Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 41.70 (2026)

Township board; membership; quorum; adoption of section.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

41.70 Township board; membership; quorum; adoption of section.

Sec. 70.

The supervisor, 2 trustees, the township treasurer, and the township clerk constitute the township board, and any 3 of them constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of the township board. However, in townships having a population of 5,000 or more as determined by the last federal decennial census or having 3,000 or more registered electors, the supervisor, the township treasurer, the township clerk, and 4 trustees, to be elected by the registered electors of the township as provided in sections 358 and 362 of the Michigan election law, Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, being sections 168.358 and 168.362 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, constitute the township board, and any 4 of them constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The township clerk in such a township shall be the clerk of the township board. However, this subsection does not apply unless the electors of a township having a population of 5,000 or more, or having 3,000 or more registered electors, adopt the provisions of this section by a majority vote at an annual or special township meeting of the electors or adopted the provisions of this section before December 22, 1952.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 16 ;-- CL 1857, 562 ;-- CL 1871, 706 ;-- How. 744 ;-- CL 1897, 2343 ;-- CL 1915, 2122 ;-- CL 1929, 1010 ;-- Am. 1935, Act 19, Eff. Sept. 21, 1935 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 81, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- Am. 1945, Act 23, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 41.70 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Mar. 8, 1949 ;-- Am. 1952, Ex. Sess., Act 2, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1952 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 77, Imd. Eff. June 20, 1989

Compiler's Notes:

Section 171.13, referred to in this section, was repealed by Act 116 of 1954. See now MCL 168.1 et seq.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1952–2016 · leading case: Abrahamson v. Wendell, 256 N.W.2d 613 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977).

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Abrahamson v. Wendell, 256 N.W.2d 613 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). · cites it 2× “MCLA 41.70; MSA 5.62. The township board is empowered to appoint members of the township board of appeals.”

Twp. of Dearborn v. Dearborn Twp. Clerk, 55 N.W.2d 201 (Mich. 1952). “supra, as amended, is set forth in CL 1948, §41.70 (Stat 'Ann 1951 Gum 'Supp §5.62). There were further .”

Malgorzata Krawczyk v. Twp. of Hagar, 673 F. App'x 508 (6th Cir. 2016). “Mich. Comp. Laws §§ 41.70 , 168.341, 168.”

Lanphear v. Antwerp Twp., 214 N.W.2d 66 (Mich. Ct. App. 1973). · cites it 2× “MCLA 41.70; MSA 5.62 describes the membership of the township board, and provides that the township board shall consist of officers elected generally from the entire township.”

Joseph v. Twp. of Grand Blanc, 147 N.W.2d 458 (Mich. Ct. App. 1967). “3 CLS 1961, § 41.70 (Stat Ann 1961 Rev § 5.62). 4 CLS 1961, § 41.”

Schave v. Dep't of State Police, 227 N.W.2d 278 (Mich. Ct. App. 1975). “In 1A Larson, Workmen’s Compensation Law, §41.70, pp 311-313, the author discusses the type of medical testimony necessary to establish "evidence to the contrary” in statutes similar to the one at bar: "An interesting recent phenomenon has been the burgeoning in all parts of the…”

Abrahamson v. Wendell, 249 N.W.2d 302 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). “MCLA 41.70; MSA 5.62. The township board is empowered to appoint members of the township board of appeals.”

Distel v. Dep't of Mental Health, 360 N.W.2d 249 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “MCL 41.70; MSA 5.62. The township supervisor is the agent of the township for the transaction of all legal business and upon whom all processes against the township must be served.”

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