Mich. Comp. Laws § 486.22
All owners of water-power afforded by any canal or its appurtenances which is under the control of any association formed under this act, who are tenants in common of the water, water-power, or easements or canal and appurtenances with the members of said association formed under this act, or the act to which this act is amendatory, shall be deemed to have consented to the making of such repairs, and improvements as are proper or necessary for the protection and preservation of such canal and its appurtenances and such as render the same generally available to the owners thereof; and it shall not be necessary in any such case in any proceedings under this act, to allege or show a previous request made to them to join in making such repairs and improvements, but they shall be respectively liable to pay their just proportion at the time and in the manner in this act provided for.
MCL 486.22