Jim DeAngelis worked on Michigan I worked on it on 10/1/03 *** CSTART MI 08/15/1850 01/01/1909 *** *** MSTART 002 003.0 015.0 0 MI 1850 1860 *** The officers and stockholders of every corporation or association for banking purposes, issuing bank notes or paper credits, to circulate as money, shall be individually liable for all debts contracted during the term of their being officers or stockholders of such corporation or association, equally and ratably to the extent of their respective shares of stock in any such corporation or association. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.11 during the 1859 legislative session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1860.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 003 002.0 018.0 0 MI 1850 1860 *** "Provided, The foregoing provision shall in no case be construed to apply to the action of commissioners of highways in the official discharge of their duty as highway commissioners." [The original section 2 of article 18 reads: "When private property is taken for the use or benefit of the public, the necessity for using such property, and the just compensation to be made therefor, except when to be made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve freeholders, residing in the vicinity of such property, or by not less than three commissioners, appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law. The amendment passed as J.R. No.14 during the 1859 legislative session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1860.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 004 033.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1860 *** Section 33. The Legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the first Wednesday in January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and on the first Wednesday of January in every second year thereafter, and at no other place or time, unless as provided in the Constitution of the State, and shall adjourn without day at such time as the legislature shall fix by concurrent resolution. [This amendment passed as part of J.R. No.18 in the 1859 legislative session. The resolution alters several sections of article 4 and was ratified by the voters in November, 1860.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 005 028.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1860 *** Section 28. No new bill shall be introduced into either house of the Legislature after the first fifty days of a session shall have expired. [This amendment passed as part of J.R. No.18 in the 1859 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1860.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 006 015.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1860 *** Sec. 15. The compensation of the members of the Legislature shall be three dollars per day for actual attendance, and when absent on account of sickness, but the Legislature may allow extra compensation to the members from the territory of the Upper Peninsula not exceeding two dollars per day during the session. [This amendment, adding a new clause about the Upper Peninsula to the existing section, passed as part of J.R. No.18 in the 1859 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1860.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 007 008.0 012.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 8. The Governor shall have power and it shall be his duty, except at such time as the legislature may be in session, to examine into the condition and administration of any public office, and the acts of any public officer, elective or appointed, to remove from office for gross neglect of duty, or for corrupt conduct in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, either of the following State officers, to wit: The Attorney General, State Treasurer, Commissioner of the Land Office, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Superintendent Public Instruction, or members of the State Board of Education, or any other officer of the State, except legislature and judicial, elective or appointed, and to appoint a successor for the remainder of their respective unexpired term of office, and report the causes of such removal to the legislature at its next session. [This section adds a new section (8) to article 12. It was passed as J.R. No.15 during the 1861 legislative session and ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 008 001.0 015.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 1. Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes. All laws passed pursuant to this section may be amended, altered or repealed. But the Legislature may, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each House, create a single bank, with branches. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 009 002.0 015.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 2. No general banking law shall have effect until the same shall, after its passage, be submitted to a vote of the electors of the State at a general election, and be approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon at such election. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 010 004.0 015.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 4. For all banks organized under general laws, the legislature shall provide for the registry of all bills or notes issued or put in circulation as money, and shall require security to the full amount of notes and bills so registered in State or United States stocks, bearing interest, which shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the redemption of such bills or notes, in specie. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 011 006.0 013.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 6. There shall be elected in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-three, at the time of the election of a justice of the supreme court, eight regents of the University, two of whom shall hold their office for two years, two for four years, two for six years and two for eight years. They shall enter upon the duties of their office on the first of January next succeeding their election. At every regular election of a justice of the supreme court thereafter, there shall be elected two regents, whose term of office shall be eight years. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of regent, it shall be filled by appointment of the Governor. The regents thus elected shall constitute the board of regents of the university of Michigan. