Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-03-26

CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT to submit to the people an
amendment to the constitution, relat-
ing to the number of justices of the
supreme court and to provide for elec-
tions to fill vacancies in the Office of
justice of the supreme court
Whereas, The legislature of this state
at the biennial session for the year 1901.
proposed and adopted by vote of the
members elected to each of the two
houses, an amendment to the eonstitu-
tion of this state (the same being in fact
an amendment to section 4. of article Z
thereofas amended in 1877, the pro-
posed amendment being in the follow
ing language:
Resolved, by the assembly, the SEN
ate concurring, That section of article
VII of the constitution be amended so
as'to read as follows: Section /. The
chief justice and associate justices of the
supreme court shall be severally known
as the justices of said court, with the
same terms of office of ten years respec,
lively as now provided, The supreme
court shall consist of seven justices, any
four of whom shall be quorum, to be
elected as now provided. not more
than one each year The justice having
been longest a continuous member of
said court, or in case two or more such
senior justices shall have served for the
same length of time, then the one whose
commission first expires shall be ex-of-
ficio, the chic justice
+ Whereas, the foregoing proposed a
mendment to the constitution was duly
ratified and agreed to by the Legislature
of this state for the year 1903; and
Whereas, 1t is provided by section 8,
of article 7 of the constitution that va
cancies in the Office Cf Justices of the
supreme court shall be filled by appoint
ment of the governor, which shall con-
time until a successor is elected and
qualified; therefore,
The people of the State of Wisconsin.
in senate and assembly. do
enact as follows:
Section /. The proposed amendment
to the constitution of this state shall be |
submitted 60 the people at an election
to be held on Tuesday, the 18th day of |
April, 1903, and if the people shall APP
prove and ratify said amendment by
of the electors voting thereon
such amendment shall become part of
the constitution of this state.
Section 2 Notice of the submiss-
ON of said question. the form of ballot.
-he conduct of the election and the can
gass of the votes shall all be as provid-
ed in chapter Of the Wisconsin stat /
1es Of 1898. entitled "Caucuses. Elec- |
tors and General Elections and the
and canvass shall be partic-
llarly as provided in section 80, 04d
lnd 94t as the last chapter vas amend
ID by chapter 97 of the laws of 1899.
Section ;. In the event of the rati8-
.ation of said proposed amendment by
,he people one of the additional JUS
ices as provided for shall be elected at
he judicial election in April, 1904. ana
ais term shall commence on the first
Monday of Januory, 1905. The other
additional jus provided for by the
con ltional amendment
shall be elected at the Judicial election
n April, 1906. and his term shall com
nence on the first Monday of January.
1907.
Section A. In the event that said pro-
posed cons .itutional amendment shall
be adopted and ratified by the people.
section 94s. of the Wisconsin statutes of
1898. as amenned by section of chap
ter : of the laws of 500, shall be amend
ed by striking out in the seventh line
thereof the words Justice of the SUI
preme court or" and by adding at the
end of said section Of chapter Z, the
I'm all cases Of vacancy in |
the office of justice OF the supreme court, |
the person appointed to fill such vacan-
cy shall continue to hold his Office until !
an election can be had in some year in
which no other justice is elected pursu-
ant TO the constitution and laws of the
state, and until his successor has been
duly elected and qualified so that said