Title 2, STATE

Sec. 5. The device of the arms of the state corresponding to the blazon hereinbefore given shall be painted on some suitable background and hung upon the walls of the executive chamber, the office of the secretary of state, the supreme court room, the senate chamber and hall of t…

Sec. 6. No pictorial device other than the arms of the state shall be used in the public offices at the capitol for letter headings and envelopes used for official business. Persons printing and circulating public documents under the authority of the state, when they use a vignet…

Sec. 7. The flag of the United States and the state flag bearing the arms of the state, shall be displayed upon the capitol building during the daily sessions of the legislature and of the supreme court, and on public occasions. The board of state auditors shall see that the flag…

Sec. 1. Manoomin (Zizania palustris and Zizania aquatica), also known as Michigan wild rice, is designated as the official native grain of this state. Let it be known that manoomin is a sacred and important component to many wetlands and has a cultural significance to indigenous …

Sec. 1. The following compact is hereby ratified and approved: A COMPACT Entered into by and between the state of Minnesota, the state of Wisconsin and the state of Michigan, state signatories hereto. The contracting states solemnly agree: That the boundary between the state of M…

Sec. 2. That the western boundary of the state of Michigan in the waters of lake Superior and the eastern boundary in the waters of lake Superior of the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin be and it hereby is finally fixed and established as the line marked M-N on the map, which li…

Sec. 3. All azimuths are measured clockwise from true north.

Sec. 4. That this compact shall become operative immediately upon its ratification by any state as between it and the other state or states so ratifying. Ratification shall be made by act of the legislature of the ratifying state.

Sec. 5. That immediately upon ratification of this compact by all 3 states, each state will appoint 2 members to a joint survey commission to survey and mark the boundaries defined in this compact by establishing and perpetuating monuments at the reference points on shore by mean…

Sec. 6. The maps referred to in the above compact are the original maps on file with the report of the representatives of the Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin boundary conference in the office of the secretary of state of Wisconsin, duplicates of which original maps shall be fil…

Sec. 7. The governor of Michigan is authorized and directed to witness the ratification of this compact by executing the final draft thereof in his own name and on behalf of the state of Michigan and affixing the seal of the state of Michigan.

Sec. 1. The painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is designated as the official reptile of this state.

Sec. 1. The Kalkaska soil series is adopted as the official soil of this state.

Sec. 1. The historical society of Michigan is designated the official historical society of this state.

Sec. 1. The dwarf lake iris (Iris lacustris) is designated as an official wildflower of this state.

Sec. 1. (1) June 14 through July 14 each year is designated as the official flag month of this state. (2) Handling and displaying the flag of the United States is encouraged according to the following guidelines: (a) The flag of the United States should be at the center and at th…