105.1 Condemnation. Sec. 1. Private property may be appropriated for public use in any city for the purpose of opening, widening, altering or extending streets, alleys and avenues; for the construction of bridges, for public buildings and for other public structures, for public grounds, parks, market places and spaces; for public wharves, docks, slips, basins and landings on navigable waters, and for the improvement of water courses; for sewers, drains and ditches; for public hospitals, pest houses, quarantine grounds and public cemeteries, and for other lawful and necessary public uses. History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 136, Imd. Eff. June 21, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 3136 ;-- CL 1929, 2060 ;-- CL 1948, 105.1 Former Law: See CL 1897, §§ 3222 to 3246.
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