{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-397.371","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 397.371","heading":"Privately owned libraries; public support, limitation, conditions.","body":"Sec. 1.\n\nAny 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.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 397","Act Act-213-of-1925"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-397-371","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"f637ade55fb8caa7ad620c4976cd9e80ab67f41812def6ce3b59c9987d75b680","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-397.233","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-397.126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}