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Constitutional Provisions No Longer in Existence

Const 1963, Art IV: Legislative Branch

§ 4. Annexation or merger with a city.
§ 5. Island areas, contiguity.

Const 1908, Art I: Boundaries and Seat of Government

§ 1. Boundaries.

Const 1908, Art II: Declaration of Rights

§ 22. Subversion, definition, penalty; rights not valid as defense.

Const 1908, Art III: Elective Franchise

§ 5. Elector; privilege from arrest.
§ 6. Elector; military or judicial duty.
§ 7. Votes to be by ballot.

Const 1908, Art V: Legislative Department

Const 1908, Art VI: Executive Department

Const 1908, Art VII: Judicial Department

§ 3. The Supreme Court: Terms of court.
§ 22. General Provisions: Style of process.

Const 1908, Art VIII: Local Government

§ 6. Counties: Jury commissioners.
§ 11. Counties: Charitable institutions.

Const 1908, Art X: Finance and Taxation

§ 1. Primary school interest fund.

Const 1908, Art XI: Education

§ 11. Proceeds of school land.
§ 12. Escheats.
§ 13. Salt spring lands; sale for benefit of agricultural college.

Const 1908, Art XII: Corporations

§ 1. Corporation; creation; amendment or repeal of laws.
§ 2. Corporation; construction of term, suits.
§ 3. Duration of franchise; extension of corporate life.
§ 4. Liability of stockholders.
§ 5. Real estate, limitation of time of holding.
§ 6. Special act of incorporation; extension.
§ 7. Passenger fares and freight rates.
§ 8. Consolidation of railroads.

Const 1908, Art XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions

Const 1908, Schedule

§ 7. Officers, continuance in office; salaries.
§ 9. Representation of certain territory.

Const 1850, Art IV: Legislative Department

§ 16. Postage.
§ 28. Introduction of bills.

Const 1850, Art VI: Judicial Department

§ 10. Reporter; decisions, circuit judges to fill vacancies.

Const 1850, Art VII: Elections

§ 8. Disqualification for dueling.

Const 1850, Art XIV: Finance and Taxation

§ 2. Sinking fund.

Const 1850, Art XV: Corporations

§ 1. How corporations formed; legislature may create single bank.
§ 3. Liability of stockholders.
§ 4. Registry of bills or notes; security required.
§ 5. Bill‐holders entitled to preference.
§ 6. Suspension of specie payments.
§ 16. Notice for change in charter.

Const 1850, Art XVIII: Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 3. Mechanical trades taught to convicts.

Const 1850, Art XIX: Upper Peninsula

§ 1. Upper peninsula to constitute separate judicial district.
§ 2. Upper peninsula to constitute separate judicial district; district judge.
§ 3. District attorney.
§ 4. Senators and representatives.
§ 6. Election, when to take place.
§ 7. Tax on mining corporations.
§ 8. State prison; location.
§ 9. Mining corporations; charter modified by legislature.

Const 1850, Schedule

§ 10. Jurisdiction of pending suits.
§ 11. Jurisdiction of probate courts, justice of the peace and police court.
§ 12. State printer; term.
§ 13. Legislature to adapt laws to this constitution.
§ 19. Canvass; proclamation by governor; election of officers.
§ 21. Expenditures of convention; publication of constitution.
§ 22. Representative districts.
§ 23. Pending chancery cases; legislature to provide for transfer.
§ 25. Upper peninsula, election of regent.
§ 26. Office of district judge and attorney may be abolished.
§ 27. Apportionment of senators and representatives.
§ 30. Resolution.

Const 1835, Art I: Bill of Rights

§ 3. No exclusive privileges.
§ 21. Acts void.

Const 1835, Art V: Executive Department

Const 1835, Art XII: Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 2. Acts of incorporation, assent of two-thirds.

Const 1835, Schedule

§ 11. Secretaries to act in absence of president.