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The towns of Watertown, Aztalan and Waterloo, in the county of Jefferson, shall consti- tute an Assembly District.
The towns of Ironia, Concord. Sullivan. Hebron, Cold Spring and Palmyra, in the county of Jefferson, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Lake Mills, Oakland, Koshkonong, Farmington and Jefferson, in the county of Jefferson, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Benton, Elk Grove, Belmont, Willow Springs, Prairie, and that part of Shullsburgh precinct north of town one, in the county of La Fayette, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Wiota, Wayne, Gratiot, White Oak Springs, Fever River, and that part of Shullsburgh precinct south of town two, in the county of La Fayette, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Marquette shall constitute an Assembly District.
The first ward of the city of Milwaukee shall constitute an Assembly District.
1 The second ward of the city of Milwauke shall constitute an Assembly District.
The third ward of the city of Milwaukee shall constitute an Assembly District.
The fourth and fifth wards of the city of Milwaukee shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Franklin and Oak Creek, in the county of Milwaukee, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Greenfield and Lake, in the county of Milwaukee, shall constitute an Assem- bly District.
The towns of Granville, Wauwatosa and Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, shall con- stitute an Assembly District.
The county of Portage shall constitute an Assembly District.
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The town of Racine, in the county of Racine, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Norway, Raymond, Caledonia and Mount Pleasant, in the county of Racine, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Rochester, Burlington and Yorkville, in the county of Racine, shall consti- tute an Assembly District.
The towns of Southport, Pike and Pleasant Prairie, in the county of Racine, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Paris, Bristol, Brighton, Salem and Wheatland, in the county of Racine, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Janesville and Bradford, in the county of Rock, shall constitute an Assem- bly District.
The towns of Beloit, Turtle and Clinton, in the county of Rock, shall constitute an Assem- bly District.
The towns of Magnolia, Union, Porter and Fulton, in the county of Rock, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Milton, Lima and Johnstown, in the county of Rock, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Newark, Rock, Avon, Spring Valley and Center, in the county of Rock, shall constitute an Assembly District. Provided, That if the Legislature shall divide the town of Center, they may attach such part of it to the district lying next north, as they deem expe- dient.
The county of Sauk shall constitute an Assembly District.
Precints numbered one, three and seven, in the county of Sheboygan, shall constitute an Assembly District.
Precincts number two, four, five and six, in the county of Sheboygan, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Troy, East Troy and Spring Prairie, in the county of Walworth, shall consti- tute an Assembly District.
The towns of Whitewater, Richmond and Lagrange, in the county of Walworth, shall con- stitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Geneva, Hudson and Bloomfield, in the county of Walworth, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Darien, Sharon, Walworth and Linn, in the county of Walworth, shall con- stitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Delavan, Sugar Creek, La Fayette and Elkhorn, in the county of Walworth, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Lisbon, Menomonee and Brookfield, in the county of Waukesha, shall con- stitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Warren, Oconomowoc, Summit and Ottawa, in the county of Waukesha, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Delafieldi, Genesee and Pewaukee, in the county of Waukesha, shall consti- tute an Assembly District.
The towns of Waukesha and New Berlin, in the county of Waukesha, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Eagle, Mukwonago, Vernon and Muskego, in the county of Waukesha, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Port Washington, Fredonia and Clarence, in the county of Washington, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Grafton and Jackson, in the county of Washington, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Mequon and Germantown, in the county of Washington, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Polk, Richfield and Erin, in the county of Washington, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Hartford, Addison, West Bend and North Bend, in the county of Washing- ton, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Winnebago shall constitute an Assembly District.
The foregoing Districts are subject, however, so far to be altered that when any new town shall be organized, it may be added to either of the adjoining Assembly Districts.
SECTION 13. Such parts of the common law as are now in force in the Territory of Wie- consin, not inconsistent with this Constitution, shall be and continue part of the law of this State until altered or suspended by the Legislature.
SECTION 14. The Senators first elected in the even numbered Senate Districts, the Gorer-
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nor, Lieutenant Governor, and other State officers first elected under this Constitution, shall enter upon the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of June next, and shall continue in office for one year from the first Monday of January next. The Senators first elected in the odd numbered Senate Districts, and the members of the Assembly first elected shall enter upon their duties respectively on the first Monday of June next, and shall con- tinue in office until the first Monday in January next.
SECTION 15. The oath of office may be administered by any judge or justice of the peace, until the Legislature shall otherwise direct.
