Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-10-07

J conSin be, and the same is hereby agreed to
| NoTE Gf adopted. this amendment will
| empower cities and villages to amend their
| own charters and determine their own
| restricting them to only such powers as are
granted to them by the legislature.)
lit. Res Not Al
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. -.
To amend Section L. of article w. 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 egiS-
lature: and to create section g. of article
| XII. of the constitution. providing for the
| submission of amendments to the con-
| Stitutlon upon the petition OF 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 a ma jOrity 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 /, of article " of
the Constitution. be amended to read:
| Section |. /. The legislative power shall
| be vested III a senate and assembly, but the
| people reserve to themselves power as
| herein provided. to propose laws 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.
| 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 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 a bill may
| be limited by rule to not less than thirty
| legislative DAYS.
| b. The chief clerk shall make record o
such bill and every amendment offered
| thereto and have the same printed.
/ 3. 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 EOptiOu
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 a vote of the people.
and shall become law If it is approved by a
| shall take effect and be in force from and
| after thirty days after the election at which
| it is approved.
/ A. a. Nolaw enacted by the legislature.
! except an emergency law. shall take effect
before ninety days afGer its passage and
publication, If within said ninity days
| there shall have been filed petition to
submit to vote of the people such law or
| any part thereof. such law or such part
thereof snail not take effect until thirty
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
yeas and NAYS. No law making any apprO-
priatiOn for maintaining the stare govern
ment or maintaining or aiding ny.public in
stitution, moi. exceeding the privious APP
| preparation for the same purpose shall
| be subject to rejection or repeal under this
section. The increase, in any such ap-
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.
| g. If measures which conflict with each
| other in any of their essential provisions are
submitted at the same erection only the
| measure receiving the highest number of
votes shall Stano as the enactment of the
| people.
retarv of state and shall be sufficient to re-
| qulre 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
| T. The vote upon measures referred to the
people shall be taken at the next election
occurring not less than four months after
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| throughout the state pursuant to law or
specially called by the governor.
| 8. TIE legislature shall provide for furn-
] iShing electors the text of all measures to
/ be vOIed upon by the people.
! 9. Except that measures specifically
| affecting a subdivision of the state may be
su omitted to the people of that subdivision,
| the Legislature shall Su bmit measures to the
people only as required by the constitution.
NOTE, Of adopted, this amendment will
| will change the provisions OF the COnstitu
tion 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 Assembly.
| the Senate cOncurring. That article XII OF
the constitution, be amended by creating
| 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
| time for so Introducing "a proposed amend
ment to the constitution may be limited by
rule to not less than thirty legislative DAYS
b. The CT let clerk shall make 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-
slitutiOn shall be recited in full in the petit
ton and shall consist of an amendment
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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
trOduCcd 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 iour 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 sut1 cient to re-
quire the submission by him of a 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
nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the
people by the secretary of state upon petit
LiOn 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
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