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Chapter 453 - AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 68 of 1875 ‑ GRANGES (453.1 - 453.9)
     Section 453.1 ‑ Granges; incorporation.
     Section 453.2 ‑ State granges; incorporators; articles of association, contents.
     Section 453.3 ‑ State granges; articles, proof of execution.
     Section 453.4 ‑ State grange; filing articles, certificate, and affidavit; body politic and corporate; powers; limitation on property.
     Section 453.5 ‑ State grange; officers, agents; rules, by-laws; business office.
     Section 453.6 ‑ State grange; articles, certified copy as evidence.
     Section 453.7 ‑ Subordinate granges; execution and acknowledgment of articles; filing articles and charter; body politic and corporate; powers; limitation on property; certified copy of articles and charter as evidence.
     Section 453.8 ‑ Subordinate granges; by-laws, rules; business office, location; capital stock.
     Section 453.9 ‑ Governing law.
Act 180 of 1849 ‑ MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (453.51 - 453.53)
     Section 453.51 ‑ Michigan state agricultural society; incorporation.
     Section 453.52 ‑ State agricultural society; powers, duties; restriction.
     Section 453.53 ‑ State agricultural society; annual report to legislature, contents.
Act 197 of 1849 ‑ MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (453.72 - 453.72)
     Section 453.72 ‑ State agricultural society; award of premiums, requirements.
Act 165 of 1879 ‑ MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (453.81 - 453.83)
     Section 453.81 ‑ State agricultural society; property, limitation.
     Section 453.82 ‑ State agricultural society; secretary and treasurer, bond approval; vacancies.
     Section 453.83 ‑ Annual fairs; exhibits, liability for loss.
Act 54 of 1889 ‑ MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (453.91 - 453.91)
     Section 453.91 ‑ Annual fairs; location, change.
Act 96 of 1849 ‑ COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.101 - 453.105)
     Section 453.101 ‑ County agricultural societies; organization, county aid.
     Section 453.102 ‑ County agricultural societies; tax money, duty of county treasurer.
     Section 453.103 ‑ County agricultural societies; tax money, expenditure.
     Section 453.105 ‑ County agricultural societies; membership.
Act 12 of 1867 ‑ COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.201 - 453.202)
     Section 453.201 ‑ County agricultural societies; tax apportionment.
     Section 453.202 ‑ County agricultural societies; adjacent counties uniting; tax apportionment.
Act 80 of 1855 ‑ LOCAL AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.231 - 453.240)
     Section 453.231 ‑ Agricultural or horticultural society; formation; making, signing, and acknowledging articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; content of articles.
     Section 453.232 ‑ Local agricultural societies; body corporate, powers; real estate, purchase and holding, limitation.
     Section 453.233 ‑ Stockholders.
     Section 453.234 ‑ Local agricultural societies; board of directors; officers; powers.
     Section 453.235 ‑ Repealed. 1965, Act 69, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1965.
     Section 453.236 ‑ Local agricultural societies; sale of real estate, procedure.
     Section 453.237 ‑ Repealed. 1965, Act 69, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1965.
     Section 453.238 ‑ Statement to director of agriculture.
     Section 453.239 ‑ Repealed. 1965, Act 69, Imd. Eff. June 22, 1965.
     Section 453.240 ‑ Local agricultural societies; articles of association, amendment procedure, filing.
Act 155 of 1889 ‑ LOCAL AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.281 - 453.284)
     Section 453.281 ‑ Local agricultural or horticultural societies; reorganization.
     Section 453.282 ‑ Local agricultural societies; officers; duplicate articles, contents; reorganization; body corporate.
     Section 453.283 ‑ Local agricultural society reorganization; rights and duties.
     Section 453.284 ‑ Local agricultural society reorganization; officers, directors.
Act 106 of 1893 ‑ LOCAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.291 - 453.294)
     Section 453.291 ‑ Local agricultural societies; renewal procedure.
     Section 453.292 ‑ Duplicate charter or articles of association; acknowledgment; copies of resolution and vote thereon; certification and verification; filing.
     Section 453.293 ‑ Local agricultural societies; renewed corporate existence; rights, duties.
     Section 453.294 ‑ Scope of act; limitation.
Act 125 of 1871 ‑ POMOLOGICAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.301 - 453.308)
     Section 453.301 ‑ Pomological, horticultural and agricultural societies; incorporators.
     Section 453.302 ‑ Pomological and horticultural societies; organization meeting, notice, regulations.
     Section 453.303 ‑ Pomological and horticultural societies; articles of association, contents.
     Section 453.304 ‑ Pomological and horticultural societies; articles, registration.
     Section 453.305 ‑ Pomological and horticultural societies; body corporate, powers; membership.
     Section 453.306 ‑ State pomological and horticultural association; annual report, printing.
     Section 453.307 ‑ Local pomological and horticultural associations; annual reports to state association, contents.
     Section 453.308 ‑ Pomological and horticultural associations; privileges and immunities.
Act 106 of 1895 ‑ MICHIGAN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (453.331 - 453.331)
     Section 453.331 ‑ Michigan state horticultural society; legalization of acts.
Act 188 of 1921 ‑ AGRICULTURAL FAIR ASSOCIATIONS (453.341 - 453.343)
     Section 453.341 ‑ Report; contents.
     Section 453.342 ‑ Report; certification, filing, and preservation; public inspection.
     Section 453.343 ‑ Report; effect of failure or refusal to file; false statement as perjury.
Act 8 of 1862 ‑ AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES (453.351 - 453.352)
     Section 453.351 ‑ Agricultural and horticultural societies; bonds and obligations, issuance.
     Section 453.352 ‑ Agricultural and horticultural societies; former mortgages, validity.
Act 121 of 1873 ‑ PROTECTION OF FAIR GROUNDS AND EXHIBITIONS (453.361 - 453.362)
     Section 453.361 ‑ Agricultural, horticultural, industrial fair, exposition society or horse fair; policemen at exhibitions, appointment, powers and duties.
     Section 453.362 ‑ Fair grounds; property, injury or destruction, penalty.
Act 220 of 1861 ‑ PROTECTION OF FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS (453.371 - 453.371)
     Section 453.371 ‑ Fair grounds; marshals and deputies, police powers.
Act 100 of 1895 ‑ MICHIGAN DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION (453.401 - 453.406)
     Section 453.401 ‑ Michigan dairymen's association; incorporation.
     Section 453.402 ‑ Dairymen's association; incorporators; articles of association, filing.
     Section 453.403 ‑ Dairymen's association; articles, contents.
     Section 453.404 ‑ Dairymen's association; constitution, by-laws, rules.
     Section 453.405 ‑ Dairymen's association; executive committee and officers, selection, residence.
     Section 453.406 ‑ Dairymen's association; powers; funds, investment and use.
Act 263 of 1909 ‑ Repealed-MICHIGAN DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION (453.451 - 453.452)
Act 41 of 1887 ‑ MICHIGAN DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION (453.461 - 453.461)
     Section 453.461 ‑ Dairymen's association; annual report to secretary of state; proceedings, publication and distribution.

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