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 012 006.0 019.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 6. That elections for all district or county officers, State Senators or Representatives, within the boundaries defined in this article, shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in the respective years in which they may be required; the county canvass shall be held on the first Monday thereafter, and the district canvass on the third Monday of said November. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 013 002.0 020.0 0 MI 1850 1862 *** Sec. 2. At the general election to be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in each sixteenth year thereafter, and also at such other times as the legislature may by law provide, the question of the general revision of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature; and in case a majority of the electors so qualified, voting at such election, shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the legislature, at the next session, shall provide by law for the election of such delegates to such convention. All the amendments shall take effect at the commencement of the year after their adoption. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.17, which alters several articles. It passed the legislature during the 1861 session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1862.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 014 001.0 007.0 0 MI 1850 1866 *** Section 1. In all elections, every white male citizen, every white male inhabitant, residing in the State on the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five; every white male inhabitant residing in the State on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the Untied States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months preceding an election, or who has resided in the Sate two years and six months, and declared his intention as aforesaid, and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United Sates, and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote; but no citizen or inhabitant shall be an elector or entitled to vote at any election, unless he shall be above the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in the State three months, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote, ten days next preceding such election: Provided, That in time of war, insurrection or rebellion, no qualified elector in the actual military service of the United States or of this State, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from the township, ward or State in which he resides; and the Legislature shall have the power and shall provide the manner in which, and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes to the township or ward election district in which they respectively reside or otherwise. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.26 in the 1865 legislative session. It was ratified by the voter in November, 1866.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 015 003.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Section 3. The House of Representatives shall consist of not less than sixty-four, nor more than one hundred members. Representatives shall be chosen for two years, and by single district. Each representative district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, exclusive of persons of Indian descent, who are not civilized, or are members of any tribe, and shall consist of convenient and contiguous territory; but no township or city shall be divided in the formation of a representative district. When any township or city shall contain a population which entitles it to more than one representative, then such township or city shall elect, by general ticket, the number of representatives to which it is entitled. Each county hereafter organized, with such territory as may be attached thereto, shall be entitled to a separate representative, when it has attained a population equal to a moiety of the ratio of representation. In every county entitled to more than one representative, the board of supervisors shall assemble at such time and place as the Legislature shall prescribe, and divide the same into representative districts, equal to the number of representatives to which such county is entitled by law, and shall cause to be filed in the offices of the Secretary of State and clerk of such county, a description of such representative district, specifying the number of each district and population thereof, according to the last preceding enumeration. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.42 , which alters several articles. It was passed during the 1869 legislative session and ratified by the voters in 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 016 004.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Sec. 4. The Legislature shall provide by law for an enumeration of the inhabitants in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and every ten years thereafter; and at the first session after each enumeration so made, and also at the first session after each enumeration by the authority of the United States, the Legislature shall re-arrange the Senate districts, and apportion anew the representatives among the counties and districts, according to the number of inhabitants, exclusive of persons of Indian descent, who are not civilized, or are members of any tribe. Each apportionment, and the division into representative districts by any board of supervisors, shall remain unaltered until the return of another enumeration. