COAT-OF-ARMS AND FLAG (EXCERPT) Act 209 of 1911 2.21 State coat-
of-arms; adoption. The device and inscriptions of the great seal
of the state of Michigan, Anno Domini 1835, presented by Lewis
Cass to the forthcoming state, through the constitutional
convention and adopted June 2, 1835, and filed with the
secretary of the territory, June 24, 1835, and illustrated by a
seal with said device and inscriptions attached to a state
document, bearing date 1838, and to the constitution of 1850
received and filed in the office of the secretary of state,
August 15, 1850, and now on file in said office, omitting the
legend “The great seal of the state of Michigan, Anno Domini
1835,” is hereby adopted as the coat-of-arms of the state.
History: 1911, Act 209, Eff. Aug. 1, 1911 CL 1915, 1098 CL 1929,
134 CL 1948, 2.21 Compiler's Notes: For constitutional provision
as to great seal of the state of Michigan referred to in this
section, see now Const. 1963, Art. III, § 3. © 2009 Legislative
Council, State of Michigan