Mich. Comp. Laws § 168.201

Sec. 201. The board of county canvassers shall determine which candidates for the offices named in section 191 of this act received the greatest number of votes and shall declare such candidates to be duly elected. The said board shall forthwith make and subscribe on its statement of returns a certificate of such determination and deliver same to the county clerk within 14 days following the date of the election.