STATE AREA
Act 78 of 1945
AN ACT to declare the area of the state of Michigan.

History: 1945, Act 78, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

2.1 Area of state; basis.

Sec. 1.

The total area of the state of Michigan is hereby declared to be 96,720 square miles consisting of 57,022 square miles of land and 39,698 square miles of inland water as based upon the boundaries of the state of Michigan according to article I, section 1 of the constitution of the state of Michigan of 1909, and United States statutes at large, volume 5, page 49, chapter 99, approved June 15, 1836.

History: 1945, Act 78, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 2.1
Compiler's Notes: In this section, “article I, section 1 of the constitution of the state of Michigan of 1909” evidently refers to the Constitution of 1908. There is no comparable provision in the Constitution of 1963.

2.2 Area of state; figures for official state publications.

Sec. 2.

All official publications of the state of Michigan issued after the passage of this act, in which the total area, total land area or total water area of Michigan are stated shall use the figures set forth in section 1.

History: 1945, Act 78, Eff. Sept. 6, 1945 ;-- CL 1948, 2.2

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