HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION F


     January 28, 1997, Introduced by Rep. McBryde and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, by adding section 9 to article III, to

   describe the legal boundaries of this state.

        Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

   state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state con-

   stitution of 1963, to describe the legal boundaries of this

   state, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to the people of the

   state:

 1                               ARTICLE III

 2         SEC. 9.  THE STATE OF MICHIGAN CONSISTS OF AND HAS JURISDIC-

 3    TION OVER THE TERRITORY EMBRACED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BOUNDARIES,

 4    TO WIT:  COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF

 5    THE STATE OF INDIANA, WHERE A DIRECT LINE DRAWN FROM THE SOUTHERN

 6    EXTREMITY OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO THE MOST NORTHERLY CAPE OF MAUMEE

 7    BAY SHALL INTERSECT THE SAME--SAID POINT BEING THE NORTHWEST


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 1    POINT OF THE STATE OF OHIO, AS ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF CONGRESS,

 2    ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF THE

 3    STATE OF OHIO, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF

 4    MICHIGAN INTO THE UNION UPON THE CONDITIONS THEREIN EXPRESSED,"

 5    APPROVED JUNE FIFTEENTH, 1836; THENCE WITH THE SAID BOUNDARY LINE

 6    OF THE STATE OF OHIO, UNTIL IT INTERSECTS THE BOUNDARY LINE

 7    BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA IN LAKE ERIE; THENCE WITH

 8    THE SAID BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA

 9    THROUGH THE DETROIT RIVER, LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR TO A

10    POINT WHERE THE SAID LINE LAST TOUCHES LAKE SUPERIOR; THENCE IN A

11    DIRECT LINE THROUGH LAKE SUPERIOR TO THE MOUTH OF THE MONTREAL

12    RIVER; THENCE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE WEST-

13    ERLY BRANCH OF THE MONTREAL RIVER TO ISLAND LAKE, THE HEAD WATERS

14    THEREOF; THENCE IN A DIRECT LINE TO THE CENTER OF THE CHANNEL

15    BETWEEN MIDDLE AND SOUTH ISLANDS IN THE LAKE OF THE DESERT;

16    THENCE IN A DIRECT LINE TO THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE BRULE;

17    THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERN SHORE AND DOWN THE RIVER BRULE TO THE

18    MAIN CHANNEL OF THE MENOMINEE RIVER; THENCE DOWN THE CENTER OF

19    THE MAIN CHANNEL OF THE SAME TO THE CENTER OF THE MOST USUAL SHIP

20    CHANNEL OF THE GREEN BAY OF LAKE MICHIGAN; THENCE THROUGH THE

21    CENTER OF THE MOST USUAL SHIP CHANNEL OF THE SAID BAY TO THE

22    MIDDLE OF LAKE MICHIGAN; THENCE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF LAKE

23    MICHIGAN TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE STATE OF INDIANA, AS

24    THAT LINE WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE NINE-

25    TEENTH OF APRIL, 1816; THENCE DUE EAST WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY

26    LINE OF THE SAID STATE OF INDIANA TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER





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 1    THEREOF; AND THENCE SOUTH WITH THE EASTERN BOUNDARY LINE OF

 2    INDIANA TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.

 3         Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be sub-

 4    mitted to the people of the state at the next general election in

 5    the manner provided by law.














































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