Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-09-09

bin any amendment or amendments intro
duced in the legislature such ball 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 law
| if it is approved by a 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 1t 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
! LEGATION. If 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 un9i thirty days afterits approval
| by majority of the qualified electors voting
| thereon.
| b. An emergency law shall remain i'll force
Notwithstanding such petition, but. shail
standrepealed thirty days after being reJec-
ted by a majority of the qualified electors
! voting thereon.
| G. An emergency law shall be any law de
| clared by the Legislature to be necessary for
any immediate purpose by II two-thlrdS vote
/ Of the members Of each house voting thereon
| entered on their Journals by the yeas anu
nays. No law making any appropriation FOR
maintaining the state government or mann
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
as in case OF other laws. and such increase: or
| any part thereof, specified in the petition
may be referred to a vote OF the people upon
petition
| g. If measures which conflict with each
other in any OF their essential provisions are
submitted al the same election, only the meas.
| ute receiving the highest number OF votes
shall stand as the enactment OF the people.
| g. The petition shall be filed with the sec
rotary OF state ana snail De sufnclent 10 re-
| the people when signed by eight percent Of
| the qualified electors calculated upon the
whole number OF votes cast for governor at
| proceeding
more than one-half 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 the
| fling of the petition, and held generally
throughout the state pursuant to law or
| specially called by the governor.
8 The legislature shall provide for furnish
| ing electors the text OF all measures to be
voted upon by the people
D. Except that measures specifically affect
! ing a subdivision OF the state may be submit
ted to the people of that subdivision, 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 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
senate concurrng that article XII OF the con
| stitution be amended by creating new sec
tion to read;
Section g. / a. ANY senator or member of
| the assembly may introduce, by presenting TO
the cniei cierh III Ile nous1 III VIII i LIS ne rs
| any session OF the legislature. any proposed
amendment TO the constitution or any amend
lneht 70 any SUN t ~ nc
| introducing a proposed amendment to the
| constitution may be limited by rule to not less
| than thirty Legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shah make record OF
such proposeu dnlenunehOs 70 one cohStltu-
| ton ano any amendment thereto ana nave
| the same printed.
= ANY PIoposeui an me- 20 sne cou?eI
tuCion Snal ne Iocfocu IL l.li III tne Petitloh
ana sIdll collsls. vi te % VIII. nt.s
Deeh intIouuccu III tne ieslsl"'uic uullns tue
urst tniItS ~ u"y ,, Gs 50
Or at tne optlon "a CIe petitloe tlleIe may
| De Incorporated Cnereil 1ly aiheho1ieht or
dlncnuhenHS ehSlcto ihtlouucSu III th. Sia-
latufe Such amendment 10 the constitution
ana amendments thereto shftii Pe reierreu TO
| Dy 1unper III tne petltioh' ppon peIioi1h
Hleu not ldlSr lnan louI lhohtns pSloIo tne
next general electlol, SuGu proposed dnenu-
ment shall pc supinlIIeu 70 t1e people,
g. Inc petltlo5 shaII pc MEG MIN tne secre
tary OF State anu sh nan oe sulcleht " aequl9
the SUBMISSION i oy MN o. pFopoaea ain .
nent 70 one cohsIlluulon " Tue PeoPie Wueh
signeu 3y zen per cent u tnG qualllei eiec
LOTS, calcuiaCeu upon Iue WAole huHoSi Vi
Voles cdSI loI governor at Une iasu pleceulhS
eiecIlon' ol Wnol not more tuan one-haI
snail oe lesluenCs % any oi6 Souti 7
| ments to this constitution, agreed to by
majority al the members elected TO eaCh OF
| the TWO houses OF UAe legislature, shall De
entered on tnelr Journals WIN Tue yeas anu
nays taken thereon, ana pc SUBMITTED TO the
people by the secretary OF state upon peIltlon
lied with nm signed by hVe per cent OF the
quallHed electors calculated upon the whole
number OF votes castfor governor at the last
preceding election, OF whom not more thap
one-half snail De residents OF any one county.
8. Che legislature shall provide for furnish
ing the electors tue text Oh iill allehaWeuts 10
1he CONSTITUTION 70 oe Voteu upon Wy tue 1eo-
.. u lHe people sllai4 approve anu rdtlly
sqcH al!GnulThc VI " ~ d MAJ
NY o. the eleclols Noolns IuSieou such
amendment or amendments snail become a
part on the constitution from ana aiter tue
election at winch approved; provided tnat II
more than one amendment be submitted they
shall ne sunmlttea IN Such manner tnat the
people may VoIe loF OF asalust Sucn aileno-
menus separately.
& u propoSea amenqhlehts 70 tue cohstttu-
tion Whlch connect WIN each other IN any OF
thelr essential provisions are submitted at tne
same erection, ohly the proposed amenumehL
receiving the hlgheSt numper OF votes small
become part oil Gle CONSTRUCTORS. now there