Terms Used In Michigan Laws 123.851

  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
   The township board of a township, the board of trustees of a village, or the common council of a city in this state, may appropriate money for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the proper observance of armistice, independence, and memorial or decoration day or for the proper observance of a diamond jubilee or centennial. The sums appropriated shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the same manner as other expenses of a township, village, or city are assessed, levied, and collected.