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Mich. Comp. Laws § 123.1 (2026)

Division of territory; adjustment of property rights and liabilities.

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DIVISION OF TERRITORY

Act 38 of 1883

123.1 Division of territory; adjustment of property rights and liabilities.

Sec. 1.

When land shall be detached from any city or township in this state and attached to any city or township, or organized into a new township, the moneys, rights, credits and personal property belonging to any city or township, the boundary of which may be so changed, or from which a new township shall be organized, shall be divided between said cities, townships, or city and township; the city or township to which said territory is attached, or the newly organized township, as the case may be, to have such a proportion as the value of the taxable property attached thereto, or embraced in such new township, bears to the whole value of the taxable property of the city or township from which said territory was detached and the city or township from which territory is detached shall be entitled to the balance of said moneys, rights, credits and personal property, the value of said taxable property to be ascertained from the assessment roll of said city or township made immediately before such change of boundary: Provided, That in case said assessment roll shall have been lost or destroyed, the value of said taxable property may be ascertained by the assessment or tax roll of said city or township made before and nearest to the time of said change of boundary which can be produced; and in case all of the assessment and tax rolls of said city or township made prior to such division or organization of the new township shall have been lost or destroyed, then the value of said taxable property may be determined by any other competent evidence.

History: 1883, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 8, 1883 ;-- How. 3109b ;-- Am. 1887, Act 51, Imd. Eff. Mar. 29, 1887 ;-- CL 1897, 3462 ;-- CL 1915, 3452 ;-- CL 1929, 2334 ;-- CL 1948, 123.1

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1950–2015 · leading case: Twp. of Casco v. Sec'y of State, 701 N.W.2d 102 (Mich. 2005).

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Twp. of Casco v. Sec'y of State, 701 N.W.2d 102 (Mich. 2005). · cites it 2× “MCL 123.1. Debts must be apportioned and land may *107 need to be sold.”

Bannan v. City of Saginaw, 420 Mich. 376 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 4× “D-1, ch 5, art 1, § 123.1. At this time, he became entitled to an annual pension of $3,479.”

Sylvan Twp. v. City of Chelsea, 882 N.W.2d 545 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “See MCL 123.1. This was because the Legislature treated villages as component parts of townships.”

Hatton v. City of Saginaw, 406 N.W.2d 871 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “SAC § 124.2 provides: A member who retires prior to his attainment of age 55 years on account of disability, as provided in Section 123, shall receive a disability pension computed according to subsection 118.”

City of Pleasant Ridge v. Twp. of Royal Oak, 44 N.W.2d 333 (Mich. 1950). “Improvements and procedure in respect to improvements and taxation therefor in platted lands in townships and villages are provided for in PA 1883, No 38, as amended and added to (CL 1948, § 123.1 et seq. [Stat Ann 1949 Rev § 5.2221 et seq.”

Braun v. Bd. of Trs. of the Policemen & Firemen Ret. Sys., 328 N.W.2d 372 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “Braun and Pendell applied for duty disability retirement benefits on August 8, and July 8, 1977, *299 respectively, pursuant to §§ 123.1 and 124.2 of the Saginaw Administrative Code.”

Fillmore Twp v. Sec'y of State (Mich. 2005). “MCL 123.1. Debts must be apportioned and land may need to be sold.”

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