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XI
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State Money-
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which banks to be deposited in
15
limit of deposit of .
15
amount of, deposited, how shown
16
State Normal College and Schools- general supervision of
XI
6
State Office- vacancy in, how filled
VI
10
State Officers-
how election of, determined .
VI
salaries of
VI
21
keeping of accounts by
X
18
when term of office of, to begin.
XVI XVI
1
oath of office of.
2
State Paper-
legislature not to establish
V
35
State Prisons-
legislature may authorize chaplains for .
V
26
X X X
20
election, organization and duties of
rate of taxation on property assessed by, how determined
X X
organization and election of
XI XI
legislature to provide for.
State Boards-
State Government-
VI
11
great seal of, governor's acts authenticated by . to be kept by secretary of state. commissions to be sealed with.
VI
12
II
21
keeping accounts by
X X x
20
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Art.
Sec.
State Treasurer-
election of .
VI
1
where to keep office.
VI
1
to be member of board of state auditors.
VI
20
salary of .
VI
21
State Treasury-
how money paid out of
X
16
Stationery-
V
25
Statute Laws-
Sched.
1
Stock-
state not to subscribe to.
X
13
Stockholders-
of corporations, liability of .
XII
4
Streets-
legislature not to vacate or alter.
VIII
27
use of, for public utilities ..
VIII
28
right of municipalities to control.
VIII
28
Student-
at any institution of learning not deprived of vote not deemed to have gained or lost residence
III
2
Style-
of laws
20
of process
VII
22
Suitor-
may prosecute or defend his suit .
II
12
Superintendent of Public Instruction- when to be elected .
XI
2
term of office of ..
XI
2
duties and compensation of .
XI
2
to be member and secretary of state board of education .
XI
2
to be ex-officio member of certain other boards.
XI
2
to be ex-officio member of board of regents.
XI
5
Supervisor-
to be elected annually in township
VIII
18
(See, also, "Boards of Supervisors.")
Supreme Court-
Judicial power vested in
VII
1
of whom to consist .
VII
2
term of justices of .
VII
2
terms of.
VII
3
jurisdiction and powers of
VII
4
to establish, amend and simplify practice.
VII
5
may appoint and remove clerk, reporter and crier
VII
6
limit of power of appointment by .
VII
6
decisions of, to be in writing.
VII VII
7 7
opinions to be filed with clerk of
VII
17
justices of, to be conservators of peace.
VII
18
when chief justice of, to preside at impeachment.
IX
3
T.
Tax-
for road purposes, by counties, limit of .
VIII
26
annual, to pay state expenses .. law imposing, etc., distinctly to state, and its objects.
X X
6
Taxation-
municipal, rate of, to be limited .
VIII
20
subjects of, contributing to primary school fund, to so continue .. rate of, on property assessed by state board .
3
legislature to provide uniform rule of . ..
3
power of, not to be surrendered or suspended.
9
Taxes-
religious, no one compelled to pay
II VIII
3
municipality to levy only for public purposes
X
1
X
1
to be levied on such property as prescribed
3
25
certain, to pay interest on educational funds. surplus of, how applied . . .
2
1
to be court of record and have seal.
III
1
contracts for
to remain in force.
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Art.
Sec.
Teacher of Religion-
no one compelled to support .
II
3
Telegraph and Telephone Companies-
assessment of property of, by state board.
X
5
Term of Office-
of justices of supreme court, to be prescribed by law
of judges of probate. .
VII
14
of justices of the peace
VII
15
of regents of university ...
XI
3
of county officers, when to begin.
XVI
1
Terms-
of supreme court.
VII
3
Territory-
embraced in state
I
1
Theological Seminary-
II
3
Tithes-
II
3
Town Plat-
legislature not to vacate or alter street, etc., in
VIII
27
Township-
when elector absent from, of residence not deprived of vote.
III
1
Township Clerk --
VIII
18
Township Officers ----
III
7
Township Treasurer-
to be elected annually in township
VIII
18
Townships-
not to be divided to form representative district
3
when to elect representatives on general ticket .
V V
6
justices of the peace elected in.