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.42 , which alters several articles. It was passed during the 1869 legislative session and ratified by the voters in 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 017 001.0 007.0 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Section 1. In all elections, every male citizen, every male inhabitant residing in the State on the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five; every male inhabitant residing in the State on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, who has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months preceding an election, or who has resided in this State two years and six months, and declared his intention as aforesaid, and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States, and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote; but no citizen or inhabitant shall be an elector, or entitled to vote at any election, unless he shall be above the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in this State three months, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote, ten days next preceding such election: Provided, That in time of war, insurrection or rebellion, no qualified elector in the actual military service of the United States, or of this State, in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from the township, ward or State in which he resides; and the Legislature shall have the power, and shall provide the manner in which, and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes to the township or ward election district in which they respectively reside, or otherwise [This amendment, which alters section 1 of article 7 for a second time, is included in J.R. No.42. It was passed during the 1869 legislative session and was ratified by the voters in 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 018 001.0 017.0 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Section l. The militia shall be composed of all able-bodied male citizens between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, except such as are exempted by the laws of the United States, or of this State; but all such citizens, of any religious denomination whatever, who, from scruples of conscience, may be averse to bearing arms, shall be excused therefrom, upon such conditions as shall be prescribed by law. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.42 , which alters several articles. It was passed during the 1869 legislative session and ratified by the voters in 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 019 001.0 019.A 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Section 1. The Legislature may, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on different railroad in this State, and shall prohibit running contracts between such railroad companies whereby discrimination is made in favor of either of such companies as against other companies owning connecting or intersecting lines of railroad. [This amendment added a new article 19-A, which has no relation to the original article 19. The amendment concerning railroads passed as J.R. No.1 in the extra session of the 1870 legislature. It was ratified by the people in November, 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 020 002.0 019.A 0 MI 1850 1870 *** Sec. 2. No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property, or franchises, with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given of at least sixty days to all stockholders, in such manner as shall be provided by law. [This amendment is part of the new article 19-A, which has no relation to the original article 19. The amendment regulated aspects of railroads and passed as J.R. No.1 in the extra session of the 1870 legislature. It was ratified by the people in November, 1870.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 021 047.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1876 *** Repealed. [This amendment repealing section 47 of article 4 passed the in the 1876 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in the November, 1876 election. Before repeal, section 47 read: "The legislature shall not pass any act authorizing the grant of license for the sale of ardent spirits or other intoxicating liquors."] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 022 001.0 020.0 0 MI 1850 1876 *** Section l. Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives. If the same shall be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each House, such amendment or amendments shall be entered on the journals respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the same shall be submitted to the electors at the next spring or autumn election thereafter, as the Legislature shall direct, and if a majority of electors qualified to vote for members of the Legislature voting thereon shall ratify and approve such amendment or amendments, the same shall become part of the constitution. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.29 during the 1876 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1876.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 023 012.0 013.0 0 MI 1850 1881 *** Sec. 12. The legislature shall also provide for the establishment of at least one library in each township and city; and all fines assessed and collected in the several counties and townships for any breach of the penal laws shall be exclusively applied to the support of such libraries, unless otherwise ordered by the township board of any township, or the board of education of any city: Provided, That in no case shall such fines be used for other than library or school purposes. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.25 during the 1879 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1881.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 024 012.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1881 *** Section 12. The clerk of each county organized for judicial purposes shall be the clerk of the circuit court of such county. The supreme court shall have power to appoint a clerk for such supreme court. [This amendment passed as J.R. No. 5 during the 1881 legislative session. It was ratified at the election held in April, 1881.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 025 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1881 *** Section 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. (The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and the circuit judge or judges of said circuit in addition to the salary provided by this constitution shall receive from said county of Wayne such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the board of supervisors of said county). [This amendment passed as J.R. No.11 in the 1881 legislature. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1881.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 026 001.0 009.0 0 MI 1850 1881 *** Section 1. The governor shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the judges of the circuit court shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the State treasurer shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the superintendent of public instruction shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the commissioner of the land office shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the attorney general shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars. They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their office. It shall not be competent for the legislature to increase the salaries herein provided. [This amendment passed as J.R. No. 28 in the 1881 legislature. