Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-08-08
No. 1887, A. Published July II. 1907.
CHAPTER 661. LAWS OF 1907

No. 1887, AL rPublished July II. 1907.
CHAPTER SCI, LAWS OF 1907.
AN ACT to submit to the people amend
ments to the constitution.
', hereas, At the biennial session of the
legislature Of this state in the year 1905
amendments to the constitution were pro-
posed and agreed to by a ma majority OF the
which amendments were in the following
language
8. Resolved by the assembly, the senate
>concurring, That section ] of article OF
the constitution of the state of Wisconsin
be amended by adding at the end thereof
the following: Taxes may also be imposed
on incomes, privileges and occupations,
which taxes may be graduated and pro-
gressive, and reasonable exemptions may be
provided SO that when so amended said
section shall read as follows: Section l.
The rule of taxation shall be uniform and
taxes shall be levied upon such property
as the legislature shall prescribe. Taxes
may also be imposed on incomes, privileges
and occupations which taxes may be grad
uated and progressive, and reasonable ex-
emptions may be provided"
2 Resolved by the assembly, the senate
concurring. That section 10 of article of
the constitution be amended by striking
out the word three" in line thirteen and
inserting in lieu thereof the word .six"
so that when so amended said section shall
read as follows:
Section 10. Every bill which shall have
passed the Legislature shall, before it be-
comes law, be presented to the. governor |;
If he approve, he shall sign it, but il not,
he shall return it,. with his objections, to
that house in which it shall have origi-
mated, who shall enter the objections at
large upon the journal and proceed to re-
consider it. If, after such reconsideration,
two-thirds of the members present shall
agree to pass the bill, 1t shall be sent, to-
gether with the objections, to the other
house, by which it shall likewise be re-
of the members present it shall become a
law. But in all such cases the votes of
both houses shall be determined by yeas
and nays, and the names Of the members
voting for or against the bill shall be en-
tered on the Journal OF each house respec-
lively If any bill shall not be returned
by the governor within six days (Sundays
excepted) after it shall have been pre-
sented to him, the same shall be a law
unless the legislature shall, by their ad-
journment prevent it's return, in which
case 1t shall not be a law.
4. Resolved by the assembly, the senate
concurring, That subsection Of section 1
of article 8, Of the constitution Of the state
of Wisconsin, be amended so. as to read
who, prior to the first day Of December,
A D. 1908, shall have declared their in
tentions to become citizens cOnformable to
the laws Of the United States on the subject
| hereby granted to such persons shall cease
on the first day of December, A. D. 1912.
Whereas, The foregoing proposed amend
ments to the constitution Of this state were
lature thereof at the biennial session in
1907 by a majority of all the members
elected to each house thereof, therefore,;
The people of the State Of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows:
Section l.. The foregoing proposed amend
ments to the constitution of this state
shall be submitted to the people at gen
eral election to be held on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday in November,
1908, and If the people shall approve and
ratify any or all of the said amendments
by a majority of the electors voting, there,
become a part of the constitution Of this
state.
Section 2. The form of the ballot to be
cast on the question of adopting or reject
ing the said amendments shall be respec-
lively: l. ''For the amendment authoriz-
ing a graduated income tax" 2. 'For
the amendment extending from three to six
days, the time allowed the governor In
amendment providing that after December
LIST, 1912, electors shall be citizens Of the
United States" Opposite each Of said
questions shall be two spaces over one Of
which shall be printed the word o4S Yes Ssa
voter may mark his ballot 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 tile
ballot to be voted at such election after
the names Of the candidates and separated
therefrom by an appropriate line or rule:
The votes cast on the adoption Of said
amendments shall be canvassed and re-
cast at such election, and the result shall
be determined and published in the man
ner provided by law.
Section 3. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after it's passage and
publication.
Approved July 1e, 1907.