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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VII § 9

Joint Resolution No. 16 of 1885

November 2, 1886; Rejected 15,020 to 20,755 (42%)

Article X

Sec. 10: The board of supervisors, or in the county of Wayne, the board of county auditors, shall have the exclusive power to prescribe and fix the compensation for all services rendered for, and to adjust all claims against their respective counties, and the sum so fixed or defined shall be subject to no appeal: Provided, That the Legislature shall have power to regulate, control, modify, or abolish the board of county auditors of Wayne county, and may by law provide for the auditing of the accounts of Wayne county.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 16 of 1885 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1909-1910, p. 555 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1885, p. 368 (HathiTrust)

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