Michigan State Citations of Value:
as useful for the “Wayne County Assembly”.
March-May-2019.

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Web-Links:

Michigan Constitution & Preamble:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-Constitution

Full Text of Michigan Constitution; in pdf-format:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/mcl/pdf/mcl-chap1.pdf

Article I / Declaration of Rights: 
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(h5ijwd4z2syv2mmbcpoobi34))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Constitution-I

Article VII / LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Constitution-VII

§ 2 County charters.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Article-VII-2

§ 4 County officers; terms, combination.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Article-VII-4

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http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(guwnxbu4c1gu11jgwndw3ur4))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Article-IV-29

§ 29 Local or special acts.
Sec. 29.
The legislature shall pass no local or special act in any case where a general act can be made applicable, and whether a general act can be made applicable shall be a judicial question. 
No local or special act shall take effect until approved by two-thirds of the members elected to and serving in each house and by a majority of the electors voting thereon in the district affected. 
Any act repealing local or special acts shall require only a majority of the members elected to and serving in each house and shall not require submission to the electors of such district.

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Other States: similar but ‘More Detailed Provisions’, in Constitutional Legislative-Powers declarations:

Oregon:
https://oregongov.us/Citations/OreConst/Article4Section23-FullWording%2B.pdf

Colorado:
https://constitutionalgov.us/sub/PoliticalSubdivisions-Local/10-SouthWestSS/Colorado/LawDocuments/ConstitutionCo/Article5-Section25-Local%26SpecialLaws-Prohibited.pdf

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Important Michigan Statutes:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=ChapterIndex

Ch-30: Civilian Defense: 
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap30

Ch-40: Townships:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap41

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-246-of-1945

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-41-181

Ch-45: Counties:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap45

Ch-64: County Commissioners:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap46

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap46

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-156-of-1851

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-46-3

County Commissioners, Duties.

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Ch-61 – 79: Villages:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-3-of-1895

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-3-1895-II

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-62-1

Ch-123: Local Government: 
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap123

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Ch-124: Municipalities:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap124

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Ch-168: Michigan Election Law:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-116-of-1954

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-116-1954-I

Michigan Election-Law: Definitions: ‘Election Precinct’ defined.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-168-2

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Ch-200: Miscellaneous Election Acts:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap200

Consolidation of Election Precincts:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-43-of-1954

Ch-201: Vacancies in Office:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap201

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-76-of-1917

Vacancies in Office of Justice of the Peace:
	AN ACT to authorize township boards of townships and legislative bodies of cities to fill vacancies in the office of justice of the peace; and to provide for designation of substitute municipal judges and justices of the peace.

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Ch 401 – 403: Poor Laws:

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-146-of-1925

Revised Judicature Act of 1961:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-236-1961-14

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600.1420 Courts; sittings to be public, exceptions.
“The sittings of every court within this state shall be public except that a court may, for good cause shown, exclude from the courtroom other witnesses in the case when they are not testifying and may, in actions involving scandal or immorality, exclude all minors from the courtroom unless the minor is a party or witness. This section shall not apply to cases involving national security.”

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-600-1420

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-236-1961-65

600.6502 Matters governed by statutes and supreme court rules; exception; references to justice courts or justices of the peace.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-600-6502

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Ch-691 & 692: Judiciary:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap691

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Ch-730: Justice Courts & Municipal Courts:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap730

Jury Trials in Justice Courts:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-288-of-1929

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Ch-750: Michigan Penal Code:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-328-of-1931

Ch-752: Crimes & Offenses:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap752

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Ch-760-777: Code of Criminal Procedure: Crimes & Procedure:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-175-of-1927

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-Act-175-of-1927

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-761-1

Definitions; Complaint.

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-762-1a
 
“Conservators of the Peace” referenced.

Ch-780: Criminal Procedure:
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(4iuc245rwnylq53cwusrd5ha))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap780

http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(hlws4a3yfujhahovakc4skwd))/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&objectname=mcl-chap780

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Other Michigan & Wayne County related web-links to data of interest:

https://www.michigan-demographics.com/counties_by_population

https://www.toledoblade.com/State/2011/03/23/Michigan-Census-charts-county-population.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Capitol

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_County,_Michigan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingham_County,_Michigan