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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.
Michigan Department of Civil Rights is a department of the Michigan State Government created in 1965 to support the work of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission of Michigan's Constitution of 1963. The Commission directs the work of the department and has eight members. [2] The executive director is John E. Johnson, Jr.
A constitutional amendment relating to sessions of the Michigan Legislature: Failed 24,482 (19.62%) 100,314 (80.38%) Proposal 2 A constitutional amendment relating to alcohol prohibition: Failed 72,462 (45.69%) 86,143 (54.31%) Constitutional Question A question as to whether to adopt the 1868 Constitution of Michigan Failed 71,733 (39.35%)
Michigan has had four constitutions, the first of which was ratified on October 5 and 6, 1835. [184] There were also constitutions from 1850 and 1908, in addition to the current constitution from 1963. The current document has a preamble, 11 articles, and one section consisting of a schedule and temporary provisions.
It was signed into law by Michigan Governor William Milliken on January 13, 1977 [6] and went into effect on March 31, 1977. [2] The law also helped strengthen the role of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, [7] formed in 1965 to support the work of the Michigan Civil Rights Commission of the 1963 Constitution of Michigan.
An unannotated edition of the MCL is published by the state of Michigan in print and online. [8] Unofficial, annotated versions are published by both West and LexisNexis. The West publication is Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated (MCLA); the LexisNexis version is the Michigan Compiled Laws Service (MCLS).
[8] [9] In 1840, the people of Michigan learned that an innocent man had been hanged across the river from Michigan, in what is now Windsor, Ontario, as the true perpetrator of the crime had made a deathbed confession. [10] The death penalty has been unconstitutional in Michigan since the 1963 constitution took effect on 1 January 1964. [11]
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