River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-23

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 it falls due, and also to pay and dis
charge the principal thereof within twenty
years, or If 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.
mo. 2S S.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. IL.
Providing for an amendmentof section % ar
ticle w 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-
taohsh a separate system of county govern
ment' so that when so amended said section
will read as follows "Section 2S The lepS-
lature shall establish but one system OF town
and county government, which shall be as
nearly uniform as pracucable provided that
In counties which contain anincorporated 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 - 25S and 4S7 OF the
laws of 1901, which said chapters read as fol
lows:
No. 1875, 81 Published March 20, 1901.
CHAPTER 73
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to article XI of the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin giving the legiSla-
ture power TO pass general banking law,
Whereas, at the biennial session of the leg
wisconsin a
1899, joint resolution was passed proposing
an amendment to article NJ of the conStitu-
ton OF the state Of Wisconsin giving the leg
lSlature power to pass II general banking law,
which was agreed to by u majority of the
members elected to each OF the two houses,
and approved April twentieth, 1899 which pro-
posed amendment was in the following Ian
guage:
'Resolved by the assembly, the senate, con
| curing, hat article XI OF the constitution OF
the state OF Wisconsin be and is hereby amend
| ed, by substituting for sections four and five
thereof, u 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-thirdS
of all the members elected to each house, to
be taken by yeas and nays,be in favor of the
The people of the state OF Wisconsin repre-
|. sented in senate and assembly do enact as
follows:
Section 1. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution of the state of " is
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 3 This act shall AXE effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March 49, 1901
NO 369 81 Published May 4, 1901
CHAPTER 25S.
AN ACT to submit TO the people an amend
ment to section l, of article 10, OF the con-
tff4ttfg Nf Ia f4s .N1nN
ing to education
Whereas AT the biennial session or theleg-
iSlature of Wisconsin for the year 1899, an
amendment to the constitution of the state
was proposed and agreed to by Il ma jority 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-
| tfon shall be vested in n 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 Mt 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 ana mannero of
electing or appointing all other officers OF
supervision OF public instruction shall be liked
by law.
And, Whereas, the foregoing proposed
amendment to the constitution OF the state or
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:
The
ment to the constitution OF the state or 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
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved May 3, 1901.
No 658, 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-
TEN.
Whereas At the biennial session OF the legis-
lature of this state in the year 1899 an amend =
ment to the constitution OF this state was pro
posed and agreed to by 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 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 thereon, to any candldate
for or incumbent OF any office or position UNI
der the constitution or laws, or under any or
dinance OF any town or municipality or TINS
state, or to any person at 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 travelling accommodation or
transportation of any person or property, or
the transmission OF any message or communl-
cation. No political committee, and M mem,
Der or employee thereof, no candidate for, ana
no incumbent OF any Office or position under
the constitution or laws, or under any oral
nance Of any town or municipality OF hiSState,
shall ask for, or accept, from any person. asso-
citation, co-partnership, or corporation, or use,
in any manner, or for any purpose, any tree
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 cOfnmunl-
cation. Any violation OF any OF the above pro-
visions shall be bribery and be punished as
provided by law, and IL any officer or any mem
Der of the legislature be guilty thereon, his Of
fee shall become vacant. No person WITHIN
the purview Of this act shall be privileged from
testifying Ia relation to anything therein pro-
hibited: and no person having so testlned snau
be liable to any prosecution or punishment foL
any offense concerning which he was required
to give his testimony or produce any documen.
tary evidence. The railroad commissioners 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 uuly
ratified and agreed to by the legislature there'
of at the biennial session In 1891, by majority
of all the members elected TO eacn mousse
therefore:
The people Of the state OF Wisconsin repre-
sented In senate and assembly DO enact asIoF
Section /, The foregoing proposed amend
Isent to the constitution Of this state snall pc
submitted to the people at O general electlon
n a