Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-07

/ bill any amendment or amendments intro
! du ced in the legislature. Such bill and
| amendments shall be referred to by number
| in the petition. Upon petition fled 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 la W
| ii 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 cleo
| ton at which it is approved.
| 4. a. No law enacted by the legislature,
| except an emergency law, shall take effect
before ninety days after its passage and pub
| lication, If within said ninety days there
shall have been filed petition to submit to a
vote OF the people such law or any part there
| of, such law or such part thereof shall not
| take effect until thirty days afterits approval
| by majority of the qualified electors voting
| thereon.
b. An emergency law shall remain in force
| withStanding such petition, but shall
stand repealed thirty days after being rejec-
| ted by majority OF the Qualhed electors
| voting thereon
c. An emergency law shall be any law de-
clared 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 main
| tanning or aiding any public institution, not
exceeding the next previous appropriation for
| the same purpose, shall be subject to rejection
| or repeal under this section, The increase in
any such appropriation shall only take effect
l as in case of other laws and such increase or
| any part thereof, specified i'll the petition
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petition.
| 5. II measures which conflict with each
other III any OF their essential provisions are
submitted at the same election, only the meas
| ure receiving the highest number of votes
| shall stand as the enactment of the people
6. The petition shall be filed with the sec
| rotary of state and shall be sufficient to re-
quire the submission by him of a measure to
| the people when signed by eight percent OF
| the qualified electors calculated upon the
| whole number OF votes cast for governor at
| the last proceeding election. of whom not
more than one-haf shall be residents OF any
one county
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 furnish
ing electors the text OF all measures to be
voted upon by the people
| 3. Except that measures specifically affect
| ing a subdivision OF the state may be submit
| ted to the people Of hatsubdvision the legis-
/ lature shall submit measures to the people
only as required by the constitution.
NoTE. Of adopted, this amendment will
| change the provisions OF the constitution
/ which vest the power to make laws exclus-
lively in the senate and assembly, so that the
people may directly and on their own initia-
| tive enact laws and may reject laws passed
/ by the legislature.)
/ Be it further resolved by the assembly, the
1 senate concurring, that article XII OF the con-
| StttutiOn be amended by creating new sec
/ ton to read
| Section g. l. a. ANY senator or member of
| the assembly may introduce, by presenting to
1 the chief clerk in the house in which he is a
member, in open session, at any time during
/ any session OF the legislature. any proposed
| amendment TO the constitution or any amend
ment to any such proposed amendment to the
| constitution; provided, that the time for so
Introducing proposed amendment to the
| constitution may be limited by rule to not less
/ than thirty legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shall make record OF
such proposed amendments to the constitu-
i ton anQ any amendment thereto ana nave
| the same printed.
| g ANY proposed amendment to the consti-
/ tuition shall be recited in full in the petition
| and shall consist OF amendment which has
| been introduced in the legislature during the
/ tirst thirty legislative days, SO introduced
| or, at the option of the petitioners, there may
| be incorporated therein any amendment or
| amendments thereto introduced in the legis-
lature. Such amendment to the constitution
and amendments thereto shall be referred to
by number In the petltlOn. upon petition
| filed not later than four months before the
next general election, such proposed amend
| ment shall be submitted to the people,
| 3. The petition shall be filed with the Secre
| tary OF state and shall be sufficient to require
| the submission by him of a proposed amend
ment to the constitution to the people when
signed by ten per cent OF the qualified cleo
| tors, 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.
| 4. Any proposed amendment or amend
ments to this constitution; agreed to by a
| ny - ~ ~ " iA -
| the two houses of the legislature, shall be
entered on thelr Journals Win Ihe yeas ana
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