Article VII § 16 Highways, Bridges, Culverts, Airports; Road Tax Limitation.
§ 16 Highways, bridges, culverts, airports; road tax limitation. Sec. 16. The legislature may provide for the laying out, construction, improvement and maintenance of highways, bridges, culverts and airports by the state and by the counties and townships thereof; and may authorize counties to take charge and control of any highway within their limits for […]
Article VII § 1 Counties; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
§ 1 Counties; corporate character, powers and immunities. Sec. 1. Each organized county shall be a body corporate with powers and immunities provided by law. History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 1, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. VIII, § 1.
Article VII § 17 Townships; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
§ 17 Townships; corporate character, powers and immunities. Sec. 17. Each organized township shall be a body corporate with powers and immunities provided by law. History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 17, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. VIII, § 16.
Article VII § 2 County Charters.
§ 2 County charters. Sec. 2. Any county may frame, adopt, amend or repeal a county charter in a manner and with powers and limitations to be provided by general law, which shall among other things provide for the election of a charter commission. The law may permit the organization of county government in form […]
Article VII § 18 Township Officers; Term, Powers and Duties.
§ 18 Township officers; term, powers and duties. Sec. 18. In each organized township there shall be elected for terms of not less than two nor more than four years as prescribed by law a supervisor, a clerk, a treasurer, and not to exceed four trustees, whose legislative and administrative powers and duties shall be […]
Article VII § 3 Reduction of Size of County.
§ 3 Reduction of size of county. Sec. 3. No organized county shall be reduced by the organization of new counties to less than 16 townships as surveyed by the United States, unless approved in the manner prescribed by law by a majority of electors voting thereon in each county to be affected. History: Const. […]
Article VII § 19 Township Public Utility Franchises.
§ 19 Township public utility franchises. Sec. 19. No organized township shall grant any public utility franchise which is not subject to revocation at the will of the township, unless the proposition shall first have been approved by a majority of the electors of such township voting thereon at a regular or special election. History: […]
Article VII § 4 County Officers; Terms, Combination.
§ 4 County officers; terms, combination. Sec. 4. There shall be elected for four-year terms in each organized county a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, whose duties and powers shall be provided by law. The board of supervisors in any county may combine the offices […]
Article VII § 20 Townships, Dissolution; Villages as Cities.
§ 20 Townships, dissolution; villages as cities. Sec. 20. The legislature shall provide by law for the dissolution of township government whenever all the territory of an organized township is included within the boundaries of a village or villages notwithstanding that a village may include territory within another organized township and provide by law for […]
Article VII § 5 Offices at County Seat.
§ 5 Offices at county seat. Sec. 5. The sheriff, county clerk, county treasurer and register of deeds shall hold their principal offices at the county seat. History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 5, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. VIII, § 4.