Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1924-10-08
rJt. Res. No. IS, ST.
= JOINT RESOLUTION


To amend section of article xI of the
constitution. relating to powers of cities
and villages.
Whereas, At the biennial session OF the
legislature for the year 1921, 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
amendment is as follows:
'RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE
ASSEMBLY CONCURRING, That section )
of Article xI of the constitution be amend
ed to read (Article KID Section 3. CITIES
AND VILLAGES ORGANIZED PURSUANT
TO STATE LAW are hereby empow-
cred, TO DETERMINE THEIR LOCAL AT
FAIRS AND GOVERNMENT, SUBJECT
ONLY TO THIS CONSTITUTION AND TO
SUCH ENACTMENTS OF THE LEGISLA-
TURE OF STATEWIDE CONCERN AS
SHALL WITH UNIFORMITY AFFECT EV-
cry CITY OR EVERY VILLAGE. THE
METHOD OF SUCH DETERMINATION
SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE LEG
ISI4ATURE. No COUNT, city, town,
village, school district, or other municipal
corporation shall be allowed to become in
debted in any manner or for any purpose
to any amount, including existing indebt-
edness. in the aggregate exceeding hve per
centum the value of the taxable prop
erty therein, to be ascerta1ned py the last
assessment for state and county taxes prev
ious to the mourning of such Indebtedness.
ANY county, city, town, village school dls-
trict, or other municipal corporation incur
ring any Indebtedness as aforesaid, snail,
before or at the time of doing so, provide
for the collection OF a direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest such debt
as it falls due, and also to pay ana DIS
charge the principal thereof within twenty
wears from the time of contracting the
same. except that when such Indebtedness
is incurred in the acquisition of lands by
cities or BY counties having a population
If one hundred fifty thousand or over. for
public, municipal purposes, or for the per-
manent Improvement thereof, the city or
county mourning the same shall, before or
at the time of SO doing, provide for the
collection of a direct annual tax sufficient
TO nav the interest on such debt as 1t falls
due. and also to pay and discharge the
principal thereof within period not ex-
ceeding fifty years from the time or con-
tracing the same:" now therefore be 1T
RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE AS
SEMBLY CONCURRING, That the forego-
ing amendment to this constitution OF the
state of Wisconsin is hereby agreed to by
this legislature.
NOTE-Under the present provisions OF
the Constitution, cities and villages nave
only the powers of determining their locaI
affairs and government which may nave
been granted to them by the Legislature
If this proposed amendment Is ratinea'
cities and villages, by following the metnods
of determination which may be prescribed
by the legislature, will have all powers OF
determining their local affairs and govern
ment not prohibited by the Constitution or
by "such enactments of the legislature OF
statewide concern as shall with uniformity
effect every city or every village The con-
stitutional limitation of Indebtedness OF 90
of the value of the taxable property OF mu-
inequalities remains unchanged by the
amendment.