Article VII Section 1 Counties; corporate character, powers and immunities
Article VII Section 2 County charters
Article VII Section 3 Reduction of size of county
Article VII Section 4 County officers; terms, combination
Article VII Section 5 Offices at county seat
Article VII Section 6 Sheriffs; security, responsibility for acts, ineligibility for other office
Article VII Section 7 Boards of supervisors; members
Article VII Section 8 Legislative, administrative, and other powers and duties of boards
Article VII Section 9 Compensation of county officers
Article VII Section 10 Removal of county seat
Article VII Section 11 Indebtedness, limitation
Article VII Section 12 Navigable streams, permission to bridge or dam
Article VII Section 13 Consolidation of counties, approval by electors
Article VII Section 14 Organization and consolidation of townships
Article VII Section 15 County intervention in public utility service and rate proceedings
Article VII Section 16 Highways, bridges, culverts, airports; road tax limitation
Article VII Section 17 Townships; corporate character, powers and immunities
Article VII Section 18 Township officers; term, powers and duties
Article VII Section 19 Township public utility franchises
Article VII Section 20 Townships, dissolution; villages as cities
Article VII Section 21 Cities and villages; incorporation, taxes, indebtedness
Article VII Section 22 Charters, resolutions, ordinances; enumeration of powers
Article VII Section 23 Parks, boulevards, cemeteries, hospitals
Article VII Section 24 Public service facilities
Article VII Section 25 Public utilities; acquisition, franchises, sale
Article VII Section 26 Cities and villages, loan of credit
Article VII Section 27 Metropolitan governments and authorities
Article VII Section 28 Governmental functions and powers; joint administration, costs and credits, transfers
Article VII Section 29 Highways, streets, alleys, public places; control, use by public utilities
Article VII Section 30 Franchises and licenses, duration
Article VII Section 31 Vacation or alteration of roads, streets, alleys, public places
Article VII Section 32 Budgets, public hearing
Article VII Section 33 Removal of elected officers
Article VII Section 34 Construction of constitution and law concerning counties, townships, cities, villages
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Terms Used In Michigan Constitution > Article VII - Local Government

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.