VII
15
boards of supervisors may organize or consolidate.
VIII
15
to be bodies corporate.
VIII
16
suits against, to be in name of .
VIII
16
legislature may confer certain powers upon.
VIII
17
officers to be elected annually in.
VIII
18
restriction of power of, to grant franchise
VIII
19
electors of, to affirm franchise grant.
VIII
19 26
right of, to control highways, etc.
VIII
28
limit of franchise granted by .
VIII
29
officers of, provisions of law to be made for removal of. libraries to be established in.
IX XI
14
Training Camps-
electors attending certain, not deprived of vote.
III
1
Transportation-
power of municipalities to operate public utilities to supply
VIII
23,24
Transportation Rates-
XII
7
"Treason-
when bail not allowed in case of.
II II
14
against state, defined. conviction of .
II
21
elector not privileged from arrest for
III
5
legislators not privileged from arrest for
V
8
governor not to pardon for.
VI
9
governor may suspend sentence for
VI
9
legislature to pardon, etc., or direct execution of sentence for.
VI
9
Treasury-
money not to be drawn from, for religious sect, etc.
II
3
money to be paid from, except in pursuance of appropriations. .
16
2
of judge appointed or elected to fill vacancy.
VII
20
of elective state officers and judges, when to begin.
XVI
1
3
officers of, eligible to seat in legislature.
construction and maintenance of highways, etc., by.
VIII VIII
use of highways, etc., in, for public utilities.
28
8
how may be fixed.
21
to be elected annually in township
how may be chosen
money not to be appropriated for .
no one compelled to pay .
VII
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Art.
Sec.
Trial by Jury- right of, to remain. how may be waived. of less than 12, legislature may authorize. Trust Companies- law for incorporating, to be passed, etc., by two-thirds' vote
II
13
II
13
V
27
Truth-
may be given evidence in prosecutions for libel .
II
18
Two-thirds Vote -:
required to expel a member
V
16
required to give act immediate effect
V
21
required to pass bill appropriating public money, etc.
V
24
when, necessary to pass certain local or special acts.
V
30
required to pass bill over governor's veto .
V
36
establishment of inferior courts by .
VII
1
of supervisors, to designate place for removal of county seat necessary to conviction in impeachment .
IX
3
required to adopt concurrent resolution to remove judge.
IX .
6
certain laws relating to corporations to be passed, etc., by
XII
9
required to agree to constitutional amendment .
XVII
1
U.
Uniform Reports-
of public accounts, to be provided for
X
18
Uniform Rule of Taxation-
legislature to provide for .
X
3
Union Station or Depot Companies-
X
5
United States-
elector in service of, not deprived of vote.
III
1
in certain training camps under authority of
III
1
of Indian descent to be native of .
III
1
elector in service of, not deemed to have gained or lost residence. .
III
2
elector navigating waters of, not deemed to have gained or lost residence
III
2
state senator and representative to be citizen of .
V
5
officer of, not eligible to seat in legislature.
V
6
member of legislature not to receive appointment to senate of.
V
7
governor to be citizen of
VI
13
officer under, not to be governor
VI
14
state may contract debts to aid, in time of war
x
10
University-
legislature to maintain
XI XI XIII
10 3-5 4
University Fund- interest on, how paid.
X
1
Unreasonable Searches and Seizures-
II
10
Unusual Punishment-
II
15
V.
Vacancies-
in houses, how filled.
VI
6
in state office, how filled .
VI
10
in office of governor, succession in case of .
VI
16,17
in office of county clerk and prosecuting attorney, how filled
VII
11
term of justice of the peace elected to fill. .
VII
15
in office of judge, how filled ...
VII
20
governor to fill provisionally, on suspension of officer.
5
in office of regent of university, how filled
3
legislature to determine and provide for filling. in constitutional convention, how filled.
XVII
4
Veto Power-
act initiated or adopted not subject to
V
1 1
Villages-See "Cities and Villages."
IX XI
XVI
5
persons, etc., to be secure from.
not to be inflicted.
.
board of regents of, organization and duties of may take private property .