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1882.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 027 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1884 *** Section 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and the circuit judge, or judges of said circuit, in addition to the salary provided by this constitution, shall receive from said county of Wayne such additional salary as may, from time to time, be fixed and determined by the board of supervisors of said county; and the board of supervisors of each county in the upper peninsula is hereby authorized and empowered to give and pay to the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which such county is attached, such additional salary, or compensation, as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. [This amendment, the second altering section 6 or article 6, passed as J.R. No.15 in the 1883 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters at the election in November, 1884.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 028 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1888 *** Section 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Saginaw is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges of said circuits, in addition to the salary provided by this constitution, shall receive from their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the boards of supervisors of said counties. And the board of supervisors of each county in the Upper Peninsula is hereby authorized and empowered to give and pay to the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which such county is attached such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. [This amendment, the third change to section 6 of article 6, passed as J.R. No.11 during the 1887 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1888.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 029 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1889 *** Sec. 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The Legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Saginaw is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Kent is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges of said circuits, in addition to the salary provided by this constitution, shall receive from their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the boards of supervisors of said counties. And the board of supervisors of each county in the Upper Peninsula is hereby authorized and empowered to give and pay to the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which such county is attached such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. This section as amended shall take effect from the time of its adoption. [This amendment, the fourth change to section 6 of article 6, passed as J.R. No.1 during the 1889 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1889.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 030 001.0 009.0 0 MI 1850 1889 *** Section l. The Governor shall receive an annual salary of four thousand dollars; the judges of the circuit court shall each receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred dollars; the State Treasurer shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall receive an annual salary of one thousand dollars; the Secretary of State shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the Commissioner of the Land Office shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars; the Attorney General shall receive an annual salary of eight hundred dollars. They shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties connected with their office. It shall not be competent for the Legislature to increase the salaries herein provided. [This amendment amends section 1 of article 9 for a second time. It was passed as J.R. No.2 in the 1889 legislative session and ratified by the voters in April, 1889.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 031 010.0 015.0 0 MI 1850 1889 *** Section 10. No corporation except for municipal purposes, or for the construction of railroads, plank roads and canals, shall be created for a longer time than thirty years; but the Legislature may provide by general laws applicable to any corporations, for one or more extensions of the term of such corporations while such term is running, not exceeding thirty years for each extension, on the consent of not less than a two-thirds majority of the capital of the corporation; and by like general laws for the corporate re-organization for a further period not exceeding thirty years, of such corporations whose terms have expired by limitation, on the consent of not less than four-fifths of the capital; Provided, That in cases of corporations where there is no capital stock the Legislature may provide the manner in which such corporations may be re-organized. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.3 during the 1889 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1889.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 032 049.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1893 *** Sec. 49. The Legislature may provide for the laying out, construction and maintenance of county and township roads, and may provide that any road heretofore laid out shall be a county or township road. County roads may be maintained at the expense of the county, and township roads at the expense of the township. County roads shall be under the control of a board of commissioners not to exceed five in number who shall be elected by the people, the number of said commissioners to be fixed by the board of supervisors of the county. For the construction and maintenance of county roads the commissioners may provide for an annual tax not exceeding two dollars upon each one thousand dollars of the assessment roll of the county for the preceding year. No county shall incur any indebtedness or issue any bonds for the construction or maintenance of county roads, except upon a vote of two-thirds of all the supervisors elected, and then to be approved by a majority vote at any general or special election; nor shall any such indebtedness at any time exceed three per cent of the valuation of the county upon the last preceding assessment roll. The Legislature may modify, change or repeal the powers and duties of the township commissioner of highways and overseer of highways. The Legislature may pass all necessary laws to carry this amendment into effect: Provided, That any act or acts passed by the Legislature to carry this amendment into effect shall provide for a county and township system, and the county system shall become operative only in such counties as shall adopt it by a majority vote of the electors of said county, after the said question has been submitted to them by a two-thirds vote of all the members elect of the board of supervisors of such county, at a general or special election called for that purpose. [This amendment adds a new section 49 to article 4. It was passed as J.R. No.11 during the 1893 legislative session and ratified at the election held April 3, 1893.