perform or cause to be performed, all such labor, repairs and improvements upon the highways, streets, sidewalks, alleys, bridges, reservoirs, drains, culverts, sewers, public grounds and parks within the city as the cou…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.23 Monthly report to council; contents; marshal as street commissioner.
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Sec. 23. He shall make a report to the council, in writing and on oath, once in each month, giving an exact statement of all labor performed by him, or under his supervision, and the charges therefor, the amount of material used, and the expense thereof, and the street or place w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.24 Constables; powers, duties.
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Sec. 24. The constables of the city shall have the like powers and authority in matters of civil and criminal nature, and in relation to the service of all manner of criminal process, as are conferred by law upon constables in townships, and shall receive the like fees for their …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.25 Neglect or refusal to perform duty; penalty; bond.
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Sec. 25. The constables of the city shall obey the lawful orders of the mayor, and aldermen and shall discharge the duties required of them by ordinance, resolution, or regulation of the council. For neglect or refusal to perform a required duty, each constable shall be subject t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.26 Supervisors; powers, duties; representation upon county board.
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Sec. 26. The supervisors of the several wards are authorized to perform the same duties in relation to the assessment of property and levying taxes for all purposes in their respective wards, as are imposed by law upon supervisors elected in townships; and they shall have the lik…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.27 Selection of jury lists.
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Sec. 27. The supervisors of the several wards shall, except in counties having a jury commission, select and return lists of grand and petit jurors to the clerk of the county, in the same manner and within the same time as the like duty is required to be performed by township off…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.3 Mayor; suspension of appointed officers, procedure; records, inspection.
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Sec. 3. The mayor may suspend any officer appointed by him at any time for neglect of duty, misconduct or other sufficient cause: Provided, That a written complaint under oath shall be preferred against said officer and filed with the city clerk. Said complaint shall be reasonabl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.37 Additional powers and liabilities of officers.
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Sec. 37. In addition to the rights, powers, duties and liabilities of officers prescribed in this act, all officers, whether elected or appointed, shall have such other rights, powers, duties and liabilities, subject to and consistent with this act, as the council shall deem expe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.38 City officers; compensation; fees.
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Sec. 38. The mayor shall receive an annual salary as the council determines and aldermen may each receive a salary as prescribed by the council. The city marshal, clerk, treasurer, city attorney, and engineer of the fire department shall each receive an annual salary as the counc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.39 Increase or diminishment of salary during term prohibited; exception; eligibility for office resigned or vacated.
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Sec. 39. The salary or rate of compensation for any officer elected by authority of this act shall not be increased or diminished during the term of office, except as provided in section 40; and no person who shall have resigned or vacated any elective office shall be eligible to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.4 Mayor; vacancy in office, president pro tem.
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Sec. 4. In the absence or disability of the mayor, or in case of any vacancy in his office, the president pro tempore of the council shall perform the duties of mayor during such absence, disability or vacancy.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.40 Ordinance establishing alternate procedure for determining salaries; local officials compensation commission; resolution; petition for referendum; changing procedure by charter amendment or revision.
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Sec. 40. (1) In lieu of the procedure in section 38, as amended, for determining salaries of elected officials, the council by ordinance may establish the procedure described in this section, in which case the restriction contained in section 39 with respect to changing salaries …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.5 Aldermen; powers, duties.
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Sec. 5. The aldermen of the city shall be members of the council, and attend the meetings thereof, and act upon committees, when thereupon appointed by the mayor or council. They shall be conservators of the peace, and as such they shall aid in maintaining quiet and good order in…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.6 City clerk; powers, duties.
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Sec. 6. The city clerk shall keep the corporate seal, and all the documents, official bonds, papers, files and records of the city, not by this act or the ordinances of the city entrusted to some other officer; he shall be clerk of the council; shall attend its meetings, record a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.7 City clerk; general accountant; tax reports.
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Sec. 7. The clerk shall be the general accountant of the city; and all claims against the corporation shall be filed with him for adjustment, and, after examination thereof, he shall report the same, with all accompanying vouchers and counter claims of the city, and the true bala…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.8 Supervision duties over moneys and property; accounts.
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Sec. 8. The clerk shall exercise a general supervision over all officers charged in any manner with the receipt, collection and disbursement of the city revenues and over all the property and assets of the city; he shall have charge of all books, vouchers and documents relating t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 87.9 Financial report to council.
