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Some Suggested Changes In The Constitution Of Michigan, John A. Fairlie
Some Suggested Changes In The Constitution Of Michigan, John A. Fairlie
Michigan Law Review
In April of last year the proposition to call a convention to revise the Constitution of Michigan was adopted by a substantial popular vote. The approach of the time when this Convention will be called suggests the advisability of discussing at least some of the changes which may be proposed. For while the full debate on proposed changes must take place in the Convention and after its work is submitted for popular ratification, it is important that some definite ideas should be publicly considered even before the delegates are elected. At the outset it should be understood that if the …
Municipal Crisis In Ohio, John Archibald Fairlie
Municipal Crisis In Ohio, John Archibald Fairlie
Michigan Law Review
On June 26th, 1902, the supreme court of Ohio rendered three decisions which precipitated a crisis in municipal affairs in that state. For, by these decisions, the court virtually overruled a long line of precedents, and laid down a principle under which scarcely a city in the state possessed a constitutional government. In consequence, the legislature was summoned in extraordinary session to enact a new municipal code for all the cities and villages in the state. The situation was unparalleled, even in American history; and the task before the general assembly was doubtless the most important single act ofmlnicip,- 1,egislati_u …