Section
in the State prison of this
4. In regard to navigable streams.
5. An accurate statement of the
receipts and expenditures of
the public moneys shall be at-
tached to and published with
the laws at every regular ses-
sion of the Legislature.
6. Laws, etc., to be in English.
7. Every person has a right to bear
arms for the defense of him-
self and the State.
8. The military to be subordinate
to the civil power.
9. Quartering of soldiers.
10. The people have the right to as-
semble together peacefully to
consult for the common good.
11. Slavery shall be prohibited in
this State.
12. In regard to leases.
13. Aliens may hold property.
14. Private property.-Private roads.
15. Revision of laws.-Commission-
ers to examine.
1. Upper Peninsula.-See schedule,
sec. 26.
2. The district judge shall be elect-
ed by the electors of such dis-
trict.
3. In regard to the di-trict attorney.
4. Senators and Representatives.
5. Compensation of judges, etc.-
See Constitution, article 4, sec-
tion 15.
6. Election.-When to take place.
7. In regard to mining taxes.
8. The location of the State prison.
9. Mining companies.-Charters may
be modified by the Legislature.
ARTICLE XIXa.
1. Railroad fares and freights.-
Discrimination prohibited.
2. Competing lines not to consoli-
date.-Notice of consolidation.
1. Amendments to Constitution
may be proposed by the Senate
or House of Representatives.
2. Revision of the Constitution.
1. The common and statute laws
now in force shall remain in
force until they are repealed or
amended.
2. Continuance of writs, actions, etc.
3. In regard to fines, etc.
4. Recognizances, etc.
5. Governor and Lieutenant-Gov-
6. In regard to officers to hold over.
7. Senators and Representatives
shall continue to hold office
until superseded by their suc-
8. County officers to hold over.
9. Terms of certain officer.
10. Jurisdiction of suits, etc.
11. Jurisdiction of Probate Courts, etc.
12. The office of State printer.
13. It shall be the duty of the Leg-
islature at their first session to
adopt the present laws to the
provisions of this Constitution,
as far as may be.
15. Any territory attached to any
county for judicial purposes, if
not otherwise represented,
shall be considered as forming
a part of such county.
16. Constitution to be submitted to
the people.-Qualification of
17. Any person entitled to vote for
members of the Legislature, etc.
18. At the general election a ballot
box shall be kept.
19. In regard to the canvass of the
votes cast for the adoption or
rejection of this Constitution.
20. In regard to salaries.
21. Expenditures of the convention.
22. Representative districts.
23. Cases pending in chancery.
24. Term of office of Governor, etc.
25. Upper Peninsula.
26. District judge and district attor-
27. Legislature of 1851.-Its duties.
28. Terms of State and county of-
ficers.
29. Judicial circuits, Const., Art. 6,
1. All political power is inherent
in the people.
2. There shall be neither slavery
nor involuntary servitude in
the State, except for the pun-
ishment of crime.
3. Liberty of the press.
4. Right of trial by jury.
5. Excessive bail and excessive
fines prohibited, nor shall
cruel punishments be inflicted.
6. In criminal prosecutions, rights
of the accused.
7. No person shall be held to
answer for a criminal offense
unless on the presentment or
indictment of a grand jury.
8. Justice to be free and without
purchase.
9. Treason against the State de-
fined.
10. Unreasonable searches and seiz-
11. No bill of attainder, ex post
facto law or any law impair-
ing the obligation of con-
tracts.
12. No person to be imprisoned for
debt in this State.
13. Private property taken for pub-
lic use to hove just compen-
sation.
14. The military shall be subordi-
nate to the civil power.-No
standing army.
15. Feudal tenures.---Leases and
grants of agricultural lands
not longer than twenty-one
years.
16. The enumeration of rights in
this Constitution shall not im-
pair others retained by the
people.
17. No religious tests for holding
office or for voting.
ARTICLE II.
On Name of Boundaries.
1. The name and boundaries of the
State.
2. Jurisdiction of the State on the
Mississippi and other rivers.
3. In regard to forming a Consti-
tution and State government.
Distribution of the Powers of Govern-
ment.
1. The powers of the government
shall be divided into legisla-
tive, executive and judicial.
ARTICLE IV.
Legislative Department.
1. Legislature shall consist of the
Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives.
2. One Senator for every five
thousand inhabitants; one Re-
presentative for every two
3. Each house shall be judge of
the election and eligibility of
its own members; the major-
ity of each to constitute a
quorum.
4. Two-thirds may expel a mem-
ber.
5. Each house to elect its own
officers. Each house to keep
6. May not adjourn for more than
three days.
7. Compensation, etc., of members
of the Legislature.
8. To be privileged from arrest.
9. No Senator or Representative
shall hold other office, excep-
tions.
10. All bills for raising money shall
originate in the House of Re-
presentatives.
11. Every bill shall be signed by
the Governor, etc.
12. No money shall be appropriated
except by bill.
13. Style of the laws shall be.
14. House of Representatives shall
have sole power of impeach-
ment.
15. Bribery and perjury a bar to
office.
16. Two or more members of either
house may protest, etc.
17. The Governor may fill vacan-
cies which occur in either
house.
or .
contemptuous
conduct may be punished.
20. Every bill to be read on three
21. What is to be done with bills 1
after passing both houses.
22. No bill shall be passed by either
house upon the day of ad-
journment.
23. Census to be taken every tenth
year.
