The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-05-08

advice and consent of the Senate and House
| OF Representatives in joint convention, to re-
vise or amend this Constitution. Such re-
| vsed or amended Constitution shall be submit
ted to the electors qualified to vote for members
OF the Legislature, ut such time and i'm such
manner AK said convention or commission NAV
provide. IL majority Of the electors voting
on such revised or amended Constitution shall
| decide in favor thereof. the same shall take
effect at the commencement of the year fol-
| lowing it's adoption.
NoTE.-This article stands in the present Consti
tuition article Xxx. The only essential change I'm
the FIRST section Is the one providing that amend
ments may be submitted {" at such time as the Leg
islature shall prescribe" instead of at the "ne9t
general election" Section In so far changed that
the corresponding section Of the present Consitu-
| ton IL appended entire, fer convenience of com
parison, as follows.
"Sec. 2. At the general election 10 be held In the
year one thousand eight hundred and sxty-slx and
in each sixteenth year thereafter and also at such
other times az the Legislature may by law provide
the question Of the general revision of the Const-
tuition shall be submitted 10 the electors qualified
to vote for members Of the Legislature; and in case
"a majority of the electors so qualified voting ut
such election, shall decide in favor Of a convention
for such purpose, the Legislature at the next
sion shall provide by law for the election of dele
gates TO such convention. All the amendments
shall take effect at the commencement of the year
after their adoption"
SCHEDULE.
That no Inconvenience may arise from the
changes in the Constitution of this State, and
in order to carry the same into operation it is
hereby declared
Section /. The common law, and the statute
laws now in force, not repugnant to this Con-
stitution, shall remain in force until they ex-
pire by their own limitation, or are altered or
repealed by the Legislature
Sec. z. All wits, actions, causes OF action,
prosecutions and rights OF individuals and Of
bodies corporate, and Of the State and all
charter of Incorporation shall continue and
al pf u,l; oh ,ban
have been found or filed. or which may here
after be found or filed, for any crime or Of
Tense committed before the adoption of this
Constitution may be proceeded upon as il no
change had taken place. The several courts,
except as herein otherwise provided, shall
continne with the like powers and jurisdic-
ton, both at law and equity, as if this Consti-
tuition had not been adopted, and until the or
ganization of the judicial department under
this Constitution
Sec. 3. All fines, penalties, forfeitures and
escheats accruing to the State under the pres
ent Constitution and laws shall accrue to the
use OF the State under this Constitution.
Sec. A. All recognizances, bonds, obliga-
tions, and all other instruments entered into
or executed before the adoption of this
Constitution, to the people of this State or to
any county or township, or to any public Of
hcer or public body, or which may be en-
tered into or executed under existing laws to
the people of this State or to any such officer
or public body, before the complete organiza-
| ton OF the departments of government under
this Constitution, shall remain binding and
valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same
shall continue, and may be prosecuted as pro-
vded by law. And all crimes and msdemean-
ors and penal actions shall be prosecuted,
tried and punished as though no change had
taken place, until otherwise provided by law.
Sec o. All oi1cers civil and military, now
holding any Office or appointment, shall con-
tinue to hold their respective offices, unless
removed by competent authority, until super
seeded under the laws now in force, or under
this Constitution.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty Of the Legsla-
ture at its first session after the adoption Of
this Constitution, to adapt the present laws
to the provisions of this Constitution
Sec. Z: Any territory attached, or that may
be attached, to any county for judicial pur-
poses If not otherwise represented shall be
considered as forming part of such county,
30 far as regards elections for the purpose Of
representation.
Sec. 8. The terms Of Office of all State and
county officers. of the Circuit Judges, men,
bers Of the Board Of Education, and men,
beers of the Legislature, shall begin on the
first day Of January next succeeding their
election.
And be IL further resolUed. That said consti-
tutional amendments shall be submitted to
the people of this State at the next general
election, 20 be held on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday in November. in the year
eighteen hundred and sevcnty-four and the
Secretary of State Is hereby required to give
notice OF the same TO the sheriffs of the sew
eral counties IN this State, in the same man
ner that he is now required to do in case of
an election of Governor or Lieutenant Gov
crnor and the inspectors of election in the
several townships and cities in this State,
shall prepare suitable box for the reception
OF ballots, cast for or against such amend
| fnr sold N
ments to the Constitution Of this State, shall
have written or printed, or partly written and
partly printed, on his ballot the words
" Constitutional Amendments-Yes :" and
each person voting against them shall have
on his ballot, in like manner, the words
" Constitutional Amendments The
ballots shall in all respects be canvassed and
returns made as in election Of Governor and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. In case a majority of
the votes cast at said election, az above pro-
vided, shall have on them the words % Con-
stitutional Amendments-Yes," then the fore
going preamble, articles and sections, and
each and all OF them, shall stand as the Con
stitution Of the State of Michigan, from and
after the first day Of January, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-five, and each and every
other pre-exlstlng provision OF the Constitu-
ton OF the State of Michigan shall be super
seeded thereby, and be absolutely null and of
no effect.
Approved March 26, 1874.
.NoIf.-oecllons L, Z, ., 4, q, IL and 10, OF the
schedule OF the present Constitution, are repro
duced with some verbal changes, the first seven
sections OF the schedule to the amended Constitu-
ton. The remaining sections omitted as inap-
phcable, although the provisions Of section are
found in portions of omitted sections.
JOINT RESOLU T1ON proposing amendment to
section one OF article seven of the Constitution in
relation to the qualification of electors
ResotUed by the Senate and House Of Repre-
senfdtiues Of the State Of Michigan, That at the
election when the amended Constitution shall
be submitted to the electors of this State for
adoption or rejection, there shall be submitted
to such electors the following propositions. to
be substituted in case of adoption. for 70 much
of section Of article VII. as precedes the pro-
viso therein, in the present constitution of this
State as it now stands, and substituted for
section l. article VII. in said amended corAsti-
tuition, If the latter is adopted, to wit:
Section l. In all elections every person OF
the age of twenty-one years who shall have
resided in this State three months and i'm the
township or ward in which he or she offers to
vote, ten days next preceding an election, be-
longing to either Of the classes, shall be an
: elector and entitled to vote
, First, Every citizen of the United States
4 Second Every inhabitant of this State who
{ shall have resided in the United States two