MILITARY MUSEUM AND OLD BATTLE FLAGS
Act 230 of 1911
AN ACT to provide for the management and control of the military museum and old battle flags.

History: 1911, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1911

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

35.881 Military museum and battle flags; location.

Sec. 1.

The military museum shall be kept in the rotunda in the capitol on the basement floor, until such time as the state provides a grand army memorial building. The battle flags shall be kept in the cases they now occupy, in the rotunda on the 1st floor of the capitol, for all time and never be taken out unless some other provisions shall be made by the legislature in reference thereto.

History: 1911, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 1070 ;-- CL 1929, 951 ;-- CL 1948, 35.881

35.882 Military museum and battle flags; control and management.

Sec. 2.

The board of state auditors shall have full control and management of the museum and battle flags, and a committee of 3 veterans of the civil or Spanish-American war shall be appointed by the department commander, grand army of the republic, to act jointly with the board of state auditors, in soliciting relics, placing them in position and such other assistance as the board may require of them.

History: 1911, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 1071 ;-- CL 1929, 952 ;-- CL 1948, 35.882

35.883 Relics; freight and express charges.

Sec. 3.

The board of state auditors is authorized to pay any and all freight or express on relics that it considers of value.

History: 1911, Act 230, Imd. Eff. May 1, 1911 ;-- CL 1915, 1072 ;-- CL 1929, 953 ;-- CL 1948, 35.883

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