Michigan Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment (1886)

Michigan Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment
Election date November 2, 1886
Topic Salaries of government officials
Status Defeated
Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment	Origin State legislature

Michigan Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Michigan on November 2, 1886. It was defeated.

A “yes” vote supported amending the state constitution relating to the salaries and the setting of salaries of certain state officers.

A “no” vote opposed amending the state constitution relating to the salaries and the setting of salaries of certain state officers.

Election results

Michigan Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		40,445	40.18%
No		60,220	59.82%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Salaries of Certain State Officers Amendment was as follows:

“

An amendment to Section 1, Article 9, relative to the salaries of State officers, provided for by Joint Resolution No. 27, Laws of 1885.     SEC. 1. The judges of the circuit courts shall receiv an annual salary of twenty-five hundred dollars, the Governor, State Treasurer, Secretary of State, the Commissioner of the Land Office, Attorney General, and Superindentent of Public Instruction shall receive such salary as shall be fixed and determined by the Legislature of this State, such salaries to be fixed and determined by the Legislature at its first session after the adoption of this amendment in each fourth year thereafter.

”

Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the Michigan Constitution

A two-thirds vote is required during one legislative session for the Michigan State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 74 votes in the Michigan House of Representatives and 26 votes in the Michigan State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

See also

1886 Measures

• 1886 Measures
• Salaries of government officials on the ballot
• 1886 legislative sessions

Michigan

• Michigan ballot measures
• Michigan ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• American Academy of Political and Social Science, "The Initiative, Referendum and Recall," 1912