Section 485.15 – Avoidance of Payment of Toll; Penalty.
485.15 Avoidance of payment of toll; penalty. Sec. 15. Any boat, vessel, raft, or craft which shall willfully pass through said canal or said improvement without paying the toll required, shall be liable to pay to said company the sum of 100 dollars, to be collected by proceeding against said boat or against the owners […]
Section 485.16 – Amendment or Repeal.
485.16 Amendment or repeal. Sec. 16. The legislature shall, at all times hereafter, have the free right to alter, amend or repeal this act. History: 1875, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1875 ;– How. 3835 ;– CL 1897, 6711 ;– CL 1915, 8812 ;– CL 1929, 11747 ;– CL 1948, 485.16
Section 485.17 – Taxation.
485.17 Taxation. Sec. 17. All corporations formed or existing under this act shall be liable to be assessed for all real and personal estate held by them in this state, as provided by law for the assessment of other real and personal estate, and shall pay thereon a tax for township, village, city, county, state […]
Section 485.18 – Existing Corporation; Organization Under Act, Preference in Subscription.
485.18 Existing corporation; organization under act, preference in subscription. Sec. 18. Any person or private association or corporation in the upper peninsula and Branch and Macomb counties, who have previous to the passage of this re-enacted and amended act, constructed any canal or harbor, or have improved the navigation of any river or stream in […]
Section 485.19 – Failure to Furnish Cargo Statement; Penalty.
485.19 Failure to furnish cargo statement; penalty. Sec. 19. In case the master or clerk of any boat or vessel shall neglect or refuse to furnish the statement as required by section 11 of this re-enacted and amended act, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, to be sued for and […]
Section 485.20 – Bonds; Issuance, Restrictions.
485.20 Bonds; issuance, restrictions. Sec. 20. Any company organized under this act may borrow money, and issue bonds for the payment of the same, for the purpose of providing means for repairing, altering, or enlarging said improvements: Provided, however, That the amount so raised shall not at any one time exceed in amount 50 per […]
Section 485.21 – Canal or Improvement, Purchase by County; Procedure; Operation; Sale to United States.
485.21 Canal or improvement, purchase by county; procedure; operation; sale to United States. Sec. 21. Any county through which any such improved river or stream shall pass, or in which the greater part of any such improvements have been constructed, or which any canal shall have been constructed, within the provisions of this act, shall […]
Section 485.22 – Canal or Improvement, Purchase by County; Procedure; Submission to Electors; Bonds, Issuance.
485.22 Canal or improvement, purchase by county; procedure; submission to electors; bonds, issuance. Sec. 22. The board of supervisors of any such county may at any time, by a majority vote, submit the question of purchasing any such canal, harbor or improvement, to the electors of said county; and if a majority of the electors […]
Section 485.23 – Re-Instated Corporations.
485.23 Re-instated corporations. Sec. 23. The corporations heretofore formed under said chapter 84 in the upper peninsula and in Branch and Macomb counties, are herein re-instated in all their rights, privileges, franchise, and property. History: 1875, Act 233, Imd. Eff. May 4, 1875 ;– Am. 1879, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1879 ;– How. […]
Section 485.24 – Re-Instated Corporations; Formation of Companies to Purchase and Operate.
485.24 Re-instated corporations; formation of companies to purchase and operate. Sec. 24. Corporations may be formed under this act in the upper peninsula and Branch and Macomb counties for the purpose of operating and further improving any canal or improvement in the upper peninsula and Branch and Macomb counties, of any corporation formed under the […]