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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VI § 11; Article VI § 12; Article VI § 18

Joint Resolution No. 11 of 1881

April 4, 1881; Approved 53,840 to 6,628 (89%)

Article VI

Sec. 6: The State shall be divided into eight 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).

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 11 of 1881 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 554 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1881, pp. 411–412 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1881, p. 433 (HathiTrust)

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