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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article III § 6

Joint Resolution No. 9 of 1893

January 19, 1894; Approved 72,745 to 52,476 (58%)

Article XIV

Sec. 9: The State shall not be a party to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement, nor engaged in carrying on any such work, except in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property: Provided, however, That the Legislature of the State, by appropriate legislation, may authorize the city of Grand Rapids to issue its bonds for the improvement of the navigation of Grand river.

Sources

  • 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 1893, pp. 431–432 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts and Joint and Concurrent Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1893, p. 451 (HathiTrust)

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