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 033 008.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1893 *** Sec. 8. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal, not excepted in this constitution, and not prohibited by law; and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals and a supervisory control of the same. They shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and other writs necessary to carry into effect their orders, judgments and decrees, and give them general control over inferior courts and tribunals within their respective jurisdictions and in all such other cases and matters as the Supreme Court shall by rule prescribe. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.12 during the 1893 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1893.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 034 009.0 014.0 0 MI 1850 1893 *** Sec. 9. The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property: Provided, however, That the Legislature of the State, by appropriate legislation, may authorize the city of Grand Rapids to issue its bonds for the improvement of the navigation of Grand river. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.9 during the 1893 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1893.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 035 001.0 007.0 0 MI 1850 1894 *** Section 1. In all elections, every male inhabitant of this State, being a citizen of the United States, every male inhabitant residing in this State on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred thirty-five, every male inhabitant residing in this State on the first day of January, eighteen hundred fifty, every male inhabitant of foreign birth who, having resided in the State two years and six months prior to the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred ninety-four, and having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States two years and six months prior to said last named day, and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States, and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote; but no one shall be an elector or entitled to vote at any election unless he shall be above the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in this State six months and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote, twenty days next preceding such election: Provided, That in time of war, insurrection or rebellion no qualified elector in the actual military service of the United States, or of this State, or in the army or navy thereof, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from the township, ward or State in which he resides, and the Legislature shall have the power, and shall provide the manner in which, and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes to the township or ward election district in which they respectively reside, or otherwise. [This amendment alters section 1 of article 7 for the third time. It passed as J.R. No. 20 during the 1893 legislative session and ratified by the voters in November, 1894.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 036 005.0 007.0 0 MI 1850 1894 *** Sec. 5. No elector shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his being employed in the service of the United States, or of this State; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison, except that honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the military or naval forces of the United States, or of this State, and who reside in soldiers' homes established by the State, may acquire a residence where such home is located. [This amendment passed as J.R. No.21 during the 1893 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1894.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 037 049.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1899 *** Sec. 49. The Legislature may provide for the laying out, construction, improvement and maintenance of highways, bridges and culverts by counties and townships, and may authorize counties to take charge and control of any highways within their limits for such purposes; and may modify, change or abolish the powers and duties of township commissioners and overseers of highways. But the tax raised in any one year shall not exceed two dollars upon each one thousand dollars valuations, according to the assessment roll of the county for the preceding year. The Legislature may also prescribe the powers and duties of boards of supervisors in relation to highways, bridges and culverts, and may provide for one or more county road commissioners, to be elected by the people, or appointed, with such powers and duties as may be prescribed by law. No county shall incur any indebtedness for any purposes in excess of three per cent of the valuation, according to the last assessment roll, and no such indebtedness beyond one-half of one per cent of such valuation shall be incurred, unless authorized by a majority of the electors of said county voting thereon: Provided, That any county road system provided by law shall not go into operation in any county until the electors of said county, by a majority vote, have declared in favor of adopting the county road system. [This amendment alters section 49 of article 4 for the second time. It passed as J.R. No.5 during the 1899 legislative session and was ratified by the voters in November, 1899.