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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 280.263

  • county drain commissioner: means the elected county drain commissioner or the person or persons designated to perform the duties of the elected county drain commissioner as provided in section 21 and 21a. See Michigan Laws 280.4
  • drain: whenever used in this act , shall include the main stream or trunk and all tributaries or branches of any creek or river, any watercourse or ditch, either open or closed, any covered drain, any sanitary or any combined sanitary and storm sewer or storm sewer or conduit composed of tile, brick, concrete, or other material, any structures or mechanical devices, that will properly purify the flow of such drains, any pumping equipment necessary to assist or relieve the flow of such drains and any levee, dike, barrier, or a combination of any or all of same constructed, or proposed to be constructed, for the purpose of drainage or for the purification of the flow of such drains, but shall not include any dam and flowage rights used in connection therewith which is used for the generation of power by a public utility subject to regulation by the public service commission. See Michigan Laws 280.3
  • 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
     It shall be the duty of the supervisor, village or city assessor, to spread on his roll the total amount of all drain taxes determined upon by the county drain commissioner to be assessed upon the county, township, city or village at large by adding to the county, township, city or village tax for the year in which the same was assessed and extending said tax in the same column with the general county, township, city or village tax: Provided, That in such villages or cities of this state, where the municipal taxes therefor are assessed and collected prior to the October meeting of the board of supervisors, all taxes ordered to be spread against such municipalities shall be spread during the calendar year following such action by the board of supervisors: Provided further, That in lieu of the addition of such tax to the county, township, city or village tax, the legislative body thereof may in any year provide for the payment thereof from the general or contingent fund of such county, township, city or village. Such supervisor or assessor shall also spread upon said roll, separately, and immediately following the other descriptions, all tracts or parcels of land specified by the commissioner to be assessed for benefits, and shall place opposite each description, in a column marked, “(giving the name or number) …………………. drain taxes,” the amount of taxes apportioned thereon, as certified to him by the county clerk.