tinue with the same powers and jurisdiction, both at law and in equity, as heretofore, until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 3. All fines, taxes, penalties, forfeitures and escheats, accruing to the state or any municipal corporation under the existing constitution and laws, shall accrue to the use of the state or such municipal corporation 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 this state, or to any municipal corporation, or to any public officer or public body, or which may be entered into or executed under existing laws to the people of this state or to any such officer or public body shall remain 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office or appointment, shall continue to hold their respective offices, unless removed by competent authority, until superseded under the laws now in force or under this constitution.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. All officers elected under the existing constitution and laws on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight, shall take office on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, under this constitution.

SEC. 7. Until otherwise provided, the salaries or compensation of all public officers shall continue as provided under the existing constitution and laws.

SEC. 8. The attorney general of the state shall prepare and report to the legislature at the commencement of the next session such changes in existing laws as may be deemed necessary to adapt the same to this constitution.

SEC. 9. 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.

SEC. 10. This constitution shall be submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forthwith give notice of such submission to the sheriffs of the several counties, and it shall also be the duty of the secretary of state and all other officers required to give or publish any notice in regard to said election, to give notice as provided by law in case of an election for governor, that this constitution will be duly submitted to the electors at said election.

SEC. 11. Every person entitled to vote for members of the legislature under the existing constitution and laws may vote on said adoption or rejection, and the board of election commissioners in each county shall cause to be printed on a ballot separate from the ballot containing the names of the nominees for office the words "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] Yes." "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] No." All votes cast at said election shall be taken, counted, canvassed and returned as provided by law for the election of state officers. Should the revised constitution so submitted receive more votes in its favor than

shall be cast against it, it shall be the supreme law of the state on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, except as herein otherwise provided; otherwise it shall be rejected.

Adopted by the Constitutional Convention, February 21, 1908, and ratified by the electors, November 3, 1908.

HISTORY OF AMENDMENTS.

SUMMARY OF VOTES BY WHICH ADOPTED OR REJECTED FROM 1909 To 1913.

NOVEMBER, 1910.

An amendment "Relative to bonded indebtedness of counties," was submitted to the people November 8, 1910, and adopted by the following vote: For, 131,147; against, 128,729.

APRIL, 1911.

An amendment "Relative to the apportionment of primary school interest money," was submitted to the people April 3, 1911, and adopted by the following vote: For, 246,167; against, 118,391.

NOVEMBER, 1912.

An amendment "Relative to the right of women to vote," was submitted to the people November 5, 1912, and rejected by the following vote: For, 247,375; against, 248,135.

An amendment "Relative to the amendment of the charters of cities and villages," was submitted to the people November 5, 1912, and adopted by the following vote: For, 285,373; against, 137,972.

APRIL, 1913.

An amendment "Relative to the right of women to vote," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and rejected by the following vote: For, 168,738; against, 264,882.

An amendment "Relative to initiative and referendum on constitutional amendments," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 204,796; against, 162,392.

An amendment "Relative to the initiative and referendum upon legislative matters," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 219,057; against, 152,388.

An amendment "Relative to the relief, insuring, or pensioning of members of fire departments," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and rejected by the following vote: For, 179,948; against, 206,204.

An amendment "Relative to the recall of elective officers," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 237,743; against, 145,412.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section ten of article ten of the constitution, authorizing the state to issue bonds for the construction and permanent improvement of the public wagon roads.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the following amendment to section ten of article ten of the constitution, authorizing the state to issue bonds for the construction and permanent improvement of the public wagon roads, is hereby proposed and submitted to the people of the state.

SEC. 10. The State may contract debts to meet deficits in revenue, but such debts shall not in the aggregate at any time exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The state may also contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state or aid the United States in time of war. The state may also issue bonds for the purpose of raising money for the construction and permanent improvement of the public wagon roads of the state. The money so raised shall be applied to the purposes for which it is raised or to the payment of the debts contracted.

Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people of this state at the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred fourteen. The secretary of state is hereby required to certify the foregoing amendment to the clerks of the several counties of the state as required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to prepare a ballot for the use of the electors in voting upon said amendment, which shall be substantially in the following form:

"Vote on the following amendment to section ten, article ten of the constitution.