VIII
13
assessment of property of, by state board.
XII
9
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Art.
Sec.
Vinous Liquors-
manufacture, sale, etc., of, prohibited .
XVI
11
for medicinal, etc., purposes excepted . - legislature to provide regulations for sale of . Voters-See "Electors."
XVI
11
Votes-
when to be given by ballot
III
7
for certain persons for legislature to be void .
V
7
in either house, when given viva voce
V
17
on nominations to senate, how taken.
V
17
certain, for governor or lieutenant governor, void .
VI
15
W.
Wagon Roads --
state may be interested in improving .
X
14
Ward-
when elector absent from, of residence not deprived of vote.
III
1
Warrant-
not to issue without probable cause supported by oath
II
10
Water- power of cities and villages to operate public utilities to supply.
VIII
23,24
Widow- interest of, in homestead .
XIV
4
Witness Against Self- no one compelled to be, in criminal case
II
16
Witnesses-
not to be unreasonably detained . :
II
15
not incompetent on account of religious belief.
II
17
accused to be confronted with .
II
19
accused to have compulsory process to obtain
II
19
two, required for conviction of treason.
II
21
Women --
III
1
may vote at any election when entitled to vote
III
4
legislature may enact laws as to employment of
V
29
estate of, to remain theirs. not liable for husband's debts, etc .. may be devised, etc. .
XVI
8
Worship-
religious, liberty of, guaranteed.
II
3
Writs-
action, etc., not affected by adoption of constitution .
Sched.
2
of habeas corpus, not suspended unless public safety require .. of election, to fill vacancies in houses
VI
6
of error, power of supreme court to issue.
VII
4
Y.
Yeas and Nays-
to be taken on measure proposed by initiative.
V
2
when to be entered on journal.
V
16
votes on nominations to senate taken by
V
17
final passage of bills to be by .
V
36
on constitutional amendment, entry of, on journals.
XVII
1
on submission of revised constitution to people, to be entered on journal.
XVII
4
VIII
25
XVI
&
XVI
8
II
11
23
vote on disapproved bill to be determined by . .
XVI
-11
6
for members of legislature for appointment, to be void .
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
CONVENTION OF 1835.
(Convened at Detroit, May 11, and adjourned June 24, 1835.)
OFFICERS.
JOHN BIDDLE CHARLES W. WHIPPLE
President
MARSHALL J. BACON
Secretaries
OLMSTEAD HOUGH
Sergeant-at-Arms
DELEGATES.
First District .- Wayne county .- John Biddle, John Norvell, John McDonell, John R. Williams; Alpheus White, Amos Stevens, Conrad Ten Eyck, Louis Beaufait, Peter Van Every, Jonathan D. Davis, Caleb Herrington, Ammon Brown, Theophilus E. Tallman, George W. Ferrington, Asa H. Otis, Charles F. Irwin, William Woodbridge.
Second District .- Monroe county .- David White, Edward D. Ellis, Peter P. Ferry, Lemuel Colbath, Josephus V. D. Sutphen, Robert McClelland, Eliphalet Clark, Samuel Ingersoll, James F. Godfroy.
Third District .- Lenawee county .- Ross Wilkins, Seleck C. Boughton, Allen Hutchins, John J. Adam, Joseph Howell, Joseph H. Patterson, Darius Comstock, John Whitney (a), Alexander R. Tiffany (b).
Fourth District .- Washtenaw county .- Gilbert Shattuck, Abel Godard, William Moore, Robert Purdy, John Brewer, Alpheus Collins, Michael P. Stubbs, Richard Brower, Rufus Crossman, Nathaniel Noble, Russell Briggs, Orin How, Emanuel Case, Edward Mundy, Orrin White.
Fifth District .- Oakland county .- Isaac I. Voorheis, Randolph Manning, Seneca Newberry, Joshua B. Taylor, Elijah F. Cook, Ebenezer Raynale, John Ellenwood, Jeremiah Riggs, Benjamin B. Morris, William Patrick, Jonathan Chase, Samuel White, Thomas Curtis, Norman Davison.
