Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-11
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Joint Resolution No. IL.

joint Resolution No. IL.
Proposing an amendment to section Of
article II of the constitution of the state
or wisconsin, as amended by vote or
the people at the general election, No
vember 8, 1874, relating to the indebted
ness of municipal corporations,
concurring, that section of article II Of
the constitution of Wisconsin be amended
by inserting after the word years in the
last line of said section as printed in the
statutes Of 1898, the following words: ''or,
IL a city containing a population of more
than twenty five thousand according to the
last state or federal census taken before ore
such debt is contracted, within fifty
years. so that when amended said section
B of article III shall read as follows: Sec
tion 8. 1t shall be the duty of the legis-
provide for the organization of cities and
incorporated villages. and to restrict their
power of taxation, assessment, borrowing
money, contracting debts and loaning their
credit, so as to prevent abuses in assess
ment and taxation, and in contracting
debts by such municipal corporations No
county, city, town, village. school district
or other mun cipal corporation shall be al
or for any purpose to any amount, includ-
ing existing Indebtedness, in the aggregate
exceeding five per, centum on the value OF
the taxable property therein. to be ascer
tanned by the last assessment for city and
county taxes previous to the mourning Of
such Indebtedness. Any county, city. town,
village, Sc1OOI ulSirlCl OE OlHpF MUnNlDdl
corporation mourning any Indebtedness as
aforesaid, shall. before or at the time of
doing so, provide for the collection Of a
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
tereSt on such debt as II falls due. and
also to paw and discharge the prncipa,
thereof within twenty years, or. if a city
containing population of more than TWEEN
ty-fve 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. % 81
joint Resolution No. IL.
Providing for an amendment of section 23,
article Nv of the constitution and tor sep
arate county government III certain c0un~
ties.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly
c0ucufi tng, tuaL section rs, or article Nv,
Of the CC4sLI>u1lon VI me state OF WiScOn-
"tlo,.,.,.. go, >odn.les when contain
1 = - than one hun
-. =. ), the legislature
s. stem OF county
- -cn so amended
Al - 4oiiUws: Section
establish but one
% ,....4 ouIity government,
Ia. as n~ai , uniform as prac-
III counties which
an IhSo. ~. city OF more tnan
uuudleu tuouaand inhabitants, the
iee.,auuLe may eSLauIish separate SyS-
- OF county government.
Notice is further given that at said gen
eral election che following propositions are
to be submitted to the people in pursu-
ance Of the requirements of chapters 70,
&S aud 437 OF the laws of 1901, which said
chapters read as follows:
No. 1876, ST. Published March 26, 1901.
Chapter 73.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend.
ment to article XII of the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin, giving the legis-
lature power to pass a general banking
law.
Whereas. At the biennial session Of the