Mich. Comp. Laws § Article VII § 20
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Townships, dissolution; villages as cities.
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Sec. 20.
The legislature shall provide by law for the dissolution of township government whenever all the territory of an organized township is included within the boundaries of a village or villages notwithstanding that a village may include territory within another organized township and provide by law for the classification of such village or villages as cities.
History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 20, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
The legislature shall provide by law for the dissolution of township government whenever all the territory of an organized township is included within the boundaries of a village or villages notwithstanding that a village may include territory within another organized township and provide by law for the classification of such village or villages as cities.
History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 20, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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