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CEMETERY CORPORATIONS

Act 87 of 1855

AN ACT relative to burying grounds; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.


History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 103, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982




The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Document Type Description
Section 456.1 Section Cemetery corporation; incorporators.
Section 456.2 Section Cemetery corporation; acquisition of land, encumbrance, payment; lease, restriction.
Section 456.3 Section Right of burial; definition.
Section 456.3a Section Right of burial; granting in tax delinquent lands prohibited.
Section 456.4 Section Right of burial; disposal by member.
Section 456.5 Section Member; right to vote.
Section 456.6 Section Meeting to incorporate; warrant.
Section 456.7 Section Meeting to incorporate; affidavit of notice.
Section 456.8 Section Board of trustees; election; terms.
Section 456.9 Section Officers; election; sexton or superintendent, appointment.
Section 456.10 Section Officers; vacancies.
Section 456.11 Section Officers; acceptance of office, bond.
Section 456.12 Section Officers; notice of election.
Section 456.13 Section Treasurer; bond.
Section 456.14 Section Officers; compensation.
Section 456.15 Section By-laws, rules and regulations.
Section 456.16 Section Certificate of organization; contents; signature; filing certificate with department of commerce.
Section 456.17 Section Laying out burial grounds; maps; filing map with department of commerce; certificate.
Section 456.18 Section Actions and suits; common seal.
Section 456.19 Section Reincorporation under act; lot owners in public burying ground, incorporation; transfer of rights from municipalities.
Section 456.20 Section Saving clause.
Section 456.21 Section Vacation of burying ground; procedure.
Section 456.22 Section Forfeited right of burial; disposal.
Section 456.23 Section Unused burial rights; sale on non-payment of assessment; reconveyance.
Section 456.24 Section Assessment; voting; notice of meeting.
Section 456.25 Section Assessment; record.
Section 456.26 Section Assessment; notice; payment, enforcement.
Section 456.27 Section Duties of officers defined by by-laws.
Section 456.28 Section Treasurer; duties.
Section 456.29 Section Records of rights of burial; form.
Section 456.30 Section Records of rights of burial; bound blanks, index.
Section 456.31 Section Price of lots or rights of burial.
Section 456.32 Section Price of lots or rights of burial; payment receipt.
Section 456.33 Section Certificate of right of burial.
Section 456.34 Section Potter's field.
Section 456.34a Section Witness fee; prohibition.
Section 456.35, 456.35a Section Repealed. 2008, Act 478, Imd. Eff. Jan. 12, 2009.
Section 456.35b Section Endowment care fund; exemption from care fund requirements.
Section 456.36 Section Additional land; taxation; conveyance.