Pursuant to the authority vested in the Township Board by Public Act 426 of 1976 (M.C.L.A. § 41.82), no elected or appointed constable of the township shall exercise any power or assume any duty prescribed by the laws of the state, except as set forth below.
(A) Township constables shall be authorized to serve all criminal warrants or other criminal process lawfully directed to them by the Township Board, the Township Clerk or another officer.
(B) Township constables shall be authorized to serve all civil notices and process lawfully directed to them by the Township Board, the Township Clerk or any other office.
(C) Township constables shall be authorized to serve any writ, process or order lawfully directed to them in the township within the county in which this township is situated.
(D) Township constables shall be authorized to be ministerial officers of the District Court and may be appointed as a District Court officer by the District Court and may perform the duties permitted pursuant to Public Act 236 of 1961, as amended, being M.C.L.A. §§ 600.8301 to 600.8395.
(E) Township constables shall be authorized, when directed by the Township Board, to perform liquor control inspections under the liquor control ordinance of this township.
(F) Township constables shall be authorized to perform such other duties or powers of their office only when specifically so directed by the Township Board pursuant to resolution.
(Prior Code, § II-3.01)