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Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.15 City treasurer; duties; notice to taxpayers; collection fee.
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Sec. 15. Upon receiving the several ward tax rolls as above provided, the city treasurer shall give notice immediately to the taxpayers of the city that such rolls have been delivered to him and that the taxes therein levied can be paid to him at his office at any time before the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.16 Unpaid taxes; collection; sale.
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Sec. 16. For the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid on the general roll on the tenth day of January, and on the July roll, where there is a July roll, on the fifteenth day of September, the city treasurer shall proceed in the same manner as township treasurers are required …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.17 Unpaid taxes; new warrants; suits.
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Sec. 17. The county treasurer may issue new warrants to the city treasurer for the collection of taxes in the same manner and in the same cases, and with the same effect, as such new warrant may be issued to township treasurers. The city collector may, and it shall be his duty to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.18 Assessment unit; city treasurer, duties.
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Sec. 18. For the purpose of assessing and levying taxes in any city incorporated under this act, for state, county, school and library purposes, each ward shall be considered the same as a township, and all provisions of law relative to the collection of taxes levied in townships…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.19 Moneys received; disposition.
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Sec. 19. The city treasurer shall, within 1 week after the time specified and directed in the warrants annexed to said several December tax rolls, pay to the county treasurer the sums required in said warrants to be so paid, either in delinquent taxes on lands, or in funds then r…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.2 Personal property; assessment; tax exemption.
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Sec. 2. If any person residing in the city a part of the time during the year shall, in the opinion of any supervisor, unjustly or falsely claim exemption from taxation therein on the ground that he or she has a residence, and is taxed or liable to taxation elsewhere than in said…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.20 Delinquent taxes; collection.
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Sec. 20. All the provisions of law respecting delinquent taxes levied in townships shall apply to all taxes levied in any ward of the city, and be returned as delinquent to the county treasurer and the ward, in respect to taxes levied therein and returned to the county treasurer,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.3 Personal property; assessment; situs.
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Sec. 3. All personal property found in any ward may be assessed therein, whether the owner thereof resides in such ward or elsewhere. If there shall be any doubt as to the ward in which any person shall be assessed for personal property belonging to such person, the board of revi…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.4 Property assessment; equalization.
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Sec. 4. For the purpose of assessing all property equally in the whole city, the supervisors of the several wards shall meet and confer together from time to time, while making their assessments, and equalize their valuations in such manner as may be just.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.5 Board of review; members, duties, compensation; equalization by county supervisors; apportionment.
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Sec. 5. The supervisors of the several wards, the city assessor in cities providing for such officer, the mayor and the city attorney, shall constitute a board of equalization and review of the general assessment rolls of the several wards of said city, a majority of whom shall c…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.6 Board of review; meetings of board; officers; proceedings; statement, form; endorsed rolls returned to supervisors; finality.
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Sec. 6. The said board shall meet on the third Monday in May in each year, at the council rooms in such city, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place notice shall be given by the clerk at least 2 weeks prior to the time of meeting, by publishing a notice thereof in …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.7 Assessment roll; certified copy delivered by supervisor to city clerk.
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Sec. 7. Within 60 days after the confirmation, and where the council have decided to have the taxes levied and collected in 2 installments, and the roll is the city or July roll, on or before the first day of June following the confirmation of such rolls, as above provided, each …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.8 Certification by city clerk to county clerk; contents.
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Sec. 8. On or before the first Monday of October in each year, the city clerk shall certify to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located the aggregate amount of all sums which the council require to be raised for the next fiscal year for all city purposes, or wh…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 111.9 Apportionment of amounts by board of supervisors; certification procedure.
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Sec. 9. The board of supervisors of the county in which such city is located shall apportion the amounts to be raised as mentioned in the preceding section among the wards of the city, according to the equalized valuation of the property appearing upon the certificate of the seve…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.1 Reincorporation under act; procedure; city council; duty; resolution; declaration of reincorporation; filing; evidence.
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Sec. 1. All cities heretofore incorporated under any general or special law of this state, and having a population of 10,000 or less, according to the last preceding census, are hereby reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act, as cities of the fourth cl…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.10 City; definition.
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Sec. 10. The term "city," whenever used in this act, shall be construed to mean a city incorporated under this act, or made subject to its provisions.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.11 City not to own stock of incorporated companies.
