Removed & Rejected / 1908 Article XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions

1908 Article XVI § 10

Agricultural land leases.

Constitutional Convention Material

1908, Address to the People, Const 1908, art 16, § 10

History

Constitution of 1963

April 1, 1963; Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962

Excluded; Approved 810,860 to 803,436 (50%); Effective January 1, 1964

Constitution of 1908

November 3, 1908; Constitutional Convention of 1907-1908

Const 1908, art 16, § 10; Approved 244,705 to 130,873 (65%); Effective January 1, 1909

Approved Text

No lease or grant of agricultural land for agricultural purposes for a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

Strikeout

No lease or grant ~~hereafter~~ of agricultural land for agricultural purposes for a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

Sources

Constitution of 1850

November 3, 1874; Constitutional Convention of 1873

Const 1874, art 17, § 11; Rejected 39,285 to 124,034 (24%)

Proposed Text

No lease or grant hereafter of agricultural land for a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

Strikeout

No lease or grant hereafter of agricultural land for a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

Sources

April 6, 1868; Constitutional Convention of 1867

Excluded; Rejected 71,733 to 110,582 (39%)

November 5, 1850; Constitutional Convention of 1850

Const 1850, art 18, § 12; Approved 36,169 to 9,433 (79%); Effective January 1, 1851

Approved Text

No lease or grant hereafter of agricultural land for a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

Sources

The Revised Constitution of the State of Michigan, Adopted in Convention, August 15, 1850, p. 30 (HathiTrust)