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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VI § 26

Proposal No. 2

April 3, 1939; Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1939; Rejected 205,711 to 351,961 (37%)

Article VII

Sec. 21: The legislature may provide by law for the election of one or more persons in each organized county who may be vested with judicial powers not exceeding those of a judge of the circuit court at chambers, and who may be vested with like judicial powers as are exercised by justices of the peace, with power to hold court and perform judicial acts anywhere in the county, and who when acting in any city having a municipal justice may be vested with like judicial powers as the municipal justice.

Sources

  • Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1939 (PDF)
  • Biennial Spring Election, April 3, 1939, Proposals (Library of Michigan)
  • Michigan Official Directory and Legislative Manual, 1939-1940, p. 585 (HathiTrust)
  • Public and Local Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1939, p. 907 (HathiTrust)

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