Sixth District .- Macomb County .- Samuel Axford, Jacob Tucker, Henry Porter, John S. Axford, Ephraim Calkin, Solomon Porter.
Seventh District .- St. Clair county .- Ralph Wadhams, John Clark.
Eighth District .- Jackson county .- Townsend E. Gidley, Rosevelt Davis (c), Roswell B. Rexford (c).
Ninth District .- Hillsdale and Branch counties .- Lewis T. Miller.
Tenth District .- Calhoun county .- Isaac E. Crary, Ezra Convis.
Eleventh District .- Kalamazoo county .- Hezekiah G. Wells, William H. Welch, Lucius Lyon.
Twelfth District .- Cass county .- James Newton, James O'Dell, Baldwin Jenkins.
Thirteenth District .- St. Joseph county .- John S. Barry, Hubbell Loomis, Martin G. Shelhouse.
Fourteenth District .- Berrien county .- Elijah Lacy, Titus B. Willard.
Fifteenth District .- Mackinaw county .- Michael Dousman.
Sixteenth District .- Chippewa county .- Bela Chapman.
It was this convention that formed the first constitution of the state.
(a) Held seat in convention until May 16, 1835.
). Seated by convention May 16, in place of John Whitney.
(c) ' The vote for Davis and Rexford was a tie. Matter referred back to district for special election, when Rexford was elected, and seated by convention, June 3, 1835. Davis acted until June 3.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
The delegates were elected April 4, 1835, in pursuance of an act of the territorial council of January 26, 1835. The constitution was adopted by a vote of the people in October, 1835, there being 6,299 yeas and 1,359 nays (a). It remained in force as the fundamental law of the state until the constitution of 1850 went into operation.
FIRST CONVENTION OF ASSENT.
(Convened at Ann Arbor, September 26, and adjourned September 30, 1836.)
OFFICERS.
WILLIAM DRAPER
President
CHARLES A. JEFFERIES
Secretaries
SAMUEL YORK AT LEE
MARTIN DAVIS
Sergeant-at-Arms
DELEGATES.
Allegan and Barry .- Richard Weare.
Berrien .- Titus B. Willard.
Branch .- Harvey Warner.
Calhoun .- Lorenzo B. Collamer.
Cass .- James Newton, James O'Dell.
Chippewa .- Stephen R. Wood.
Hillsdale-Zachariah Van Duser.
Jackson .- Ethan Allen.
Kalamazoo .- Joseph A. Smith, William H. Welch.
Lapeer .- Mason Butts.
Lenawee .- Darius Comstock, Joseph Rickey, Ross Wilkins, John Hutchins.
Macomb .- Jacob Tucker, John S. Axford, Linus S. Gilbert.
Monroe .- Austin E. Wing, Robert Clark, Edward D. Ellis, Wolcott Lawrence.
Oakland .- Origen D. Richardson, William Draper, S. A. L. Warner, Samuel Satterlee, Edward W. Peck, John L. Brownell.
Ottawa, Kent, Ionia and Clinton .- William A. Richmond.
Saginaw, Genesee and Shiawassee .- Thomas J. Drake.
St. Clair .- Charles Kimball.
St. Joseph .- Columbia Lancaster, Watson Sumner.
Washtenaw and Livingston .- Seth Markham, Michael P. Stubbs, Marcus Lane, Ebenezer H. Conklin, George P. Jefferies, Elnathan Noble, George W. Glover.
Wayne .- Titus Dort, David C. Mckinstry, Louis Beaufait, Benjamin B. Kercheval, Ammon Brown, Eli Bradshaw, Horace A. Noyes, John McDonell.
The act of congress, of June 15, 1836, establishing the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio and providing for the admission of Michigan into the Union, required that the assent of a convention of delegates elected by the people for that purpose be given.
The delegates were elected September 12, 1836, in pursuance of an act of the state legislature of July 25, 1836. The conditions presented by the aforesaid act of congress, cutting off Toledo and vicinity from the limits of Michigan and giving that territory to the State of Ohio, were rejected by this convention.
(a) These figures were taken from senate documents of 1835, and do not include the vote of Kalamazoo county- 453 for and 15 against the constitution, as per returns in the secretary of state's office.
