1. Corporations, how formed; laws for may be amended. 2. Banking laws to be submitted to the people. 3. Individual liability of stockholders, etc., of Banks. 4. Registry of, and security for bank bills. 5. Bill holders entitled to preference. 6. Suspension, by banks. 7. Individual liability of stockholders. 8. Amendment of acts of incorporation. 9. Property; how taken by corporations for public use. 10. Term of continuance of corporations. 11. Construction of term "corporation;" corporate powers. 12. How long corporations may hold real estate. 13. Cities and Villages. 14. Judicial Officers of Cities and Villages. 15. Private property; how taken by corpora 1. Common and statute laws to remain in force. 2. Writs, actions, etc., not to abate. 3. Fines, penalties, forfeitures and escheats. 4. Recognizances, etc., to remain valid; crimes, misdemeanors and penal actions. 5. Governor and Lieut. Governor to be chosen under existing laws. 6, 7, 8. Present officers continued. 9. When terms of certain officers to expire. 10. Suits pending in certain courts; how dis. posed of. 11. Probate and Justices' Courts. 12. State Printer. 13. Duty of Legislature of 1851. 14. Duty of Attorney General. 15. Unorganized Territory. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN DO ORDAIN THIS CONSTITUTION : Territory over which the State of Michigan has the jurisdiction. ARTICLE I. BOUNDARIES. The State of Michigan consists of and has jurisdiction over territory embraced within the following boundaries, to wit Commencing at a point on the eastern boundary line of the State of Indiana, where a direct line drawn from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Maumee Bay shall intersect the same-said point being the north-west corner of the State of Ohio, as established by act of Congress, entitled, "an act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union upon the conditions therein expressed," approved June fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six; thence with the said boundary line of the State of Ohio till it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Canada in Lake Erie; thence with said boundary line between the United States and Canada through the Detroit river, Lake Huron and Lake Superior to a point where the said line last touches Lake Superior; thence in a direct line through Lake Superior to the mouth of the Montreal river; thence through the middle of the main channel of the said river Montreal to the head waters thereof; thence in a direct line to the centre of the channel between Middle and South Islands, in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the southern shore of Lake Brule; thence along said southern shore, and down the river Brule to the main channel of the Menominie river; thence down the centre of the main channel of the same to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the Green Bay of Lake Michigan; thence through the centre of the most usual ship channel of the said bay to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence through the middle of Lake Michigan to the northern boundary of the |