Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1912-10-03
(No. lO8 s. CHAPTER 227

An act to amend Section IL, of the
statutes extending the right Of suf-
frage to women.
The people of the State of Wisconsin,
represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows
Section l. Section ~ of the statutes
is amended to read Section II. Every
person. male or female, of the age Of
twenty-one years or upwards, belonging
to either of the following classes, who
shall have resided in the state for one
year, next proceeding any election, and
in the election district where he or she
offers to vote ten days, shall be deemed
qualified elector at such elections
/. Citizens of the United States.
2. Persons of foreign birth, who,
prior to the first day of December, A.
d. 1908, shall have declared their in
tentions to become citizens conform
ably to the laws Of the United States
on the subject of naturalization, pro-
yided that the rights hereby granted TO
such persons shall cease on the first day
of December, A. d, 1912.
8. Persons of Indian blood who have
once been declared by law of congress to
be citizens of the United States, any sub
sequent law of congress to the contrary
notwithstanding.
4. Civilized persons of Indian descent
not members of any tribe.
5. Any civilized person, being the
descendent of the Chippewas of Lake
Superior or any other Indian tribe, re-
siding within this state, and not upon
any Indian reservation, who shall make
and subscribe to an oath before the
clerk of the circuit court or his deputy
of the county where such person re-
sides, that he or she is not a member
of any Indian tribe, and has no claim
upon the United States for aid and as
sistance from any appropriation made
by congress for the benefit of Indians.
and that he or she thereby relinquishes
all tribal relations and all right to claim
or receive any such aid, shall be en-
titled, and on such oath being filed and
recorded, to vote at all elections held
in this state. if he or she is otherwise
qualified. The oath so taken on being
corroborated as to the residence and
tribal relations of such person, by the
affidavit of qualified elector, shall be
filed in the office of the clerk before
whom it was taken and recorded by him
in a book to be provided for that pur-
pose, upon such persons paying to said
clerk the sum of one dollar.
6. No person under guardianship, non
compos mentis or insane shall be quail
fed to vote at any election, nor shall
any person convicted of treason or fell
ony be qualified to vote at any election
unless restored to civil rights.
Section 2. The question whether the
foregoing provisions of this act shall
take effect and be in force, shall be
submitted to a vote of the people of
this state, in the manner provided by
law for the submission of an amend
ment to the constitution at the next
general election to be held in Novem-
Der, 1912, If approved by a majority
Of all the votes cost on that subject at
such election, it shall take effect and
be in force from and after such APP
prOval by the people; otherwise it shall
not take effect or be in force. Upon
the ballot shall be printed shall Chap
ter 227, of the laws of 1911, entitled,
An act extending the right of suffrage
to women, be adopted "
Section 3. This act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its pas
sage and publication. Approved June
End, 1911.
Given under my hand and official seal
at the capitol in the city of Madison,
this 18th day of August, A. d. 1912.
J. A. FREAR,
SEAL Secretary of State