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REPORTS REQUIRED BY STATUTES.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Continued.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas-
sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
1905
4c Women's Clubs.
8351. . .
1895
25 Young Men's Christian As- sociations.
To the State Treasurer.
3667 ...
1895
25 Clerk of the Board of County Canvassers.
Election returns.
2631. . .
1887
23 County Clerks. 3d Detroit House of Correction.
· 8550. . .
1846
13c Each Bank, Railroad, Canal, or Turnpike Company.
7257 .. . 5112 .. .
1903 } 19055
4c Fire, Plate Glass, Accident, Boiler, etc., Insurance Com- panies.
5258. . 5143. .
1867
4c Foreign Express Companies. 5c Foreign Insurance Compa- nies.
Business done, condition, etc. Business done, condition, etc.
5264. ..
1867
6c Foreign Telegraph Com- panies.
1903
Probate Judges, etc.
Certain wills of property in trust for insane persons. Statement of bonds, etc.
5205. . .
1897
4c Surety and Guaranty Com- panies.
To the Attorney General.
7729.
1881
Affairs in detail.
8263. . .
25 Benevolent Societies.
Affairs in detail. 1
8269. .
1879 1881 } [1899]
25 Charitable Societies.
Affairs in detail.
7481. . .
1869
25 Co-operative Mutual Benefit Associations.
Business affairs.
7551. . .
1877
25 Co-operative Savings Asso- ciations.
8295. . . 7430. . .
1863
25 Hospitals and Asylums.
Affairs in detail. Affairs in detail.
2559. . .
1891
28 Prosecuting attorneys.
8351. ..
1895
25 Young Men's Christian As- sociations.
To the Commissioner of the State Land Office.
3925. . . 4395. . .
1897
3c County Treasurers. * Prosecuting Attorney. 3 Supervisors.
Delinquent lands, etc. Actions in drain proceedings. Drain assessments.
4351. . .
1897
To the Auditor General.
2227. . .
1891
3 Boards of State Institutions: Educational, Charitable, Penal, etc.
Annual statements to be pub- lished in reports of.
3926. . .
1893
21c Commissioner of the Land Office.
Lands on which taxes have been paid.
To the Secretary of State .- Concluded.
Executive officers, other facts as required. Affairs in detail.
2159 .. .
1883
Lists of notaries public. Receipts and disbursements. Capital stock paid in.
Condition, business done, etc.
Business done, condition, etc.
25 Associations, Members of the Bar.
Condition, shares, etc.
1857 1903
25 Mechanics' Associations. Probate Judges, etc.
Certain wills of property in trust for insane persons.
Official business, prosecutions, punishments, etc. Affairs in detail.
1899
* No definite time fixed for making report. 20
1865
154
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Continued.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
To the Auditor General .- Con.
4635 .. .
1877
8c Commissioner of Mineral Statistics.
S424. .
1877
25 Corporations for prevention of cruelty to Animals.
3893. .
1899
3c County Treasurer. 3c County Treasurer.
Tax sales. Delinquent taxes. Liquor tax collected.
5389. . .
1887
15c County Treasurer.
Taxes collected.
1907
10c Fine Art Associations.
Capital paid in, condition, etc.
Capital paid in, condition, stock- holders, etc.
6502. . .
1881
8c Pipe line companies.
6551. . .
1853 }
4c Plank Road Companies.
6609. . . -
1853 J
24c Quartermaster General.
4023. . .
1853
c Secretary of State.
Expenses, earnings, capital stock. Accounts, vouchers, etc. Copies of reports of certain cor- porations.
4001 . . .
1881
10c Telegraph and Telephone lines.
To the Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction.
1891. . .
1897
Transactions, etc.
1903
16a Board of Control of State Public School.
Operations of school, reports of officers.
1795. . .
1859
3c Board of Regents of the University.
Results of investigations.
2224. . .
1881
13d Boards of all State Institu- tions. Essentially Educa- tional.
Results of official labor.
1905
3 Day Schools for Deaf,
Facts required.
4803. . .
1839
15c Incorporated Academies and other Literary Insti- tutions.
officers, students, etc.
1901
3 Secretary of Board of Trustees of Rural High Schools.
8145. . .
1893
3c State Board of Visitors for Incorporated Institutions of Learning.
4759 ...
1881
3c Township Board of School Inspectors.
Management of library and library moneys. Results of official labor.
4694. . .
1905
11 Township Board of School Inspectors.
8148 .. .
1855
15c Trustees of all Institutions of Learning.
