Proposal No. 1

Article VIII

Sec. 3: There shall be elected biennially in each organized county in which they reside a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds, and a prosecuting attorney, and the said enumerated elective officers shall hold office for four years and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. This constitutional provision shall affect the aforesaid officers elected on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November, 1938, and every four years thereafter. whose Their duties and powers shall be prescribed by law. The board of supervisors in any county may unite the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure. This constitutional provision supersedes any and all existing constitutional or legislative provisions as it affects the term of the aforesaid enumerated elective officers.

Sec. 5: The sheriff shall hold no other office. He shall be elected at the general election for the a term of two four years in accordance with section 3 of this constitution. He may be required by law to renew his security from time to time and in default of giving such security, his office shall be deemed vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.

Sources

• General Election, November 8, 1938, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
• Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1939-1940, p. 297 (HathiTrust)