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Michigan Constitution of 1963 / Article VII: Local Government
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Article VII § 6

Sheriffs; security, responsibility for acts, ineligibility for other office.

Const 1835, art 7, § 4->Const 1850, art 10, § 5 Const 1850, art 10, § 5->Const 1908, art 8, § 5 Const 1908, art 8, § 5->Const 1908, art 8, § 5 – Nov. 1926 amendment Const 1908, art 8, § 5 – Nov. 1926 amendment->Const 1963, art 7, § 6 Const 1835, art 7, § 4 Const 1835, art 7, § 4 County officers, election, terms; sheriff’s security. Const 1850, art 10, § 5 Const 1850, art 10, § 5 Sheriff, other office; security; responsibility for acts. Const 1908, art 8, § 5 Const 1908, art 8, § 5 Counties: Sheriff; ineligibility for other office; election; security; responsibility for acts. Const 1908, art 8, § 5 – Nov. 1926 amendment Nov. 1926 amendment Counties: Sheriff; ineligibility for other office; election; term; security; responsibility for acts. Const 1963, art 7, § 6 Const 1963, art 7, § 6 Sheriffs; security, responsibility for acts, ineligibility for other office.

Constitutional Convention Material

Article VII § 6 at the Michigan Legislature Website

History

Constitution of 1963

April 1, 1963; Constitutional Convention of 1961-1962

Const 1963, art 7, § 6; Approved 810,860 to 803,436 (50%); Effective January 1, 1964

The sheriff may be required by law to renew his security periodically and in default of giving such security, his office shall be vacant. The county shall never be responsible for his acts, except that the board of supervisors may protect him against claims by prisoners for unintentional injuries received while in his custody. He shall not hold any other office except in civil defense.

Constitution of 1908

November 2, 1926; Joint Resolution No. 1 of 1925

Const 1908, art 8, § 5; Approved 278,329 to 216,463 (56%)

The sheriff shall hold no other office. He shall be elected at the general election for the term of two years. 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.

See also: Const 1963, art 7, § 4

The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall be incapable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any period of six years. He shall be elected at the general election for the term of two years. 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.

See also: Const 1963, art 7, § 4

November 3, 1908; Constitutional Convention of 1907-1908

Const 1908, art 8, § 5; Approved 244,705 to 130,873 (65%); Effective January 1, 1909

The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall be incapable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any period of six years. 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.

The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall be incapable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any period of six years. 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.

Constitution of 1850

November 3, 1874; Constitutional Convention of 1873

Const 1874, art 10, § 7; Rejected 39,285 to 124,034 (24%)

The sheriff shall hold no other office. No person shall be eligible to the office of sheriff for more than four in a period of six years. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.

The sheriff shall hold no other office., and No person shall be incapable of holding eligible to the office of sheriff longer for more than four in any a period of six years. 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.

April 6, 1868; Constitutional Convention of 1867

Const 1868, art 14, § 6; Rejected 71,733 to 110,582 (39%)

The sheriff shall hold no other county office, nor the office of supervisor. No person shall be eligible to the office of sheriff for more than four in a period of six years. The county shall never be responsible for his acts.

The sheriff shall hold no other county office, nor the office of supervisor., and No person shall be incapable of holding eligible to the office of sheriff longer for more than four in any a period of six years. 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.

November 5, 1850; Constitutional Convention of 1850

Const 1850, art 10, § 5; Approved 36,169 to 9,433 (79%); Effective January 1, 1851

The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall be incapable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any period of six years. 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.

Constitution of 1835

October 6, 1835; Constitutional Convention of 1835

Const 1835, art 7, § 4; Approved 6,752 to 1,374 (83%); Effective January 26, 1837

There shall be a sheriff, a county treasurer, and one or more coroners, a register of deeds, and a county surveyor, chosen by the electors in each of the several counties once in every two years, and as often as vacancies shall happen. The sheriff shall hold no other office, and shall not be capable of holding the office of sheriff longer than four in any term of six years: 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; but the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff.

See also: Const 1963, art 7, § 4

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