Capital paid in, inventory, of- fi cers, students, etc.
3880. . .
1897
1899
23 County Treasurer. 23 County Treasurer.
Inheritance taxes received.
8207. . . 7106. . .
1865
1885
10c Foreign Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, for Smelting, etc., Minerals. Judges of Probate.
1903
Inheritance tax against estates. Capital paid in, condition, etc. 1
Length, stations, poles, etc.
Condition, etc., in detail.
1801. .
1851
3c Board of Visitors of the Uni- versity.
Condition, etc., in detail.
4815. . .
1905
3 County Commissioners of Schools.
Boards of Control of.
Real estate, funds, income,
Condition, etc.
Conditions, courses of study, etc.
1901
27c Board of Control of Mich- igan College of Mines.
Production of mines. Affairs in detail.
155
REPORTS REQUIRED BY STATUTES.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Continued.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
7420 .. .
1897
4 Bicycle Insurance Compa- nies.
Statement in detail.
1907
6 Burial Benefit Associations
Condition, transactions, officers, etc. Statement in detail.
5146 ...
1897
3 Burglar Insurance Compa- nies.
Affairs, operations, etc.
7200 .. .
1869 1869 1869
(a)4c Life, Fire and Fire and Marine Insurance Compa- nies.
Condition, business, etc.
7243. . .
7247 .. .
1869
5136 ...
1859
7371. . .
1887
Condition, business, etc.
7312. . .
1881
4c Log and Timber Insurance Companies. . 4c Millers' Fire Insurance Com- panies.
Condition, business, etc.
1907
3 Mutual Benefit Societies of Religious Denominations. 4c Mutual Fire Insurance Com- panies, Limited.
Information required by com- missioner. Condition, business, etc.
7273. . .
1873
4c Mutual Fire Insurance Com- panies.
7352. . .
1897
4-5c Mutual Integrity Companies.
7563. . .
1889
6 Mutual Provident Associa- tions.
Condition of business.
5112 .. .
1905
Condition, business, etc.
7283. . .
1873
4c Receiver of Mutual Fire In- surance Companies.
1907
Annual statement.
1907
4 Threshers' Mutual Fire In- surance Companies.
To the State Librarian.
8249 . . . 7717. . . 7704. .
1887 1887
12c Engineering Societies.
Business transactions. Facts, discoveries, etc. Business transactions.
7712. . .
1877
15c Secretary of State Eclectic Medical Society.
8195 ..
1895
a Secretary of Historical, etc., Societies.
7724. . .
1891
15a Veterinary Medical Associ- ations.
1901
3 Librarian of . Registered Grange Library.
Number of volumes contained, yearly circulation, etc.
* No definite time fixed for making report.
(a) See note, page 264, C. L. 1897.
7744. . .
1893
6c Fraternal Beneficiary So- cieties.
7207 ...
7297.
1895
Condition, business, etc.
7274. . .
Statement in detail. Condition, business, etc.
1907
3 Mutual Provident Associ- ations of Organized Fire Departments.
4c Plate Glass, Accident, Live Stock, Steam-boiler and Fidelity Insurance Com- panies.
Condition of business.
3c Retail Lumber Dealers' Mu- tual Ins. Association.
Condition of business.
*a Pharmacists' and Druggists' Associations.
1879
15a Secretary of State Medical Society.
Business transactions. Business transactions. Facts, discoveries, etc.
To the Commissioner of In- surance.
156
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Continued.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
1899
To the State Oil Inspector. 24c Deputy Oil Inspectors. To the State Board of Agri- culture.
Record of work done for month.
1858. . .
1861
15c Faculty of Agricultural Col- lege.
Condition of College. Summary of publication.
1761. .
1899
24 Director Michigan Weather Service.
1905
* Transportation Companies.
Shipment of nursery stock im- properly labeled.
To the Board of State - Auditors.
1905 1899
3 Board of Accountancy.
Financial account. Moneys received and disbursed.
1899
24c Deputy Oil Inspectors ..
Record of work done for month. Receipts and disbursements.
42 .. .
1895
16 Sergeant-at-arms of the
Inventory of furniture.
1899
23c State Oil Inspector.
Receipts and disbursements.
1354-7.
1849
3c Commissioner of the Land Office.
To the State Board of Health.
4404 .. .
1873
3c Boards of Health of Town- ships, Cities, and Villages. 15c State Eclectic Medical So- ciety.
Transactions.
7717. . .
