The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-09-15
slst District in place of c. u. Rats,

33d district in place of Saterlee Clark,
whose respective terms If office will expire on
the day preceding the first Monday IN January
next
Also, Member of the Assembly in each
Assembly District i'll the State. and such
county officers as are required to be elected
1T such election.
Also p, oposition for an amendment TO the
constitution Of the State Of Wisconsin is to be
submitted 10 a vote Of the electors, us set
forth in tlc following act T..
An ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to section eight ~ Of article one u
al the constitution.
PREAMBLE.
WHEREAS, The legislature of this state. at
its annual session for the year 1859, pro-
posed and adopted. by a vote of the ma
jUrity of the members elected to each of the
two houses an amendment to the constitu-
ton this state, in the following Language;
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate concur
ring. That section 5 Of article Of the con-
stitGtiou of the state of Wisconsin he
amended 50 rs 10 read rs follows: Sec s.
No person shah be held to answcr for u
criminal oiiense without due process Of law,
snd no person for the same offcnse shall be
put twice in jeopardy of punishment, nor
shall be compelled in any criminal case to
be a witness against himself. All persons
sufficient surcties, except for capital of
fenses when the proof is evident or the pre-
sumption great; and the privilege of the
writ Of hdjeIs corpus shall not be suspended
unless when, in cases Of rebellion or Inva-
sion, the public safety may require it, APP
proved, March ., 1869, and
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amend
mcnts to the constitution of the state were
duly ratified and agreed to by the legisla-
oil - II i -
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution Of this state shall be
submitted to the people ut general election
to besheld on Tuesday succeeding the first
Monday Of November, 1870, and it the people
shall approve and ratify said amendment by
ma ority of the electors voting thereon, said
amendment shall become part Of the consti-
tuition Of this state.
Section >. The form Of the ballot in voting
TO approve and rutify said amendment shall
be against the grand jury system" and
against said proposed amendment, for the
grand jury SYSTEM" which shall be Oh a sep
arate ballot. and shall be deposited in sep
arate box to be provided tor that purpose, and
all persons qualified to vote ut any election
in this state shall be deemed voters on this
question.
Section g. The votes cast approving and
ratifying or disappearing said amendments
shall be counted and returned by the inspcc-
tors of the election in all respects as votes for
State officers are counted and returned, and
the officers now designated by law to ca'vass
t c returns Of votes for State officers, shall
canvass the returns on this question, at the
same time AMI place and under the same reg
ulatiOns and restrictions now provided by
law for canyassing and declaring the returns
Of elections for State officers.
Section 4. Within three days after the de-
termination Of said canvass, it shall be the
duty of the canvasscrs to certify tho result of
said canvass to the governor, who shall there
upon, without delay, make proclamation Of
the result.
Section 5. Tho 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 take effect AMI be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved, March II, 1870
Given under my hand, and the great seal
Of the State OF Wisconsin, at the Capitol, in
Madison, this thirty-ti first day Of August A. D.
1870 l.. BREESE,
Secretary of State.