Michigan § 397.371 Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions.

Michigan Statutes

§ 397.371 — Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions.

Michigan § 397.371

Ch. 397LIBRARIES

Act 213 of 1925PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LIBRARIES (397.371-397.371)

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Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.371 (2026).

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PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LIBRARIES (EXCERPT) Act 213 of 1925 397.371 Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions. Sec.

1.Any township, city or village within this state, having within its limits a library that had been open to the public upon the payment of dues, may appropriate not to exceed 1/2 of 1 mill on its assessed valuation for the support of such library, and such sum or sums shall be raised by taxation in the ordinary way: Provided, That any library so receiving support from any municipality shall be kept open for the convenience of the public not less than the afternoons and evenings of 3 days of each week, and the books therein shall be for the free use of the public under such reasonable restrictions as such library shall prescribe.

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PRIVATELY OWNED PUBLIC LIBRARIES (EXCERPT) Act 213 of 1925 397.371 Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions. Sec. 1. Any township, city or village within this state, having within its limits a library that had been open to the public upon the payment of dues, may appropriate not to exceed 1/2 of 1 mill on its assessed valuation for the support of such library, and such sum or sums shall be raised by taxation in the ordinary way: Provided, That any library so receiving support from any municipality shall be kept open for the convenience of the public not less than the afternoons and evenings of 3 days of each week, and the books therein shall be for the free use of the public under such reasonable restrictions as such library shall prescribe.