Mich. Comp. Laws § 28.262: Bureau of identification filing system for fingerprints of inmates of state institutions; purpose, equipment, supplies.

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It shall be the duty of the bureau of identification to install and maintain a filing system for the purpose of recording and preserving the various impressions received by it by virtue of the terms of this act, said filing system to be separated from the system now employed by the bureau for the recording and preserving of finger-print impressions of criminals. The equipment and supplies for the proper carrying out of this act shall be furnished by the department of public safety.