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be, and is hereby requested, upon the application of Wisconsin for admission into the Union, so to alter the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " an act to grant a quantity of land to the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river," approved June eighteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and so to alter the terms and conditions of the grant made therein, that the odd numbered sections thereby granted, and remaining unsold, may be held and disposed of by the State of Wis- consin, as part of the five hundred thousand acres of land to which said State is entitled by the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emption rights," approved the fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one; and further, that the even numbered sections reserved by Congress may be offered for sale by the United States for the same minimum price, and subject to the same rights of pre-emption as other public lands of the United States.
Resolved, That Congress be further requested to pass an act whereby the excess price over and above one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, which may have been paid by the purchasers of said even numbered sections which shall have been sold by the United States, be refunded to the present owners thereof, or they be allowed to enter any of the public lands of the United States, to an amount equal in value to the excess so paid.
Resolved, That in case the odd numbered sections shall be ceded to the State as aforesaid, the same shall be sold by the State in the same manner as other school lands. Provided, that the same rights of pre-emption as are now granted by the laws of the United States shall be secured to persons who may be actually settled upon such lands at the time of the adoption of this Constitution: And provided further, that the excess price over and abore one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, absolutely or conditionally contracted to be paid by the purchasers of any part of said sections which shall have been sold by the Territory of Wisconsin, shall be remitted to such purchasers, their representatives or assigns.
Resolved, That Congress be requested, upon the application of Wisconsin for admission into the Union, to pass an act whereby the grant of five hundred thousand acres of land, to which the State of Wisconsin is entitled by the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " an act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant pre-emp- tion rights," approved the fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and also the five per centum of the net proceeds of the public lands lying within the State, to which it shall become entitled on its admission into the Union, by the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled " an act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a Consti- tution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union," approved the sixth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, shall be granted to the State of Wisconsin for the use of schools, instead of the purposes mentioned in said acts of Con- gress respectively.
Resolved, That the Congress of the United States be, and hereby is requested, upon the admission of this State into the Union, so to alter the provisions of the act of Congress, en- titled " an act to grant a certain quantity of land to aid in the improvement of the For and Wisconsin rivers, and to connect the same by a canal in the territory of Wisconsin, " that the price of the lands reserved to the United States shall be reduced to the minimum price of the public lands.
Resolved, That the Legislature of this State shall make provision by law for the sale of the lands granted to the State in aid of said improvements, subject to the same rights of pre-emption to the settlers thereon, as are now allowed by law to the settlers on the public lands.
Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be appended to and signed with the Constitution of Wisconsin, and submitted therewith to the people of this Territory, and to the Congress of the United States.
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We, the undersigned, members of the Convention to form a Constitution for the State of Wisconsin, to be submitted to the people thereof for their ratification or rejection, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the Constitution adopted by the Convention.
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, at Madison, the first day of Feb- ruary, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-eight.
MORGAN L. MARTIN,
President of the Convention and Delegate from Brown County.
THOS. MCHUGH, Secretary.
CALUMET -
G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH.
COLUMBIA - JAMES T. LEWIS.
CHARLES H. LARKIN, MORITZ SCHEFFLER
CRAWFORD -
PORTAGE - WILLIAM H. KENNEDY. 1
DANE -
RACINE -- ALBERT G. COLE,
WILLIAM H. FOX,
CHARLES M. NICHOLS, WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
ANDREW B. JACKSON,
DODGE -
STODDARD JUDD,
CHARLES H. LARRABEE,
JAMES D. REYMERT,
SAMUEL W. LYMAN.
HORACE T. SANDERS, THEODORE SECOR.
FOND DU LAC- SAMUEL W. BEALL, WARREN CHASE.
GRANT -
ORSAMUS COLE,
GEORGE W. LAKIN,
ALEXANDER D. RAMSAY,
LOUIS P. HARVEY,
EDWARD V. WHITON.
GREEN -
JAMES BIGGS.
WALWORTH --
IOWA -
EXPERIENCE ESTABROOK,
GEORGE GALE,
JAMES HARRINGTON,
AUGUSTUS C. KINNE,
HOLLIS LATHAM,
EZRA A. MULFORD.
JONAS FOLTS,
MILO JONES, THEODORE PRENTISS, ABRAM VANDERPOOL.
LA FAYETTE -
CHARLES DUNN, JOHN O'CONNOR, ALLEN WARDEN.
WAUKESHA - SQUIRE S. CASE,
ALFRED L. CASTLEMAN.
