Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-09-30
Amending The Uonsti tuition.

But very little reference has thus far
been made in the Michigan campaign
to the pending constitutional amend
ments, and probably but few voters are
aware of the fact that such amendments
are to be voted on this fall.
The Legislature of 1881 agreed to an
amendment to section of article 8, in
increasing the salaries of circuit court
judges ] rom 5 SEQ to $3.50. Tnis is to lie
submitted to the popular vote at the
election in November. A similar amend
ment has been submitted several times
before. with continually increasing
vote in its favor, but thus far without a
majority. The last time it was submit
ted, in 1876, the vote was for, 65,371;
against, 1886, majority against only
800. The amendment is in the direction
OF an efficient and competent judiciary,
and there ought to be no question about
its adoption.
upon a proposition to amend section 10
of article 10, so as to make it read as
follows:
Sec. 10. The board of supervisors, or
in the county of Wayne the board of
county auditors, shall have the exclusive
power to prescribe and fix the cOmpensa-
adjust all claims against their respec-
tive counties; and the sum so fixed or
defined shall be subject to no appeal.
But the legislature may by general
statute provide for the establishment of |
a board of county auditors in any cOun-
ty; and any such board, when establish |
ed according to law, shall have exclu- |
sive power to prescribe and fix the COM
pensatiOn for all services rendered for, |
and adjust all claims against such cOun-
ty, and the sum so fixed or defined shall |
be subject to no appeal: Provided, That |
no such board shall be established in |
any county unless the board of supervi-
sOrs of such county shall so direct by
vote of majority of all the members
elect.
The amendment consists in the addi-
ton of all after the first sentence. At
present, only Wayne county has, or can
have, board of county auditors. Under
the amendment such boards may be
created for other counties. The inter-
est in'this amendment will probably be
confined mainly to few of the more
pOpulOus counties, but it would seem
reasonable that these should have the
power to choose boards of auditors in
cases where the voters esteem this a de-
,irable or economical method of regu-
ating their financial affairs.
The constitution of 1850 provided that
n 1866, and once in 16 years thereafter,
he question of the revision of the con-
should be submitted to pOpu-
ar vote. In accordance with this pro-
vision the Legislature of 1881 passed the
OllOwing joint resolution:
Resolved, That the question of a gen.
raj revision of the constitution of this
tate shall be submitted at the election
% be held on the first Tuesday after the
irst Monday in November, in the year
me thousand one hundred and eighty
wO, and that notice of such submission
70 given in the same manner, and at
he same time, as notice is now required
o be given for the election
# state officers; that the inspectors
f election, of the several townships and
Yards provide separate bal
OF box to receive all votes that may be
asst at such election for or against such
evisiOn of the constitution; and that
he electors voting in favor of general
evisiOn Of the constitution shall have
written or printed, or partly written and
artly printed on their ballots, the
words ''for revision of the constitution"
nd those voting against such revision
hall have written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed on their bal
DTS the words, against a revision of
he constitutions" which votes shall be
anvassed and certified, as near as may
@, as the votes for governor and lieu
are required to be can
assed.
1t was in accordance with similar
esolutiOn that the question of revision
'as submitted in 1866. The vote that
ear was in favor of revision, and the
convention of 1867 follow
4, but the constitution which that con-
entiOn framed was subsequently voted
own by nearly 10000 majority.