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Sec. 11. No such city shall become the owner or holder of stock or shares in any incorporated company.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.12 Affidavit of notice; filing, evidence.
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Sec. 12. When, by the provisions of this act, notice of any matter or proceeding is required to be published or posted, an affidavit of the publication or posting of the same, made by the printer of the newspaper in which the same was inserted, or by some person in his employ kno…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.14 Reincorporation from fourth to third class cities.
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Sec. 14. Whenever any city of the fourth class shall have a population of more than 10,000 according to the last preceding federal or state census, then such city shall be reincorporated as a city of the third class at the time and in the manner provided by law for the incorporat…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.16 Vacating incorporation of city; prerequisite, petition, procedure.
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Sec. 16. Whenever the qualified electors of any incorporated city whose population has decreased since its incorporation to less than 500 inhabitants as shown by the last federal census and the qualified electors of such city show a desire to vacate the incorporation of the same,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.17 Vacating incorporation of city; election, form of ballots, transcript of proceedings certified to county clerk; plats unaffected.
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Sec. 17. At the time of holding such meeting, all persons voting thereon shall have written or printed on their ballots "Shall the city of .......................... be vacated as a city of the 4th class? Yes [ ] No [ ]." and such meeting shall be conducted and the votes shall be…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.18 Vacating incorporation of city; certified transcript of proceedings; resolution of board of supervisors, contents; representative districts.
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Sec. 18. Upon receiving the transcript of the proceedings in submitting to a vote of the electors the question of vacating the incorporation of any city, properly certified to as provided in the preceding section, the county clerk shall lay the same before the board of supervisor…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.19 Vacating incorporation of city; deposit of books and records with county clerk; bond or other indebtedness, procedure and time for payment.
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Sec. 19. Upon the vacation of the incorporation of any city, under the provisions of the preceding sections, it shall be the duty of the officers of such city to forthwith deposit all books, papers, records, and files, relating to the organization of, or belonging to such city, w…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.2 Reincorporation under act; property, assets, vesting; liabilities; cumulative remedies.
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Sec. 2. All cities reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act, as provided in the preceding section, shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, real and personal, moneys, rights, credits and effects, and all the records, files, books and papers…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.20 Vacated territory in two or more townships or counties; division of indebtedness, procedure.
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Sec. 20. In case the territory formerly embraced within such vacated city shall consist of territory of two or more townships in the same county, it shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to apportion, among the several townships, the amount of such indebtedness which each…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.3 Reincorporation under act; officers in office until successors qualify.
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Sec. 3. All the officers in any such city, elected or appointed under the provisions of the former act of incorporation of such city, and in office at the time of such reincorporation under this act, shall continue to exercise their respective functions under the provisions of th…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.4 Reincorporation under act; existing by-laws, ordinances.
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Sec. 4. The by-laws and ordinances of any such city and the rules and regulations of the council, and of the board of health or other board or boards of such city heretofore in force and not inconsistent with this act shall remain in force after the passage of this act and are he…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.5 Reincorporation under act; special assessments, enforcement.
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Sec. 5. In cases where a special assessment has been made by authority of and confirmed by the council of any such city, and the same, or some part thereof, shall not have been collected when this act shall take effect, such city, as hereby reincorporated, shall have authority to…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.6 Reincorporation under act; existing licenses.
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Sec. 6. All licenses granted by any such city under its former act of incorporation shall be and remain in full force and virtue until the expiration of the time for which they were granted.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.7 Reincorporation under act; first election of officers, procedure.
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Sec. 7. The first election of officers for any such city reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall be held on the first Monday in April, in the year of our Lord, 1896, and notice thereof and of the officers to be elected thereat shall be given and the election held an…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 113.9 Reincorporation under act; platting of lands; liability of city for new streets.
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Sec. 9. No lands or premises shall hereafter be laid out, divided and platted into lots, streets and alleys within any such city, except by permission and approval of the council by resolution passed for that purpose; nor until the proprietor shall file with the city clerk a corr…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.1 Fourth class cities.
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Sec. 1. That all cities within the state of Michigan heretofore incorporated and made subject to the provisions of this act or which shall hereafter be incorporated under the provisions of this act, and containing a population not exceeding 10,000 according to the last preceding …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.10 Village deemed fourth class city; division into wards.
