MCL - Index of Act 3 of 1895

NOTE: Dates reflect any modification to item, not necessarily a change in law.

Title	Subject
Act 3 of 1895	THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT (61.1 - 75.12) *** 62.5a SUBSECTION (1) DOES NOT APPLY AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2006: See subsection (2) ***
3-1895-I	CHAPTER I INCORPORATION. (61.1...61.15)
Section 61.1	Incorporation of villages; charter.
Section 61.1a	Definitions.
Section 61.1b	Construction of act; validation of bonds.
Section 61.1c	Emergency financial manager; authority and responsibilities.
Section 61.1d	Minimum staffing requirement; adoption of village charter or ordinance prohibited.
Section 61.2-61.11	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 61.12	Village incorporated; body politic; powers.
Section 61.14	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 61.15	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-II	CHAPTER II OFFICERS. (62.1...62.15)
Section 62.1	Village officers; council; ordinance providing for election and terms of office; adoption; filing petition to delay effect of ordinance; ballot question.
Section 62.2	Additional officers; appointment.
Section 62.3	Appointments; time.
Section 62.4	Term of office.
Section 62.5	Village trustees; term of office; ordinance providing for election and terms of office.
Section 62.5a	Staggered terms of office; resolution; length of initial terms; applicability of subsection (1).
Section 62.6	Appointive officers; term.
Section 62.7	Qualifications for office; void votes; “in default” defined; oath.
Section 62.8	Official bonds; deposit time.
Section 62.9	Additional bonds; removal from office.
3-1895-II-VACANCIES-IN-OFFICE.	VACANCIES IN OFFICE. (62.10...62.15)
Section 62.10	Resignations.
Section 62.11	Office vacancies.
Section 62.12	Failure of officer to give or maintain bond.
Section 62.13	Vacancies; filling; special elections; procedure; expenses.
Section 62.14	Surety not exonerated.
Section 62.15	Property delivered to successor.
3-1895-III	CHAPTER III ELECTIONS. (63.1...63.14)
Section 63.1	Election; exception; place.
Section 63.2	Special election; resolution.
Section 63.3	Village elections as nonpartisan.
Section 63.4	Voting requirements.
Section 63.5, 63.6	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 4, 1974.
Section 63.7	Conduct of election; designation of term on ballot.
Section 63.8-63.12	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 63.13	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 63.14	Violation of MCL 168.1 to 168.992 applicable to petitions; penalties.
3-1895-IV	CHAPTER IV DUTIES OF OFFICERS. (64.1...64.21)
3-1895-IV-PRESIDENT.	PRESIDENT. (64.1...64.4)
Section 64.1	President as chief executive officer; duties generally.
Section 64.2	Village president; duties as conservator of peace.
Section 64.3	Suspension or removal of officer; examination and inspection of books, records, and papers; additional duties of president; section subject to ordinance.
Section 64.4	Acting president.
3-1895-IV-CLERK.	CLERK. (64.5...64.8a)
Section 64.5	Clerk; duties.
Section 64.6	Clerk as general accountant; duties; check disbursement.
Section 64.7	Clerk; duties.
Section 64.8	Duties; financial report to council; contents.
Section 64.8a	Functions subject to ordinance.
3-1895-IV-TREASURER.	TREASURER. (64.9...64.12a)
Section 64.9	Village treasurer; duties.
Section 64.10	Treasurer; reports; contents.
Section 64.11	Treasurer; vouchers.
Section 64.12	Treasurer; disposition of money; private use prohibited.
Section 64.12a	Functions subject to ordinance.
3-1895-IV-MARSHAL.	MARSHAL. (64.13...64.16)
Section 64.13-64.16	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-IV-SURVEYOR.	SURVEYOR. (64.17...64.17)
Section 64.17	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-IV-STREET-COMMISSIONER.	STREET COMMISSIONER. (64.18... 64.19)
Section 64.18, 64.19	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-IV-ASSESSOR.	ASSESSOR. (64.20...64.20)
Section 64.20	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-IV-COMPENSATION.	COMPENSATION. (64.21...64.21)
Section 64.21	Village officers; compensation.
