Section 430.151 - Unauthorized wearing of veteran's society badge or button; penalty.

UNLAWFUL WEARING OF BADGE OR BUTTON (EXCERPT)
Act 109 of 1905

430.151 Unauthorized wearing of veteran's society badge or button; penalty.

Sec. 1.

Any person who shall wear the badge or button of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal Legion of the United States, the United Spanish War Veterans, Military Order of Foreign Wars, or the American Legion, or of any legally incorporated organization composed of honorably discharged veterans of any war in which the United States has been, or may be, a participant, without being entitled to use or wear the same under the rules and regulations of such several organizations, or who shall use or wear the badge or button thereof to obtain aid or assistance thereby within the state of Michigan shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and if convicted thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 30 days, or a fine not exceeding 20 dollars.


History: 1905, Act 109, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 15579 ;-- Am. 1921, Act 6, Eff. Aug. 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 8996 ;-- CL 1948, 430.151