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

Initiatory Petition

November 7, 1916; Rejected 256,272 to 378,871 (40%)

Article VIII

Sec. 30: Every incorporated city, every incorporated village and every organized township (meaning thereby all that part of a township outside the limits of an incorporated city or village located partly or wholly therein), shall each have the right to determine by a majority vote of the electors thereof, whether or not there shall be prohibited therein the manufacture and sale of malt, brewed, fermented, vinous, distilled or intoxicating liquors.

Appropriate legislation shall be enacted to enforce and make effective the provisions of this section, and until such legislation is enacted, existing local option and regulatory laws on this subject shall continue in force; but no existing law inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall continue in force after January 1, 1919.

Sources

  • (1916, October 25) The Belding Banner, Belding, Michigan, p. 6 (Newspapers.com)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1917-1918, p. 484 (HathiTrust)

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