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Sec. 10. Immediately upon filing the declaration of incorporation mentioned in section 7, in the office of the secretary of state, as in that section directed, the council shall proceed to divide the newly incorporated city into wards. If such city contains a population of less t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.11 First election of new city; time, procedure.
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Sec. 11. The first election in and for the new corporation shall be held on the first Monday in April next after the filing of the declaration of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state: Provided, There shall be sufficient time after the division of the city into wa…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.12 First election of new city; prerequisites.
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Sec. 12. At least 10 days before the first election in and for the new corporation, the council of the old corporation shall appoint 4 persons in each ward as inspectors of such election therein; and cause notice to be given by the clerk, by handbills posted in 10 of the most pub…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.13 Inspectors of election; oath, duties.
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Sec. 13. The inspectors of election, appointed as provided in the preceding section, shall constitute boards of registration for their respective wards for the purpose of making the first registry of the electors therein. They shall take and file with the clerk the oath of office…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.14 Inspectors of first election; duties.
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Sec. 14. Said inspectors shall be inspectors of such first election in their respective wards, and shall have the same powers, and perform the same duties at the election, and in respect to the canvass of the votes, and in making and returning written statements and certificates …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.15 Fourth class city; bodies corporate.
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Sec. 15. All cities organized under or made subject to the provisions of this act shall be bodies politic and corporate under and by the name assumed by them in their declaration of incorporation, or designated in their acts of incorporation; and by such name may sue and be sued,…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.16 Fourth class cities; judicial notice taken; changes in organization.
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Sec. 16. Judicial notice shall be taken in all courts and proceedings in this state of the existence of all cities incorporated or made subject to the provisions of this act, and of the change of organization of any city or village from its former organization to its incorporatio…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.17 Existing ordinances, by-laws, resolutions.
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Sec. 17. All ordinances, by-laws, and resolutions, in force in any village, when it shall be incorporated under this act and not inconsistent herewith, shall continue in full force and effect until repealed or amended by the city council.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.18 Status of former rights; liabilities; remedies.
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Sec. 18. All rights and property of any kind and description which were vested in any village corporation under its former organization shall, upon its incorporation, subject to this act be deemed and held to be vested in the new corporation; and no rights or liabilities, either …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.1a Short title; definitions.
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Sec. 1a. (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as "the fourth class city act". (2) As used in this act: (a) "Civil infraction", except as used in section 2 of chapter IX, means that term as defined in section 113 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Pu…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.1b Fourth class cities; construction of act; validation of amendments and acts.
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Sec. 1b. No provision of this act shall apply or be construed as having heretofore applied to any city incorporated or reincorporated under Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, unless specifically adopted…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.1c Incorporated city as home rule city; charter.
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Sec. 1c. Effective January 1, 1980, a city incorporated under this act shall be deemed a home rule city as provided by Act No. 279 of the Public Acts of 1909, as amended, being sections 117.1 to 117.38 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Until a charter is adopted pursuant to Act No. …
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.1d Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
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Sec. 1d. Notwithstanding any provision of this act, if an emergency financial manager has been appointed under the local government fiscal responsibility act, Act No. 101 of the Public Acts of 1988, being sections 141.1101 to 141.1118 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, with respect t…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.2 Incorporation.
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Sec. 2. Any incorporated village containing a population of not less than 3,000 nor more than 10,000 as shown by the last preceding federal or state census may be incorporated as a city of the fourth class, as hereinafter provided.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.3 Incorporation; petition; resolution of village council; referendum.
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Sec. 3. Any 100 or more registered electors residing within a village may present to the village council a petition setting forth the population of the village as shown by the census, and asking that the village be incorporated as a city of the fourth class. If the village counci…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.4 Election; notices, contents.
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Sec. 4. At least 30 days before the time of holding any election at which the question mentioned in the preceding section shall be submitted to a vote of the electors, the clerk of the village shall give public notice of the time and place of holding such election; and that the q…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.5 Election; qualified voters; form of submission, canvass; return.
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Sec. 5. At such election all persons having the qualifications of electors at the annual village elections may vote upon the question of such incorporation, and it shall be the duty of the council to cause to be printed at the foot of the official village ballot, to be used at su…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 81.6 Election; authorizing vote; resolution of council, contents; records.
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Sec. 6. After the council shall have determined the result of the election upon the proposition voted upon, as provided in the preceding section, if it shall appear to the council that a majority of all the votes legally given at such election upon the question of such incorporat…