Michigan · statute · 83 of 1867, Mich. Comp. Laws · 3 active provisions
That the county clerks of the several counties in this state be and are hereby directed to procure, at the expense of the respective counties, suitable books in which to record discharges of members of the armed forces of the United States.
(1) A county clerk shall enter upon the record book all discharges of soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, and members of women's auxiliaries that may be presented to the clerk for recording. The county clerk shall fully index the recorded information, and arrange the names of soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, and mem…
Certified copies of such record, under the seal of the circuit court of the county in which such discharge is recorded, shall be received as evidence of the contents of the original discharge, in all cases where such evidence may be required.