Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-08-22

AfiAAsuSAEtiT VA sNN PSUNA ~ viz PSSRAS
2. a. Any senator or member Of
the assembly may introduce, by. pre-
senting to the chief clerk of the house
sion. at any. time during any session
of the legislature, any bill or any
amendment to any such bill; provided,
that he @ FER g rns to not e
than thirty legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shall make re-
cord Of such bill and every amendment
offered thereto and have the same
8. A proposed law shall be recited
in full in the petition, and shall con-
sist Of 8 bill which has been intro
duced in the legislature during the f1rst
thirty legislative days Of the session, as
SO introduced; or, at the option Of the
petitioners, there may be incorporated
In said bill any amendment or amend
ments introduced in the legislature.
Such bill and amendment shall be re-
ferred to by number in the petit
ton. Upon petition filed not later than
four months before the next general
election, such proposed law shall be
submitted to the vote of the people,
and shall become a law If 1t is APP
proved by majority of the electors
voting thereon, and shall take effect
and be in force from and after thirty
days after the election at which it is
approved.
4. a. No law enacted by the legis-
Iature except an emergency law, shall
take effect before ninety days after
it's passage and publication. Ii within
said ninety days there shall have been
filed a petition to submit to vote Of
the people such law or any part there
of, such law or such part thereof shall
not take effect until thirty days after
its approval by majority Of the quail
flied electors voting thereon.
b. An emergency law shall remain
in force, Notwithstanding such petit
ton, but shall stand repealed thirty
days after being rejected by a major
thereon.
c. An emergency law shall be any
law declared by the legislature to be
necessary for any immediate purpose
by a two thirds vote of the members
of each house voting thereon, entered
on their journals by the yeas and nays.
No law making any appropriation for
maintaining the state government or
maintaining or aiding any public in
stitution, not exceeding the next pre-
vious appropriation for the same pur-
pose, shall be subject to rejection Or
repeal under this section. The in
crease in any such appropriation shall
only take ffeect as in case of other
laws, and such increase, or any part
thereof, specified in the petition may
be referred to vote of the people
upon petition.
s. If measures which conflict with
each other in any of their essential
provisions are submitted at the same
election, only the measure receiving
the highest number of votes shall
stand as the enactment Of the people.
6. The petition shall be filed with
the secretary of state and shall be
sufficient to require the submission by
him of a measure to the people when
signed by eight per cent of the quail
flied electors, calculated upon the
whole number of votes cast for COVER
nor at the last preceding election, of
whom not more than one-half shall
be residents of any one county
Z. The vote upon measures referred
to the people shall be taken at the
next election occurring not less than
four months after the filing Of the
petition, and held generally through
out the state pursuant to law or spe-
cially called by the governor
8. The Legislature shall provide for
furnishing electors the text of all
measures to be voted upon by the peo-
pie.
8. Except that measures specially
affecting a subdivision of the state
may be submitted to the people of
that subdivision, the legislature shall
submit measures to the people only
"Resolved by the senate, the assem-
bly, concurring. That article VIII OF
the constitution be amended by adding
a new section to read:
Section II. The state may grant
annuities and insurance upon such
risks and in such manner as may be
prescribed by law, and the limitations
and restrictions provided In the con-
stitution shall not apply to this sub
ject; but provision shall be made for
an annual account Of all liabilities as
sumed and for the separation and safe
guarding of all money and property
held by the state on account of any
such insurance"
Resolved by the senate, the assem-
bly, concurring. That there be added
after section 3, of article XI, of the
constitution of the state Of Wiscon-
XII ga. Cities and villages shall have
power and authority to amend their
charters, and to frame and adopt new
charters, and to enact all laws and
ordinances relating to their municipal
affairs, subject to the constitution and
general laws of the state.'
Resolved by the assembly, the sem
ate concurring. That section 6, article
VII, and section Z, article VII, of the
constitution, be amended to read:
Section 6. The Legislature may alter
the limits, decrease or increase the
number of circuits, making them as
and bounding them by county lines
but no such alteration decrease or In
crease shall have the effect to remove
E. Judge from office. In case of an in
crease of circuits the judge or judges
shall be elected as provided in this
constitution, and receive salary moi
less than that herein provided fol
Judges of the circuit court.
Section T. For each circuit there
shall be chosen by the qualified electors
thereof one or more circuit judges
as the Legislature may, fror
time to time authorize. X * Every
circuit Judge shall reside in the cir
cult from which he is elected, ant
shall hold his office for such tern
and receive such compensation as thu
legislature shall prescribe"
Resolved by the senate, the assem-
bly, concurring. That article XIII o
the constitution be amended by addins
thereto a new section to read:
Section IL. The Legislature shall
provide for the removal by recall from
office, by the qualified electors of tn
electoral district in which any office
is elected, of every public officer il
the state of Wisconsin holding an cleo
tive office, except judicial officers
Resolved by the assembly, the sen
ate concurring. That article XII 0
the constitution be amended by add
ing new section thereto, to be know.
as section Sb to read:
3b. When private property shall b
or has been taken for public use b.
municipal corporation additional
adjoining or neighboring propert
may be taken. under conditions to b
prescribed by the Legislature by gen
eral law. Property thus taken shal
be deemed to be taken for public use.
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