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Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.42 Regulations; adoption, enforcement.
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Sec. 42. The council may adopt and enforce such regulations as may be necessary to prevent fraud and to preserve order in the markets; and may authorize the immediate arrest, and removal from the market, of any person violating such regulations, together with any article in his p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.43 Ordinances and laws; fence viewers.
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Sec. 43. The council is authorized to enact all such ordinances and laws as it may deem proper relative to the building, rebuilding, maintaining and repairing of partition fences by the owners and occupants of adjoining lots, enclosures and parcels of land in the village; and rel…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.5 Village lockup, holding facility, or hospital; location outside corporate limits; regulations; enforcement.
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Sec. 5. If the council considers it in the public interest, grounds and buildings for a village lockup or holding facility or hospital may be purchased, erected, and maintained beyond the corporate limits of the village. In such a case, the village may enforce beyond the corporat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.55 Interments; regulation.
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Sec. 55. Any village may acquire, hold and own such cemetery or public burial place or places, either within or without the limits of the corporation as in the opinion of the council shall be necessary for the public welfare, and suitable for the convenience of the inhabitants, a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.56 Cemeteries; appropriation by council.
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Sec. 56. The council may, within the limitations in this act contained, raise and appropriate such sums as may be necessary for the purchase of cemetery grounds, and for the improvement, adornment, protection, and care of the cemetery grounds.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.57 Board of cemetery trustees; appointment; terms; removal; compensation.
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Sec. 57. (1) Whenever any village owns, purchases, or otherwise acquires any cemetery or cemetery grounds, the council may appoint a board of cemetery trustees. The council may provide that the powers conferred upon a board of cemetery trustees by this act shall be exercised by t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.58 Board of cemetery trustees; chairperson; clerk; powers; duties.
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Sec. 58. The board of cemetery trustees shall appoint 1 of their number chairperson and the village clerk shall be clerk of the board, and the council may by ordinance invest the board with such powers and authority as may be necessary for the care, management, and preservation o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.59 Board of cemetery trustees; duties; directions of council.
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Sec. 59. Said board subject to the directions and ordinances of the council, shall have the care and management of any such cemetery or burial place or places and shall direct the improvements and embellishments of the grounds, cause such grounds to be laid out into lots, avenues…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.6 Public parks and grounds; powers of council.
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Sec. 6. The council may lay out or establish public parks and grounds within the village, and improve, light, and ornament public parks and grounds within the village. The council may regulate the use of public parks and grounds and protect the public parks and grounds and their …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.60 Board of cemetery trustees; cemetery employees; ordinances, enforcement; rules.
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Sec. 60. Said board shall appoint the necessary superintendents and employes for the cemetery, expend the money provided for the care and improvement of the grounds, enforce the ordinances of the village made for the management and care thereof and make such regulations for the b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.61 Board of trustees; cemetery fund; use; reports to council; contents; verification.
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Sec. 61. (1) Money raised for any public cemetery authorized by this act, and money received from the sale of lots or from other cemetery operations, shall be paid into the village treasury and constitute the "cemetery fund". The cemetery fund shall be used exclusively for cemete…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.62 Necessary ordinances; enforcement.
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Sec. 62. The council of a village owning a burial place, whether within or without the village, may pass and enforce an ordinance necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act concerning burial places, to control or regulate the burial place and the improvement of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.63 Cemetery trustees; power to accept gifts; use.
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Sec. 63. The board of cemetery trustees may receive in trust money or other property as gifts, grants, devises, or bequests for cemetery purposes. The money or other property shall be held in trust by the board, subject to the terms and conditions on which it was given, granted, …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.64 Board of cemetery trustees; rules and bylaws; recording bylaws; appointment, duties, and bond of treasurer; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; availability of certain writings to public.
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Sec. 64. (1) The board of cemetery trustees may make all requisite and necessary rules and bylaws to carry into effect the powers vested and duties required by section 63. The bylaws shall be recorded in a book kept for that purpose. The board of cemetery trustees shall also appo…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.7 Public highways, bridges, grounds; supervision; liability for damages; bridges.
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Sec. 7. The council shall have supervision and control of all public highways, bridges, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, and public grounds within the village, and shall have the authority over these that is given by the general laws of the state. A village is not liable in d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.8 Sidewalks; construction; maintenance; expenses; allocation.
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Sec. 8. The council shall have control of all sidewalks in the public streets and alleys of the village and may prescribe or change the grade of the sidewalks when considered necessary. The council may build, maintain, and keep in repair sidewalks and cross walks in the public st…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 67.9 Sidewalks; removal of snow and ice; ordinance authorized.
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Sec. 9. The council may, either by ordinance or resolution, require the owners and occupants of a lot or premises to remove all snow and ice from the sidewalks in front of or adjacent to the lot and premises, and to keep the sidewalks free from obstructions, encroachments, incumb…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.31 Expense of local public improvement or repair; special assessments.
