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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article IX § 14; Article IX § 15; Schedule § 13

Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1919

April 7, 1919; Approved 558,572 to 225,239 (71%)

Article X

Sec. 10: The State may contract debts to meet deficits in revenue, but such debts shall not in the aggregate at any time, exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The State may also contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the State or aid the United States in time of war. The money so raised shall be applied to the purposes for which it is raised or to the payment of the debts contracted. The State may borrow not to exceed fifty million dollars for the improvement of highways and pledge its credit, and issue bonds therefor on such terms as shall be provided by law.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1919 (PDF)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1919-1920, p. 866 (HathiTrust)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1919-1920, p. 870 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1919, pp. 763–764 (HathiTrust)
  • Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1919, p. 769 (HathiTrust)

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