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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Rejected

Proposal No. 2

November 3, 1936; Joint Resolution No. 3 of 1935; Rejected 583,057 to 753,315 (44%)

Article VIII

Sec. 32: The legislature shall provide by a general law for the incorporation of counties; such general law shall limit the rate of taxation for municipal purposes and restrict their powers of borrowing money and contracting debts.

Sec. 33: Under such general laws, the electors of each county shall have power and authority to frame, adopt and amend its charter and, through its regularly constituted authority to pass all laws and ordinances relating to its municipal concerns, subject to the constitution and general laws of this state: Provided, That no such charter or amendment thereto shall become effective in any county unless the same shall have been approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon of that city located within such county in which are cast the largest number of votes upon such proposition and also by a majority of the electors voting thereon residing outside the corporate limits of such city.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 3 of 1935 (PDF)
  • General Election, November 3, 1936, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1937-1938, p. 318 (HathiTrust)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1935, pp. 469–470 (HathiTrust)

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