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Sec. 31. The council of the village by adopting a resolution pursuant to section 5 of chapter V may determine that the whole or a part of the expense of a local public improvement or repair shall be defrayed by special assessments upon the property specially benefited.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.32 Ordinance providing special assessment procedure; contents; additional assessments; disposition of excess assessments; payment of future due installments.
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Sec. 32. The complete special assessment procedure to be used, including the time when special assessments may be levied; the kinds of local public improvements for which a hearing is required on the resolution levying the special assessments; the preparing of plans and specifica…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.33 Special assessment as lien and debt; collection.
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Sec. 33. From the date of confirmation of a roll levying a special assessment, the full amount of the assessment and the interest thereon shall constitute a lien on the premises subject thereto and that amount shall be a debt of the person to whom assessed until paid and, in case…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.34 Action to contest collection of special assessment; illegal assessment roll.
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Sec. 34. An action to contest the collection of a special assessment shall be instituted under the tax tribunal act, 1973 PA 186, MCL 205.701 to 205.779.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.35 Bonds.
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Sec. 35. The village council may borrow money and issue bonds of the village therefor in anticipation of the payment of special assessments in 1 or more special assessment districts, which bonds may be an obligation of the special assessment district or may be both an obligation …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 68.36 Energy conservation improvements; acquisition or financing; resolution; payment; scope of improvements; acquisition of improvements by contract, lease-purchase agreement, or notes; reports; forms; terms of lease-purchase agreement.
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Sec. 36. (1) The council of a village may provide by resolution for the acquisition or financing of energy conservation improvements to be made to village facilities or infrastructure and may pay for the improvements or the financing or refunding of the improvements from operatin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.1 Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.
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Sec. 1. (1) Actions taken by the council under this chapter are subject to the voting requirements of section 5 of chapter V. However, the council shall not increase a tax or impose a special assessment except by an affirmative vote of 2/3 of the members of council. (2) The counc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.12 Annual assessment roll; certification of board of review.
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Sec. 12. Immediately after the review of the assessment roll, the secretary of the board of review shall file the assessment roll with the council.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.13 Assessment roll; council's certificate to treasurer; contents.
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Sec. 13. The council, after an examination of the assessment roll, shall certify to the treasurer the assessment roll, together with the amount which they require to be raised by general tax, for highway and other general purposes and all amounts of special assessments which they…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.14 Assessment roll; tax apportionment by assessor.
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Sec. 14. Upon receiving the assessment roll, with the certificate of the several amounts to be raised, as provided in section 13 of this chapter, the treasurer shall estimate, apportion, and set down in columns opposite to the several valuations of real and personal property on t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.15 Delivery of certified assessment roll to treasurer; collection warrant; renewal of warrant.
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Sec. 15. The warrant of the president of the village shall be annexed to the roll, directing and requiring the treasurer to collect from the persons named in the roll the sums mentioned opposite their respective names, as a tax or assessment, and authorizing him or her, in case a…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.16 Taxes; treasurer to collect; fees.
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Sec. 16. Immediately upon receiving the tax roll, with the warrant annexed, as provided in section 15 of this chapter, the treasurer shall proceed to collect the taxes levied according to the direction of the warrant, together with the fees authorized by law.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.17 Taxes; collection by seizure of personal property.
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Sec. 17. If a person, including a firm or corporation, does not pay a tax imposed upon real or personal property belonging to that person, the treasurer shall collect the tax by seizing the personal property of that person located in this state in an amount sufficient to pay the …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.18 Taxes as lien against property; interest; fees and charges; taxes returned delinquent; resolution; tax bill or enclosure to specify where delinquent taxes to be paid; adding fees and interest to taxes; return of unpaid taxes on real property to county treasurer; collection; rate of interest and fees; delinquent taxes as lien; return to department of treasury.
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Sec. 18. (1) Taxes collected by a village become a lien against the property on which assessed on July 1. Taxes collected on or before September 14 in each year are not subject to interest. Taxes collected after September 14 of any year bear interest at the rate imposed by the ge…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.19 Tax sales; proceeds, deposit with county treasurer.
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Sec. 19. Moneys received for such sale shall be paid over to the village treasurer. All of the provisions of the general tax law relative to the sale and redemption of lands returned for delinquent taxes shall apply to the sale and redemption of lands returned for delinquent taxe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.2 Authority of council to levy taxes; general highway fund.
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Sec. 2. The council shall also have power to raise, by general tax upon all real estate and personal property aforesaid, such sum not exceeding 1/2 of 1 per cent of the assessed value of said property, as they shall deem necessary for highway and street purposes. Such moneys shal…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.20 Tax on personal property; collection suit.