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Sec. 9. The clerk shall report to the council, whenever required, a detailed statement of the receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of the city, of the debts to be paid, and moneys required to meet the estimated expenses of the corporation, and shall perform such other …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.1 City council; members.
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Sec. 1. The legislative authority of cities incorporated under this act shall be vested in a council consisting of the mayor, two aldermen elected from each ward and the city clerk.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.10 City officers; attendance at meetings; public attendance and participation not prohibited.
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Sec. 10. (1) The attorney, marshal, street commissioner, surveyor, and engineer of the fire department may take part in proceedings and deliberations of the council on subjects relating to their respective departments, subject to rules prescribed by the council, but without the r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.11 Powers of council; control of finances, property.
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Sec. 11. The council shall have control of the finances and of all property of the city corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.12 Powers of council; ordinances, enactment.
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Sec. 12. Whenever by this act or any other provisions of law any power or authority is vested in, or duly imposed upon, the corporation or council, the council may enact such appropriate ordinances as may be necessary for the execution and exercise of such power and authority, an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.13 Powers of council; standing committees; appointment, duties.
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Sec. 13. The council may provide for the appointment of standing committees of its members, who shall perform such duties, investigate, have charge of, and report upon such matters as may be properly referred to them. Such committees shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.14 Records, books, documents, or papers; location; filing; inspection; defacement or destruction; violation; penalty.
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Sec. 14. (1) The council shall cause the records of the corporation, records of the proceedings of the council, and all books, documents, reports, contracts, receipts, vouchers, and papers relating to the finances and affairs of the city, or to the official acts of an officer of …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.15 Members; compensation.
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Sec. 15. No member of the council shall receive any compensation for his services, either as alderman, committeeman or otherwise, except as herein provided.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.17 Removal from office; preferring charges against and trying officers.
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Sec. 17. A person appointed to office by the council under this act, may be removed from office by a vote of the majority of the aldermen elect. The council may remove from office an alderman by a concurring vote of 2/3 of all the aldermen elect. For elective officers other than …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.18 Investigation of charges or other matters; procedure.
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Sec. 18. To enable the council to investigate charges against an officer, or other matters as they consider proper to investigate, the mayor, at the request of the council, may issue subpoenas or process by warrant, to compel the attendance of persons and the production of books …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.19 Witnesses; summons, oath.
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Sec. 19. Whenever the council, or any committee of the members thereof, are authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses for the investigation of matters which may come before them, the presiding officer of the council or chairman of such committee for the time being, shall h…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.2 Mayor to be president.
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Sec. 2. The mayor shall be president of the council, and preside at the meetings thereof, but shall have no vote therein, except in case of a tie, when he shall have the casting vote.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.20 Claims against city; audit, allowance; rules; defense to suit.
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Sec. 20. The council shall audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the city but no account or claim or contract shall be received for audit or allowance, unless it shall be accompanied with a certificate of an officer of the corporation, or an affidavit of the person rend…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.3 President pro tempore; powers, duties.
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Sec. 3. On the first Monday in May in each year, the council shall appoint 1 of their number president pro tempore of the council, who, in the absence of the president, shall preside at the meetings thereof, and exercise the powers and duties of president. He shall have a vote up…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.4 Clerks; duties.
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Sec. 4. The city clerk shall be clerk of the council, but shall have no vote therein. He shall keep a full record of all the proceedings of the council, and perform such other duties relating to his office as the council may direct. In the absence of the clerk or his deputy the c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.5 Aldermen; required attendance; loss of vote, interest.
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Sec. 5. Each alderman shall be required to attend all sessions of the council, and serve upon committees when appointed thereon. No alderman shall vote on any question in which he shall have a direct personal interest, but on all other questions he shall vote unless excused there…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.6 Election returns; qualification of membership; meetings, notice.
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Sec. 6. The council shall be judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own members. It shall hold regular stated meetings for the transaction of business, at such times and places within the city as it shall prescribe, not less than 2 of which shall be held in each …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.7 Conducting business at public meeting; notice; quorum; adjournment; pending business; compelling attendance of absent members; concurring vote required for certain actions; reconsidering or rescinding vote at special meeting; appropriation of money; passing or adopting resolution.
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Sec. 7. (1) The business which the council may perform shall be conducted at a public meeting of the council held in compliance with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being sections 15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Public notice of the time, date, and place o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.8 Rules for council proceedings; record or journal of proceedings; availability of writings to public; taking votes; entering votes on journal; publication of record and votes.
