River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-03-25
CHAPTER so.

An act to submit to the people an
amendment to section z, of ar
ticle Z, of the constitution OF
the State OF Wisconsin.
Whereas, At the biennial SEES
sion of the legislature of this state
for the year 1895, an amendment
of the constitution of this
state was proposed and agreed
to by majority of the members
elected to each of the two houses,
which proposed amendment was
in the following language:
Resolved by the senate, the as.
sembly concurring, That section
Z, article Z, constitution of Wis
consin, relating to the circuit
courts be amended so as to read
as follows: Section Z. For
each circuit there shall be chosen
by the qualified electors thereof,
one circuit judge, except that in
any circuit composed ofone county
only, which county shall contain
a population according to the last
state or United States census, of
one hundred thousand inhabitants
or over, the legislature may, from
time to time, auth orize additional
circuit judges to be chosen.
Every circuit Judge shall reside
in the circuit from which he is
elected, and shall hold his Office
for such term and receive such
compensation as the legislature
shall prescribe. /" And whereas,
said proposed amendment has
been agreed to by a majority of
the members elected to each house
of the present Legislature,
The People Of the State of Wiscon-
sin, represented IN senate and as
Sembly, do enact as follOvs:
Section 1. The foregoing pro-
posed amendment to the consti-
tuition of the State of Wisconsin
shall be submitted to vote of
the people of the state at the
next election of a justice of the
supreme court to be held on the
first Tuesday of April. A. ID.
1897.
Section 2. Such vote shall be
by ballot. Each ballot cast IN
favor of the adoption of such
amendment shall have written or
printed thereon the words: "For
amendment to section Z, of arti-
Gle 7, of the constitution of Wis
consiu." And each ballot cast
in opposition to the adoption of
such amendment shall have
written or printed thereon the
words: Against amendment to
section Z, of article Z, of the con-
stitution of Wisconsin.
Section 3. Such ballots may
be deposited in separate boxes
or in the same boxes in which
ballots for the justice of the
supreme court are deposited, as
the election officers may provide.
Such votes shall be returned and
canvassed at the same time and
in like manner as votes for the
election of circuit judges, and
the result shall be determined
and published, and shall take
effect as provided in section 100,
101 and 102, of chapter 2SS, laws
of 1898, except that the canvass
therein provided for shall be had
on or before the 18th day of May,
instead of December, and said
amendment if found and certi.
fled to have been adopted. shall
Immediately thereafter go into
effect.
Section 4. This act shall take
effect and he in force from and
after its passage and publication.
Approved March II. 1897.
Said election to be held and
conducted, votes canvassed, and
returns made in accordance with
law.
Given under my hand and Of
fetal seal at my Office in the Viii
lage of Ellsworth, this goth day of
March, A. D. 1897.
j. 3. JENSON,
[sEALl County Clerk.