the same mileage as shall then be payable to members of the legislature, but such compensation may be increased by law. No proposed constitution or amendment adopted by such convention shall be submitted to the electors for approval as hereinafter provided unless by the assent of a majority of all the delegates elected to the convention, the yeas and nays being entered on the journal. Any proposed constitution or amendments adopted by such convention shall be submitted to the qualified electors in the manner provided by such convention on the first Monday in April following the final adjournment of the convention; but, in case an interval of at least ninety days shall not intervene between such final adjournment and the date of such election, then it shall be submitted at the next general election. Upon the approval of such constitution or amendments by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon such constitution or amendments shall take effect on the first day of January following the approval thereof. Substituted for Sec. 2, Art. XX. SCHEDULE. That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the constitution of this state, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared that: SECTION 1. The common law and the statute laws now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or are altered or repealed. Final words "by the legislature" omitted. SEC. 2. All writs, actions, causes of action, prosecutions and rights of individuals, and of bodies corporate, and of the state, and all charters of incorporation which shall not have been heretofore forfeited or become subject to forfeiture shall continue; and all complaints, informations or indictments which shall have been made, filed or found or which may hereafter be made, filed or found for any crime or offense committed before the adoption of this constitution, may be proceeded upon as if no change had taken place. The several courts shall continue with the same powers and jurisdiction, both at law and in equity, as heretofore, until otherwise provided by law. No change. SEC. 3. All fines, taxes, penalties, forfeitures and escheats, accruing to the state or any municipal corporation under the existing constitution and laws, shall accrue to the use of the state or such municipal corporation under this constitution. No change. SEC. 4. All recognizances, bonds, obligations and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this constitution to the people of this state, or to any municipal corporation, or to any public officer or public body, or which may be entered into or executed under existing laws to the people of this state or to any such officer or public body shall remain binding and valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same shall continue and may be prosecuted as provided by law. And all crimes and misdemeanors and penal actions shall be prosecuted, tried and punished as though no change had taken place, until otherwise provided by law. No change, except in phraseology. SEC. 5. All officers, civil and military, now holding any office or appointment, shall continue to hold their respective offices, unless removed by competent authority, until superseded under the laws now in force or under this constitution. No change from Sec. 6, Schedule. SEC. 6. All officers elected under the existing constitution and laws on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight, shall take office on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, under this constitution. Supplants Sec. 8, Schedule. SEC. 7. Until otherwise provided, the salaries or compensation of all public officers shall continue as provided under the existing constitution and laws. Supplants Sec. 20, Schedule. SEC. 8. The attorney general of the state shall prepare and report to the legislature at the commencement of the next session such changes in existing laws as may be deemed necessary to adapt the same to this constitution. Supplants Sec. 14, Schedule. SEC. 9. Any territory attached or that may be attached to any county for judicial purposes, if not otherwise represented, shall be considered as forming a part of such county, so far as regards elections for the purpose of representation. No change from Sec. 15, Schedule, except in phraseology. SEC. 10. This constitution shall be submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forthwith give notice of such submission to the sheriffs of the several counties, and it shall also be the duty of the secretary of state and all other officers required to give or publish any notice in regard to said election, to give notice as provided by law in case of an election for governor, that this constitution will be duly submitted to the electors at said election. Supersedes Sec. 16, Schedule. II. SEC. 11. Every person entitled to vote for members of the legislature under the existing constitution and laws may vote on said adoption or rejection, and the board of election commissioners in each county shall cause to be printed on a ballot separate from the ballot containing the names of the nominees for office the words "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] Yes." "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] No." All votes cast at said election shall be taken, counted, canvassed and returned as provided by law for the election of state officers. Should the revised constitution so submitted receive more votes in its favor than shall be cast against it, it shall be the supreme law of the state on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, except as herein otherwise provided; otherwise it shall be rejected. Supplants Secs. 17, 18, and 19 Schedule. Adopted by the Constitutional Convention of nineteen hundred seven at the capitol at Lansing on the twenty-first day of February, nineteen hundred eight. PAUL H. KING, JOHN J. CARTON, President. Secretary. ELIMINATED SECTIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF 1850. ART. IV, SEC. 4. All that portion which directs the taking of state census once in ten years. ART. IV, SEC. 16. Allowing the legislature to provide for the payment of postage on mailable matter received by its members, but not on any sent by them. ART. VII, SEC. 8. Providing that any inhabitant engaging in a duel shall be disqualified from voting or holding office. ART. X, SEC. 10. Giving certain county boards of supervisors or auditors exclusive power to fix compensation for services rendered for and adjust claims against their respective counties, subject to no appeal. This section superseded by Sec. 9, Art. VIII. ART. XIV, SEC. 2. Providing for a sinking fund of at least $20,000 a year, beginning in the year 1852, to be applied to the extinguishment of the state debt. ART. XV, SEC. 1. All that portion which permits the legislature to create a single bank with branches. ART. XV, SEC. 3. Making the officers and stockholders of banking corporations which issue bank notes or paper credits to circulate as money individually liable for debts, etc. ART. XV, SEC. 4. Providing for the registry of all bills or notes issued or put in circulation as money. ART. XV, SEC. 5. Making the bill holders of any bank preferred creditors in case of its insolvency. ART. XV, SEC. 6. Providing that the legislature shall pass no law authorizing the suspension of specie payments by any person, association or corporation. ART. XV, SEC. 16. for an alteration of the Requiring notice to be given of any application charter of any corporation. ART. XIX, SEC. 1. Providing that certain counties of the upper peninsula, with certain islands, shall constitute a separate judicial district. ART. XIX, SEC. 2. Providing for the election of a district judge for the territory mentioned in section 1, and defining his powers and duties. ART. XIX, SEC. 3. Providing for a district attorney for said district. ART. XIX, SEC. 4. Prescribing the representation of said district in the legislature. Art. XIX, Sec. 5. district attorney, and ture. Providing salaries in said district for the judge, extra compensation for members of the legisla ART. XIX, SEC. 6. Prescribing the time for election and the canvass of votes in said district. ART. XIX, SEC. 7. Providing for a division between the state and the several counties, of the annual tax of one per cent from mining corporations of the upper peninsula. ART. XIX, SEC. 8. Permitting the legislature to change the location. of the state prison from Jackson to the upper peninsula. ART. XIX, SEC. 9. Relative to amending special charters then existing of mining corporations. SCHEDULE, SECS. 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. SCHEDULE, SECS. 16, 17, 18 and 19, superseded by Secs. 10 and 11 of the Schedule. See Art. V, Sec. 3. SCHEDULE, SEC. 20. A similar provision appears in Art. XVI, Sec. 3. SCHEDULE, SEC. 21. SCHEDULE, SEC. 22. SCHEDULE, SECS. 23, SCHEDULE SEC. 24. XVI, Sec. I. SCHEDULE, SEC. 27. 25, 26 and 29. Substantially the same provision is found in Art. Similar provisions found in Art. V, Sec. 4. |