Proposal No. 6

Article VII

Sec. 16: In civil cases, justices of the peace shall have exclusive jurisdiction to the amount of one hundred dollars, and concurrent jurisdiction to the amount of three hundred dollars, which may be increased to five hundred one thousand five hundred dollars in cities having a population of more than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, with such exceptions and restrictions as may be provided by law. They shall also have such criminal jurisdiction and perform such duties as shall be prescribed by law.

Sources

• Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1933 (PDF)
• General Election, November 6, 1934, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1935-1936, p. 318 (HathiTrust)
• Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1933, p. 489 (HathiTrust)