PETER D. GIFFORD,
ELEAZER ROOT, GEORGE SCAGEL,
JOHN L. DORAN, GARRET M. FITZGERALD, ALBERT FOWLER, BYRON KILBOURN.
ROCK -
ALMERIN M. CARTER,
JOSEPH COLLEY,
PAUL CRANDALL,
EZRA A. FOOT,
WILLIAM RICHARDSON, JOHN HAWKINS ROUNTREE.
SHEBOYGAN -- SILAS STEADMAN.
CHARLES BISHOP,
STEPHEN P. HOLLENBECK, JOSEPH WARD.
JEFFERSON --
WASHINGTON - JAMES FAGAN, PATRICK PENTONY, HARVEY G. TURNER
MILWAUKEE -
WINNEBAGO - HARRISON REED.
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MILWAUKEE - (continued.) RUFUS KING,
DANIEL G. FENTON.
STEPHEN A. DAVENPORT,
FREDERICK S. LOVELL,
SAMUEL R. MCCLELLAN,
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AMENDMENTS.
ARTICLE I.
[Section 8, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 8, 1870.]
SECTION 8. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law, and no person, for the same offense, shall be put twice in jeopardy of punishment, nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself. All persons shall before conviction be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses when the proof is evident or the presumption great; and the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
ARTICLE III.
[Section 1, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 7, 1822.]
SECTION 1. Every male person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards belonging to either of the following classes who shall have resided within the State for one year next preceding any election, and in the election district where he offers to vote, such time as may be prescribed by the Legislature, not exceeding thirty days, shall be deemed a qualified elector at such election.
1. Citizens of the United States.
2. Persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.
3. Persons of Indian blood who have once been declared by law of congress to be citizens of the United States, any subseqent law of congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
4. Civilized persons of Indian descent not members of any tribe; provided, that the legis- lature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumer- ated; but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people at a general election and approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election; and provided further, that in incorporated cities and villages, the legislature may provide for the registration of electors and prescribe proper rules and regulations therefor.
ARTICLE IV.
[Sections 4, 5, 11 and 21, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, No- vember 8, 1881.]
SECTION 4. The members of the assembly shall be chosen biennially, by single districts, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November after the adoption of this amend- ment, by the qualified electors of the several districts; such districts to be bounded by county, precinct, town or ward lines, to consist of contiguous territory, and be in as com- pact form as practicable.
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SECTION 5. The senators shall be elected by single districts of convenient contiguous territory, at the same time and in the same manner as members of the assembly are required to be chosen, and no assembly district shall be divided in the formation of a sen- ato district. The senate districts shall be numbered in the regular series, and the senators shall be chosen alternately from the odd and even-numbered districts. The senators elected, or holding over at the time of the adoption of this amendment, shall continue in office till their successors are duly elected and qualified; and after the adoption of this amendment, all senators shall be chosen for the term of four years.
SECTION 11. The legislature shall meet at the seat of government at such time as shall be provided by law, once in two years and no oftener, unless convened by the governor in special session, and when so convened no business shall be transacted except as shall be necessary to accomplish the special purposes for which it was convened.
SECTION 21. Each member of the legislature shall receive for his services, for and during a regular session, the sum of five hundred dollars, and ten cents for every mile he shall travel in going to and returning from the place of meeting of the legislature on the most usual route. In case of an extra session of the legislature, no additional compensation
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shall be allowed to any member thereof, either directly or indirectly, except for mileage, to be computed at the same rate as for a regular session. No stationery, newspapers. postage or other perquisite, except the salary and mileage above provided, shall be received from the state by any member of the legislature for his services, or in any other manner as such member.
[Sections 31 and 32, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, Novem- ber 7, 1871.]
SECTION 31. The Legislature is prohibited from enacting any special or private laws in the following cases: 1st. For changing the name of persons or constituting one person the heir-at-law of another. 2d. For laying out, opening or altering highways, except in cases of State roads extending into more than one county, and military roads to aid in the construction of which lands may be granted by Congress. 3d. For authorizing persons to keep ferries across streams, at points wholly within this State. 4th. For authorizing the sale or mortgage of real or personal property of minors or others under disability. 5th. For locat- ing or changing any county seat. 6th. For assessment or collection of taxes or for extend- ing the time for collection thereof. ^th. For granting corporate powers or privileges, except to cities. 8th. For authorizing the apportionment of any part of the school fund. 9th. For incorporating any town or village, or to amend the charter thereof.
SECTION 32. The Legislature shall provide general laws for the transaction of any busi- ness that may be prohibited by section thirty-one of this article, and all such laws shall be uniform in their operations throughout the State.