1887
*a Secretary of Pharmacists' and Druggists' Associa-
tions.
1899
4a State Oil Inspector.
Inspections by inspector and deputies.
2017 .. .
1907
14c Secretary of State.
Statistics as to the blind.
To the President of the United States.
1901
4c Adjutant General.
Returns of state militia.
To the State Agricultural Society.
5960. . .
1855
15c Incorporated Societies.
Agricultural
Transactions, receipts and dis- bursements.
5305. . .
1905
. . 3c Michigan Board of Pharm- acy.
Senate and House.
To the Regents of the University.
University land sales and fund.
Proceedings.
7712 .. .
1877
Facts collected, discoveries, etc.
To the Superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind.
3 Board of Examiners in Horseshoeing.
* No definite 'time fixed for making report.
-
157
REPORTS REQUIRED BY STATUTES ..
LIST OF REPORTS .- Continued.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
To the Commissioner of Bank- ing Department.
6104 .. . 6110. . .
1907
7 Banks, Boards of Directors. 23 Banks.
1218. . .
1897
Bankers' and Trust Corpora- tions.
1907
Safety and Collateral De- posit Companies (semi-an- nual.) 25 Societies for Receiving,
Affairs in detail.
6170. . .
1891
23 Trust, Deposit and Security Companies.
To Boards of Control, State Prison, Branch State Prison, and Michigan Reformatory.
2089. . .
1893
24c Wardens of each Institu- tion.
To the State Board of Library Commissioners.
1903
11 County Commissioner of Schools.
1899
3 Free Libraries.
To State Board of Corrections and Charities.
1903
10 County Superintendents of Poor.
Insane persons in poorhouses.
1903
23 Medical Superintendent of Asylums. Municipal officers.
Names, ages, date, etc., of dis- charge of patients.
1903
Insane persons for whom aid is asked.
1899
9, 25 Organizations for placing minor children in homes.
To Board of Trustees of State Asylum.
1965. . .
1899
16a Medical Superintendent of Asylum.
To the County Commission- ers of Schools.
4815. . .
1905 1901
3c Boards of School Inspectors. 3 Boards of Trustees of Rural High Schools.
1903
9 Librarians of Public Libra- ries.
Location, condition and support of libraries.
4918. . .
1905
To the Salt Inspector.
24c Deputy Salt Inspector.
Quality and quantity of salt in- spected.
Condition, list of stockholders. Resources, assets, and liabilities. Escheated deposits, to report every 3rd year in June. Condition, amount of trusts, bonds, etc.
1899
Loaning and Investing money.
Resources, assets and liabilities.
Receipts and disbursements.
Complete list of Public Libraries in county. Doings, etc.
Work done.
Accounts, records, results, etc.
Results of official labor. Condition.
1887
158
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Concluded.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
To Dairy and Food Commis- sioner.
1905
7 Proprietors of Skimming stations, creameries, etc.
1901
3 State Inspector of Apiaries.
Amount of milk or cream received. Number, condition, etc., of ap- iaries.
1901
Deputy Factory Inspectors.
Factories inspected, etc. -
To State Board of Assessors.
1905
10-11c Certain Corporations.
1905 15 County Clerk.
To Advisory Board in Matter of Pardons.
1905
3c Wardens of Prisons.
Transactions under Indetermi- nate Sentence Act.
WHEN MADE.
1 Years legislature not in session.
2 Regular sessions legislature.
3 Annually.
4 Annually, January.
5 Annually, February.
6 Annually, March.
7 Annually, April.
8 Annually, May.
9 Annually, June.
10 Annually, July.
11 Annually, August.
12 Annually, September.
13 Annually; October.
14 Annually, November.
15 Annually, December.
16 Biennially.
a Printed.
b Printed with session laws.
17 Biennially, January.
18 Biennially, October.
19 Biennially, November.
20 Semi-annually, January, July.
21 Semi-annually, May, November.
22 Semi-annually, February, September.
23 Quarterly. 24 Monthly.
25 Whenever required.
26 Biennially, September.
27 Biennially, December.
28 Semi-annually, June, December.
29 Quarterly as required.
30 Within 90 days after sentence.
31 After each State encampment.
c Filed.
d Compiled.
Location, nature of business, value of real estate, etc. Record of equalization of board of supervisors.
To Commissioner of Labor.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
References to acts of incorporation, etc., as villages and cities, corrected to October, 1908.
