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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IV § 40

Constitutional Provision

April 6, 1868; Rejected 72,462 to 86,143 (46%)

Article V

Sec. 34: The Legislature shall not pass any act authorizing the grant of license for the sale of ardent spirits or other intoxicating liquors, but shall by law prohibit the sale of the same as a beverage.

Sources

  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 553 (HathiTrust)
  • The Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Michigan, 1867, Vol. I, p. lxii (HathiTrust)

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