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Sec. 8. (1) The council shall prescribe rules for council proceedings, and keep a record or journal of the proceedings. A writing prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by the council in the performance of an official function shall be made available to the publ…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 88.9 Compelling attendance at meetings; fines for nonattendance; sanctions for disorderly conduct; ordinance.
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Sec. 9. The council, by ordinance, may compel the attendance of council members and other officers of the city at its meetings, may enforce fines for nonattendance of a member or officer, and may prescribe sanctions for any misbehavior or contemptuous or disorderly conduct by a m…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.1 Style of ordinance; passage; required vote; effective date of ordinance.
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Sec. 1. The style of each ordinance shall be, "The city of ................... ordains." Each ordinance shall require for its passage the concurrence of a majority of all the aldermen elected or appointed, exclusive of the mayor or other officer or person legally exercising the d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.2 Violation of ordinance; sanction; designation of civil infractions; act or omission constituting crime; limitation on fine or forfeiture; penalty.
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Sec. 2. (1) The council of a city may prescribe a sanction for the violation of an ordinance. (2) Consistent with any of the following statutes, the council may adopt an ordinance that designates a violation of the ordinance as a civil infraction and provides a civil fine for tha…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.2a Recreational trailway; posting of ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
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Sec. 2a. (1) An ordinance regulating a recreational trailway is not effective unless it is posted and maintained near each gate or principal entrance to the trailway. (2) The operation of a vehicle on a recreational trailway at a time, in a place, or in a manner prohibited by an …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.3 Veto powers of officers; passage of resolution over veto.
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Sec. 3. No ordinance or resolution passed by the council shall have any force or effect, if, on the day of its passage, or on the next day thereafter, the mayor, or other officer or person legally discharging the duties of mayor, shall lodge in the office of the clerk a notice, i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.4 Repealed ordinances; re-enactment.
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Sec. 4. No repealed ordinance shall be revived unless the whole, or so much as is intended to be revived, shall be re-enacted. When any section or part of a section of an ordinance is amended, the whole section, as amended shall be re-enacted.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.5 Approved ordinances; recording.
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Sec. 5. All ordinances when approved by the mayor or when regularly enacted shall be immediately recorded by the clerk of the council, in a book to be called "The Record of Ordinances," and it shall be the duty of the mayor and clerk to authenticate the same by their official sig…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.6 Approved ordinances; publication; certificate; plumbing, electric, building codes, adoption; publication.
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Sec. 6. Within 1 week after the passage of any ordinance the same shall be published in some newspaper printed and circulated within the city, and the clerk shall immediately after such publication enter upon the record of ordinances, in a blank space to be left for such purpose …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 89.7 Judicial notice of ordinances; best evidence, order.
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Sec. 7. In all courts having authority to hear, try or determine any matter or cause arising under the ordinances of any city, and in all proceedings in such city relating to or arising under the ordinances or any ordinance thereof, judicial notice shall be taken of the enactment…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.1 Violations; commencement of action; time limitation.
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Sec. 1. An action for a violation of an ordinance of a city incorporated under this act shall be commenced within 2 years after the commission of the violation.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.10 Cause of action; allegations; applicability of subsection (1); judicial notice.
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Sec. 10. (1) It is not necessary in a proceeding for the violation of an ordinance of the city to state or set forth the ordinance or a provision of the ordinance in a warrant, process, or pleading. It is a sufficient statement of the cause of action in the warrant, process, or p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.11 Trial by jury.
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Sec. 11. In prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the city, either party may require a trial by jury. The jury, except when other provision is made, shall consist of 6 persons. In suits commenced by warrant, the jury shall be selected and summoned as in misdemeanor cas…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.12 Appeal; judicial notice of ordinances and resolutions.
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Sec. 12. (1) In an action commenced by warrant as provided in this act, a party convicted of a violation of an ordinance of the city may appeal the judgment to the circuit court in the county in which the city is located, in the same manner as in misdemeanor cases appealed from t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.13 Fines imposed for violations; payment.
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Sec. 13. Except in cases in which a fine is paid to a parking violations bureau or a municipal ordinance violations bureau pursuant to section 8395 or 8396 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.8395 and 600.8396 of the M…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 90.14 Fines imposed for violations; neglect of receiver, penalty.
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Sec. 14. If any person who shall have received any such fine or any part thereof shall neglect to pay over the same pursuant to the foregoing provision, it shall be the duty of the council to cause suit to be commenced immediately therefor, in the name of the city, and to prosecu…