Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-11


the vote of two-thirds Of all the members
elected to each house, to be taken by yeas
and nays, De in favor OF the passage OF such
law. -
The people of the state Of wisconsin repre-
scented i'll senate ftnd assembly do enact as
follows:
Section / The foregoing proposed amend
ment TO the constitution OF the state OF Wis
consin shall be submitted TO IL vote OF the
people OF this state in the manner now pro
Vided by law for The submission OF proposed
amendments at the next general election i'll
November. 1902.
Sections. This act shall take effect and be
in Torce from and after It's passage ana puOL-
cation.
Approved March %. 1904.
No. 800. ST. Published May 4 1901.
CHAPTER 25S.
An act to submit TO the people 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 of the leg
islatur4 OF Wisconsin for the year 1899 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-
earring, that section 1 OF article 10 of the
constitution of the state Of Wisconsin be
amended SO as : o read as follows;
| Section l. The supervision OF pubic IN
| Struction shall be vested in a state superin-
| tendent and such other officers as the legisla-
| ture 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 902, shall hold and
| continue i'll his office until the first Monday
! in July, 1905, and his successor shall be
| chosen at the time of the judicial election in
| null of NfH INN 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 legisla-
| ture of this state, chosen at The general elec-
! ton in November, 1900, by majority OF al
| the members elected to each house thereof;
| therefore:
The people of the state of Wisconsin repre-
sented in senate and assembly do enact as
| Section /. The foregoing proposed amend
ment TO the constitution OF the state of Wis
! consin shall be submitted to vote of the
| people OF this state in the manner now pro-
| vded by law for the submission Of proposed
| amendments at the next general election in
section 2 This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after it's passage and publ
| cation.
| Approved May 2. 1901.
No 658, AL Published May %, 1901
CHAPTER 437.
An Act to submit to- the people an amendment
/ to article XIII or the constitution OF the state
Of Wisconsin to prohibit the pass system.
| Whereas, All the biennial session Of the
| legislature of thiS'State in the year 1879 an
amendment to the constitution OF this state
was proposed aud agreed TO by majority OF
OF the members elected to each Of the two
houses which amendment was il the follow
| ing language:
Resolved by the Senate the Asserbly CON
curing that article XIII OF the constitution, be
amended by adding new section, to
be numbered and to read as follows: Section
| II, No person, association, cO-partnershp or
corporation, 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 ONCE or
position under the constitution or laws, or
under any ordinance of any town or munich
/ paty of this state, or to any person at the re-
quest orfor the advantage OF all, or any of them
| any free pass or frank, or any privilege with
| held from any person, for the travelling accom-
mediation or transportation Of any person or
| property,,or the transmission Of any message
or communication. No political committee,
and no member or employee thereof, no can
didate for, and no incumbent OF any ONCE or
position under the constitution or laws or
under any ordinance of any town or murici-
palitysof this state, shall ask for, or accept,
from any person association, co-partnerShip,
! or corporation, oruse 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 comm unicatiou. Any viola
1 ton Of any of the above provisions shall be
bribery and be punished as provided by law
and if any officer or any member Of the legiS-
| lature be guilty thereof, his Office shall become
vacant. No person within the purview OF this
/ act shall be privileged from testjfying IA re-
| lation to anything therein prohibited; and no
| person having so testified shall be liable to any
| prosecution or puniShm eut for any Gfease
concerning which he WAS required to gi1e his
! testimony or produce any documentary evil
| dence. The railroad commits Soner and his
deputy in the discharge Of duty are excepted
from the provisions OF this ameudmcn.,
Whereas the foregoing proposed amend
nlent to the constitution OF the state WAS daily
ratified, and agreed to by thelegi i4ture there
of at the biennial session in 1901 3y ajoriJyoi
| all the members elected to each house, there
| fore:
The people of the state OF Wisconsin repre-
! sented in senate and assembly do enact as
] follows
| Section l. The foregoing proposed amend
I ment to the constitution OF this state shaG DC
submitted to the people at general election
! to be held Tuesday succeeding tue drat
J M )lday Of November, 1892, ana if the people
shall approve ana raoi5y the said amendment by
d ma jority OF the electors voting thereon, SAID;
Amendment shall become a part of the con-
stitutiOnCf this state.
| Section , The form Of the ballot to be cast
on the question Of adopting or rejecting said
amendment shall be For the amendment 80
prohibit the pass system" Opposite said
! words shall be two spaces oyer ore OF which
hail be printed the word yes and over one
| the word no The voter lazy mark hi,
/ ballot in the space npQer 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 and separated there
from by an appropriate line or rule. The