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National Committee Members.
Alteration of townships by boards of supervisors.
Applications for divorce.
Appointment of county drain commissioner, to fill vacancy. Deer licenses issued and money received.
Capital stock, condition, etc.
4c Foreign Tontine, Bond Cer- tificate and Investment Companies, etc.
1907
25 County Clerks.
Election returns.
Lists of notaries public. Local option resolutions.
Statement in detail.
Financial statement, etc.
237
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.
6922. .
1887
3 Merchants' and Traders' Associations.
Condition of affairs.
5990.
1887
3c Michigan Dairymen's As- sociation.
Transactions, etc., at annual meeting.
7168. ..
1887
4 Printing and Book Publish- ing companies. Registrars.
Births. Deaths.
4617.
1897
24 Registrars.
6744. .
1883
4c River, Navigation and Im- provement Companies.
Capital paid in, receipts, expenses, etc.
7717.
1887
*a Secretary of Pharmacists' and Druggists' Associa- tion.
Facts collected, discoveries made, etc.
7704.
1879
15a Secretary of State Medical Society.
Transactions in detail.
2681 ..
1873
Condition of jail, expenses, etc. Transactions in detail.
7712. . .
1877
12d Sheriffs. 15a State Eclectic Medical Society. 4c Street Railway Companies.
Capital paid in, receipts, etc. Receipts and disbursements.
4529. 4575. 6675. . 3569.
1877 1879 1851
4c Telegraph companies.
Capital paid in, receipts, etc.
3648 ..
1913
6414. .
1855
Capital paid in, receipts, etc.
7724. .
1891
Facts, discoveries, etc.
6801. . 6818.
1883 1
10c Water Power Companies.
Capital paid in, costs, etc.
1887 1905
4c Women's Clubs.
Executive officers, other facts as required. Affairs in detail.
8351
1895
25 Young Men's Christian As- · sociations. 6c Cooperative Associations. To the State Treasurer.
Business transactions.
1899
7-13c Board of Examiners of Barbers.
Persons examined, statement of receipts. Election returns.
3667
{ 1895 1897 1887 1883
25 Clerk of the Board of County Canvassers. 23 County Clerks. 3d Detroit House of Correc- tion. 4c Fire, Plate Glass, Accident, Boiler, etc., Insurance Companies.
Condition, business done, etc.
5112.
1903 1905
5c Foreign Insurance Compa- nies.
Business done, condition, etc.
1909
24c Michigan Railroad Com- mission. Probate Judges, etc.
Statement of fees collected.
1903
Certain wills of property in trust for insane persons. Orders directing maintenance of feeble minded, etc., patient. Statement of bonds, etc.
5205 .. ..
1909 1897
1907
4c Surety and Guaranty Com- panies. 24c Warden of State Prison at Jackson.
Receipts from sale of binder twine.
2631.
2159.
List of notaries public. Receipts and disbursements.
7257.
1867
6458. 2159.
1883
3d Superintendent of Detroit House of Correction.
13d Superintendents of the Poor.
Condition of poorhouses, expen- ses, etc.
1859
14 Township and City Clerks. 25 Township and City Clerks. 4c Train Railway Companies. 15a Veterinary Medical Associa- tions.
Number of voters. Election inspector's statement.
1905
4-5c Partnership Associations.
Capital stock, members, etc. Capital stock, real estate, etc.
1905
24
To the Secretary of State- Concluded.
1913
5143
1865
Probate Judges.
* No definite time fixed for making report.
238
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 Attorney General.
7729
1881
25 Associations, Members of the Bar.
Affairs in detail.
8269.
[1881 }
25 Charitable Societies.
7551.
1877
25 Co-operative Savings Asso- ciations.
8295.
1863
25 Hospitals.
7430. .
1857
25 Mechanics' Associations. Probate Judges, etc.
Affairs in detail. Affairs in detail Certain wills of property in trust for insane persons.
2559
1891
28 Prosecuting Attorneys.
Official business, prosecutions,
8351
1895
25 Young Men's Christian As- sociations.
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 Public Domain Commission.
Lands on which taxes have been paid. Affairs in detail.
8418 ..
[ 1893 1909
-
25c Corporations for prevention of cruelty to children.
8424.
1877
25c Corporations for prevention of cruelty to Animals.
1909
13c County Clerks.
Aggregate valuation of property assessed.
3893 .. 3880.
1899
3c County Treasurer. 3c County Treasurer.
Tax sales. Delinquent taxes.
5389. . .
1887
15c County Treasurer.
Liquor tax collected.
1899
23 County Treasurer.
Taxes collected.
1909
23 County Treasurer.
Inheritance taxes received.
8207 .. 7106.
1865
10c Fine Art Associations.
Capital paid in, condition, etc.
1885
10c Foreign Corporations and Joint Stock Companies, for Smelting, etc., Minerals.
