Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-09

NOTE. Of adopted. this amendment viii
! empower cities and villages to amend theil
own charters and determine their Owl
powers and authority, instead of, as now
restricting them to only such powers as are
granted to them by the legislature)
lit. Res No. l. Al
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. D.
To amend Section l. of article ". of the
constitution, to give TO the people the
power to propose avs and to enact or re-
ject the same at the polls. and to approve
or reject at the polls any act of the iegis-
lature: and to create section 8. of article
XII. of the constitution. providing for the
submission of amendments to the con-
Stitution 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 ag reed
to by a 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 l. /. The legislative power shall
be vested in 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
sem bly, 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 Of
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 bill
which has been introduced in the legislature
during the first thirty legislative days of the
session 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 a
majority of the electors voting thereon and
shall take effect and be in force from and
after thirty days after the election at which
it is approved.
f. a. Noiaw 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
any part thereof. such law or such part
thereof shall not take effect until thirty
days after its approval by a 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 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 state govern
ment or maintaining or aiding any public in
Stitution, not exceeding the priviOuS APP
Precipitation 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.
s. If measures which conflict with each
other in any of their essential provisions are
submitted at the same election, only the
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-
quire 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.
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 furn-
ishing electors the text of all measures to
be voted upon by the people.
9. Except that measures specifically
affecting 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, Gf adopted, this amendment will
will change the provisions of the Constitu-
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 Assembly.
the Senate concurring. That article XII OF
the constitution, be amended by creating q
new section to read:
Section Z, 1, 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 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 proposed amend
ment to the constitution may be limited by
rule to not less than thirty legislative DAYS.
b. The CT ief clerk shall make record of
such proposed amendments to the constitu-
ton 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
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
trOduced 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,.
3. The petition shall be fled with the Sec
rotary of state and shall be Suff cient 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 resi- dents 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
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.
s. The legislature shall provide for fur
nishing the electors the text of all amend
ments to the constitution TO be voted upon