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SECOND CONVENTION OF ASSENT.
(Convened at Ann Arbor, December 14, and adjourned December 15, 1836.)
OFFICERS.
JOHN R. WILLIAMS KINTZING PRITCHETTE
President
J. E. FIELDS -
Secretaries
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- Silas F. Littlejohn, Orsemus Eaton.
Berrien .- Hart L. Stewart, George W. Hoffman.
Branch .- James B. Tomkins, Peris A. Tisdel.
Calhoun .- Benjamin Wright, Justus Goodwin.
Cass .- Edwin N. Bridges, Jacob Silver, Joseph Smith, Abiel Silver.
Hillsdale .- Rockwell Manning, Zachariah Van Duser.
Jackson .- Joab Page, Benjamin H. Packard.
Kalamazoo .- Samuel Percival, Ira Lyon, Isaac W. Willard, Ambrose Searle.
Kent .- Samuel Dexter, Charles J. Walker.
Lapeer .- Norman Davison, Harvey Gray.
Lenawee .- John Hutchins, Jeremiah D. Thompson, Joseph Rickey, Addison J. Com- stock, Peter Morey, John J. Adam, Oliver Miller, Darius C. Jackson.
Oakland .- Gideon O. Whittemore, Hiram Baritt, Joseph Coates, Charles Grant, Parley W. C. Gates, John S. Livermore, Henry S. Babcock, William K. Crooks, Samuel White, James B. Hunt, David Chase, Benjamin B. Morris.
Saginaw .- Gardner D. Williams, Samuel G. Watson.
St. Clair .- Ralph Wadhams, Joel Tucker.
St. Joseph .- Phillip R. Toll, Aaron B. Watkins, William H. Adams, Stephen W. Truesdell.
Van Buren .- Charles B. Avery.
Washtenaw .- Nelson H. Wing, Salmon Champion, Jr., Nathaniel Noble, Lyman Downs, James Houston, Esek Pray, George W. Jewett, Solomon Sutherland, Samuel Denton, Samuel B. Bradley, Elisha Congdon, Stoddard W. Twatchell, Jesse Warner.
Wayne .- John R. Williams, Ross Wilkins, Charles Moran, Marshal J. Bacon, Daniel Goodwin, Benjamin F. H. Witherell, John E. Schwarz, Reynold Gillett, Eli Bradshaw, Horace A. Noyes, Elihu Morse, Warren Tuttle, Archibald Y. Murray, James Bucklin, Josiah Mason, Charles F. Irwin.
The delegates to this convention were elected December 5 and 6, 1836, in pursuance of a recommendation of the people, and ostensibly in compliance with the act of the state legislature of July 25, 1836. They met in convention at Ann Arbor, December 14 and 15, 1836, and adopted a resolution giving the assent of the state to the requirement of the act of congress of June 15, 1836. The resolution was signed by the above named delegates, excepting those whose names are printed in italics, who were returned to the secretary of state as elected, but do not appear to have taken part in the convention. The above information is obtained from the record of the election returns and canvass of 1835-45, now in the office of the secretary of state.
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
CONVENTION OF 1850.
(Convened at Lansing, June 3, and adjourned August 15, 1850.)
OFFICERS.
President
DANIEL GOODWIN JOHN SWEGELS, JR. HORACE F. ROBERTS CHARLES HASCALL
Secretaries
DAVID HUBBARD, JR.
Sergeant-at-Arms
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- Oka Town.
Barry .- Joseph W. T. Orr.
Berrien .- Calvin Britain, Jacob Beeson, Charles W. Whipple.
Branch .- Wales Adams, Alvarado Brown, Asahel Brown.
Calhoun .- Isaac E. Crary, Milo Soule, William V. Morrison, John D. Pierce, Nathan Pierce.
Cass .- George Redfield, Mitchel Robinson, James Sullivan.
Chippewa .- Elijah J. Roberts.
Clinton .- David Sturgis.
Eaton .- Charles E. Beardsley, John D. Burns.