3-1895-V	CHAPTER V VILLAGE COUNCIL. (65.1...65.8)
Section 65.1	Legislative authority vested in village council.
Section 65.2	Village council; president.
Section 65.3	Village council; president pro tempore.
Section 65.4	Village council; regular meetings; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting; special meetings.
Section 65.5	Village council; rules and record of proceedings; quorum; adjournment; compelling attendance; vote; ordinance or resolution appropriating money; publication of proceedings and vote; availability of certain writings to public.
Section 65.6	Repealed. 1968, Act 317, Eff. Sept. 1, 1968.
Section 65.7	Village council; audit of accounts; procedure; defenses to action or proceeding.
Section 65.8	Village manager; term; employment contract; powers and duties; ordinance assigning responsibilities to manager.
3-1895-VI	CHAPTER VI ORDINANCES. (66.1...66.14)
Section 66.1	Ordinance; style; passage; days required to be effective.
Section 66.2	Violation of ordinance; sanction; designation as civil infraction; civil fine; act or omission constituting crime; penalty.
Section 66.2a	Recreational trailway; posting ordinance; prohibited operation of vehicle as municipal civil infraction; penalty.
Section 66.3	Record of ordinances; authentication.
Section 66.3a	Codification of ordinances.
Section 66.4	Publication of ordinance or synopsis; certification; adoption of state statute by reference; penalty.
Section 66.5	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 66.6	Violation of ordinance; commencement of prosecution; judicial district; powers of court.
Section 66.7	Violation of ordinance; civil action to recover penalty; warrant; law governing proceedings.
Section 66.8	Use of county jail; expenses.
Section 66.9	Sufficient statement of cause; right to trial by jury; selecting and summoning jurors; inhabitant of village as juror; applicability of section to civil infraction.
Section 66.10	Appeals to circuit court; proceedings.
Section 66.11	Village lockup or holding facility.
Section 66.12	Security for costs; filing by complaining witness; liability.
Section 66.13	Fines; payment.
Section 66.14	Suit against collector; failure to pay over fines; larceny.
3-1895-VII	CHAPTER VII POWERS OF COUNCIL. (67.1...67.64)
Section 67.1	General powers of council.
Section 67.1a	Locomotives; enforceability of ordinance prescribing maximum speed limit.
Section 67.1a[1]	Powers and immunities of village.
3-1895-VII-LICENSES.	LICENSES. (67.2...67.2)
Section 67.2	Licenses; issuance; revocation; sanctions; support of poor.
3-1895-VII-POUNDS.	POUNDS. (67.3...67.3)
Section 67.3	Animal pound.
3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-BUILDINGS-GROUNDS-AND-PARKS.	PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS. (67.4...67.6)
Section 67.4	Acquisition, purchase, and erection of public buildings; purchase, appropriation, and ownership of real estate; purposes; sale of buildings, grounds, or parks.
Section 67.5	Village lockup, holding facility, or hospital; location outside corporate limits; regulations; enforcement.
Section 67.6	Public parks and grounds; powers of council.
3-1895-VII-STREETS-AND-SIDEWALKS.	STREETS AND SIDEWALKS. (67.7...67.16)
Section 67.7	Public highways, bridges, grounds; supervision; liability for damages; bridges.
Section 67.8	Sidewalks; construction; maintenance; expenses; allocation.
Section 67.9	Sidewalks; removal of snow and ice; ordinance authorized.
Section 67.10	Sidewalks; failure of abutting owner; assessment; collection.
Section 67.11	Sidewalks; regulation of things on, over and under.
Section 67.12	Public improvement; powers of council; expenses; assessment.
Section 67.13	Vacating, discontinuing, or abolishing highway, street, lane, alley, or public ground; resolution; meeting; objections; notice of meeting; filing objection; record.
