Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 24. Printing and State Documents § 24.8

Sec. 8. The secretary of the state horticultural society shall make a report annually, covering the subject of horticulture; such report, however, shall not be published for any year if a manuscript copy of the same be not furnished to the governor complete on or before the first day of February of the succeeding calendar year; and in case of the omission of the publication by reason of delay in furnishing said report, a synopsis, not exceeding 20 pages of printed matter of the delayed report, shall be printed in the succeeding volume of such report when furnished in accordance with the provisions of this section. Said report shall be printed and bound and distributed in a quantity provided in the appropriation made therefor by the legislature.