Sec. 4.
There shall be elected for four-year terms in each organized county a sheriff, a county clerk, a county treasurer, a register of deeds and a prosecuting attorney, whose duties and powers shall be provided by law. The board of supervisors in any county may combine the offices of county clerk and register of deeds in one office or separate the same at pleasure.
History: Const. 1963, Art. VII, § 4, Eff. Jan. 1, 1964 Former Constitution: See Const. 1908, Art. VIII, § 3.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 1 - Constitution of The State of Michigan of 1963
CONSTITUTION OF MICHIGAN OF 1963 - State Constitution (Article I § 1 - § 0)
Article VII - Local Government (Article VII § 1...§ 34)
Article VII § 1 Counties; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
Article VII § 2 County Charters.
Article VII § 3 Reduction of Size of County.
Article VII § 4 County Officers; Terms, Combination.
Article VII § 5 Offices at County Seat.
Article VII § 6 Sheriffs; Security, Responsibility for Acts, Ineligibility for Other Office.
Article VII § 7 Boards of Supervisors; Members.
Article VII § 8 Legislative, Administrative, and Other Powers and Duties of Boards.
Article VII § 9 Compensation of County Officers.
Article VII § 10 Removal of County Seat.
Article VII § 11 Indebtedness, Limitation.
Article VII § 12 Navigable Streams, Permission to Bridge or Dam.
Article VII § 13 Consolidation of Counties, Approval by Electors.
Article VII § 14 Organization and Consolidation of Townships.
Article VII § 15 County Intervention in Public Utility Service and Rate Proceedings.
Article VII § 16 Highways, Bridges, Culverts, Airports; Road Tax Limitation.
Article VII § 17 Townships; Corporate Character, Powers and Immunities.
Article VII § 18 Township Officers; Term, Powers and Duties.
Article VII § 19 Township Public Utility Franchises.
Article VII § 20 Townships, Dissolution; Villages as Cities.
Article VII § 21 Cities and Villages; Incorporation, Taxes, Indebtedness.
Article VII § 22 Charters, Resolutions, Ordinances; Enumeration of Powers.
Article VII § 23 Parks, Boulevards, Cemeteries, Hospitals.
Article VII § 24 Public Service Facilities.
Article VII § 25 Public Utilities; Acquisition, Franchises, Sale.
Article VII § 26 Cities and Villages, Loan of Credit.
Article VII § 27 Metropolitan Governments and Authorities.
Article VII § 29 Highways, Streets, Alleys, Public Places; Control, Use by Public Utilities.
Article VII § 30 Franchises and Licenses, Duration.
Article VII § 31 Vacation or Alteration of Roads, Streets, Alleys, Public Places.
Article VII § 32 Budgets, Public Hearing.