Section 67.14	Public highways; survey; vacation resolution, recording, evidence.
Section 67.15	Street grades; conformity with adjacent lands; record, diagram.
Section 67.16	Street or sidewalk grades; change; damage to property owner; payment; assessment.
3-1895-VII-PAVING-AND-IMPROVEMENTS.	PAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS. (67.17...67.19)
Section 67.17	Bridges, culverts, and streets; construction, maintenance.
Section 67.18	Bridges, streets, and highways; expenses; payment; tax levy; “paving” defined.
Section 67.19	Bridges, streets, and highways; principles of tax apportionment.
3-1895-VII-STREET-REGULATIONS.	STREET REGULATIONS. (67.20...67.23)
Section 67.20	Obstructions, encroachments; removal; offenders, punishment.
Section 67.21	Trees in highways; street lighting.
Section 67.22	Public streets; excavation, regulation.
Section 67.23	Public streets; regulations; enforcement; council; powers.
3-1895-VII-SEWERS-DRAINS-AND-WATER-COURSES.	SEWERS, DRAINS AND WATER-COURSES. (67.24...67.34)
Section 67.24	Sewers, drains, watercourses; construction; condemnation.
Section 67.25	Sewers, drains, and watercourses; expense of construction; methods of payment.
Section 67.26	Sewers, drains, watercourses; special assessment; map of sewer district; contents; filing with cost estimate; hearing; notice; special assessments.
Section 67.27	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 67.28	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 67.29	Private drains; construction, regulation; work at private expense.
Section 67.30	Private drains; connection with public sewers.
Section 67.31	Private drains; connection to public sewers; charge; collection.
Section 67.32	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 67.33	Sewers, ditches, water systems, and watercourses; repair expense.
Section 67.34	Public sewers and drain ordinances.
3-1895-VII-HARBORS-WHARVES-AND-HARBOR-MASTERS.	HARBORS, WHARVES, AND HARBOR MASTERS. (67.35...67.39)
Section 67.35	Public wharves, piers and levees; construction, regulation, leasing of privileges.
Section 67.36	Public wharves; conformity with grade; line limit.
Section 67.37	Public wharves; rates and charges.
Section 67.38	Preservation of purity of water; regulation of navigable waters; duties of council.
Section 67.39	Harbor master; appointment; duties; compensation.
3-1895-VII-FERRIES.	FERRIES. (67.40...67.40)
Section 67.40	Ferry licenses; terms and restrictions; sanctions.
3-1895-VII-MARKETS.	MARKETS. (67.41...67.42)
Section 67.41	Markets; establishment; regulation.
Section 67.42	Regulations; adoption, enforcement.
3-1895-VII-PARTITION-FENCES.	PARTITION FENCES. (67.43...67.43)
Section 67.43	Ordinances and laws; fence viewers.
3-1895-VII-POLICE.	POLICE. (67.44...67.46a)
Section 67.44-67.46a	Repealed. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-VII-PUBLIC-HEALTH.	PUBLIC HEALTH. (67.47...67.54)
Section 67.47-67.54	Repealed. 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978.
3-1895-VII-CEMETERIES.	CEMETERIES. (67.55...67.64)
Section 67.55	Interments; regulation.
Section 67.56	Cemeteries; appropriation by council.
Section 67.57	Board of cemetery trustees; appointment; terms; removal; compensation.
Section 67.58	Board of cemetery trustees; chairperson; clerk; powers; duties.
Section 67.59	Board of cemetery trustees; duties; directions of council.
Section 67.60	Board of cemetery trustees; cemetery employees; ordinances, enforcement; rules.
Section 67.61	Board of trustees; cemetery fund; use; reports to council; contents; verification.
Section 67.62	Necessary ordinances; enforcement.
Section 67.63	Cemetery trustees; power to accept gifts; use.
Section 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.
