Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-02-12
vacancy, where no provision is made for
that purpose in tits Constitution.
ri ARTICLE XIV.


Section 1. That no Inconvenience may
arise by reason Of change from Terrific
rial to permanent state government, II IS
declared that all rights, actions, prosecutions,
judgments, claims and contracts. as well OF
individuals as of bodies corporate, shall con-
tinue as if no change had taken place; and
all process which may be issued under the
authority of the Territory of Wisconsin,
previous to its admission in the Union of
United States, shall be as valid as if issued
in the name Of the state.
Sec. 2. All laws now in force in the Ter
ritory of Wisconsin, which are not repug-
nant to this constitution, shall remain in
force until they expire by their own limita-
ton, or be altered or repealed by the Legs
lature.
Sec. 5. All fines, penalties or forfeitures,
accruing to the Territory of Wisconsin,
shall enure to the use of the state.
Sec. A. All recognizances heretofore Ia
ken or which may be taken before the change
from Territorial TO permanent State Gov
eminent, shall remain valid, and shall pass
to, and may be prosecuted in the name of
the state; and all bonds executed to the
Governor of the Territory, or to any other
officer or court, in his or their official ca
pacity, shall pass to the Governor or State
authority, and their successors IN office, for
the uses therein respectively expressed, and
may be sued for and recovered accordingly,
and all the estate or property, real, person.
al, or mixed, and all judgments, bonds, spe-
cialities, chooses in action and claims or debts
of whatsoever description, of the Territory
of Wisconsin, shall enure to, and vest in the
afaf If no
and recovered in tbp same manner and to
the same extent by the State of Wisconsin
as the same could have been by the Terri
tory of Wisconsin; all criminal prosecutions
and penal actions which may have arisen or
which may arise before the change from
territorial to a State government, and which
shall be then pending, shall be prosecuted to
Judgment and execution, in the name of the
State. All offences committed against the
laws of the territory of Wisconsin before
the change from territorial to a state gov
eminent, and which shall not be prosecuted
before such change, may be prosecuted in
the name and by the authority of the State
of Wisconsin, with like effect as though
such change had not taken place; and all
penalties incurred shall remain the same as.
if this constitution had not been adopted. =
All actions at law and suits in equity which
may be pending in any of the courts of the
territory of Wisconsin at the time of the
change from a territorial to state govern
ment, may be continued and transferred to
any court of this state, which shall have ju-
of the subject mater thereof.
Sec. 5. All officers, civil and military, now
holding their offices under the authority of
So ,.fN
consin, shall continue to hold and exercise
their respective offices until they are super
ceded by the authority of the state.
See. 6. The first session of the legislature
of the state of Wisconsin shall commence
on the first Monday in June next, and shall
be held at the village of Madison, which
shall he and remain the seat o. government
until otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 7. All county, precinct and township
officers shall continue to hold their respec-
tive offices, unless removed by the compe-
tent authority, until the legislature shall, in
conformity with the provisions of this con-
provide for the holding of elections
to fill such offices respectively.
Sec. 8. The President of this convention
shall, immediately after its adjournment,
cause fair copy of this constitution, togeth-
err with a copy of the act of the legislature
of this territory, entitled sc an act in relation
to the formation of state government in
and to change the time of hold
ing the annual session of the legislature, -
approved October %, ls47, providing for the
calling of this convention, and also, copy
Of so much of the last census of this territory
as exhibits the number of its inhabitants, to
be forwarded to the President of the United
States, to be laid before the Congress of the
United States at it present session.
See. 3. This constitution shall he submit
ted at an election to he held on the second
Monday in March next, for ratification or
rejection, to all white male persons of the
age of twenty-one years or upwards, who
shall then be residents of this territory, and
citizens of the United States, or shall have
declared their intention to become such in
conformity with the laws of Congress on the
subject of naturalization, and all persons
having such qualifications shall be entitled
to vote for or against the adoption of this
constitution and for all officers first elected
under ii. And If the constitution be ratified
by the said electors, it shall become the con-
stitution of the state of Wisconsin. On such
of the ballots as are for the constitution shall
be written or printed the word Fyes," and
on such as are against the constitution the
the word g no." The election shall be con-
Quoted in the manner now prescribed by
law, and returns made by the clerks of the
boards of supervisors, orcounty commission
ers, (as the case may be- TO the governor
of the territory, at any time before the tenth
day of April next. And in the event of the
ratification of this constitution by malori-
" all the votes given, it shall be the duty
of the governor of this territory TO make
proclamation of the same, and to transmit
digest Of the returns to the Senate and As
sembly of the State, on the first day of theig
Session. An election shall be held for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, At
torney General, members OF the State Leg
islature, and members of Congress, on the
second Monday in MAY next; and no other