Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-24

highest number OF votes shall stand as
! the enactment of tn people.
! 6. The petition shall be filed with the
! secretary of state and shall be sufficient
to require the submission by him of a
measure to the people when signed by
I eight 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
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
8. The Legislature shall provide for
furnishing electors the text Of all meas
ures to be voted upon by the people.
Q. Except that measures specifically
affecting a subdivision of the state may
be submitted to the people of that sub
division, the legislature shall submit
measures to the people only as required
by the constitution.
Note. (If adopted, this amendment
will change the provisions of the Con-
stitution which vest the power to make
laws exclusively in the Senate and AS
sembly so that the people may directly
and on their own initiative enact laws
and may reject laws passed by the Iegis-
lature)
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 8. l. a. Any senator or mem
Der 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 during any session
of the legislature. any proposed amend
ment to the constitution or any amend
ment to any such proposed amendment
to the constitution; provided. that the
time for so introducing a proposed
amendment to the constitution may be
limited by rule to not less than thirty
Legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shall make a rec
ord of such proposed amendments to the
constitution and any amendment thereto
and have the same printed
2. Any proposed amendment to the
constitution shall be recited in full in
the petition and shall consist of an
amendment which has been introduced
in the legislature during the first thir-
ty legislative days, as so introduced, or,
at the option of the petitioners. there
may be incorporated therein any amend
ment or amendments thereto introduced
in the legislature Such amendment to
the constitution and amendments there
to shall be referred to by number in the
petition. Upon petition filed not later
| than four months before the next gener-
al election. such proposed amendment
shall be submitted to the people.
3. The petition shall be filed with the
secretary of state and shall be sufficient
to require 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 preceding election.
of whom not more than one-half shall
be residents of any one county.
a. Any proposed amendment or
amendments to this constitution, agreed
to by a majority of the members elected
to each of the two houses of the legis-
lature, shall be entered on their journals
with the yeas and nays taken thereon
and be submitted to the people by the
with him signed by five per cent of the
qualified electors calculated upon the
whole number of votes cast for COVER
/ nor 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
/ furnishing the electors the text of all
amendments TO the constitution to be
/ voted upon by the people
G. If the people shall approve and
ratfy such amendment or amendments
/ by a majority of the electors voting
! thereon. such amendment or amend
ments shall become part of the consti-
/ tuition, from and after the election at
which approved; provided, that if more
than one amendment be submitted they
shall be submitted ia such manner that
the people may vote for or against such
amendments separately
7. II proposed amendments to the
constitution which conflict with each
other in any of their essential provi-
sions are submitted at the same election,
only the proposed amendment receiving
the highest number of votes shall be
come part of the constitutions" now,
therefore. be it
Resolved. by the Assembly the Senate
concurring. That the foregoing proposed
amendment to the Constitution of the
state of Wisconsin be and the same is
hereby agreed to by this Legislature
Note. eff adopted this amendment
viii require the legislature upon petit
uon. to submit Constitutional amend
ments to the people for adoption or re-
iectiun)
cit Res. No. S. Al
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. "a.
To amend section 81. Of article ", of
the constitution, relating to compen-
sation of members of the legislature,
Whereas, At the biennial session of
the legislature for the year 1911, an
+ amendment to the constitution was pro-