3-1895-VIII	CHAPTER VIII IMPROVEMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS. (68.1...68.36)
Section 68.1-68.22	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 68.31	Expense of local public improvement or repair; special assessments.
Section 68.32	Ordinance providing special assessment procedure; contents; additional assessments; disposition of excess assessments; payment of future due installments.
Section 68.33	Special assessment as lien and debt; collection.
Section 68.34	Action to contest collection of special assessment; illegal assessment roll.
Section 68.35	Bonds.
Section 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.
3-1895-IX	CHAPTER IX FINANCE AND TAXATION. (69.1... 69.27)
Section 69.1	Authority of council to levy taxes; general fund.
Section 69.2	Authority of council to levy taxes; general highway fund.
Section 69.3	Repealed. 1958, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958.
Section 69.4	Authority of council to levy taxes; cemeteries; tax limit.
Section 69.5	Authority of council to levy taxes; street and other local improvements; special assessment proceeds.
Section 69.6	Taxation for payment of interest, principal, sinking fund deposits, evidences of indebtedness, assessments, or contract obligations; credit for surplus money.
Section 69.7	Auditing and settling accounts; statement.
Section 69.7a	Commencement of fiscal year.
Section 69.8	Village taxes; annual assessment roll; contents; certification of determination.
Section 69.9	Assessment roll; review by township board of review.
Section 69.10, 69.11	Repealed. 1967, Act 84, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967.
Section 69.12	Annual assessment roll; certification of board of review.
Section 69.13	Assessment roll; council's certificate to treasurer; contents.
Section 69.14	Assessment roll; tax apportionment by assessor.
Section 69.15	Delivery of certified assessment roll to treasurer; collection warrant; renewal of warrant.
Section 69.16	Taxes; treasurer to collect; fees.
Section 69.17	Taxes; collection by seizure of personal property.
Section 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.
Section 69.19	Tax sales; proceeds, deposit with county treasurer.
Section 69.20	Tax on personal property; collection suit.
Section 69.21	Borrowing in anticipation of revenue sharing or taxes.
Section 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).
Section 69.22a	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 69.23	Bonds; approval of electors required; exemption of certain bonds and obligations; expenses.
Section 69.24	Disbursements; procedures.
Section 69.25	Loans; issuance and execution of bonds; validation of prior bonds or indebtedness.
Section 69.26, 69.27	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
3-1895-X	CHAPTER X FIRES AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. (70.1...70.18)
Section 70.1	Ordinances and regulations; fire department and fire companies; fire fighters; rules and regulations.
Section 70.2	Vehicles and equipment; water supply.
Section 70.3	Necessary buildings for keeping vehicles and equipment.
Section 70.4	Chief of fire department; appointment; duties; section subject to ordinance.
Section 70.5	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 70.6	Storage and handling of hazardous substances; prevention and suppression of fires; ordinance; fire inspectors; authority subject to state and federal law.
Section 70.7, 70.8	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 70.9	Building or structure as nuisance; abatement or removal.
Section 70.10	Compensation of officers, fire fighters, and employees; compensation for injuries.
Section 70.11	Authorized razing of buildings; damages; determination by jury.
Section 70.12	Watercraft on navigable streams; regulation.
Section 70.13	Police force; employment; compliance with standards.
Section 70.14	Police officers; powers, duties, and authority.
Section 70.15	Police chief; nomination; appointment; service; duties.
Section 70.16	Village police officer; powers vested; authority.
Section 70.18	Department of public safety; creation; director; officers; structure.
3-1895-XI	CHAPTER XI WATER WORKS. (71.1...71.14)
Section 71.1	Water works; establishment; maintenance.
Section 71.2	Water works or filtration plant; authorized acquisitions, construction, and maintenance.
Section 71.3	Borrowing; purpose; limitations.
Section 71.4	Estimate of expense; specially assessing cost of certain water improvements.
Section 71.5	Private connections; manner; permit; repairs at owner's expense.
Section 71.6	Water rates; ordinance; terms.
