Joint Resolution No. 4 of 1917

Article VIII

Sec. 26: The Legislature may by general law provide for the laying out, construction, improvement and maintenance of highways, bridges and culverts by the State and by the counties, districts and townships thereof and by road districts; and may authorize counties or districts to take charge and control of any highways highway within their limits for such purposes. The Legislature may also by general law prescribe the powers and duties of boards of supervisors in relation to highways, bridges and culverts; may provide for county and district road commissioners to be appointed or elected, with such powers and duties as may be prescribed by law; and may change and abolish the powers and duties of township commissioners and overseers of highways. The Legislature may provide by law for submitting the question of adopting a the county or district road system to the electors of the counties or proposed districts, and such road system shall not go into operation in any county or district until approved by a majority of the electors thereof voting on such question thereon. The tax raised for road purposes by counties shall not exceed in any one year three five dollars upon each one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for the preceding year.

Sources

• Joint Resolution No. 4 of 1917 (PDF)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1917-1918, p. 845 (HathiTrust)
• Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1917, pp. 931–932 (HathiTrust)
• Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1917, p. 939 (HathiTrust)