Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-02-12


to any religious establishments or modes of
worship, nor shall any money be drawn
from the treasury for the benefit OF religious
societies or theological or religious semln-
aries.
Sec. 10. No religious test shall ever be
required as qualification for any Office OF
public trust under the State, and NO person
shall be rendered incompetent to give EVIL
dence in any court of law or equity, IN con-
sequence of his opinions on the subject oil
religion.
Sec. 90. The military shall be in strict
subordination to the civil power.
Sec. 81. Writs of error shall never be pro-
hibited by law.
Sec. %. The blessings of free govern
ment can only be maintained by hrm al
herence to Justice, moderation, temperance,
frugality and virtue, and by frequent recur-
renee to fundamental principles.
ARTICLE II.
BOUNDARIES.
Sect;on I. It is hereby ordained and de-
ciared. that the State of Wisconsin doth
consent and accept of the boundaries, pre-
scribed in the act of Congress entitled An
act to enable the people OF Wisconsin Ter
ritory to form Constitution and State Gov
eminent. and for the admission of such State
into the Union" approved August 9th,
one thousand, eight hundred and forty-six,"
to wit:-Beginnng at the northeast corner
of the State of Illinois, that is to say, at
poipt in the centre of Lake Michigan, where
the line of forty-two degrees and thirty min
utes of north latitude crosses the same !;
thence, running with the boundary line of
the State of Michigan, through Lake Michi-
gan, Green Bay, to the mouth of the Me-
nominee river; thence up the channel of SAID
river to the Brule river; thence up said last
mentioned river, to Lake Brnle; thence
along the southern shore of Lake Brule, IN
direct line to the centre of the channel,
between Middle and South islands, in the
Lake of the Desert; thence in direct line
TO the head waters of the Montreal river, as
marked upon the survey made by Captain
Cramm: thence down the main channel OF
the Montreal river to the middle of Lake
Superior: thence through the centre of
Lake Superior, to the mouth of the St.
Louis river; thence up the main channel of
said river to the first rapids in the same,
above the Indian village, according to Nicoi-
let's map; thence due south to the main
branch of the river St. Crox; thence down
the main channel of said river to the Mis-
sssippi; thence down the centre of the main
channel of that river to the northwest cor
ner of the State of Illinois; thence due east
with the northern boundary of the State of
Illinois, to the place of beginning, as estab.
lished by " An act to enable the people of
the Illinois Territory to form Constitution
and State government, and for the admission
of such State into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States" approved
April 18th, 1875" Provided, however, that
the following alteration of the aforesaid
boundary, be, and hereby is proposed to the
Congress of the United States as the pref
erence of the State of Wisconsin, and if the
same shall be assented and agreed to by the
Congress of the United States, then the same
shall be, and forever remain obligatory on
the State of Wisconsin, viz: Leaving the
aforesaid boundary line at the foot of the
rapids of the st. Louis river; thence in a
direct line, bearing south-westerly to the
mouth of lskodewaba or Rum river, where
the same empties into the Mississippi river;
thence down the main channel of the said
Mississippi river, as prescribed in the afore-
said boundary.
| Sec. 9. The propositions contained in the
act of Congress, are hereby accepted, ratl-
| fed and confirmed, and shall remain ire
vocable without the consent of the United
States; and it is hereby ordained that this
State shall never interfere with the primary
disposal of the soil within the same by the
United States, nor with any regulations
Congress may find necessary for securing
the title in such soil to bonafide purchasers
thereof; and no tax shall he imposed on
land, the property of the United States; and
in no case shall nonresident proprietors he
taxed higher than residents. Provided that
nothing in this Constitution, or in the act of
i Congress aforesaid, shall in any manner pre-
JUDGE or affect the rights of the State of
Wisconsin to FIVE hundred thousand acres
of land granted to said State, and to be here
after selected aud located by and under the
act of Congress, entitled " An act to appro-
pirate the proceeds of the sales of the pub
I lie lands, and grant pre-emption rights, y
"approved September fourth, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one."
ARTICLE iii.
SUFFRAGE.
Section J.. Every male person of the age
of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging
to either of the following classes. who shall
have resided in this State for one year next
preceding any election, shall he deemed a
qualified elector at such election.
LIST. White citizens of the United States.
ID. White persons of foreign birth who shall
have declared their intention to become
citizens, conformably TO the laws of the
United States ON the subject of naturaIi-
cation.
Sd. Persons of Indian blood who have once
been declared by law of Congress to be
citizens of the United States, any suisse
quent act of Congress 70 the contrary not
withstanding.
5th. Civilized persons of Indian descent, not
members of any tribe; Provided, that the
legislature may al any time extend by law
the right of suffrage to persons not herein