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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Removed

Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1870

November 8, 1870; Approved 78,602 to 51,397 (60%)

Article XIXa

Sec. 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 railroads 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 railroads.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1870 (PDF)
  • Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Extra Session of 1870, pp. 13–15 (HathiTrust)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 553 (HathiTrust)

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