Genesee .- John Bartow, Elbridge G. Gale, Dewitt C. Leach.
Hillsdale .- John P. Cook, Daniel Kinne, John Mosher, Jonathan B. Graham.
Ingham .- Charles P. Bush, Ephraim B. Danforth.
Ionia .- Henry Bartow, Cyrus Lovell.
Jackson .- Robert H. Anderson, John L. Butterfield, Jerry G. Cornell, Elisha S. Robinson, Wilbur F. Storey.
Kalamazoo .- Hezekiah G. Wells, Samuel Clark, Volney Hascall.
Kent and Ottawa .- Rix Robinson, Thomas B. Church, Timothy Eastman.
Lapeer .- Noah H. Hart, Jonathan R. White.
Lenawee .- Addison J. Comstock, Alexander R. Tiffany, Peter R. Adams, Charles Chandler, George C. Harvey, Nelson Green, Ebenezer Daniels.
Livingston .- Daniel S. Lee, Robert Crouse, Robert Warden, Jr., Ely Barnard.
Mackinac .- William Norman McLeod.
Macomb .- DeWitt C. Walker, Charles W. Chapel, Andrew S. Robertson, Hiram Hathaway.
Monroe .- Robert McClelland, Alexander M. Arzeno, Emerson Choate, Henry B. Marvin.
Oakland .- James Webster, Alfred H. Hanscom, Seneca Newberry, Jacob Vanval- kenburgh, Ebenezer Raynale, Gideon O. Whittemore, William Axford, Zebina M. Mowry, Elias S. Woodman.
Saginaw .- Jabez G. Sutherland.
Shiawassee .- Francis J. Prevost.
St. Clair .- John Clark, Lorenzo M. Mason, Reuben B. Dimond.
St. Joseph .- William Connor, Joseph R. Williams, Edward S. Moore.
Van Buren .- Isaac W. Willard.
Washtenaw .- James Kingsley, Elias M. Skinner, Earls P. Gardiner, Daniel Hixson, Morgan O'Brien, William S. Carr, Benjamin W. Waite, James M. Edmunds.
Wayne .- Daniel Goodwin, Benjamin F. H. Witherell, John Gibson, Ammon Brown, Henry J. Alvord, Henry Fralick, Peter Desnoyers, Harry T. Backus, Joseph H. Bagg, Ebenezer C. Eaton.
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The delegates to the convention were elected May 6, 1850, in pursuance of act No. 78 of the laws of 1850. The constitution as revised by the convention was submitted to the people November 5, 1850, and adopted by a majority of 26,736 votes. It remained the supreme law of the state until the constitution of 1909 went into effect.
CONVENTION OF 1867.
(Convened at Lansing, May 15, and adjourned August 22, 1867.)
OFFICERS.
CHARLES M. CROSWELL
President
THOMAS H. GLENN G. X. M. COLLIER T. P. MILES D. B. PURINTON
Secretaries
SEYMOUR FOSTER
Sergeant-at-Arms - Postmaster
DELEGATES.
Allegan .- William B. Williams, William E. White.
Barry .- Harvey Wright, Adam Elliott.
Bay .- James Birney.
Berrien .- William S. Farmer, Lorenzo P. Alexander, Henry H. Coolidge.
Branch .- Cyrus G. Luce, Asahel Brown, Julius S. Barber.
Calhoun .- Charles D. Holmes, Eden F. Henderson, George Willard.
Cass .- Levi Aldrich, Jacob J. Van Riper.
Clinton .- Alvah H. Walker, Nathaniel I. Daniells.
Eaton .- Joseph Musgrave, Milton P. Burch.
Genesee .- Sumner Howard, Henry R. Lovell, Thaddeus G. Smith.
Grand Traverse, etc .- DeWitt C. Leach.
Gratiot .- DeWitt C. Chapin.
Hillsdale .- Lewis J. Thompson, Daniel L. Pratt, Simeon P. Root.
Houghton .- John Q. McKernon.
Huron .- Richard Winsor.
Ingham .- John W. Longyear, Lemuel Woodhouse.
Ionia .- George W. Germain, Sanford A. Yeomans.
