Const 1963, art 7, § 3;
No organized county shall be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than 16 townships as surveyed by the United States, unless approved in the manner prescribed by law by a majority of electors voting thereon in each county to be affected.
No organized county shall be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than
sixteen16 townships as surveyed by the United States, unlessin pursuance ofapproved in the manner prescribed by law by a majority of electors votingon the questionthereon in each county to be affectedthereby shall so decide.When any city has attained a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants, the legislature may organize it into a separate county without reference to geographical extent, if a majority of the electors of such city and of the remainder of the county in which such city may be situated voting on the question shall each determine in favor of organizing said city into a separate county.
Const 1908, art 8, § 2;
No organized county shall be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than sixteen townships as surveyed by the United States, unless in pursuance of law a majority of electors voting on the question in each county to be affected thereby shall so decide. When any city has attained a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants, the legislature may organize it into a separate county without reference to geographical extent, if a majority of the electors of such city and of the remainder of the county in which such city may be situated voting on the question shall each determine in favor of organizing said city into a separate county.
No organized county
,shalleverbe reduced by the organization of new counties to less than sixteen townships,as surveyed by the United States, unless in pursuance of law,a majority of electorsresidingvoting on the question in each county to be affected thereby,shall so decide. When any city has attained a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants, the legislature may organizeany cityit into a separate county, when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants,without reference to geographical extent,whenif a majority of the electors ofasuch city and of the remainder of the county in which such city may be situated,votingthereonon the question,shallbeeach determine in favor of organizing said city into a separateorganizationcounty.
Const 1874, art 10, § 4;
No organized county shall ever be reduced, by the organization of new counties, to less than sixteen townships as surveyed by the United States, unless, in pursuance of law, a majority of electors residing in each county to be affected thereby shall so decide. The Legislature may organize any city into a separate county when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants, without reference to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of a county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from organizing any county composed wholly of islands within the territory of the State, or discontinuing any such county and attaching the same to the nearest county or counties on the main land.
No organized county
,shall ever be reduced, by the organization of new counties, to less than sixteen townships,as surveyed by the United States, unless, in pursuance of law, a majority of electors residing in each county to be affected thereby,shall so decide. The Legislature may organize any city into a separate county,when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants, without reference to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of a county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from organizing any county composed wholly of islands within the territory of the State, or discontinuing any such county and attaching the same to the nearest county or counties on the main land.
Const 1868, art 14, § 3;
No new county, containing less than sixteen towns, as surveyed by the United States, shall be organized from one or more counties, nor shall any organized county be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than sixteen such towns, unless in pursuance of law, a majority of the votes cast by the electors residing in the county, or each of the counties to be thereby so reduced below sixteen townships, shall be in favor of such organization: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from organizing any county composed wholly of islands within the territory of the State, or discontinuing any such county, and attaching the same to the nearest county or counties on the main land.
NoNo new county, containing less than sixteen towns, as surveyed by the United States, shall be organized from one or more counties, nor shall any organized county, shall everbe reduced by the organization of new counties to less than sixteen such townstownships,as surveyed by the United States,unless in pursuance of law, a majority of the votes cast by the electors residing ineachthe county, or each of the counties to beaffectedthereby so reduced below sixteen townships, shallso decidebe in favor of such organization: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the Legislature from organizing any county composed wholly of islands within the territory of the State, or discontinuing any such county, and attaching the same to the nearest county or counties on the main land.The Legislature may organize any city into a separate county, when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants, without reference to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of a county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization.
Const 1850, art 10, § 2;
No organized county, shall ever be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than sixteen townships, as surveyed by the United States, unless in pursuance of law, a majority of electors residing in each county to be affected thereby, shall so decide. The Legislature may organize any city into a separate county, when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants, without reference to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of a county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization.
No organized county
, now organized by law, shall ever be reduced by the organization of new counties to less thanfour hundred square milessixteen townships, as surveyed by the United States, unless in pursuance of law, a majority of electors residing in each county to be affected thereby, shall so decide. The Legislature may organize any city into a separate county, when it has attained a population of twenty thousand inhabitants, without reference to geographical extent, when a majority of the electors of a county in which such city may be situated, voting thereon, shall be in favor of a separate organization.
Const 1835, art 12, § 7;
No county, now organized by law, shall ever be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than four hundred square miles.
