<CENTER><B>THE GENERAL LAW VILLAGE ACT (EXCERPT)</B><BR><B>Act 3 of 1895</B></CENTER>
<Center>PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND PARKS. <BR> </Center><BR><BR><B>67.4 Acquisition, purchase, and erection of public buildings; purchase, appropriation, and ownership of real estate; purposes; sale of buildings, grounds, or parks.</B><P>
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<P>Sec. 4.</P>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   A village may acquire, purchase, and erect public buildings required for the use of the village, and may purchase, appropriate, and own real estate necessary for public grounds, parks, markets, public buildings, and other purposes necessary or convenient for the public good, and for the exercise of the powers conferred in this act. Such buildings and grounds, or any part thereof, may be sold at a public or private sale, if authorized by an ordinance, or may be leased. A public park shall not be sold without the consent of a majority of the electors of the village voting on the question at an election.</DIV>
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  <p><BR><B>History:</B> 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 
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        CL 1897, 2772 
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        CL 1915, 2643 
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        CL 1929, 1552 
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        CL 1948, 67.4 
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        Am. 1974, Act 67, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1974 
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        Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998 </p>
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<P>Sec. 5.</P>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   If the council considers it in the public interest, grounds and buildings for a village lockup or holding facility or hospital may be purchased, erected, and maintained beyond the corporate limits of the village. In such a case, the village may enforce beyond the corporate limits of the village, and over such lands, buildings and property, in the same manner and to the same extent as if they were within the village, ordinances and police regulations necessary for the care and protection thereof, and for the management and control of the persons kept or confined in the lockup or holding facility or hospital.</DIV>
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  <p><BR><B>History:</B> 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 
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        CL 1897, 2773 
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        CL 1915, 2644 
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        CL 1929, 1553 
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        CL 1948, 67.5 
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        Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998 </p>
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<P>Sec. 6.</P>
<DIV>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   The council may lay out or establish public parks and grounds within the village, and improve, light, and ornament public parks and grounds within the village. The council may regulate the use of public parks and grounds and protect the public parks and grounds and their appurtenances from obstruction, encroachment, and injury.</DIV>
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  <p><BR><B>History:</B> 1895, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1895 
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        CL 1897, 2774 
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        CL 1915, 2645 
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        CL 1929, 1554 
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        CL 1948, 67.6 
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        Am. 1998, Act 255, Imd. Eff. July 13, 1998 </p>
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