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 038 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1899 *** Sec. 6. The State shall be divided into Judicial Circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for a term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Saginaw is or may be situated, and in which the judicial circuit in which the county of Kent is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of St. Clair is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges of such circuits, in addition to the salary provided by the constitution, shall receive from their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the Board of Supervisors of said county. And the Board of Supervisors of each county in the upper peninsula is hereby authorized and empowered to give and pay to the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which said county is attached, such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such Board of Supervisors. This section as amended shall take effect from the time of its adoption. [Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated (M.C.L.A.) has an incorrect Joint Resolution number for this 1899 amendment. M.C.L.A. lists the legislation as J.R. No.6, which was a proposed amendment from the 1899 legislative session that would have also altered article 6 of the 1850 constitution. However, J.R. No.6 would have overhauled the judicial department by amending sections 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19 and 20 of article 6. This proposed amendment was rejected in April 1899 by a vote of 102,269 to 99,391. See Thorpe Vol. IV, p.1972 for the vote totals. The correct legislation is actually J.R. No.3 from the 1899 legislative session. It was approved by the voters at the election in April 1899, and marked the fifth amendment to section 6 of article 6.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 039 010.0 014.0 0 MI 1850 1900 *** Sec. 10. The State may continue to collect all specific taxes accruing to the treasury under existing laws. The Legislature may provide for the collection of specific taxes from corporations. The Legislature may provide for the assessment of the property of corporations, at its true cash value, by a State Board of Assessors and for the levying and collection of taxes thereon. All taxes hereafter levied on the property of such classes of corporations as are paying specific taxes under laws in force on November sixth, A. D. nineteen hundred, shall be applied as provided for specific State taxes in section one of this article. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.1 passed in the extra session of the 1900 legislature. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1900.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 040 011.0 014.0 0 MI 1850 1900 *** Sec. 11. The Legislature shall provide a uniform rule of taxation except on property paying specific taxes, and taxes shall be levied on such property as shall be prescribed by law: Provided, That the Legislature shall provide an uniform rule of taxation for such property as shall be assessed by a State Board of Assessors, and the rate of taxation on such property shall be the rate which the State Board of Assessors shall ascertain and determine is the average rate levied upon other property upon which advalorem taxes are assessed for State, county, township, school and municipal purposes. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.1 passed in the extra session of the 1900 legislature. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1900.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 041 013.0 014.0 0 MI 1850 1900 *** Sec. 13. In the year one thousand nine hundred and one, and every fifth year thereafter, and at such other times as the Legislature may direct, the Legislature shall provide for an equalization of assessments by a State board, on all taxable property, except that taxed under laws passed pursuant to section ten of this article. [This amendment is part of J.R. No.1 passed in the extra session of the 1900 legislature. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1900.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 042 035.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1902 *** Sec. 35. The legislature shall not establish a State paper. [This amendment passed as J.R. No. 9 in the 1901 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1902. It stripped section 35 of some of its original language. The original section 35 of article 4 read: "The legislature shall not establish a State paper. Every newspaper in the State which shall publish all the general laws of any session within forty days of their passage shall be entitled to receive a sum not exceeding fifteen dollars therefor."] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 043 047.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1902 *** Sec. 47. The legislature may, by law, provide for the indeterminate sentences, so called, as a punishment for crime, on conviction thereof, and for the detention and release of persons imprisoned or detained on said sentences. [This amendment, which adds a new section 47 to article 4. The original section 47 of article 4 had been stripped in an amendment ratified in 1875. The new amendment passed as J.R. No.11 in the 1901 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in November, 1902.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 044 010.0 010.0 0 MI 1850 1903 *** Section 10. The board of supervisors, or, in the counties of Saginaw, Jackson, Washtenaw, Kent and Wayne, the board of county auditors, shall have the exclusive power to fix the compensation for all services rendered for, and to adjust all claims against, their respective counties, and the sum so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal. [This amendment passed as J.R. No. 3 during the 1903 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1903.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 045 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1903 *** Sec. 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The Legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the City of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the County of Saginaw is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the County of Kent is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the County of St. Clair is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges of such circuits, in addition to the salary provided by the constitution, shall receive from their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the board of supervisors of said county. And the board of supervisors of each county in the Upper Peninsula, and in the counties of Bay and Washtenaw in the Lower Peninsula, is hereby authorized and empowered to give and to pay to the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which said county is attached, such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. [This amendment, which alters section 6 or article 6 for a sixth time, passed as J.R. No.4 during the 1903 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1903.