Section 71.7	Water works; ordinances.
Section 71.8	Water works; location outside corporate limits; control by council.
Section 71.9	Water works; use of street or highway.
Section 71.10	Water works; condemnation.
Section 71.11	Water supply contract; use of streets, wharves, and public grounds.
Section 71.12	Street administrator; duties.
Section 71.13	Street administrator; report.
Section 71.14	Department of public works; performance of duties of administrator; director.
3-1895-XII	CHAPTER XII LIGHTING. (72.1...72.9)
Section 72.1	Authorized village lighting.
Section 72.2	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 72.3	Authorized village lighting; acquisition estimate; referendum; restriction on council.
Section 72.4	Authorized village lighting; borrowing; limitation; payment; bonds; terms.
Section 72.5	Lighting works; repairs, alterations, or extensions; raising and expenditure of funds; title retention contract providing for payment from available net revenues; construction.
Section 72.6	Light rates.
Section 72.7	Lighting; condemnation of property.
Section 72.8	Lighting; contract; users of streets, wharves, public grounds.
Section 72.9	Lighting works; control and preservation; ordinances and resolutions.
3-1895-XIII	CHAPTER XIII APPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY (73.1...73.36)
Section 73.1	Condemnation.
Section 73.2	Condemnation; acquisition of property; resolution.
Section 73.3	Condemnation; record of proceedings; admissible as evidence.
Section 73.4	Condemnation; assessment.
Section 73.5	Condemnation by negotiation and purchase.
Section 73.6-73.36	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
3-1895-XIV	CHAPTER XIV MISCELLANEOUS. (74.1...74.25)
Section 74.1	Village; construed.
Section 74.2	Village not to own stock.
Section 74.3	Affidavit or certificate of publication; filing; evidence.
Section 74.4	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.
Section 74.5	Board of trustees; construction.
Section 74.6	Changing boundaries; order, copy to secretary of state, evidence.
Section 74.6a	Petition for annexation or detachment; prohibition.
Section 74.7	Reincorporation of villages; repeal.
Section 74.8	Reincorporation of villages; rights, obligations; remedies.
Section 74.9	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 74.10	Reincorporation; existing by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations.
Section 74.11	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 74.12	Reincorporation; granted licenses.
Section 74.13	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 74.15	Repealed. 1998, Act 254, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998.
Section 74.17, 74.18	Repealed. 1988, Act 33, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1988.
Section 74.18a	Disincorporation of village; procedure.
Section 74.19	Vacating incorporation of village; submission of transcript to county board of commissioners.
Section 74.20	Vacation of village incorporation; disposition of village property; assessment; levy; placement in separate fund.
Section 74.21	Vacation of village incorporation; apportionment of indebtedness; village in more than one township or county.
Section 74.22	Placing property outside corporate limits; procedure; resolution, board of supervisors.
Section 74.23	Resolution for election of procedures.
Section 74.23a	Disincorporation commission; composition; appointment of members.
Section 74.23b	Disincorporation commission; oath of office; vacancy.
Section 74.23c	Disincorporation commission; chairperson; secretary; officers; bylaws; quorum; conducting business at public meetings.
Section 74.23d	Disincorporation commission; contract for consultants and advisors; funds.
Section 74.23e	Disincorporation plan; elements to be included; findings.
Section 74.23f	Disincorporation plan; submission; ratification.
Section 74.23g	Disincorporation plan; approval; ballot; form; special election; failure of commission to adopt plan.
Section 74.23h	Disincorporation; approval by electors.
Section 74.23i	Filing new petition; limitation.
Section 74.24	Modification of act.
Section 74.25	Short title.
3-1895-XV	CHAPTER XV ELECTIONS FOR BORROWING MONEY AND ISSUING BONDS; ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND LEVY OF A TAX TO PAY PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREOF. (75.1...75.12)
Section 75.1-75.12	Repealed. 1974, Act 4, Imd. Eff. Jan. 30, 1974.