Governor, Commander In Chief; Adjutant General; Power To Order Militia To Active Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 32.551

Sec. 151.

The governor is the commander-in-chief of the organized militia. He may order to active state service any members of the organized militia in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, resistance of process, or for service in aid of civil authority, whether state or federal, or in time of public danger, disaster, crisis, catastrophe or other public emergency within this state. If the governor and his legal successor are absent, disabled or cannot be communicated with, the adjutant general, if he believes the danger great and imminent, may order out, in the name of the governor, such troops of the organized militia as he believes necessary to meet the emergency.