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time as the legislature shall prescribe," instead of at the "next general election.'

Section 2 is so far changed that the corresponding section of the present constitution is appended entire, for convenience of comparison, as follows:

"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 delegates to such convention. All the amendments shall take effect at the commencement of the year after their adoption."

SCHEDULE.

That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the constitution of this State, and in order to carry the same into operation, it is hereby declared: SECTION 1. The common law, and the statute laws now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation, or are altered or repealed by the Legislature.

SEC. 2. All writs, actions, causes of action, prosecutions and rights of individuals and of bodies corporate, and of the State, and all charters of incorporation, shall continue; and all indictments and informations which shall have been found or filed, or which may hereafter be found or filed, for any crime or offense committed before the adoption of this constitution, may be proceeded upon as if no change had taken place. The several courts, except as herein otherwise provided, shall continue with the like powers and jurisdiction, both at law and in equity, as if this constitution had not been adopted, and until the organization of the judicial department under this constitution.

SEC. 3. All fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats accruing to the State. under the present constitution and laws, shall accrue to the use of the State under this constitution.

SEC. 4. All recognizances, bonds, obligations, and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this constitution, to the people. of this State, or to any county or township, or to any public officer or public body, or which may be entered into or executed under existing laws, to the people of this State or to any such officer or public body, before the complete organization of the departments of government under this constitution, shall remain binding and valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same shall continue, and may be prosecuted as provided by law. And all crimes and misdemeanors, and penal actions, shall be prosecuted, tried and punished as though no change had taken place, until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 5. All officers, civil and military, now holding any office or appointment, shall continue to hold their respective offices, unless removed by competent authority, until superseded under the laws now in force, or under this constitution.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the Legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this constitution, to adapt the present laws to the provisions of this constitution.

SEC. 7. Any territory attached, or that may be attached, to any county for judicial purposes, if not otherwise represented, shall be considered as forming a part of such county, so far as regards elections for the purpose of representation.

SEC. 8. The terms of office of all State and county officers, of the circuit judges, members of the Board of Education, and members of the Legislature, shall begin on the first day of January next succeeding their election.

And be it further resolved, That said constitutional amendments shall be submitted to the people of this State at the next general election, to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four; and the Secretary of State is hereby required to give notice of the same to the sheriffs of the several counties in this State, in the same manner that he is now required to do in case of an election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor; and the inspectors of election in the several townships and cities in this State, shall prepare a suitable box for the reception of ballots, cast for or against said amendments. Each person voting for said amendments to the constitution of this State, shall have written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, on his ballot, the words "Constitutional Amendments,—Yes;" and each person voting against them shall have on his ballot, in like manner, the words "Constitutional Amendments,-No." The ballots shall in all respects be canvassed and returns made as in election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In case a majority of the votes cast at said election, as above provided, shall have on them the words "Constitutional Amendments, -Yes," then the foregoing preamble, articles and sections, and each and all of them, shall stand as the Constitution of the State of Michigan, from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and each and every other pre-existing provision of the Constitution of the State of Michigan shall be superseded thereby, and be absolutely null and of no effect. Approved March 26, 1874.

NOTE.-Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 13 and 15, of the schedule of the present constitution, are reproduced with some verbal changes, as the first seven sections of the schedule to the amended constitution. The remaining sections are omitted as inapplicable, although the provisions of section 8 are found in portions of omitted sections.

JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section one of article seven of the Constitution, in relation to the qualification of electors. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, That at the election when the amended constitution shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adoption or rejection, there shall be submitted to such electors the following propositions, to be substituted, in case of adoption, for so much of section I of article VII as precedes the proviso therein, in the present constitution of this State as it now stands, and substituted for section 1, article VII, in said amended constitution, if the latter is adopted, to wit:

SECTION 1. In all elections, every person of the age of twenty-one years who shall have resided in this State three months, and in the township or ward in which he or she offers to vote, ten days next preceding an election, belonging to either of the following classes, shall be an elector and entitled to

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First, Every citizen of the United States;

Second, Every inhabitant of this State who shall have resided in the United States two years and six months, and declared his or her intention to become a citizen of the United States, pursuant to the laws thereof, six months preceding an election;

Third, Every inhabitant residing in this State on the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.

Said proposition shall be separately submitted to the electors of this State, for their adoption or rejection, in form following, to wit: A separate ballot may be given by every person having the right to vote, to be deposited in a separate box.