For an act to provide for the incorporation of cities of the fourth class, see P. A. 1895, Act No. 215. Amended P. A. 1897, Acts Nos. 152, 239; P. A. 1899, Act No. 136; P. A. 1901, Act No. 156; P. A. 1905, Acts Nos. 106, 231, 246; P. A. 1907, Acts Nos. 110, 320.
* Population as a village.
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1904.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Adrian .
Lenawee ..
10,680
1853
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1836, p. 179; amended, S. L. 1841, . p. 66; 1843, p. 134; 1846, p. 134; 1847, p. 24; 1848, p. 316; 1850, pp. 46, 207. Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1853, p. 27; amended, S. L. 1853, p. 73; 1855, p. 181; 1857, p. 267; revised, S. L. 1865, p. 586; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 1023; 1869, Vol. 2, pp. 465, 630; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 488; L. A. 1875, p. 570; 1879, p. 128; 1885, p. 155; reincorporated, L. A. 1887, p. 138; amended, L. A. 1889, p. 882; 1891, p. 763; 1893, p. 1184; 1895, p. 60; 1897, p. 82; 1901, p. 385; 1903, pp. 403, 606; 1905, pp. 476, 1021.
Albion ... . .
Calhoun.
4,943
1885
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1855, p. 65; amended, S. L. 1859, p. 30; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 93. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1885, p. 93; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 356; 1907, p.
Allegan.
Allegan.
*2,795
1907
Incorporated as a village by the legislature, S. L. 1838, p. 110; amended, S. L. 1846, p. 95; 1858, p. 81; revised, S. L. 1859, Vol. 2, p. 112; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 929; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 218; 1881, p. 290; revised, L. A. 1883, p. 518; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 863. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, pp. 754-69, See pp. 422-3.
Alma ... . .
Gratiot.
*2,566
1905
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors January 2, 1872; reincorporated by legislature, L. M. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 773; amended, 1875, p. 569; reincorpor- ated by legislature, L. A. 1883, p. 20.
Alpena ...
Alpena. ..
12,400
1871
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 107, 110; amended, 1907, p. 53. Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 793; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, pp. 4, 1116; L. A. 1875, p. 650; 1877, p. 289; 1879, pp. 221, 239; 1885, p. 433; 1887, p. 653; 1889, pp. 177, 582; 1891, pp. 130, 1042; 1893, p. 1367; 1897, pp. 25, 211, 540; L. A. 1899, p. 188; 1901, p. 475; 1905, pp. 774, 1047; 1907, pp. 1052, 1058.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
159
160
INCORPORATED CITIES .- Continued.
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1904.
Incor- porated.
Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw. . .
14,599
1851
Au Gres.
Arenac.
1905
Incorporated as a city by the legislature, L. A. 1905, p. 1042-4.
Au Sable.
Iosco
917
1889
Bad Axe.
Huron.
*1,423
1905
Battle Creek.
Calhoun.
22,213
1859
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, p. 115-18.
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1850, p. 338; amended, 1851, p. 148; 1853, p. 77; 1857, p. 68.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1859, p. 50; amended, 1861, p. 73; 1865, p. 291; 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 5, 26; 1869, Vol. 2, p. 65; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 776; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 798; L. A. 1875, p. 528; 1879, p. 93; 1883, p. 1; 1885, p. 434; 1887, p. 400; 1889, pp. 593, 837; 1891, p. 870; 1893, pp. 602, 1189; L. A. 1895, p. 368; L. A. 1897, p. 351; L. A. 1899, pp. 91, 290; 1901, p. 612; 1903, p. 555; 1905, pp. 128, 1023, 1116; 1907, pp. 313, 795, 1057.
Bay City (a) ..
Bay ..
27,644
1865
Originally lower Saginaw, name changed to Bay City, S. L. 1857, p. 195; incor- porated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1859, p. 166; amended, S. L. 1861, p. 35; 1863, p. 347.
Beaverton ..
Gladwin. . . ..