Capital paid in, condition, stock- holders, etc.
1903 1909
23 Judges of Probate. 24c Judges of Probate.
Inheritance tax against estates. Patients committed to hospitals, etc. Patients admitted, discharged, etc.
6502. . . . 6551.
1881 1853 1
Capital paid in, condition, etc. Expenses, earnings, capital stock.
6609.
1853
25c Proprietors of Town, etc., plats.
24c Quartermaster General.
Accounts, vouchers, etc. Bonded indebtedness, stock, etc.
4023
1911 1853
* Register of Deeds. c Secretary of State.
Deeds, etc., filed, etc. Copies of reports of certain cor- porations. Production of mines.
4635. . . .
1879
8c State Board of Geological Survey.
1911
11c State Departments, State Institutions, Boards and County Officers.
1909
3c State Military Board.
Location and management of armories.
1909
23-24c Medical Supts. of State Hospitals, etc. 8c Pipe line companies.
4c Plank Road Companies.
1839
Survey and maps.
3372. .
1909 1909 1911 8 Railroad and railway cor- porations.
Receipts and expenditures.
* No definite time fixed for making report.
Affairs in detail. Condition, shares, etc.
1899
1903
punishments, etc. Affairs in detail.
Affairs in detail.
1897
239
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 Superintendent of Pub- lic Instruction.
1891. . .
1897
27c Board of Control of Mich- igan College of Mines.
Operations of school, reports of officers.
1795.
1859
16a Board of Control of State Public School. 3c Board of Regents of the University.
Condition, etc., in detail.
1801.
1851
3c Board of Visitors of the University.
Results of investigations. Condition, etc., in detail.
2224
1881
13d Boards of all State Institu- tions, essentially educa- tional.
Affairs in detail.
4808.
1907 1909 1913 1909
25c County Clerk.
Appointment or election of county school examiners or commissioners. Results of official labor.
4815. .
1909
10-12c County Commissioners of Schools.
1905
3 Day Schools for Deaf, Boards of Control of.
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. State Board of Agriculture.
List of Teachers' certificates
issued.
8145.
1893
3c State Board of Visitors for Incorporated Institutions of Learning.
4759.
1909
11c Township Board of Educa- tion. Township Clerk.
4698.
1909
11c Township Board of Educa- tion. Township Clerk. 3 Township Supt. of Schools. 15c Trustees of all Institutions of Learning.
School statistics. Capital paid in, inventory, of- ficers, students, etc.
5153.
1895
Premiums collected.
1907
Burial Benefit Associations.
Condition, transactions, officers, etc.
7516 ..
1887
Condition, business, etc.
7243.
1869 } 1869
Fire and Marine Insurance Companies.
7744. 1893
Fraternal Beneficiary So- . cieties.
7200.
1869
Condition, business, etc.
7207.
1869
5135. .
1895
Life and Casualty Insurance Companies. Lloyds Associations.
Condition, business, etc.
(a) See Act No. 133, P. A. 1909.
Library statistics.
School property, finances, en- rollment, etc.
1909
8148.
1855
To the Commissioner of In- surance. (a)
Broker for unauthorized Companies.
Cooperative and Mutual Life, Accident and Health Insurance Companies.
Condition, business, etc. Affairs, operations, etc.
7247.
Real estate, funds, income,
Condition, etc.
Condition, courses of study, etc.
1909
10c County Agricultural School Board.
Transactions, etc.
1903
240
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 Commissioner of In- surance .- Concl'd.
7371
1887
Log and Timber Insurance Companies.
Condition, business, etc. Condition, business, etc.
7327.
1883
Manufacturers' Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.
7312.
1881
Millers' Mutual Fire Insur- ance Companies.
Condition, business, etc. Information required by com- missioner. Condition, business, etc.
7360.
1885
Mutual Benefit Societies of Religious Denominations. Mutual Cyclone and Wind- storm Insurance Com- panies.
7297.
1895
Mutual Fire Insurance
Condition, business, etc.
7273 ..
1873
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies.
1912
4-5c Mutual Insurance Com- panies under Employers' Liability Act.
Integrity Com-
Statement in detail.
7394.
1889
Condition, business, etc.
1909
Mutual Protective Associa- tions of Railroad Con- ductors and Engineers.
1907
Mutual Provident Associ- ations of Organized Fire Departments.
Condition, business, etc.
5112
1913 ]
Plate Glass, Accident, Live Stock, Steam-boiler and Fidelity Insurance Com- panies.
Condition of business.
7283.
1873
Receiver of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. Retail Lumber Dealer's Mutual Ins. Association. Surety Companies.
Condition, business, etc.
5200.
1895 1907
Threshers' Mutual Fire In- surance Companies.
1913
5c Attorneys of Indemnity Insurance Subscribers. 4c Surety Companies.