Upon the ballots given for said proposition shall be written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the words "Woman suffrage,—Yes;" and upon the ballots given against the adoption thereof, in like manner, the words "Woman suffrage,-No."

If, at said election, a majority of the votes given upon said proposition shall contain the words "Woman suffrage,-Yes," then said proposition shall be substituted for so much of section 1 of article VII as precedes the proviso. therein in the present constitution of this State as it now stands, or substituted for section 1 of article VII in said amended constitution, if the latter is adopted.

Approved March 23, 1874.

INDEX

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AMENDED CONSTITUTION.

Accused persons, rights of, sec. 11, 13, 14

Adjourn, neither house shail, for more than three days.
Agricultural College, Board of Control of..

land, lease of, for more than 12 years, prohibited.

Aliens, property rights of, same as citizens.

Amendment of laws, provisions relating to.

Amendments to constitution, may be proposed by Legislature -when and how sub-

mitted-when to take effect.

Appeal, from supervisors and auditors, prohibited

Applications for pardon, Legislature may provide as to manner of hearing.

Approval of bills and resolutions.

Arms, right of persons to bear.

Assessments, to be on property at its cash value..

Asylums, to be maintained.

Attainder, bill of, not to be passed...

Attorney General, salary of-to reside at capital..

when and how chosen, term of office
to keep office at seat of government.
Auditor General, salary of-to reside at capital...
when and how chosen, term of office...
to keep office at seat of government
Auditors, Board of County, to adjust claims against county

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to divide counties into representative districts.

Boundaries of State..

Business, specific, taxation of

Canvassers, State Board of, who to be.

Census of State

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Chaplain, Legislature may authorize for State Prison.

Charter of existing corporations not to be renewed or extended.

Charters of incorporation to continue

Chief Justice, to preside at impeachment of Governor or Lieut. Governor.
of Supreme Court, who to be...

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Circuit Court, Clerk of, who to be

judge of other circuit may hold

Supreme Court may hold.
appellate jurisdiction of, limited.
general jurisdiction of....

terms of.

Circuit Court Commissioners, when and how chosen, term of office.
judges, salary of.

to be elected, term of office

Circuits, judicial, number of

Cities and villages, certain officers of, to be elected

charters of, may be amended..

limitation of aggregate indebtedness of.
powers of, as to taxation, etc., to be restricted
representation of, on Board of Supervisors...
restrictions upon, as to loaning credit, etc..
to be incorporated only by general law.
City, with 20,000 inhabitants, may be separate county..
Clerk of Circuit Court, who to be.......

Clerks of Supreme Court, to be appointed
Commander-in-Chief, Governor to be.

Commission to revise constitution, when may be authorized.
Commissioner of Highways, when and how chosen, term of office.
Commissioner of State Land Office, salary of-to reside at capital.
to be member of Board of State Auditors and

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Commissioner of State Land Office, when and how cboscn, term of office of, to keep
office at seat of government......

Commissions, to issue in name of people.
Common law, to remain in force..
Commutations, Governor may grant..
Compensation, extra, not to be granted.

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of county auditors, to be prescribed by law.
"Lieut. Governor when acting as Governor.
members of Legislature.

"President of Senate and Speaker of House
Supervisors, to be prescribed by law

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definition of......

every, to maintain office in State

Corporations, foreign, provisions relating to

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general, acts of may be altered or repealed..
liability of stockholders in, for labor.

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other than municipal, to be created only by general laws.

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property of, may be taken for public use.

specific taxes may be imposed on

subject to police power of State

Concurrent resolution, appropriating money or property
Contracts, for printing and supplies for State....

law not to be passed impairing obligation of.

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Consolidation of parallel railroad lines prohibited.
Constables, when and how chosen, term of office.
Constitution, amendment of.

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Convention, to revise constitution, when may be..

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Convicts, teaching of trades to, in State Prison, prohibited.

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Counties, restriction upon, as to loaning credit, etc.

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compensation of, to be prescribed by law

County, city with 20,000 inhabitants may be...

clerk and register, offices of, may be united.

to hold office at county seat...

vacancy in office of, how filled....

when and how chosen, term of office

divisions of, in Senate districts, prohibited, unless..

each organized, to be body corporate, power of as to taxation, etc., to be re-
stricted

not to be reduced to less than sixteen towns, unless, etc..

seat, once established, how removed

Treasurer, to hold office at county seat....

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