The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-22

annual session for the year 1869, proposed
and adopted. by a vote of The ma jority of
the members elected 70 each of the two
houses an amendment TO the constitution of
this state, in the following language:
Resolved bv the Assembly. the Senate concur
ring, That section s Of article of the con-
stitution of the state Of Wisconsin he
amended so as to read as follows Sec 3.
No person shall H. held to answer for Il
criminal offense without due process of LAM.
and no person for the same offrnSe shall be
put twice i'll jeopardy Of punishment, nor
Shall be compelled in any criminal case to
&c a witness against himself. All persons
shall, before conviction, he bailable ty sut-
fcient sureties, except for capital oHenses
when the proof is evident or the presunp-
ton great; and the privilege of the writ OF
ka5eas corpus shall not be suspended unless
when in cases of rebellion or invasion, the
public safety may require 1t. Approved,
March 9, 1869: rud
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed anend-
ments to the constitution of the state were
duly ratified and agreed to by the legisla-
ture of 1870. and approved: therefore,
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. The foregoing proposed amend
mcnt to the constitution of this state shall he
submitted to the people At a general election
to be held on Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday of November 1870, and if the people
shall approve and ratify said amendment by
a majority Of the electors voting thereon, said
amendment shall become part OF the constl-
tuition of this state.
Section = The form Of the ballot in voting
TO approve and ratify said amendment shall
be against the grand jury system" and
against said proposed amendment, for the
grand jury system Which shall be on a sep
aratc ballot, and shall be deposited in sep
aratc box to be provided for that purpose, and
all persons qualified to vote ut any election in
This state shall be deemed voters on this JncS-
ton.
Section 8. The votes cast approving and
ratifving or disappearing said amendments
shall be counted and returned by the inspec-
tors of the election in all respects rs votes for
state officers arc counted and returned. AMI
the Off GERS now designated by law to canvass
the returns of votes for state officers, shall
canvass the returns on this question, Ut the
same time and place and under the same reg
uations and restrictions now provided hy law
for canvass;ns and dccli ring the returns Of
elections for state officers.
Section L. Wthin three days after the de-
termination Of said canvass, ii shall be the
duty of the canvassers to certify the result OF
the said canvass to the governor, who shall
thercupon. without delay, make proclamation
of the result
Section 5 The secretary of state is hereby
required to include the substance of this act
in the notice of the general election for the
year 1870.
Section G. This act shall tax effect and he
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved, March Il, 1870.
Sand election to DO conducted, the votes
csnvassed and returns made pursuant to law
/. =. MULHOLLAND,
Sheriff of Nanitowoc Co.