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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article III § 6

Concurrent Resolution No. 5 of 1913

April 7, 1913; Rejected 179,948 to 206,204 (47%)

Article X

Sec. 14: The State shall not be a party to, nor be interested in any work of internal improvement, nor engage in carrying on any such work, except in the improvement of, or aiding in the improvement of the public wagon roads, in the reforestation and protection of lands owned by the State and in the expenditure of grants to the State of land or other property. The legislature may by law provide for the relief, insuring or pensioning of members of fire departments.

Sources

  • Concurrent Resolution No. 5 of 1913 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1913-1914, p. 781 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1913, pp. 787–788 (HathiTrust)

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