Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 456.1 (2026)

Cemetery corporation; incorporators.

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CEMETERY CORPORATIONS


Act 87 of 1855


456.1 Cemetery corporation; incorporators.

Sec. 1.

    That any 5 or more persons of lawful age, may organize themselves into a corporation, by such name as they shall adopt, for the purpose of acquiring land for a burial ground for the dead, to dispose of rights of burial therein, and to fence, improve, ornament and keep the same in suitable condition, in the manner hereinafter provided.

History: 1855, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Feb. 12, 1855 ;-- CL 1857, 1717 ;-- CL 1871, 3373 ;-- How. 4728 ;-- CL 1897, 8362 ;-- CL 1915, 11122 ;-- CL 1929, 10401 ;-- CL 1948, 456.1