River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-07

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 1. 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 of
| 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, 1905, and his successor shall be chosen
! at the time of the judicial election in April
| 1905 The term of office, 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 eneral 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 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-
ber 1902.
Section , This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation
Approved May ?, 1901.
No 65S, AL Published May %. 1901.
CHAPTER 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, At the biennial session of the legis-
lature of this state in the year 1899 an amend
ore tn MTng
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 by the senate, the assembly con-
curing, that article XIII of the constitution
be amended by adding a new section, to be
numbered and TO read as follows: Section H.
No person, association, co-partnerShlp 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 I'M
der the constitution or laws, or under any or
dinance of any town or municipality or this
state, or to any person at the request or for
the advantage of all, or any of them, 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 communl-
cation. No political committee, and no mem,
Der or employee thereof, no candidate for, and
no incumbent of any office or position under
the constitution or laws, or under any Ordl-
nance of any town or municipality or this state,
shall ask for, or accept, from 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 commun1-
cation. Any violation of any of the above pro-
visions shall be bribery and be punished as
provided by law, and If any officer or any mem
Der of the legislature be guilty thereof, his Of
fee shall become vacant. No person within
the purVieW of this act shall be privileged from
testifying in relation to anything therein pro-
hibited; and no person having so testified shall
be liable to any prosecution or punishment for
any offenSe concerning which he was required
to give his testimony or produce any documen-
tary evidence. The railroad commissioner ana
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 q majority
Of all the members elected to each mouse,
therefore:
The people of the state of Wisconsin repre-
scented in senate and assembly do enact as fol
lows:
Section 1. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution of this state shall be
submitted to the people at general election
Monday of November. 1902, and If the people
shall approve and ratify the said amendment
by a majority of the electors voting thereon,
said amendment shall become part OF the
constitution of this state.
Section 2. The form of the ballot to be cast
on the question of adopting or rejecting said
amendment shall be For the amendment to
prohibit the pass system Opposite said
words shall be two spaces over one OF which
shall be printed the word yes and over one
the word mo" The voter may mark his bal
lot in the space under whichever of said words
indicates his intention. The marks made shall
be such as the law now provides for. Said
form of ballot shall be printed upon the ballot
to be voted at such election after the names OF
the candidates are separated therefr0m by an
appropriate line or rule. The votes cast on the
adoption of said amendment shall be canvass
ed and returned i'll the same time and manner
as other votes cast at such election and the
result shall be determined and published III the
manner provided by law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage and publ
cation.
Approved May H. 1901.
Said election to be held and conducted, voteS
canvassed and returns made in accordance
with the provisions of law
Given under my hand and official seal at my
office in the Village of Ellsworth this
[sEAL. 9Th day of August. A. d. 1902.
O. j. HOHLE, County CLERK.