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 046 028.0 004.0 0 MI 1850 1904 *** Repealed. [This amendment repealing section 28 of article 4 passed as J.R. No.2 in the 1903 legislative session. It was approved by the voters in November, 1904. Section 28 of article 4 had been amended once before in 1860. Before repeal, section 28 read: "No new bill shall be introduced into either house of the Legislature after the first fifty days of a session shall have expired."] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 047 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1905 *** Sec. 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge, who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Saginaw is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Kent is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of St. Clair is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges of such circuits, in addition to the salary provided by the constitution, shall receive their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the board of supervisors of said county. And the board of supervisors of each county in the Upper Peninsula, and in the counties of Bay and Washtenaw and the county of Genesee in the Lower Peninsula, is hereby authorized and empowered to give and to pay the circuit judge of the judicial circuit to which said county is attached, such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. This section as amended shall take effect from the time of its adoption. [This amendment, the seventh change to section 6 of article 6, passed as J.R. No.2 during the 1905 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1905.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 048 010.0 010.0 0 MI 1850 1905 *** Sec. 10. The board of supervisors, or, in the counties of Saginaw, Jackson, Washtenaw, Kent, Wayne and Genesee, the board of county auditors shall have the exclusive power to fix the compensation for all services rendered for and to adjust all claims against their respective counties, and the sums so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal. [This amendment alters section 10 of article 10 for a second time. It passed as J.R. No.3 in the 1905 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1905.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 049 009.0 014.0 0 MI 1850 1905 *** Sec. 9. The State shall not be a party to, nor interested in, any work or internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work except in the improvement of or aiding in the improvement of the public wagon roads and in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property: Provided, however, That the legislature of the State, by appropriate legislation, may authorize the city of Grand Rapids to issue its bonds for the improvement of Grand River. [This amendment alters section 9 of article 14 for a second time. It passed as J.R. No.4 during the 1905 legislative session and ratified by the voters in April, 1905.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 050 006.0 006.0 0 MI 1850 1907 *** Sec. 6. The State shall be divided into judicial circuits, in each of which the electors thereof shall elect one circuit judge who shall hold his office for the term of six years, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The legislature may provide for the election of more than one circuit judge in the judicial circuit in which the city of Detroit is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Saginaw is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of Kent is or may be situated, and in the judicial circuit in which the county of St. Clair is or may be situated. And the circuit judge or judges or such circuits, in addition to the salary provided by the constitution, shall receive from their respective counties such additional salary as may from time to time be fixed and determined by the board of supervisors of said county. And the board of supervisors of each county in the Upper Peninsula, and in the counties of Bay, Washtenaw, Genesee, Ingham and Jackson and the counties in the judicial circuit in which the county of Isabella is or may be situated in the Lower Peninsula, is hereby authorized and empowered to give and to pay the circuit judge of the judicial circuit, to which said county is attached, such additional salary or compensation as may from time to time be fixed and determined by such board of supervisors. This section as amended shall take effect from the time of its adoption. [This amendment alters section 6 of article 6 for the eighth time. It passed as J.R. No.3 during the 1907 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1907.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 051 010.0 010.0 0 MI 1850 1907 *** Sec. 10. The board of supervisors, or in the counties of Saginaw, Jackson, Washtenaw, Kent, Wayne, Genesee, Bay, Cheboygan and St. Clair the board of county auditors, shall have the exclusive power to fix the compensation for all services rendered for and to adjust all claims against their respective counties, and the sums so fixed and defined shall be subject to no appeal. [This is the third amendment to section 10 of article 10. The amendment passed as J.R. No.4 during the 1907 legislative session and was ratified by the voters in April, 1907.] *** MEND *** *** MSTART 052 003.0 018.0 0 MI 1850 1907 *** Sec. 3. Repealed. [This amendment striking section 3 of article 18 passed as J.R. No.5 during the 1907 legislative session. It was ratified by the voters in April, 1907. The Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated (M.C.L.A.) has the wrong Joint Resolution number for this amendment. The M.C.L.A records this amendment as J.R. No.3, when it is actually J.R. No.5. J.R. No.3, which was ratified at the same election, amended section 6 of article 6. Before repeal, section 3 of article 18 read: "No mechanical trade shall hereafter be taught to convicts in the State prison of this State, except the manufacture of those articles of which the chief supply for home consumption is imported from other states or countries."] *** MEND *** *** CEND ***