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Constitution of the State of Michigan - The Government of Michigan
The Government of Michigan
Constitution of the State of Michigan
EAN 8596547159384
DigiCat, 2022
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Table of Contents
Preamble.
ARTICLE I
BOUNDARIES
ARTICLE 2
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 3
DIVISION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
ARTICLE 4
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 5
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 6
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 7
ELECTIONS
ARTICLE 8
STATE OFFICERS
ARTICLE 9
SALARIES
ARTICLE 10
COUNTIES
ARTICLE 11
TOWNSHIPS
ARTICLE 12
IMPEACHMENTS AND REMOVALS FROM OFFICE
ARTICLE 13
EDUCATION
ARTICLE 14
FINANCE AND TAXATION
ARTICLE 15
CORPORATIONS
ARTICLE 16
EXEMPTIONS
ARTICLE 17
MILITIA
ARTICLE 18
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 19
UPPER PENINSULA
ARTICLE 19a
RAILROADS
ARTICLE 20
AMENDMENT AND REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION
SCHEDULE
Preamble.
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The People of the State of Michigan do ordain this Constitution.
ARTICLE I
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BOUNDARIES
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Territorial jurisdiction.
The State of Michigan consists of and has jurisdiction over the territory embraced within the following boundaries, to wit: Commencing at a point on the eastern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Maumee Bay shall intersect the same--said point being the north-west corner of the State of Ohio, as established by act of congress, entitled An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed,
approved June fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six; thence with the said boundary line of the State of Ohio till it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Canada in Lake Erie; thence with said boundary line between the United States and Canada through the Detroit river, Lake Huron and Lake Superior to a point where the said line last touches Lake Superior; thence in a direct line through Lake Superior to the mouth of the Montreal river; thence through the middle of the main channel of the said river Montreal to the head waters thereof; thence in a direct line to the centre of the channel between Middle and South Islands in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the southern shore of Lake Brule; thence along said southern shore and down the river Brule to the main channel of the Menominie river; thence down the centre of the main channel of the same to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the said bay to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence through the middle of Lake Michigan to the northern boundary of the State of Indiana, as that line was established by the act of Congress of the nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen; thence due east with the north boundary line of the said State of Indiana to the north-east corner thereof; and thence south with the eastern boundary line of Indiana to the place of beginning.
ARTICLE 2
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SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
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Seat of government.
The Seat of Government shall be at Lansing, where it is now established.
ARTICLE 3
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DIVISION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT
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Departments of government.
Sec. 1. The powers of government are divided into three departments: The Legislative, Executive and Judicial.
Limitations of powers of officers.
Sec. 2. No person belonging to one department shall exercise the powers properly belonging to another, except in the cases expressly provided in this constitution.
ARTICLE 4
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LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
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Legislative power.
Sec. 1. The Legislative power is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives.
Senate; members; districts.
Sec. 2. The Senate shall consist of thirty-two members. Senators shall be elected for two years, and by single districts shall be numbered from one to thirty-two inclusive; each of which shall choose one senator. No county shall be divided in the formation of senate districts, except such county shall be equitably entitled to two or more senators.
House of representatives; members; districts.
Sec. 3. The House of Representatives shall consist of not less than sixty-four, nor more then one hundred members. Representatives shall be chosen for two years, and by single districts. 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 entitle it to more than one representative, then such town ship or city shall elect by general ticket the number of