Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.206 (2026)

City library; free use; regulations.

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CITY, VILLAGE, AND TOWNSHIP LIBRARIES

Act 164 of 1877

397.206 City library; free use; regulations.

Sec. 6.

Every library and reading room established under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants where located, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt; and said board may exclude from the use of said library and reading room any and all persons who shall wilfully violate such rules.

History: 1877, Act 164, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 5180 ;-- CL 1897, 3454 ;-- CL 1915, 3436 ;-- CL 1929, 8064 ;-- CL 1948, 397.206

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2007 · leading case: Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007).

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Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 737 N.W.2d 476 (Mich. 2007). · cites it 2× “[7] See MCL 397.206 ("Every [municipal] library .”

Goldstone v. Bloomfield Twp. Pub. Library, 708 N.W.2d 740 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “1877 PA 164 § 6 is now MCL 397.206 and it provides: Every library and reading room established under this act shall be forever free to the use of the inhabitants where located, always subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as the library board may adopt; and said board…”

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