Jackson .- Eugene Pringle, Freeman C. Watkins, William F. Goodwin.
Kalamazoo .- Marsh Giddings, Delamore Duncan, Milton Bradley.
Kent .- Solomon L. Withey, Jacob Ferris, Milton C. Watkins, Lyman Murray. Keweenaw .- Robert F. Gulick.
Lapeer .- Myron C. Kenney, John M. Lamb.
Lenawee .- Jacob C. Sawyer, Perley Bills, Martin P. Stockwell, Horace J. Sheldon, Charles M. Croswell.
Livingston .- Benjamin W. Lawrence, Edwin B. Winans.
Mackinac, etc .- Bela Chapman.
Macomb .- Dexter Mussey, Thomas M. Crocker, William W. Andrus.
Marquette .- Eleazer S. Ingalls.
Midland, etc .- Perry H. Estee.
Monroe .- Edward G. Morton, William A. Rafter, William Corbin.
Montcalm .- George F. Case.
Muskegon .- Henry H. Holt.
Newaygo, etc .- William S. Utley.
Oakland .- P. Dean Warner, Edward P. Harris, Willard M. McConnell, Jacob Van- valkenburgh.
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Ontonagon .- James Burtenshaw.
Ottawa .- John Haire, Hiram Jennison.
Saginaw .- Jabez G. Sutherland, Hiram L. Miller. Sanilac .- John Divine.
Shiawassee .- Josiah Turner, S. Titus Parsons.
St. Clair .- Marcus H. Miles, Ezra Hazen, Omar D. Conger.
St. Joseph .- William L. Stoughton, Comfort Tyler, Levi T. Hull.
Tuscola .- Benjamin W. Houston, Jr.
Van Buren .- Samuel H. Blackman, Charles Duncombe.
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Washtenaw .- Thomas Ninde, Charles H. Richmond, Lyman D. Norris, Daniel Hixson. Wayne .- Robert McClelland, Daniel Goodwin, Peter Desnoyers, William A. Smith, Jonathan Shearer, William E. Warner, George V. N. Lothrop, Peter Henkel, William Purcell.
The delegates to this convention were elected April 1, 1867, in pursuance of act No. 41, of the session laws of 1867. The constitution as revised by this convention was sub- mitted to the people April 6, 1868. It was rejected by a vote of 71,733 yeas, to 110,582 nays.
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMISSION OF 1873.
(Convened at Lansing, August 27, and adjourned October 16, 1873.)
OFFICERS.
SULLIVAN M. CUTCHEON, HENRY S. CLUBB,
Clerk
STEPHEN B. MCCRACKEN, WILLIAM BURNHAM, -
Door Keeper
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Congressional Districts.
Members.
Counties.
1
Elijah W. Meddaugh. Ashley Pond .
Wayne. Wayne.
2
Edwin Willits. Sullivan M. Cutcheon (a)
Monroe. Washtenaw.
3 Isaac M. Crane Charles Upson
Eaton. Branch.
4 Henry H. Riley Hezekiah G. Wells
St. Joseph. Kalamazoo.
5 Solomon L. Withey Lyman-G. Mason, (resigned September 2, 1873) William M. Ferry (b)
Kent. Muskegon. Ottawa.
6 Ira D. Crouse Lysander Woodward
Livingston. Oakland.
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Edwin W. Giddings, (resigned October 8, 1873) John Divine.
Macomb. Sanilac.
8 Herschel H. Hatch. David H. Jerome
Bay. Saginaw.
9 James R. Devereaux Seth C. Moffatt.
Houghton. Leelanau.
Elected chairman.
Appointed October 2, 1873, vice Mason.
Chairman
Assistant Clerk
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This commission consisted of two members from each congressional district of the state, who were appointed by the governor, pursuant to joint resolution No. 19 of the legislature of 1873. It completed its labors October 16, and made a formal report to the governor. The constitution as revised by the commission was submitted to the people November 3, 1874, in pursuance of joint resolution No. 4 of the session of 1874, and was rejected by a vote of 39,285 yeas to 124,034 nays.
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