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Michigan Constitutional Archive
Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IV § 40

Initiatory Petition

November 7, 1916; Approved 353,378 to 284,754 (55%)

Article XVI

Sec. 11: The manufacture, sale, keeping for sale, giving away, bartering or furnishing of any vinous, malt, brewed, fermented, spirituous or intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, scientific or sacramental purposes shall be after April thirty, nineteen hundred eighteen, prohibited in the State forever. The Legislature shall by law provide regulations for the sale of such liquors for medicinal, mechanical, chemical, scientific and sacramental purposes.

Sources

  • Initiatory Petition (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1917-1918, p. 483 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1917, p. 937 (HathiTrust)

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