, 1874-04-11
History Of the Organic Law Of
That State
The Changes Embodied in the Pending
Instrument.
Slim Prospect Of Its Popular Rati'
fication.

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state passed INTO tne eoc col.Ao. =. "a erornod h.,
the NATIONAL military au1noi4ttee ;a =: s~,';.,,
lo2a, 1erf1to11al o'ea1'l@aslo1 1sae,at;ro
al governmental Po"et7-e1 ~. ~ e sa,.e-,e, -,
anu 1uoc1al-"eo - 100. "a
anu enteo 1e1'1
1850, inc tesft'o1, VOC ..,s;s co,,.,a;1 ~
TERRITORIAL Conncli @no ps 'nla ooun~1.
r1hsT coSs444u14oNAn. ~ -, .e-, .1a..;o y,
vas called. ihe aes pto'iueu ~ c0:ta, ,.o ~ ~
" delegates VINO nae. , ~ Wv p Ms-' 1oas
trolt, on me secono alono0Y " a4A,' -.eo
John bloole' ., "s,no Ivuy' -, ,7,': "1n 49,
tfesloens' unu enAi4ee '" "n'pp4o - =
scAn - oae9n' '1.:, 1 -, s,,.z ~, r,,,s.;~
eon'ent4on !.o.ea o1.4 o ~ - * ~-oes ~ .
nays. The question OF ratification was cup
mitted to the people at an election held On the
fret Mon7av ri October. 1895. and they adopted
II Int M offcis1 record Of the precise vote is
~ oo' ~ 'e.a- ,-..,: sa..oa .,,;a
to be found Michigan, having adopted th's
Constitution, did not wait for Congress to &C
cept it before beginning her State Government,
Int a,acted a T,eo;s1sture and State officers in
$780, 1eaE rha +rort,aa ovar +ha ohio
So'eupet' .o,'o. no 1919" ,.-o 80 naa
boundary oenseo mne!ess, ao"e'e1, Aau
upon the question Of final admission,-
tha nr;ncins1 onDosition coming from the Whig
f ,-t - - Or ,ea7 ~ aot ,xa :, ,,osya1
party ous, VI III" ~ 4o'', 1A1 ~. se. p'e7e
declaring Michigan one o! me onl!ea states oi
America, under the Constitution Of 1885,
The practical inconreniences OF this instru-
rnent lad IN.
1'~A' A~1
pEaASD FOB IT'S REVISION
and the people were required 10 Fo1e ZOE or
against Convention for that purpose at the
oona,,, a,act;on IN Norenher. 1R4q. md thu
1000 ,~o ..s+ .~a,a. w.. "a 1os ,sva oo5 Tb;a
sos0' eee' ~'1'' '",40o' N"'o .'0"o aua ..a0
Convention assembled at Lansing, June D. l6oo,
and elected Daniel Goodwin, President. and
John SweecIes. Jr. Secretary. Its session
cor+;rna7 mil Auc II and tha nav con-
~.:IA.:oN ~-&~- 80 -. .hs s.1a - ~.
eta1uI1ou WEB aooPIeu ~ LILO PeoP4e a. eno
general election IN lo5o, oy yeas 5b,1 nays
9,433. 1t vent into elect Jan. l, 1891. By ART.
~, Sec. 2, OF this instrument the question OF It'll
general revision VAS to be submitted to the
electors qualified to vote for members Of the
Legislature in 1866, and in every sixteenth year
thereafter.
The people in 1865 voted in favor Of the re-
Tision: yeas 70 5C5, nays 28, G23. AS result. By
Act. Il, Session Laws Of 1867, the people were
required on the first Monday in April to hold
au election for delegates to constitutional
Convention,-the number to be 100. These
delegates were duly elected, and the Convention
met in Lansing on the third Wcdnes-
dav Of HAY, 1867. It elected Charles ii. ;Cro6-
WE'LL OF Lenawee County, President and Thomas
e. Glenn, Secretary /; and itB sessions wers con-
6nucd until Aug. %. But its work, on being
unlimited to the people at the April election il
1865
WAS REJECTED;
xaaa, 71,7s9: nays, 11o,5s2. The principal
rauses for its defeat wero proposed iucreaso in
The eala.7es OF State officers, tie establishment
Of equal suffrage for white md black. and =
hoeuse clause which djsp!eased the Prohibition
ista.
Despite the unfortunate result Of this attempt
to revise the organic law of the State, the Legis-
Inture Of 1878 decided to make another effort
in the same direction. beliriug that popular
feeling had changed upon some OF the
issues that we're 80 prominent then. and that
the general opinion {so long preyalent)had deep
Bned that the reetrictiye foatures of the present
Constitntion do retari the nrnDor deveIonment
nf tho Stata Accor51inr1v NJ the reo7lar snas;on
,aut raar ;n;1,t -aan4;,t;on ~ ann-o9ad 4n-;1 o.
1879 vaa n.ssn1 croatiro "
' coSs179,11IaSex ~ co,r.,,ce,o.
~ s;ohtaan ]ron,hara - Ia .,,r,o;ntad b1 tho
Goeer,nr -rho shou1J rsr.fn1,s ras.o tta s~;st0
~ t,a,+ n.a srb,,it+;,e +ia; o-1 - ..
- ~ a-.;a.r 1stta iod,. J.; 10
10, ~ es da'se ~ 40 e
tain: euottias ~ sne HeaisGo aIe!es a. ~ 1ue
Rsop4s io1 hN iAs:uta.1oa: 1a1e eo1nio- ~
eou ,ost, We auly appo1nteo ~ tno su1nner
ot to!a' ne' a. Lanslng IL Aueust