Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-06
NOTICE OF REFERENDUM
ON PROPOSED CONSTI-
TUTIONAL AMEND
MENTS
April 6, 1920
STATE OF WISCONSIN, |
I SIS.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, !
Department of State. S.
= NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
at the time of holding the regular
SPRING, JUDICIAL and NATIONAL
DELEGATE ELECTIONS, to be held
in the several towns, wards, villages
and election districts of the state of
Wisconsin, on the first Tuesday of
April, 1920, being the sixth day of
said month, in accordance with Sec
ton 1 of Article XII of the Constitu-
ton Of the State Of Wisconsin, and as
directed by Chapters 4S0 and 604,
Laws Of Wisconsin for 1919, the fol-
lowing proposed AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION of the State of
Wisconsin, which were twice adopted
by the Wisconsin Legislature at the
regular sessions of 1917 and 1919, and
published for three months as re-
quired by said Section l of Article
XII of the Wisconsin Constitution,
will be submitted to a vote of the
Electors of this State for their rati-
fication or rejection in such manner
as is provided by law.
[Jt. Res. No. 13, Al
JOINT RESOLUTION
No. 81, 1919
To amend section 81 of Article "
of the constitution, relating to COM
pensation of members of the legisla-
ture.
Whereas, At the biennial session
of the legislature for the year 1917, an
amendment to the constitution was
proposed and agreed to by majority
of the members elected to each of the
two houses, which proposed amend
ment is as follows:
~ResOlved by the Assembly, the
Senate cOncurring, That section 21 of
article ~ of the constitution be
amended to read: (Article IV) Section
21. Each member OF the legislature
shall receive for his services *****%
such sum *%* to be paid at such
times and in such manner as shall be
prescribed by law. *** The CON-
pensatiOn prescribed for members of
the legislature Immediately prior to
the adoption of this amendment shall
continue in force until changed by
the legislature i'm manner consistent
with the other provisions of this con-
StltutiOn," now therefore be it
Resolved by the Assembly, the Sem
ate c0neurring, That the foregoing
proposed amendment to the constitu-
ton of the State of Wisconsin be and
the same is hereby agreed to by this
Legislature.
Note.-Qf. ratified this amendment
VIII authorize any legislature to fix
the compensation of members of the
succeeding legislature at more or less
than the present allowance of $500
for the term Of two years.
Seal
ut. Res. No. 100. 81
JOINT RESOLUTION
No go, 1919
To amend sections and Z of ar
ticle VII of the constitution of the
state OF Wisconsin, relating to circuit
judges.
Whereas, At the biennial session OF
the legislature for the year 1917, an
amendment to the constitution was
proposed and agreed to by a majority
OF the members elected to each Of the
two houses, which proposed amend
ment is as follows:
RESOLVED by the Assembly, the
Senate concurring, That section 6. ar
ticle VII. and section Z. article VII, OF
the constitution be amended to read:
tArucie VID Section s. The legisla-
ture may alter the limits, decrease OF
increase the number OF circuits, max
ing them as compact and convenient
as practicable. and bounding them by
county lines; but no such alteration,