River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-30

ment for city and county taxes previous to the
mourning of such Indebtedness. Any county,
city, town. village, school district or other mu.
nicipal corporation mourning any Indebtedness
as aforesaid shall before or at the time Of do
ing so, provide for the collection of direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said
debt as it falls due, and also to pay and dis
charge the principal thereof within twenty
years, or if a city containing population of
more than twenty-five thousand according to
the last state or federal census taken before
such debt is contracted, within fifty years,
from the time of contracting the same.
No, % $.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 12
Providing for an amendment of section % ar
tcle " OF the constitution and for separ-
ate county governmental certain counties.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly con-
curing, that section % of article ~, of the
constitution OF the state OF Wisconsin, be
amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing:
provided that in counties which contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants, the legislature may eS-
tabllSh n separate system of county govern
ment" so that when so amended said section
will read as follows: "Section 3D. The leglS-
lature shall establish but one system of town
and county government, which shall be
nearly uniform rs practicable; provided that
in counties which contain an incorporated city
of more than one hundred thousand inhabi
tantS, the legislature may establish separate
system of county government.
Notice is further given that at said general
election the following propositions are to be
submitted to the people in pursuance of the
requirements OF chapters 70, 25S and 49, of the
laws of 1901 which said chapters read as fol-
lows:
No. 1876, s. Published March 90, 1901
CHAPTER 49,
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to article XI OF the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin giving the legiSa-
ture power TO pass general banking law,
Whereas, at the biennial session OF the leg
islature OF the state of Wisconsin for the year
n VS.
an amendment to article NJ OF the conStitu-
ton OF the state of Wisconsin, giving the leg
iSlature power to pass general banking law,
which was agreed to by majority OF the
members elected to each OF the two houses,
and approved April twentieth 1892 which pro-
posed amendment was in the following Ian
guage:
'Resolved by the assembly, the senate, CON
curing, hat article XII OF the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin be and is hereby amend
ed, by substituting for sections four and five
thereof, new section to be known as section
four and reading as follows: Section 1, The
legislature shall have power to enact general
banking law for the creation of banks and for
the regulation and supervision OF the banking
business, provided that the vote of two-thrdS
of all the members elected to each house, to
be taken by yeas and nays, be in favor of the
passage of such law
The people of the state OF Wisconsin repre-
sented in senate and assembly do enact as
follows:
Section /. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the state OF Wis
consin shall be submitted to vote of the peo-
pie Of = this state in the manner now provided
by law for the submission of proposed amend
ments at the next general election in Novem-
Der, 1902.
Section .. This act shall AXE effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March %, 1901.
CHAPTER 25s.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to section |, of article 10, of the con-
stitution OF the state OF Wisconsin, relat-
ing to education.
Whereas, AT the biennial session oil the leg
islature OF Wisconsin for the wear 1892 an
amendment to the constitution of the 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 assembly con-
curing, that section Of article 10 OF the con-
stitution Of the state of Wisconsin be amend
ed so as to read as follows:
Section /. The supervision OF public inStruc-
ton shall be vested in state superintendent
! and such other officers as the legislature shall
direct and their qualifications powers duties
and compensation shall be prescribed by law.
! The state superintendent shall be chosen by
the qualified electors of the state at the same
time and in the same manner as members or
the supreme court, and shall hold his office for
| four years from the succeeding first Monday in
| July. The state superintendent chosen at the
| general election in November, 1902, shall hold
and continue in his office until the first Monday
in July, 1908, and his successor shall be chosen
at the time OF the judicial election in April,
1905 The term Of otfice, time and manner OF
electing or appointing all other officers OF
supervision of public instruction shall be fixed
by law,
And, Whereas, the foregoing proposed
amendment to the constitution OF the state OF
Wisconsin was duly agreed to in the legislature
of this state, chosen at the general election in
November 1900, by majority OF all the mem
bers elected to each house thereof: therefore:
The people OF the state of Wisconsin repre-
sented in senate and assembly do enact
as follows:
Section t. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution OF the state OF Wis
consin shah be submitted to vote OF the peo-
pie OF this state in the manner now provided
by law for the submission OF proposed amend
ments at the next general election in Novem-
Der, 1902.
Section ?. This act shall take effect and he
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved May ., 1901.
No. $685. A.. Published May 3d. 1901
CfjAPTER 437.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to article XIII OF the constitution OF the
state OF Wisconsin to prohibit the pass sys-
tenn.
Whereas. a + the biennial session OF the legis-
lature of this state in the year 1899 an amend
ment to the constitution or this state was pro
posed and agreed to by q majority OF the
members elected to each OF the two houses,
which amendment was in the following IAN
guage:
Resolved Us the senate, the assembly con-
curing. that article XIII OF the constitution
be amended by adding new section, TO be
No person, association, co-partnership or cor
poration, shall promise offer, or give, for any
purpose, to any political committee, or any
member or employee thereof, to any candidate
for, or incumbent OF any office or position UNI
der the constitution or laws, or under any or
dinance of any town or municipality OF TINS
state, or to any person vt the request or Tor
the advantage Of all or any of them, any free
pass or frank, or any privilege withheld from
any person, for the t1alcling accommodation or
transportation OF any person or property, or
@
cation. No political Committee, and no mem
Der or employee thereof. no candidate 1or, anu
no incumbent of any Ofice or position under
the constitution or laws ,r under any ordl-
nance of any town or municipality or thlsstate,
shall ask for, or accept, fr' IN any person, asso'
citation, cO-partnerShlp, or corporation, or use,
in any manner, or for any purpose, any free
pass or frank or any privilege withheld from
any person, for the travelling accommodation
or transportation Of any person or property, or
the transmission OF any message or communi-
cation. Any violation OF any Of the above pro-
visions shall be bribery and be punished as
provided by law, and II any officer any mem
Der of the legislature be guilty thereof, his OF
fee shall become vacant. NO person Wlthn
the purview Of this act shall be privileged IRON
testifying in relation to anything therein pro-
hibited; and no person having so testified shall
be liable to any prosecution or punishment toI
any Ofense concerning which he was required
to give his testimony or produce any dOcumen-
tary evidence The railroad commissioner and
his deputy in the discharge Of duty are except
ed from the provisions OF this amendment.
Whereas, The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution Of the state was duly
ratified, and agreed to by the legislature there-
of at the biennial session in 1891, by majority
of all the members elected to each house,
therefOre
The people of the state OF Wisconsin repre-
scented in senate and assembly do enact as fol-
lows:
Secti T. The foregoing pr posed amend
Inent to The constitution If this state shall be
submitted to the people ct general election
to be held on Tuesday succeeding the FIRST
Monday of November 1902 and If the people
shall approve and ratify the said amendment