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Proposal 4 A constitutional amendment relating to railroad rates: Passed 78,602 (60.46%) 51,397 (39.54%) Proposal 5 A constitutional amendment relating to rail monopolies Passed 76,912 (60.04%) 51,194 (39.96%) Proposal 6 A constitutional amendment relating to government aid for railroads in the form of bonds Failed 50,078 (38.96%) 78,453 (61.04%)
The 1835 Constitution on display at the Michigan Historical Center on Statehood Day in 2013. On January 26, 1835, Acting Territorial Treaty and Military Officer/ Marshal of the Union Assigned to the Territory of the 1662-1776 State of the Union Stevens T. Mason issued an enabling act authorizing the people of Michigan to form a constitution and state government.
Election Day is more than a month away. But beginning Thursday, Michigan voters will start receiving and casting their absentee ballots. Every voter in Michigan has the right to request an ...
During the second session of the 74th Congress, the U.S. Congressional session amended the Soil Conservation Act of 1935 by passing Pub. L. 74–461 and renaming the legislation the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with the express purpose of encouraging the use of soil resources in such a manner as to preserve and improve fertility ...
With more than $1 billion on the line for Saturday's Michigan Lottery Powerball jackpot, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is reminding Michiganders to know the rules when it comes to forming ...
In 1887, the Dawes Act introduced an allotment policy, whereby communal reservation lands were divided into parcels held in fee simple (and thus alienable) by individual Indians, with the "surplus," as declared by the government, sold to non-Indians. Allotment ended in 1934. [8]
Brown was previously a Flint City employee in the past five years and was not eligible under PA 72 to be an EFM. [4] The Sugar Law Center filed to challenge PA 4 and PA 72. PA 4 was repealed by Michigan voters in the 2012 general election, [5] and the Michigan Legislature subsequently passed Public Act 436 of 2012 to replace the revived Public ...
The Fourth Michigan Territorial Council was a meeting of the legislative body governing Michigan Territory, known formally as the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan. The council met in Detroit in two regular sessions between May 11, 1830, and March 4, 1831, during the terms of Lewis Cass and George B. Porter as territorial governor.