GIFTS, GRANTS, BEQUESTS, AND DEVISES

MCL ch. 554, subtit. Act 373 of 1925

in effect

MCL 554.381 Public welfare purposes; validity of gifts and bequests.

554.381. Public welfare purposes; validity of gifts and bequests. Sec. 1. No statutory or common law rule of this state against perpetuities or restraint of alienation shall hereafter invalidate any gift, grant, devise or bequest, in trust or otherwise, for public welfare purposes. 1925, Act 373, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 13516; CL 1948, 554.381

MCL 554.382 Public welfare purposes; definition.

554.382. Public welfare purposes; definition. Sec. 2. Public welfare purposes are defined to be all lawful purposes beneficial to the public as a whole. 1925, Act 373, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925; CL 1929, 13517; CL 1948, 554.382

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