Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-10-18

"ooo do ~ 1dllS uue. anu also 10 pay
and discharge the principal thereof
within period not exceeding fifty
years from the time of contracting
the same; now therefore be it
resolved by the Senate, the Assem-.
by concuITing', That the foregoing
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion OF the State of Wisconsin be, and
the same is hereby agreed to by this
Legislature.
mo. Is. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 48.
10 amend article XI of the constitu-
t1on by adding thereto new section
to be known as section "a, relating to
the acquisition of lands by the state
or any OF its cities for certain public
purposes
F." HEREAs. At TIL biennial session of
the legislature for the year 1909, an
amendment to the Constitution was
proposed aid agreed to by majority
or the members elected to each of the
two houses which proposed amend
menU is as folio VS.:
"ReSOIVed by the Senate. the Assen1-
bly, cOncu17fng', That article ri of
the Constitution be amended by add
ing a new section thereto, to be known
as section ia, to read:
Section ia. The State or any of it's
cities may acquire by gift, purchase,
or condemnation lands 1or establish
ing, laying out, widening, eniarging.
extending, and maintaining memorial
grounds, streets, squares, parkways.
boulevards, parks, Fairgrounds, sites
for public buildings, and reservations
in and about and along and leading to
any or all Of the same; and after the
establishment Layout, and completion
OF such improvements, may convey
any such real estate thus acquired and
not necessary for such improvements
with reservations concerning the flu
ture use and occupation OF such real
estate, SO as to protect such public
works and Improvements, and their
enyironS, and to preserve the view,
appearance, light, air, and usefulness
of such public works. now. therefore
be it
ResnlVed by the Senate, the Assem-
bly, cOncu17ing, That the foregoing
proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tlon OF the State of Wisconsin be, and
the same is hereby, agreed to by this
Legislature.
NO. 103, S.
CHAPTER 227,
AN ACT to amend section II OF the
Statutes extending the right of sutf-
rage to women.
The PeoDIe OF the Sta te of WiscOn-
sin, represented in Senate and As
sembIV, do enact as follows.
SECTION l. Section II OF the stat
ute is amended to read:
Section II, Every person male or fe-
male of the age of twenty-one years or
upwards, belonging to either of tive
following classes, who shall have re-
sided in the state for one year next
preceding any election, and in the
election district where he or she offers
to vote ten days, shall be deemed a
qualified elector at such elections:
l. Citizens of the UnItsd States.
2. Persons of foreign birth who prior
to the first day of December A. d.
1908. shall have declared their inten-
tion to become citizens conformably
to the laws of the United States on
the subject of naturalization; provid-
ed that the lights hereby granted to
such person shall cease on the first
day of December, A. d. 1912.
3. Persons of Indian blood who
have once been declared by law of con-
gress to be citizens of the United
States, any subsequnt law of congress
to the contrary Notwithstanding.