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SEC. 8. An accurate statement of the receipts and expendi- Art. 18, sec. tures of the public moneys shall be attached to and published with the laws, at every regular session of the legislature.

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SEC. 9. No mechanical trade shall hereafter be taught to Art 18, sec. convicts in the state prison of this State, except the manufacture of those articles of which the chief supply for home consumption is imported from other states or countries.

SEC. 10. Any woman above the age of twenty-one years, who shall be a resident of this State, and of the proper township, city or ward, and who is a citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to the office of register of deeds, notary public, offices connected with schools and libraries, and to such other offices as may be designated by law.*

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SEC. 11. No lease or grant hereafter of agricultural land for Art. 18, sec. a longer period than twelve years, reserving any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.

NOTE.-Section 15 of article XVIII of the present constitution, prohibiting a general revision of the laws, is omitted from the revised article, in the belief that legislatures ought to be free to determine whether a revision or compilation of the laws is the more desirable. Sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and the first clause of section 14, are transferred to the Bill of Rights, as being their more appropriate place.

ARTICLE XVIII.

AMENDMENT AND REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

SECTION 1. Any amendment or amendments to this consti- Art. 20, sec. tution may be proposed in the senate or house of representatives. If the same be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and the same shall be submitted to the electors at [the next general election thereafter] such time as the legislature shall prescribe. And if a majority of the electors, qualified to vote for members of the legislature, voting [thereon] on the amendment or amendments proposed, shall ratify and approve such amendment or amendments, the same Art. 20, sec. shall become a part of the constitution, and take effect at the commencement of the year following its adoption.

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SEC. 2. At any time after the first day of January, one thou- Art. 20, sec.! sand eight hundred and eighty-five, the legislature may provide' for a convention, to be chosen by the qualified electors of the

*This is a new section, and was believed by a majority of the commission to be in accordance with the advanced public sentiment regarding the competency of women for public positions.

State, or for a commission to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to revise or amend this constitution. Such revised or amended constitution shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature, at such time and in such manner as said convention or commission may provide. If a 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 following its adoption.

SCHEDULE. †

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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 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 limitation, or are altered or repealed by the legislature.

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, shall continue; and all indictments and informations which shall have been found or filed, or which may hereafter be found or filed, 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, except as herein otherwise provided, shall continue with the like powers and jurisdiction, both at law and in equity, as if this constitution had not been adopted, and until the organization of the judicial department under this constitution.

*The corresponding section of the present constitution (sec: 2, art. XX, is as follows: At the general election to be held in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in each sixteenth year thereafter, and also at such other times as the legislature may by law provide, the question of the general revision of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature; and in case a majority of the electors so qualified voting at such election, shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, the legislature, at the next session, shall provide by law for the election of such delegates to such convention. All the amendments shall take effect at the commencement of the year after their adoption.'

+Sections one, two, three, four, six, thirteen and fifteen, of the schedule of the present constitution, are reproduced with some verbal changes, as the seven sections of the schedule to the amended constitution.~ The remaining sections are omitted as inapplicable. The time and manner of submitting the amended constitution to the people are left to be fixed by the legislature.

SEC. 3. All fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats accruing to the State under the present constitution and laws, shall accrue to the use of the State under this constitution.

SEC. 4. All recognizances, bonds, obligations, and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this constitution, to the people of [the State of Michigan] this State, or to any [State] county or township, or to any public officer or public body, or which may be entered into or executed under existing laws, to the people of [the State of Michigan] this State or to any such officer or public body, before the complete organization of the departments of government under this constitution, shall femain 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.

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.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the legislature, at its first session after the adoption of this constitution, to adapt the present laws to the provisions of this constitution [so far as may bel.

SEC. 7. 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.

TAXATION OF THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.*

At the election when this amended constitution shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adoption or rejection, there shall be submitted to such electors the following proposition, to be added, in case of its adoption, to section 47 of article IV in the present constitution of this State, as it now stands, and to section 36 of article IV in said amended constitution, if the latter is adopted, viz.:

*It was felt by the commission that there was a general demand for some proposition relative to the traffic in ardent spirits, upon which a popular expression might be had. While there was much difference of opinion with the commission as to the form in which such proposition should be submitted, the one here proposed was agreed upon as most likely to receive the careful and earnest attention of the people of the State interested in the subject.

An annual tax of two hundred dollars is imposed upon the traffic in intoxicating liquors, to be paid by every person or firm who shall carry on or be engaged in the business of selling or disposing of such liquors otherwise than for medicinal, chemical and mechanical purposes, for each place where such business is carried on by such person or firm. Said tax shall be paid into the treasury of the proper township, city or village, and be applied by the proper authorities to the support of the poor therein, so far as may be necessary, and the residue appropriated as the legislature shall provide. The sale or other disposition of such liquors to minors, persons under guardianship, insane and idiotic persons, paupers and common drunkards, is wholly prohibited. Every person who shall carry on or engage in the business or traffic taxed as aforesaid in this section, without having first paid the tax imposed, or otherwise violate any provision of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, as may be prescribed by law, and every sale until the tax is paid shall subject the party to such penalty; and all necessary laws shall be passed to enforce the provisions of this section. The legislature may further regulate and restrict the sale and other disposition of intoxicating liquors; and may increase the annual tax upon said traffic in any locality.

Said proposition shall be separately submitted to the electors of this State for their adoption or rejection, in form following, to wit: A separate ballot may be given by every person having the right to vote, to be deposited in a separate box. Upon the ballots given for said proposition, shall be written, printed, or partly written or partly printed, the words, "Restriction and taxation of the liquor traffic-Yes;" and upon the ballots given against the adoption thereof, in like manner, the words, "Restriction and taxation of the liquor traffic-No."

If at said election a majority of the votes given upon said proposition shall contain the words "Restriction and taxation of the liquor traffic-Yes," then said proposition shall be added to section 47 in article IV of the present constitution, and to section 36 in article IV of said amended constitution, if the latter is adopted.

PRESENT

THE

CONSTITUTION

OF MICHIGAN.

[Those portions of the present constitution in which changes are recommended are repeated entire, with marginal references to the amended constitution. Those portions that are unchanged are omitted, but references are added, showing the position in which they are placed in the amended constitution.]

The People of the State of Michigan do ordain this Constitution.

ARTICLE I.

BOUNDARIES,

[This article is unchanged with the exception of the italics, as shown in the corresponding article of the amended constitution.]

ARTICLE II.

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

SECTION 1. The seat of government shall be in Lansing, where it is now established.

ARTICLE III.

DIVISION OF THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT.

[There is but a slight verbal change in this article, for which reference is had to article III of the amended constitution.]

ARTICLE IV.

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

SECTION 1. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of Art. 4, sec. representatives.

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SEC. 2. The senate shall consist of thirty-two members. Senators Art. 4, sec, shall be elected for two years, and by single districts. Such districts shall be numbered from one to thirty-two inclusive; each of which shall choose one senator. No county shall be divided in the formation of senate districts, except such county shall be equitably entitled to two or more senators.

SEC. 3. The house of representatives shall consist of not less than sixty-four, nor more than one hundred members. Representatives shall

Art. 4, sec.

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