Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-30
ut. Res. No. 4. Al
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. %.

To amend Section 1. of article ". of the
| constitution, to give TO the people the
| power to propose laws and to enact or re-
| ject the same at the polls and to approve
| or reject at the polls any act of the legis-
lature; and to create section 3. of article
XII. of the constitution, providing for the
| submission of amendments to the con-
stitution upon the petition or 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 d 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 /. /. The legislative power shall
be vested in a senate and assembly, but the
/ people reserve to themselves power as
| 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
2. a. Any senator or member of the as
| Sembly may introduce. by presenting to the
chief clerk in the house OF which he is
member. in open session, at any time during
any session of the legislature, any bill or
1 any amendment to any such bill; provided,
/ that the time for so introducing bill may
be limited by rule to not less than thirty
| legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shall make record o
/
thereto and have the same printed.
8. A 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 ioptiOu
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 vote of the people.
and shall become a law if it is approved 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
/ A. a. Nola enacted by the legislature,
except an emergency law. shall take effect
publication. If within said ninity days
there shall have been filed a petition to
submit to a vote of the, people such law or
thereof shall not take effect until thirty
days after its approval by 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 twO-thirdS
| vote of the members Of each house voting
| thereon. entered on their journals by the
| yeas and nays. No law making any apprO-
| priation for maintaining the Stase govern
ment or maintaining or aiding any public in
Stitution. not exceeding the priviOuS ap-
| preparation for the same purpose, shall
| 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 a vote of the
people upon petition.
5. If measures which conflict with each
other in any of their essential provisions are
limited the election
measure receiving the highest number of
votes shall stand as the enactment of the
| people
| g. The petition shall be filed with the sec
reIarY of state and shall be sufficient to re-
qulre the submission by him of a measure
| 10 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.
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
| throughout the state pursuant to law or
/ specially called by the governor
| s. The legislature shall provide for furn-
ishing electors the text of all measures to
be voted upon by the people
| affecting a 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, If adopted, this amendment will
| will change the provisions OF the COnStitu-
J ton which vest the power to make laws
/ exclusively in the Senate and Assembly,
! so that the people may directly and on
| their own initiative enact laws and may
| reject laws passed by the legislature.)
Be it further resolved by the Assem- bly,.
the Senate concurring. That article XII of
the constitution, be amended by creating a
new section to read:
Section 3 1. a. Any senator or member of
| the assembly may 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
4 time for so introducing q proposed amend
| ment to the constitution may De 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-
| tion and any amendment thereto and have
the same printed.
| 2. Any proposed amendment to the con-
| StitutiOn 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
| PRODUCED 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 lOur months before the next general
election, such proposed amendment shall be
submitted to the people.
3. The petition shall be filed with the Sec
rotary of state and shall be sufficient to re-
quire the submission by him of proposed
amendment to the constitution to the people
when signed by ten per cent of the qualified
| electors, calculated upon the whole number
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.
Any proposed amendment or amend
ments to this constitution, agreed to by a
| majority of the members elected to each of
the two houses of the legislature, shall be
entered on their journals with the yeas and
| n avs taken thereon, and be submitted to the
people by the secretary of state upon petit
ton 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
more than One-half shall be residents of any
one county.
| 5. The legislature shall provide for fur
nishing the electors the text of all amend
ments to the constitution to be voted upon
/ by the people.
! 6. If the people shall approve and ratify
| such amendment or amendments by a ma
/ jority of the electors voting thereon, such
| amendment or amendments shall become a
part of the constitution, from and after the
| election at which approved; provided, that
| if more than one amendment be submitted