STATE TRUNK LINE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Act 51 of 1951
247.669 Roads, streets, and alleys taken over as county roads.
Sec. 19.
The board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall, within 1 year from the effective date of this act, complete the taking over as county roads of all roads, streets and alleys heretofore required to be taken over as county roads by the provisions of Act No. 130 of the Public Acts of 1931, as amended, being sections 247.1 to 247.13, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1948. Said board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall take over as county roads all streets and alleys lying outside the limits of incorporated cities and villages and dedicated to the public in recorded plats approved by said board of county road commissioners, within 30 days after the recording of the plat or the effective date of this act, whichever may be the later. Such dedicated streets and alleys, when taken over by the county road commission, shall be county roads in all respects and for all purposes and shall be classified as county primary roads or county local roads pursuant to the provisions of this act.
History: 1951, Act 51, Eff. June 1, 1951
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McNitt Act
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Michigan Transportation Fund Act
Notes of Decisions
Christiansen v Gerrish Twp., 608 N.W.2d 83 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000).
· cites it 2× “For the version of the law currently in effect, see MCL 247.669; MSA 9.1097(19). [3] 3 We note that a street is not truly “dedicated” to public use until acceptance has taken place.”
Kraus v. Mich. Dep't of Com., 547 N.W.2d 870 (Mich. 1996).
“7 This resolution was prompted by 1951 PA 51 , § 19, MCL 247.669; MSA 9.1097(19), which repealed the McNitt act.”
Eyde Bros. Dev. Co. v. Roscommon Cnty. Bd. of Road Commissioners, 411 N.W.2d 814 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987).
“Further evidence *665 established that, on March 16, 1953, the county road commission resolved: (a) to formally acknowledge, confirm and reaffirm their prior taking over as county roads all streets required to be taken as county roads pursuant to the McNitt Act; and (b) to take…”
In Re Petition of Miller, 171 N.W.2d 473 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 2× “We also note that section 19 of PA 1951, No 51 (MCLA § 247.669 [Stat Ann 1958 Bev § 9.1097(19)]) provides in part: “The board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall, within 1 year from the effective date of this act, complete the taking over as county…”
Court v. Clark, 172 N.W.2d 545 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969).
· cites it 2× “The trial court concluded that Nankin township did not have a duty to remove snow from the sidewalk under CLS 1961, § 247.669 (Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.1097 [19]).”
Michigan Cent. Park Ass'n v. Roscommon Cnty. Road Comm'n, 139 N.W.2d 333 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966).
“The lower court found that Michigan Central Park boulevard, running parallel Avith Higgins lake, Avas a public highway as contemplated by the McNitt act , as amended, CLS 1961, § 247.669 (Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.1097 [19]) and that the public authorities had assumed jurisdiction…”
Salzer v. State Treasurer, 209 N.W.2d 849 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973).
· cites it 3× “” Plaintiffs asserted that the statute relied on by *39 the road commission was not applicable because Montgomery Boulevard was not a county road in that the road commission’s resolution incorporating the boulevard into the county road system on July 25, 1962, was not timely in…”
Ackerman v. Spring Lake Twp., 163 N.W.2d 230 (Mich. Ct. App. 1968).
“142) repealed by PA 1951, No 51, currently CLS 1961, § 247.669 (Stat Ann 1958 Rev § 9.1097[19]).”
Ruthann O'Brien v. Jesse D Emmons (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “Defendant further argued that Richardson Road was a public road because it had adopted the road in 1936 pursuant to the McNitt Act, MCL 247.669, and, in the alternative, became a public road through the highway-by-user statute, MCL 221.”
Antonio Fleming v. Waterford Charter Twp. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
· cites it 2× “669 provides: The board of county road commissioners in each of the several counties shall, within 1 year from the effective date of this act, complete the taking over as county roads of all roads, streets and alleys heretofore required to be taken over as county roads by the…”
Howard Schrock v. City of Linden (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
“MCL 247.669. In this case, the City argues that various documents show that the Road Commission took over the relevant portion of Ripley Road.”
Twp. of Grayling v. Alan Berry (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).
“The current law, see MCL 247.669, contains similar wording and similarly allows the takeover of roads designed as public in recorded plats by a county, even if a township did not first accept the roads.”
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