Financial condition. Number of guarantees, bonds, etc.
1915
To the State Fire Marshal. (a) 32 Chiefs of Fire Departments, etc.
Report of fires, etc.
8249 ... . . 7717
1887
12c Engineering Societies.
Business transactions. Facts, discoveries, etc.
7704.
1879
*a Pharmacists' and Druggists' Associations. 15a Secretary of State Medical Society.
Business transactions.
7712
1877
15a Secretary of State Eclectic Medical Society.
Business transactions.
(a) See Act 178, P. A. 1915.
*No definite time fixed for making report.
Condition, business, etc.
7274. . . .
Assets, liabilities, etc.
ex. s.
7352
1897
Mutual panies. Mutual Live Stock In- surance Companies.
Condition, business, etc.
Condition of business.
/ 1905 1
1909
Condition, business, etc. Condition of business.
5205.
1913
To the State Librarian.
1887
Companies, Limited.
1907
241
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.
8195. ..
1895
a Secretary of Historical, etc., Societies.
Business transactions. Facts, discoveries, etc.
7724. .
1891
15a Veterinary Medical Associ- ations.
1901
3 Librarian of Registered Grange Library.
Number of volumes contained, yearly circulation, etc.
1909
24c Deputy Oil Inspectors.
Record of work done for month.
1858. 1761 ....
§ 1861 ) (1909 ] 1899
15c Faculty of Agricultural Col- lege.
Condition of college. Summary of publication.
1905
* Transportation Companies.
Shipment of nursery stock im- properly labeled. Statement of operations.
1913
3 State Inspector of Apiaries.
To the Board of State Auditors.
1913 1899
3 Board of Accountancy.
Financial account. Moneys received and disbursed.
5305. . ..
1905
24c Deputy Oil Inspectors. 3c Michigan Board of Phar- macy.
Record of work done for month. Receipts and disbursements.
42 .. . .
1895
16 Sergeant-at-arms of the
Inventory of furniture.
1909
23c State Oil Inspector.
Receipts and disbursements.
1354-7 ..
1849
3c Public Domain Commis- sion.
University land sales and fund.
To the State Board of Health.
4404 ..
1873
Proceedings.
1909
3c Boards of Health of Town- ships, Cities and Villages. 23c Boards of Health of Town- ships, Cities and Villages. 4c Certain Filtration Plants.
25c Medical Inspector.
* Physicians.
7712
15a State Eclectic Medical So- ciety.
7717.
*a Secretary of Pharmacists' and Druggists' Associa- tions.
Facts collected, discoveries, etc.
1909
4a State Oil Inspector.
Inspections by inspector and deputies.
* No definite time fixed for making report.
31
To the State Librarian .- Concluded.
To the State Oil Inspector.
To the State Board of Agri- culture.
24 Director Michigan Weather Service.
3 Board of Examiners Horseshoeing.
in
1909
Senate and House.
To the Regents of the University.
Tuberculosis register.
Cleansing of beds, etc. Results of investigations. Report of occupational diseases. Transactions.
1909 1909 1911 1877 1887
242
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 Superintendent of the Michigan School for the Blind.
2017.
1907
14c Secretary of State.
Statistics as to the blind.
To the President of the United States.
1909
4c Adjutant General.
Returns of state militia.
To the State Agricultural Society.
5960.
1855
15c Incorporated Societies.
Agricultural
Transactions, receipts and dis- bursements.
6104. 6110. . .
1907 1887
23
7 Banks, Boards of Directors. Banks.
1218.
1897
. Bankers' and Trust Cor- porations. Safety and Collateral De- posit Companies (semi-an- nual.)
6170. . .
1891
23 Trust, Deposit and Security Companies.
Resources, assets and liabilities.
6142.
1913
24c Bank in Liquidation.
Assets and liabilities.
To Boards of Control, State Prison, Branch State Prison, and Michigan Reformatory.
2889.
1893
24c Wardens of each institu- tion.
Receipts and disbursements.
To the State Board of Library Commissioners.
1903
11 County Commissioner of Schools.
1899
3 Free Libraries.
Complete list of public libraries in county. Doings, etc.
To the State Board of Corrections and Charities.
1903
10c County Agents. Probation
Working of probation system in detail.
1903
10 County Superintendents of Poor.
1903
23 Medical Superintendent of Hospitals.
1909
23c Medical Supt. of Michigan Home and Training School. Municipal Officers.
1903
Insane persons for whom aid is asked.
1913
Data as to children placed.
1909
13 Licenses for placing minor children in homes. 25c Probation Officers.
Children under supervision.
. .
Officers.
Insane persons in poorhouses.
Names, ages, date, etc., of dis- charge of patients.
Admission, etc.,
of public patients.
Condition, list of stockholders. Resources, assets and liabilities. Escheated deposits; to report every 3rd year in June. Condition, amount of trusts, bonds, etc.
