Sec. 1.
The city council shall have control of all sidewalks in the public streets and alleys of the city, and may prescribe the grade thereof, and change the same when deemed necessary. They shall have power to build, maintain and keep in repair sidewalks and crosswalks in the public streets and alleys, and to charge the expense of constructing and maintaining such sidewalks upon the lots and premises adjacent to and abutting upon such walks.
History: 1895, Act 215, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 3187 ;-- CL 1915, 3101 ;-- CL 1929, 2025 ;-- CL 1948, 103.1