681
1903
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Incorporated as a village by legislative council, 1833, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3, p. 1208; amended, S. L. 1846, p. 159; which was repealed by S. L. 1850, p. 228. Incorporated. as a city, S. L. 1851, p. 121; amended, 1857, p. 11; 1859, pp. 107, 320; 1861, p. 61; 1863, p. 87; 1867, Vol. 2, p. 745; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 489; 1873 Vol. 2, p. 121; L. A. 1877, pp. 24, 285; 1879, p. 174; 1885, p. 299; 1887, p. 393 : reincorporated, L. A. 1889, p. 215; amended, 1891, pp. 420, 662; 1893, p. 1013; L. A. 1895, p. 78; 1897, p. 1086; L. A. 1899, pp. 125, 176; 1903, p. 892; 1905, p. 482; 1907, pp. 197, 930. Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, Oct. 15, 1872; reincorporated by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 297; amended, 1887, p. 686. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1889, p. 978; L. A. 1895, p. 590. Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 75; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 1049.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1865, p. 735; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, pp. 341, 717; 1869, Vol. 2, p. 561; 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1366; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 270; L. A. 1875, p. 746; 1877, p. 468; revised, L. A. 1881, p. 142; amended, L. A. 1883, p. 470; 1885, p. 257; 1887, pp. 289, 467, 573, 763; 1889, pp. 704, 803; charter amended, L. A. 1891, pp. 840, 1061; 1893, pp. 390, 1052; L. A. 1895, p. 667; revised, L. A. 1897, p. 830; amended, L. A. 1899, pp. 99, 104, 505; 1901, pp. 588, 652; 1903, pp. 269, 659; 1905, p. 1152; 1907, pp. 338, 825, 1025, 1034, 1090. Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, Jan. 9. 1896. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1903, p. 137; amended, 1907, pp. 137, 735.
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
Belding ..
Ionia ..
3,654
1893
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1893, p. 608; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 481; 1905, p. 144; 1907, pp. 111, 948.
Benton Harbor .....
Berrien.
6,702
1891
Name changed from Bronson Harbor to Benton Harbor, S. L. 1865, p. 269. Incorporated as a village, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1381; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 480; 1879, p. 252; 1881, p. 2; 1885, p. 144; 1887, p. 700; 1889, p. 592. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, p. 933; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 708; territory
2
detached, 1893, pp. 1009, 1010; reincorporated 1903, p. 535; amended, L. A. 1905, pp. 122, 1154; 1907, p. 129, see page 733.
Bessemer.
Gogebic ..
3,111
1889
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 82.
Big Rapids
Mecosta .
4,852
1869
Never incorporated as a village.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1635; amended, S. L, 1871, Vol. 2, p. 738; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 326; revised, L. A. 1875, p. 49; amended, L. A. 1877, p. 54; 1881, p. 128; 1887, p. 46; 1889, p. 16.
Boyne City.
Charle voix
*2,453
1907
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 143; territory attached, L. A. 1905, p. 1012.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, pp. 42-3
Brown City
Sanilac. .
*676
1907
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 10.
Cadillac.
Wexford.
6,893
1877
Incorporated as village of Clam Lake, by legislature, L. A. 1875, p. 534; act re- pealed and incorporated as city of Cadillac, L. A. 1877, p. 53; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 44; reincorporated, L. A. 1885, p. 44; amended, 1889, p. 268; 1893, p. 997; reincorporated, L. A. 1895, p. 485; amended, 1897, p. 183; 1903, p. 200; 1907, pp. 450, 1040.
Charlevoix. .
Charlevoix.
*2,395
1905
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1879, p. 87; amended, L. A. 1881, p. 385; 1889, pp. 173, 600; 1891, p. 865.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 785-9; amended, L. A. 1907, pp. 870, 955, see p. 714.
Charlotte
Eaton. .
4,726
1871
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, Oct. 12, 1863.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 837; amended, S. L. 1873, Vol. 2, p. 1128; L. A. 1881, p. 393: 1883, p. 742; 1893, p. 581; reincorporated, L. A. 1895, p. 160; 1903, p. 449; amended, 1905, pp. 438, 1016.
Cheboygan ..
Cheboygan .. . .
6,730
1889
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1398; reincorpor- ated, L. A. 1877, p. 119
Clare ..
Clare ..
1,413
1891
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1889, p. 269; amended, 1891, p. 2; L. A. 1895, p. 123; L. A. 1897, p. 546; L. A. 1905, p. 306; L. A. 1907, pp. 333, 334. Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1879, p. 250; amended L. A. 1901, p. 631.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1891, p. 18; amended, L. A. 1893, p. 982.
(a) West Bay City annexed, see L. A. 1903, p. 659.
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INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1907, pp. 190-4.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1889, p. 517; amended, 1891, p. 570; special charter, 1893, p. 178; amended, L. A. 1895, p. 43.
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City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1904.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Coldwater ..
