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MCL ch. 8, subtit. Act 46 of 1847
in effect

MCL 8.21 Acts and joint resolutions; binding.

8.21. Acts and joint resolutions; binding. Sec. 1. That the secretary of state be, and he is hereby required, to cause to be arranged and bound in a substantial manner, all acts and joint resolutions of the several legislatures of this state, which become laws under the constitution, so far as the same may be on file in his office. 1847, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 1847; CL 1857, 11; CL 1871, 11; How. 4; CL 1897, 52; CL 1915, 66; CL 1929, 78; CL 1948, 8.21

MCL 8.22 Acts and joint resolutions; binding after enrollment, certificate, signatures.

8.22. Acts and joint resolutions; binding after enrollment, certificate, signatures. Sec. 2. Hereafter, at the close of each session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall cause to be bound in like manner the enrolled acts and joint resolutions of the legislature, which shall become laws under the constitution of this state, and shall certify, under his hand and the seal of the state, on the frontispiece of the volume, that said volume contains the whole of the original acts and joint resolutions, as enrolled by the clerks, signed by the secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives, and approved by the governor, or which may have become laws under the constitution of this state, without his signature or approval. 1847, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 1847; CL 1857, 12; CL 1871, 12; How. 5; CL 1897, 53; CL 1915, 67; CL 1929, 79; Am. 1931, Act 125, Imd. Eff. May 19, 1931; CL 1948, 8.22

MCL 8.23 Acts and joint resolutions; bound volumes as records, expenses.

8.23. Acts and joint resolutions; bound volumes as records, expenses. Sec. 3. The acts and joint resolutions, when bound and certified, as specified in this act, shall be kept in the office of the secretary of state, and no further record thereof shall be required to be kept. The expenses of arranging and binding the laws, as specified in the preceding sections of this act, shall be paid by the treasurer of the state out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, on the certificate of the secretary of state. 1847, Act 46, Imd. Eff. Mar. 15, 1847; CL 1857, 13; CL 1871, 13; How. 6; CL 1897, 54; CL 1915, 68; CL 1929, 80; CL 1948, 8.23
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/Chapter%208.xmlFetched: 10/20/2026

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