Title 435, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS

Sec. 1. The fourth Friday in September of each year shall be known as Michigan Indian day. This date is not to be construed as a legal holiday.

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes all of the following: (a) Women have proudly served the United States in many military roles throughout its history. The roles include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (i) Soldiers, disguised as men, during the American Revolut…

Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes the fundamental contribution Sojourner Truth made to the abolition of slavery, to the establishment of equal rights for women, and to several other significant social reform and human justice movements in the nineteenth century. Truth toured the…

Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes the fundamental contribution that Willie Horton has made to the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan through his humanitarian works. Raised in a Detroit housing project, Willie fulfilled a boyhood dream by playing for his hometown team, the…

Section 1. The last Sunday in June of each year shall be known as "log cabin day".

Sec. 1. The legislature declares that May 2 of each year shall be known as "Negro Leagues Day".

Sec. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of buying, selling, trading or exchanging new, used or second-hand motor vehicles or offering to buy, sell, trade or exchange, or participate in the negotiation thereof, or attempt to buy, …

Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to keep open their establishment or place of business on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, for any of the purposes mentioned in section 1 of this act: Provided, however, That nothing in this ac…

Sec. 3. Any person, firm or corporation who violates or offends against the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by the laws of this state, or by the court, in its discretion, suspending or revoking the dealer's li…

Sec. 4. This act shall not apply to counties having a population under 130,000 inhabitants according to the latest or each succeeding federal decennial census.

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. is a national organization of mothers whose sons and daughters serve honorably in the nation's armed forces. Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. was founded in Flint, Michigan, in 1942. The purposes and acti…

Sec. 1. The first full week in June of each year shall be known as "Michigan garden week".

Sec. 1. In recognition of the importance of manufacturing to the development of the state and its economy, the legislature declares that the Friday in the second full week of May shall be known as "Michigan Manufacturing Day".

Sec. 2. To celebrate that day, the legislature encourages manufacturers to open their plants and facilities to young people, teachers, and parents and encourages visits to manufacturing plants and facilities to foster knowledge and appreciation of the historic, scientific, econom…

Sec. 1. October 11 of each year shall be known as the "Casimir Pulaski Day".

Sec. 1. (1) The following days are considered and treated as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and as public holidays or half-holidays: (a) January 1, New Year's Day. (b) The third Monday of January in conjunction with the federal holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr.…

Sec. 2. When January 1, February 12, June 19, July 4, November 11, or December 25 is a Sunday, the next succeeding Monday is a public holiday for the purposes aforesaid. A bill of exchange, check, or promissory note that would otherwise be presentable for acceptance or payment on…

Sec. 3. In addition to the holidays and half-holidays designated in section 1 of this act, and notwithstanding the provisions of any other law of this state to the contrary, any one or more Saturdays up to 12 o'clock noon upon which a bank, savings and loan association, and build…

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes the enormous sacrifice made by the 2,335 servicemen and servicewomen who gave their lives in the defense of this nation during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Another 1,143 servicemen and servicewomen were i…

Sec. 1. March 18 of each year shall be known as "grandparents' and grandchildren's day".

Sec. 1. Whenever in the statutes of this state, rights, privileges, immunities or exemptions are given or duties and responsibilities are imposed on persons who conscientiously believe the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the sabbath, said sabbath or seventh day sh…

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes the great number of tragic deaths of children of all ages from all causes that occur each year. Each day in America many children and youths under age 20 commit suicide, are victims of a homicide, or die as a result of accidents. Many more c…

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes that slavery existed in American history for more than 200 years. Millions of African-Americans were brought to the Americas as slaves stacked in the bottom of slave ships in a 5- to 12-week journey across the Atlantic Ocean known as the "Mi…

Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes the fundamental contribution that Cesar E. Chavez made to this nation by organizing farm workers to campaign for safe and fair working conditions, reasonable wages, decent housing, and the outlawing of child labor. Cesar E. Chavez began work…

Sec. 2. (1) The legislature recognizes the exceptional contributions to American life, history, and leadership made by Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-eighth president of the United States and the only United States president from Michigan, who for decades has served the United States…

Sec. 3. (1) The legislature recognizes the outstanding contributions to American life, history, and culture made by Henry Ford, founder of Ford motor company and a man of great vision. During most of his life, Henry Ford resided in Dearborn. He pioneered industrial mass productio…

Sec. 4. (1) The legislature recognizes the contributions to civil liberties made by Fred Korematsu. Fred Korematsu was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Oakland, California, on January 30, 1919, the third of 4 sons. Fred Korematsu was 1 of the many American citizens of Japane…

Sec. 1. The first Sunday in August of each year shall be known as American family day.

Sec. 1. May 29 of each year shall be known as "John Fitzgerald Kennedy Day".

Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "armed forces commemoration act".

Sec. 2. In recognition of the men and women who served in the United States armed forces, specifically the United States army, the United States navy, the United States marines, the United States air force, and the United States coast guard, the dates of founding of each branch s…

Sec. 3. The flags of each branch shall be flown over the state capitol building in Lansing annually on the commemoration date for each branch identified in section 2.

Sec. 1. (1) In recognition of the men and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty while serving as law enforcement officers in the state of Michigan, May 15 of each year shall be known as "Police Officers Memorial Day". (2) In recognition of the men and women who have…

Sec. 2. On these days, all flags at public buildings shall be lowered to half staff in honor and appreciation of fallen law enforcement officers and firefighters. Each community throughout the state is encouraged to conduct a memorial ceremony, and the state's citizens are encour…

Sec. 1. The legislature declares that April 24 of each year shall be the Michigan day of remembrance of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923, and that the period beginning on the Sunday before that day through the following Sunday shall be the days of remembrance in this state, in …