SEC. 10. The state may contract debts to meet deficits in revenue, but such debts shall not in the aggregate at any time exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. The state may also contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, defend the state or aid the United States in time of war. The state may also issue bonds for the purpose of raising money for the construction and permanent improvement of the public wagon roads of the state. The money so raised shall be applied to the purposes for which it is raised or to the payment of the debts contracted.

For said amendment [ ].

Against said amendment [ ]."

It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to deliver the ballots so prepared to the inspectors of election at the several voting precincts within their respective counties, within the time ballots to be used at said election are required to be delivered to such inspectors under the general election law. All votes cast upon said amendment shall be counted, canvassed and returned in the same manner as is provided by law for counting, canvassing and returning the vote for state officers.

[C. R. No. 8 of 1913.]

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to article eight of the constitution of this state, by adding a new section thereto, to stand as section fifteen-a of said article, authorizing counties to issue bonds for the construction of drains and the development and improvement of agricultural lands within the county.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring) That the following amendment to the constitution of the state of Michigan, authorizing any county to issue bonds for the construction of drains and the development and improvement of agricultural lands within the county is hereby proposed, agreed to and submitted to the people of the state, that is to say, that a new section be added to article eight, to stand as section fifteen-a of said article, same to read as follows:

SEC. 15a. Any county in this state may issue bonds to raise money for the construction of drains and the development and improvement of agricultural lands within the county, under such conditions as shall be prescribed by law;

Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people of this state at the general election to be held in November, nineteen hundred fourteen. The secretary of state is hereby required to certify the foregoing amendment to the clerks of the several counties of the state as required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to prepare a ballot for the use of the electors in voting upon said amendment, which ballot shall contain a copy of the foregoing in full.

"Vote on amendment relative to authorizing any county to issue bonds for the construction of drains and the development and improvement of agricultural lands within the county.

Amend article eight of the constitution by adding a new section thereto to stand as section fifteen-a. Yes [ ].

Amend article eight of the constitution by adding a new section thereto to stand as section fifteen-a. No [ ]."

It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to deliver the ballot so prepared to the inspectors of election at the several voting precincts within their respective counties within the time ballots to be used at such election are required to be delivered to such inspectors under the general election law.

All votes cast upon said amendment shall be counted, canvassed and returned in the same manner as provided in the law for counting, canvassing and returning the votes for state officers.

[C. R. No. 9 of 1913.]

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to section one of article three of the constitution, relative to the right of students while in attendance at any institution of learning, members of the legislature while in attendance at any session of the legislature, or commercial travelers, to vote.

Resolved by the Senate of the State of Michigan (the House of Representatives concurring), That the following amendment to section one of article three of the constitution, relative to the right of students while in attendance at any institution of learning, to vote, is hereby proposed and submitted to the people of the state:

SECTION 1. In all elections, every male inhabitant of this state, being a citizen of the United States; every male inhabitant residing in this state on the twenty-fourth day of June, eighteen hundred thirty-five; every male inhabitant residing in this state on the first day of January, eighteen hundred fifty; every male inhabitant of foreign birth who, having resided in the state two years and six months prior to the eighth day of November, eighteen hundred ninety-four, and having declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States two years and six months prior to said last named day; and every civilized male inhabitant of Indian descent, a native of the United States, and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote; but no one shall be an elector or entitled to vote at any election unless he shall be above the age of twenty-one years, and has resided in this state six months and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote twenty days next preceding such election: Provided, That no qualified elector in the actual military service of the United States or of this state, or in the army or navy thereof, in time of war, insurrection or rebellion, or any student while in attendance at any institution of learning, or any member of the legislature while in attendance at any session of the legislature or commercial traveler, shall be deprived of his vote by reason of his absence from the township, ward or state in which he resides; and the legislature shall provide by law the manner in which and the time and place at which such absent electors may vote, and for the canvass and return of their votes.

Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment be submitted to the people of this state at the general election to be held in the month of November in the year nineteen hundred fourteen. The secretary of state is hereby required to certify the foregoing amendment to the clerks of the several counties of this state as required by law. It shall be the duty of the board of election commissioners of each county to prepare a ballot for the use of the electors for voting upon said amendment, which ballot shall be in substantially the following form:

Vote on amendment to section one of article three of the constitution relative to the right of students while in attendance at any institution of learning, members of the legislature while in attendance at any session of the legislature, or commercial travelers, to vote; it being proposed that said section one of article three be amended to read as follows: