Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-09-06

WHEREAS, At the biennial session
OF the Legislature for the year 1909, al.
amendment to the constitution OF
this state was proposed and agreed to
by majority of the members elected
to each of the two houses, which pro-
posed amendment was in the follow.
ing language.
Resolved BY the assembly, the
senate cOncur1fng, That section 10,
article VII, of the constitution of
Wisconsin be amended to lead; Sec
ton 10. Each of the judges IF the SUI
preme and circuit courts shall receive
salary, payable at such time as the
legislature shall fix, Of not less than
one thousand Eve hundred dollars an
nually; they shall receive no fees of
office, or other compensation than
their salary; they shall hold no office
OF public trust, except judicial office
during the term for which they are
respectively elected, and all votes for
either of them for any Office, except
= judicial office, given by the egisla-
ture or the people, shall be void. No
person shall be eligible to the Office of
judge who shall not. at the time of
his election, be citizen of the Unit
ed States, and have attained the age
of twenty-five years, aud be a quail
fed elector within the jurisdiction
for which he may be chosen.
No. 26, S.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. ~.
To amend section of article NJ of
tho Constitution. relating to munich
p..l corporations and their indebted
ness.
WHEREAS. At the biennial session
of the legisIatutc for tile Year 1909, an
amendment to the Constitution was
proposed and agreed TO by majority
OF the members elected to each OF the
two houses. which proposed amend
menUFiS as follows:
Resolved by the ,Scnate, re assem-
bly, ;0nculTing. That section ) of
article NJ OF the Constitution be
amended TO read:
Section 3. 1t shall pe the duty OF
the Legislature, and they are hereby
empowered to provide for the organi-
cation of cities and incorporated Villa
yes, and to restrict their power OF tax
alton. assessment, borrowing money,
contracting debts, and loaning their
credit, SO as to prevent abuses in ass
sesslnen.S and taxation, and in con-
tracing debts 10y such municipal cor
poratlons. No county, city, town,
village, school district, or o,her mu-
nicipal corporation shall be allowed
to become indebted in any manner or
for any purpose TO any amount, includ-
ing existing Indebtedness, in The ag-
gregate exceeding tive per centum on
tile value OF the taxable property
therein to be ascertained by the last
assessment for state and county. taxes
previous TO the mourning OF such in
debtsdneso. ANY county, city, town,
village, school district. or other mu-
nicipal corporation mourning any in
debCedness as afor, said sh.ll, before
or at the time Of doing So, provide for
the collection of % direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest OH such
debt as it falls due. and also to pay
and discharge the principal thereof
within twenty years from the time Of
contracting the same; except that
Wien such indebtedness is incurred in
the acquisition of lanis by cities or
by counies having population Of l5.
600 or over, for public, municipal pur-
poses, or for the permanent improve
ment thereof, the cityor county in
curing the same shall, before or at
the time of so doing provide for the
collection OF a direct annual tax suf-
fcient to pay the interest on such