1907
To the Commissioner of Bank- ing Department.
243
REPORTS REQUIRED BY STATUTES.
LIST OF REPORTS .- Concluded.
§ Compiled Laws, 1897.
Year of pas- sage of law.
To whom and by whom made.
Subject matter.
To Board of Trustees of Ionia State Hospital.
1965 .. . .
1899
16a Medical Superintendent of Hospital.
To the County Commissioners of Schools.
1901
3 Boards of Trustees of Rural High Schools.
Condition.
1903
9 Librarian of Public Libra- ries.
1909
11c Township Board of Educa- tion. 11c Township Clerk.
Location, condition and support of libraries. School property, enrollment, etc. School property, enrollment, etc.
1905 } 1913 1901
7 Proprietors of Skimming stations, creameries, etc.
3 State Inspector of Apiaries.
Amount of milk or cream re- ceived. Number, condition, etc., of api- aries.
1909 1909 1911 1909
25c Coal Mine Inspector.
25c Deputy Factory Inspector. 3 Iron and Copper Mine In- spectors.
3c Supervisors and Assessors.
Labor statistics.
1909 1905
15 County Clerk.
Location, nature of business, value of real estate, etc. Record of equalization of board of supervisors.
1913
32c Wardens of Prisons.
Return of paroled convict to prison.
To State Game, Fish and Forestry Warden.
1913
4c By Certain Corporations.
Pounds of fish caught.
To Michigan Securities Com- mission.
1913
4c Investment Companies.
Financial condition.
To Board of Control of Certain Lands.
1913
3c County Treasurers.
Unpaid taxes on lands.
Accounts, records, results, etc.
4698.
1909
To Dairy and Food Commis- sioner.
To Commissioner of Labor.
Results of inspection. Factories inspected, etc. Report of accidents, etc.
To State Board of Assessors.
10-12c Certain Corporations.
To Advisory Board in Matter of Pardons.
244
MICHIGAN MANUAL.
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.
17 Biennially, January.
a Printed.
b Printed with session laws.
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.
32 At once.
c Filed. d Compiled.
INCORPORATED CITIES OF MICHIGAN.
References to acts of incorporation, etc., as villages and cities, corrected to October 19, 1916.
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. For an act providing a commission form of government for cities, see P. A. 1909, Act 279.
*Population as a village.
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Adrian .
Lenawee ..
10,763
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. . .
5,833
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. 448.
Allegan.
Allegan.
3,419
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. 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.
Alma.
Gratiot ....
2,757
1905
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 107, 110; amended, 1907, p. 53. Never incorporated as a village.
Alpena .. . .
Alpena .. ..
12,706
1871
1
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.
245
INCORPORATED CITIES .- Continued.
City.
County.
Popula- tion, 1910.
Incor- porated.
References to acts of incorporation, etc.
Ann Arbor ..
.
Washtenaw .. .
14,817
1851
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; amended Nov. 23, 1910; Dec. 22, 1911; Oct. 2, 1913; April 13, 1916.
Au Gres.
Arenac .. ....
252
1905
Never incorporated as a village.
Au Sable.
Iosco ..
648
1889
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.
Battle Creek ..
Calhoun ..
25,267
1859
Incorporated as a city, L. A. 1905, pp. 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; revised April 11, 1913.
Bay City.
Bay ..
45,166
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.
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, p. 269; West Bay City annexed, L. A. 1903, p. 659; 1905, p. 1152; 1907, pp. 338, 825, 1025, 1034, 1090; amended April 19, 1915.
Beaverton ..
Gladwin .. . . .
418
1903
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.
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Bad Axe.
Huron ..
1,559
1905
Incorporated as a city by the legislature, L. A. 1905, pp. 1042-4.
Belding .
Ionia. .
4,119
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 ..
9,185
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 detached, 1893, pp. 1009, 1010; reincorporated, 1903, p. 535; amended, L. A. 1905, pp. 122, 1154; 1907, p. 129, see page 733; territory attached, L. A. 1909, p. 31.
Bessemer .
Gogebic.
4,583
1889
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 82.
Big Rapids.
Mecosta ... .
4,519
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
Charlevoix.
5,218
1907
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1885, p. 143; territory attached L. A. 1905, p. 1012.
Brown City
Sanilac. .
690
1907
Incorporated as a village by legislature, L. A. 1887, p. 10.
Cadillac.
Wexford ..
8,375
1877
Incorporated as village of Clam Lake, by legislature, L. A. 1875, p. 534; act repealed 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; amended Dec. 2, 1914.
Charlevoix.
Charlevoix ... .
2,420
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 ....
. .
4,886
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. . .
6,859
1889
Incorporated as a village by legislature, S. L. 1871, Vol. 2, p. 1398; reincorpor- ated, L. A. 1877, p. 119.
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