Branch
6,225
1861
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1837, p. 17; amended, S. L. 1845, p. 63; 1851, p. 147; 1855, p. 85; 1857, p. 471.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1861, p. 86; resurvey, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 325; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 662; 1871, Vol. 2. p. 1415; 1873, Vol. 2. p. 738; L. A. 1877, p. 461; 1879, pp. 158, 215; 1881, p. 232; 1887, p. 689; 1889, p. 618; L. A. 1895, p. 641; L. A. 1897, pp. 537, 675; L. A. 1905, pp. 498, 1035; 1907, p. 772.
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Coleman ..
Midland.
*990
1905
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 39. Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, p. 300-3.
Corunna
Shiawassee .. . .
1,601
1869
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, Oct. 11, 1858; legalized and amended by legislature, S. L. 1859, p. 1055; incorporated and limits enlarged by legislature, S. L. 1863, p. 69; amended, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 51.
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1869, Vol. 2, p. 287; amended, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 2; L. A. 1883, p. 460; 1889, p. 589; 1891, p. 883.
Croswell.
Sanilac. .
*961
1905
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1881, p. 278.
Crystal Falls.
Iron.
2,981
1899
Detroit ..
Wayne. .
317,591
1806
Ter. Laws, Vol. 4, p. 3.
The town of Detroit was incorporated by the legislative council and house of representatives of the Northwest Territory, and approved at Chillicothe, January 18, 1802. The bases of the town, or city, of Detroit, were established by the governor and judges, Sept. 14, 1806. This act was repealed Feb. 24, 1809, Ter. Laws, Vol. 4, p. 83. On Oct. 24, 1815, the act of 1802 was repealed, and the city of Detroit incorporated by the name of "The City of Detroit," the trustees to be the body politic by the name of "The Board of Trustees of the City of Detroit," see Ter. Laws, Vol. 1, p. 534. March 30, 1820, boundaries changed, Ter. Laws, Vol. 1, p. 541; amended, Ter. Laws, Vol. 1, pp. 314, 878. On August 5, 1824, the city of Detroit was continued, and the body politic was to be known by the name of "The Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Freemen of the City of Detroit," Ter. Laws, Vol. 2, p. 221. On April 4, 1827, the city was again incorporated, Ter. Laws, Vol. 2, pp. 339, 570; May 28, 1832, limits extended, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3, p. 913; amended April 22, 1833, Ter. Laws, Vol. 3, p. 1122; limits again extended March 26, 1836, S. L. 1836, p. 154; on March 21, 1837, charter amended, S. L. 1837, p. 199; 1638, p. 138. The following references show amendments to city charter: Amended, S. L. 1839, p. 31; 1841, p. 192; 1844, p. 101; 1845, p. 25; 1846, p. 19, 1847,
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, p. 82-5; amended, territory attached 1907, p. 376.
Incorporated as a village by supervisors, Jan. 24, 1889; reincorporated, L. A. 1891, p. 386; 1893, p. 1069.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1899, p. 81.
Dowagiac ..
Cass ...
4,404
1877
Incorporated as a village by board of supervisors, Oct. 13, 1863; amended, S. L. 1865, p. 238.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1877, p. 74; amended, L. A. 1879, p. 149; 1881, p. 246; 1883, p. 665; 1889, p. 695; 1891, p. 1032; 1893, p. 463; see L. A. 1907, p. 443.
East Lansing. . ..
Ingham.
1907
Never incorporated as a village.
East Tawas ..
Iosco ..
1,830
1895
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 35; amended, L. A. 1891, p. 663.
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1895, p. 98.
Eaton Rapids.
Eaton
2,197
1881
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1871, p. 1295; amended, L. A. 1875, p. 717.
Escanaba.
Delta ..
11,098
1883
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1883, p. 335; amended, L. A. 1887, p. 569; reincor- porated, L. A. 1891, p. 134; L. A. 1895, p. 312.
Flint ..
Genesee.
14,884
1855
Incorporated as a city, S. L. 1855, p. 322; amended, S. L. 1857, p. 35; 1861, p. 34; 1865, p. 333; revised, S. L. 1867, Vol. 2, p. 614; amended, 1869, Vol. 3, p. 1080; 1871, Vol. 2, pp. 1, 561; 1872, Vol. 1, p. 47; 1873, Vol. 2, p. 88; L. A. 1877, p. 269; 1879, p. 142; 1881, p. 203; 1883, p. 569; 1887, p. 636; 1891, p. 48; 1897, p. 560; L. A. 1899, p. 174; 1901, p. 211; 1903, p. 214; 1905, p. 271; 1907, pp. 28, 172, 381, 401, 404, 527.
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