MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK. PUBLIC ACTS, MICHIGAN, REGULAR SESSION, 1895, PAGES 514, 515. [No. 222.] AN ACT to provide for the appointment of a board of commissioners who shall have the management and control of the Mackinac Island State Park, and defining its powers and duties. SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact: That, pursuant to an act of congress authorizing the Secretary of War, on the application of the Governor of the State of Michigan, to turn over to the State of Michigan for use as a state park, and for no other purpose, the military reservation and buildings and the lands of the national park on Mackinac Island, Michigan. Provided, that whenever the State ceases to use the lands for the purposes aforesaid, it shall revert to the United States; the Governor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to make application to the Secretary of War, as aforesaid; and that upon the turning over to the State of Michigan of said military reservation and the buildings and the lands of the national park on Mackinac Island, the same shall thereafter be known as the "Mackinac Island State Park." SEC. 2. Provides: Within thirty days, appointment by the Gorernor, with the Senate's consent, of a board of five commissioners, citizens of the State, to serve, respectively, two, four, six, eight and ten years; also, the Governor to be ex-officio, a member. Commissioners serve without compensation, but may receive actual expenses out of the park fund, for not exceeding one week in each year. Governor to fill vacancies. SEC. 3. Provides: Commission can lay out, control and manage park, employ and pay a superintendent, but debts and obligations can not exceed the funds on hand, Commissioners can designate one or more employes to act as deputy sheriffs of Mackinac County, with sheriff's approval, without pay or compensation as (219) such. Commissioners report to Governor annually receipts and expenditures, and recommend and suggest as may seem proper. SEC. 4. Provides: Superintendent shall see "that the United States flag is kept floating from the flag staff at Fort Mackinac❞ under rules governing when the fort was occupied "by the United States troops." Approved May 31st, 1895. MACKINAC ISLAND STATE PARK COMMISSION. Within the required thirty days Governor Rich appointed five Commissioners to serve from June 21st, 1895. Commission: Hon. John T. Rich, Governor, (Ex officio.) Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven, 2 years, term expires, June 21st, 1897, President. Wm. M. Clark, Lansing, 4 years, term expires, June 21st, 1899, Secretary. Peter White, Marquette, 6 years, term expires, June 21st, 1901, Vice-President. George T. Arnold, Mackinac Island, 8 years, term expires, June 21st, 1903, Acting Superintendent. Albert L. Stephens, Detroit, 10 years, term expires, June 21st, 1905, Treasurer. Commission met at the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, July 11th, 1895, elected officers, and adopted rules for the park. Subsequently the Governor accepted the park for the State of Michigan from the Secretary of War. The detachment of U. S. troops vacated the fort Sept. 16th, 1895, and embarked for Sault Ste. Marie, and 1st Lieutenant Woodbridge Geary, U. S. Army, commanding, (ex officio superintendent,) turned the fort and Park over to George T. Arnold, Acting Superintendent of Mackinac Island State Park. In conclusion, the fort on the Straits of Michilimackinac has been in three locations: Fort Michilimackinac (St. Ignace) North Peninsula, 1673, Fort Michilimackinac (Old Mackinaw) South Peninsula, *1721-80, Fort Mackinac, Michilimackinac Island, 1780. Micbilimackinact was the official distinctive title of an extensive territory or province of New France and the name was not local nor confined to the Island of "Michili-Mackina c," where it originated, as many suppose. Exact time of occupation not determined. STEAMBOAT LINES TO MACKINAC ISLAND. "D. & C." Steam Navigation Company. Lake Michigan & Lake Superior St. Co. Arnold Line Steamers (for Cheboygan, Sault Ste. Marie, St. Ignace and Les Cheneaux). North Star (Ferry, St. Ignace and Mackinac Island). Wabb Transp. Co. U. S. and Dominion Transp. Co. Also tramp or wild steamers and many private yachts. ROADS AND PATHS ON MACKINAC ISLAND. Steamers landing from twenty to forty per day. When you land at Mackinac Island, by lake steamers or by the steam ferries that connect with the M. C., G. R. & I., D., S. S. & A., and Minneappolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie R. Rs., face to the front, with the town and fort before you. The road through the center of the island leads from the fort to Fort Holmes, Skull Cave, Cemeteries, Dousman's Farm ("Earley's "), Battle Field, British Landing and Scott's Cave. Roads to the right (eastward) to east end, Robertson's Folly, Giants Stairway, Fairy Arch, Arch Rock, Sugar-Loaf Rock, and Leslie avenue into the British Landing road: Roads to the left (westward) to Grand Hotel,, "West End," Wacheo, ("Hubbard's Annex "), Lover's Leap, Chimney Rock, and Lover's Lane, and Cupid's Pathway, into the British Landing road. Consult Outline Map of Mackinac Island. You cannot get lost, if attentive to directions, but if you do it will be only a charming, temporary novelty. FINIS. BAILEY & SON'S.... NATIONAL PARK MAGKINAG ISLAND, MIGH. Is acknowledged to be the finest and most reliable place in Mackinac to buy Drugs, Medicines, Prescriptions, etc., and is the most popular place where the weary pedestrian can for a few pence revel in the delights of an Ice Cream Soda or quench the thirst with the finest carbonated beverages that can be produced. We give this branch of our business special attention, and we shall endeavor to furnish our customers with the best of everything. A single trial will be sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious. COME AND SEE US. FINEST LINE CHOCOLATES, FINEST LINE CIGARS, FINEST LINE PERFUMERY IN THE CITY..... DR. J. R. BAILEY & SON, MACKINAC ISLAND. |