The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

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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but shall stand repealed thirty days af-
ter being rejected by majority of the
qualified electors voting thereon.
G. 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 appropriation fol
maintaining the state government OF
maintaining or aiding any public insti
tuition, not exceeding the next previ
Gus 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 q
vote OF the people upon petition.
5. If measures which conflict with
each other in any of their essential pro
visions are submitted at the same cleo
tlon, only the measure receiving the
highest number of votes sail stand as
the enactment of the people.
8. The petition shall be filed will
the secretary of state and shall be suf
ficient to require the submission by
him OF measure to the people wher
signed by eight per cent of the quail
lied elector calculated upon the whole
number of votes cast for governor al
the last preceding election, of whom
not more than one-half shall be resi-
dents Of any one county.
{. The vote upon measures referred
te the people shall be taken at the next
election occurring not less than -four
months after the fling of the petition
ard held generally throughout the
state pursuant to law or specially call
ed by the governor.
5. The legislature shall provide fol
furnishing electors the text of al
measures to be voted upon by the
people.
g. Except that measure specially
affecting subdivision Of the state
may be submitted to the people of that
subdivision, the legislature shall submit
measures to the people only as required
by the constitution.
Note. eff adopted, this amend
ment will change the provisions Of
the Constitution 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 leg
islature.)
Be it further resolved by the AS
sembly, the Senate concurring, That ar
ticle XII of the Constitution, be
amended by creating a new section t.
read:
Section 3. l. a. Any senator Of
member of the assembly mar introduce
By presenting to the chief clerk in The
house in which he is a member, in oper
session, at any time during any session
ct the legislature, any proposed amend
nent to the constitution or any amend
fnent to any such proposed amendment
to the constitution; provided, that the
time for so introducing proposed
amendment to the constitution may b.
limited by rule to not less than thirty
legislative days.
b. The chief clerk shall make {
| record of such proposed amendments t.
the constitution and any amendment
| thereto and have the same printed.
2. Any proposed amendment to tn,
constitution shall be recited in full il
the petition and shall consist of al
amendment which has been introduced
| III the legislature during the first thirty
legislative days, as so introduced, or
at the option Of the petitioners, ther,
may be incorporated therein any
amendment or amendments thereto in
troduced in the legislature. Sucl
| amendment to the constitution anC
amendments thereto shall be referred
to by number in the petition. Upo1
petition filed not later than fou.
months before the next general cleo
ton, such proposed amendment shall
be submitted to the people.
8. The petition shall be fled will
the secretary of state and shall be suf
fcient to require the submission by hin
OF proposed amendment to the con
stitution to the people when signed BY
ten per cent of the qualified electors
calculated upon the whole number o,
votes cast for governor at the las
preceding election, of whom not NOR,
than one-half shall be residents of any
one county.
4. Any proposed amendment o.
amendments to this constitution, agreed
to by a majority of the member,
elected to each of the two houses Of
the legislature, shall be entered OF
their journals with the yeas and nays
taken thereon, and be submitted to the
people by the secretary of state upor
petition filed with him signed by five
per cent of the qualified electors. cal
culated upon the whole number Of
votes cast for governor at the last pre-
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