Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-21

conSin be- and the same is hereby agreed to
NoTE IF adopted. this amendment will
empower cities and villages 10 amend their
| own charters and determine their own
powers and authority, instead of, as now
| restricting them to only such powers as are
granted to them by the legiSlature.)
| lit. Res. No. f. Al
| JOINT RESOLUTION NO. y.
To amend Section l. of article ". of the
| constitution, to give 10 the people the
| power to propose laws and to enact or re-
| ject the same at the polls. and to approve
| or reject a the polls any act Of the legis-
lature; and to create section ,. of article
| XII. of the constitution. providing for the
submission OF amendments to the con-
| StitutlOD upon the petition Oh the people.
| Whereas. At the biennial session OF the
| legislature for the year 1911. an amendment
| to the constitution was proposed and agreed
to by majority of the members elected to
| each of the two houses. which proposed
amendment is as follows:
! Resolved by the assembly. the senate
| COncurring That section l, OF article ~ Of
| the Constitution. be amended to read
/ Section |. 1. The legislative power shall
| be vested in senate and assembly but the
| people reserve to themselves power as
| herein provided, to propose Jaws and to
enact or reject the same at the polls indie
/ pendent of the legislature, and to approve
| or reject at the polls any law or any part of
any law enacted by the legislature. The
| limitations expressed in the constitution on
| the power of the legislature to enact laws,
| shall be deemed limitations on the power OF
| the people to enact laws.
| -. "a. i
sembly may introduce, by presenting to the
| chief clerk in the house of which he is a
| member. in open session. at any time during
| any session of the legislature any bill or
any amendment to any such bill provided,
| that the time for so introducing bill may
| be limited by rule to not less than thirty
/ b. The chief clerk shall make a record
such bill and every amendment offered
| thereto and have the same printed.
| g. proposed law shall be recited in full
/ in the petition. and shall consist of a bill
which has been introduced in the legislature
| during the first thirty legislative days of the
! session as so introduced; or at the soptiOu
of the petitioners there may be incor
porated in said bill any amendment or
! amendments introduced in the legislature.
Such bill and amendments shall be referred to
! by number in the petition. Upon petition
| filed not later than four months before the
next general election, such proposed law
shall be submitted to d vote of the people.
! and shall become law if it is approved by
/ majority of the electors voting thereon. and
shall take effect and be in force from and
1 after thirty days after the election at which
it is approved
| except an emergency law. shall take effect
before ninety days afGer its passage and
there shall have been fled petition to
submit to vote of the people such law or
any part thereof. such law or such part
DAYS after its approval by a majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon
b. An emergency law shall remain in
force. notwithstanding such petition, but
shall stand repealed thirty days after being
rejected by a majority of the qualified
electors voting 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
priation for maintaining the state govern
ment or maintaining or aiding any public in
stitution, not exceeding the priyious APP
/ purpose,
be subject to rejection or repeal under this
section. The increase, in any such APP
preparation shall only take effect as
in case of other laws. and such in
crease, 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 -ighest number of
votes shall stand as the enactment of the
people.
reIarv of state and shall be sufficient to re-
| quire the submission by him Of a measure
| TO the people when signed by eight per cent
of the qualified electors calculated upon the
whole number of votes cast for governor at
the last preceding election. of whom not
more than one-halt shall be residents OF any
one county.
4 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
throughout the state pursuant to law or
.
s. The legislature shall provide tor turn
ishing electors the text of all measures to
be voted upon by the people.
| g. Except that measures Spec1hcally
affecting subdivision of the state may be
su omitted to the people of that subdivision,
the legislature shall submit measures to the
people only as required by the constitution
NOTE, Of adopted, this amendment will
will change the provisions of the COnStitu
ton which vest the power to make laws
| exclusively in the Senate and Assembly.
neODle
their own initiative enact laws and may
reject laws passed by the legislature)
Be it further resolved by the ASSe mbly.
the Senate ConCurring. That article XII OF
the constitution, be amended by creating "a
new section to read:
Section \, 1, a. Any senator or member of
| the assembly NAV introduce, by presenting
TO the chief clerk in the house in which he is
a member. in open session, at any time dur
ing any session of the legislature any pro-
posed amendment to the constitution or any
amendment to any such proposed amend
ment to The constitution; provided. that the
time for so introducing proposed amend
ment to the constitution may be limited by
rule to not less than thirty legislative DAYS
| b. The chief clerk shall make a record of
such proposed amendments to the cOnstitu-
ton and any amendment thereto and have
the same printed.
l. p Any proposed amendment to the con-
| SIitution shall be recited in full in the petit
ton and shall consist of an amendment
which has been introduced in the legisla-
ture during the first thirty legislative days.
as so introduced. or, at the option of the pc
titioners there may be incorporated therein
any amendment or amendments thereto in
troduc- d in the legislature. Such amend
ment to the constitution and amendments
thereto shall be referred to by number in
the petition. Upon petition filed not later
than Jour months before the next general
election, such prop Sed amendment shall be
| submitted to the people.
B. The petition shall be filed with the sec
| rotary of state and shall be Sufl cient to re-
uuire the submission by him of a proposed
| amendment to the constitution to the people
hon nv a n nf he fiea6
electors. calculated upon the whole mum Der
of votes cast for governor at the last pre-
ceding election of whom not more than one
half shall be residents of any one county.
4 Any proposed amendment or amend
mentS to this constitution agreed to by
majority of the members elected to each of
the two houses of the legislature, shall be
entered on their journals with the yeas and
NAYS taken thereon, and be submitted to the
people by the secretary of state upon petit
tion filed with him signed by five per cent
Of the qualified electors. calculated upon
the whole number of votes cast for governor
at the last preceding election. of whom not
than npR-ha1f shall ha residents IF