Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.9 (2026)

Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations.

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THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP ACT

Act 359 of 1947

42.9 Township officers; powers and duties; additional officers, limitations.

Sec. 9.

The township supervisor, township clerk, township treasurer, justices of the peace, and constables in each charter township shall have and perform the duties and functions required of such officers by state law. The township board may, by resolution, upon the recommendation of the supervisor, or of the township superintendent if one shall be appointed, create such additional officers as may be necessary to administer the affairs of the township government, or may combine any administrative offices in any manner not inconsistent with state law, and prescribe the duties thereof. No creation of any additional administrative office or combination thereof shall abolish the offices of township clerk or township treasurer nor diminish any of the duties or responsibilities of those offices which are prescribed by state law.

History: 1947, Act 359, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 42.9

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1986–2023 · leading case: Armstrong v. Ypsilanti Charter Twp., 640 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002).

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Armstrong v. Ypsilanti Charter Twp., 640 N.W.2d 321 (Mich. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 10× “5 and MCL 42.9.] Plaintiff asserts that this section of the statute only allows the board to create a position and does not explicitly grant the board authority to abolish a position.”

DeGrace v. Shelby Twp. Police & Fire Civil Serv. Comm'n, 389 N.W.2d 137 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986). “This action was a nullity because it did not conform with MCL 42.9; MSA 5.46(9), the charter townships act.”

Esordi v. Macomb Twp. (E.D. Mich. 2023). · cites it 3× “573, 589-90 (2001) (Concluding that Mich. Comp. Laws § 42.9 allows a township board to abolish a position and any other reading of that statute is absurd”).”

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