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Sec. 20. If the treasurer is unable to collect a tax assessed upon personal property in the village, the treasurer of the village may bring an action, in the name of the village, for the recovery of the tax, against any persons against whom the tax was assessed, before a court of…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.21 Borrowing in anticipation of revenue sharing or taxes.
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Sec. 21. Subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821, the council may borrow money, and give notes of the village, in anticipation of 1 or more of the following: (a) The receipt of revenue sharing payments under the Glenn Steil state revenue…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.22 Raising additional amounts by tax or loan; approval of electors; limitation on taxation and indebtedness; exclusions from limitation; validation of prior bonds or obligations; computation of net indebtedness for purposes of subsection (2).
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Sec. 22. (1) If any greater amount is required in any year for any lawful purpose than can otherwise be raised by the council under this chapter, the amount may be raised by tax or loan, or partly by tax and partly by loan. If approved by a majority vote of the electors at an ann…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.23 Bonds; approval of electors required; exemption of certain bonds and obligations; expenses.
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Sec. 23. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a village shall not issue bonds unless the issuance is approved by a majority of the electors voting on the bond issuance at a regular or special village election. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the Michigan election law…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.24 Disbursements; procedures.
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Sec. 24. Disbursements may be made from the treasury under either of the following procedures: (a) Upon appropriation by the council and the warrant of the clerk, countersigned by the president. The warrant shall specify the fund from which the money is payable, and shall be paid…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.25 Loans; issuance and execution of bonds; validation of prior bonds or indebtedness.
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Sec. 25. A loan may not be made by the council or by its authority in any year, exceeding the amounts prescribed in this act. For a loan lawfully made, the bonds of the village may be issued subject to the revised municipal finance act, 2001 PA 34, MCL 141.2101 to 141.2821. The b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.4 Authority of council to levy taxes; cemeteries; tax limit.
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Sec. 4. The council may for the purpose of purchasing grounds for a cemetery, raise by general tax a sum not exceeding in any 1 year, 1/4 of 1% of the taxable value of the property in the village. However, the total sum that may be raised for the purchase of grounds for that purp…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.5 Authority of council to levy taxes; street and other local improvements; special assessment proceeds.
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Sec. 5. The council may raise by special assessment upon the lands in sewer districts and special assessment districts, for the purpose of defraying the cost and expense of grading, paving, and graveling streets, and for constructing drains and sewers, and for making other local …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.6 Taxation for payment of interest, principal, sinking fund deposits, evidences of indebtedness, assessments, or contract obligations; credit for surplus money.
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Sec. 6. The council shall raise annually by taxation an amount such that the estimated collections will be sufficient to promptly pay when due the interest, that portion of the principal, and the required sinking fund deposits on the outstanding bonds or other evidences of indebt…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.7 Auditing and settling accounts; statement.
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Sec. 7. Within 2 weeks after an annual village election for members of the council, the council shall audit and settle the accounts of the treasurer and other officers of the village, and so far as practicable, of all persons having claims against the village. The council shall p…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.7a Commencement of fiscal year.
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Sec. 7a. The fiscal year of a village shall commence on March 1 of each year. The council may by ordinance adopt another date for the commencement of the village's fiscal year. The fiscal year of any village subject to this act that commences on a date other than March 1 on the e…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.8 Village taxes; annual assessment roll; contents; certification of determination.
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Sec. 8. The treasurer of a village subject to this act shall, in each year, at and within the same time as required by the general laws of this state for the assessment of property in the townships of this state, make an assessment roll containing a description of all the real pr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 69.9 Assessment roll; review by township board of review.
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Sec. 9. The board of review of the township where the village is located shall review the assessment roll in the same manner, at the same time and place, and pursuant to the same processes as provided in sections 28 to 33 of the general property tax act, 1893 PA 206, MCL 211.28 t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.1 Ordinances and regulations; fire department and fire companies; fire fighters; rules and regulations.
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Sec. 1. The council may adopt ordinances and regulations to protect against fires and may establish and maintain a fire department and organize and maintain fire companies. Unless otherwise provided in an ordinance adopted under section 8 of chapter V that delegates the authority…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.10 Compensation of officers, fire fighters, and employees; compensation for injuries.
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Sec. 10. The officers, fire fighters, and employees of the department shall receive compensation as the council may provide. The council may provide suitable compensation for an injury to person or property which a fire fighter receives in consequence of the performance of the fi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.11 Authorized razing of buildings; damages; determination by jury.
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Sec. 11. (1) The chief in charge of the department at any fire, with the concurrence of the president or any 2 trustees, may cause any building to be pulled down or destroyed to arrest the progress of the fire. (2) If a building is so pulled down or destroyed, a person having an …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 70.12 Watercraft on navigable streams; regulation.
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Sec. 12. The council of a village located upon any of the navigable waters of the state may by ordinance prescribe regulations, to be observed by owners, masters, and employees of watercraft, necessary to prevent fires in a harbor and to prevent the communication of fire from wat…