ARTICLE V.
[Sections 5 and 9, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 2,1869.]
SECTION 5. The Governor shall receive during his continuance in office, an annual com- pensation of five thousand dollars, which shall be in full for all traveling or other expenses incident to his duties.
SECTION 9. The Lieutenant Governor shall receive during his continuance in office, an annual compensation of one thousand dollars.
ARTICLE VI.
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[Section 4, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 7, 1882.]
SECTION 4. Sheriff's, coroners, registers of deeds, district attorneys, and all other county officers, except judicial officers, shall be chosen by the electors of the respective counties, once in every two years. Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible for two years next succeeding the termination of their offices; they may be required by law to renew their security from time to time, and in default of giving such new security their office shall be deemed vacant, but the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff. The Governor may remove any officer in this section mentioned, giving to such a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard in his defense. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment, and the person appointed to fill a vacancy shall hold only for the unexpired portion of the term to which he shall be appointed and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
ARTICLE VIL.
[Section 4, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 6, 1877.]
SECTION 4. The supreme court shall consist of one chief justice and four associate jus tices, to be elected by the qualified electors of the State. The Legislature shall, at its first session after the adoption of this amendment, provide by law for the election of two asso- ciate justices of said court, to hold their offices for terms ending two and four years respectively, after the end of the term of the justice of the said court then last to expire. And thereafter the chief justice and associate justices of the said court shall be elected and hold their offices respectively for the term of ten years.
[Section 12, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 7, 1832.]
SECTION 12. There shall be a clerk of the circuit court chosen in each county organized for judicial purposes by the qualified electory thereof, who shall hold his office for two years, subject to removal as shall be provided by law; in case of a vacancy the judge of the circuit court shall have power to appoint a clerk until the vacancy shall be filled by &n election; the clerk thus elected or appointed shall give such security as the Legislature may require. The supreme court shall appoint its own clerk and a clerk of the circuit court may be appointed a clerk of the supreme court.
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ARTICLE VIII.
[Section 2, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 6, 1877.]
SECTION 2. No money shall be paid out of the treasury, except in pursuance of an appro priation by law. No appropriation shall be made for the payment of any claim against the State, except claims of the United States. and judgments, unless filled within six years after the claim accrued.
ARTICLE XI.
[Section 3, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 3, 1874.]
SECTION 3. It shall be the duty of the Legislature, and they are hereby empowered to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and taxation, and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations. No county, city, town, village, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to any amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness. Any county, city, town, village, school district, or other municipal corporation, incurring any indebtedness as afore- said, shall before or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
ARTICLE XIII.
[Section 1, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 7, 1882.]
SECTION 1. The political year for the State of Wisconsin shall commence on the first Monday in January in each year. and the general elections shall be holden on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November. The first general election for all state and county officers, except judicial officers, after the adoption of this amendment. shall be holden in the year A. D. 1884, and thereafter the general election shall be held biennally All state, county or other officers elected at the general election in the year 1561, and whose term of office would otherwise expire on the first Monday of January in the year 1584, shall hold and continue in such office respectively, until the first Monday in January in the year 1885.
ARTICLE VII.
[Section 4, as amended by a vote of the people at an election April 2, 1859.]
SECTION 4. The chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court shall be sev- erally known as justices of said court with the same terms of office, respectively, as now provided. The supreme court shall consist of five justices (any three of whom shall be a quorum), to be elected as now provided. The justice having been longest a continuous . member of the court (or in case of two or more of such senior justices having served for the same length of time, then the one whose commission first expires), shall be ex-officio the chief justice.
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MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
BY THOMAS JEFFERSON.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
BRO. 1. Rules, Importance of.
2. Legislature.
3. Privilege.
4. Elections.
5. Qualifications.
6. Quorum.
7. Call of the House.
8. Absence.
9. Speaker.
10. Address.
11. Committees.
12. Committee of Whole.
13. Examination before Committees, etc.
14. Arrangement of business.
15. Order.
16. Order respecting papers.
17. Order in debate.
18. Orders of the House.
19. Petitions.
20. Motions.
47. Messages.
48. Assent.
22. Bills, Reading.
23. Leave to bring in.
24. First reading.
25. Second reading.
26. Commitment.
27. Report of Committee.
SEC. 28. Bills, Recommitment.
29.
Report taken up.
30. Quasi Committee
31. Second reading in the House.
32.
Reading papers.
33. Privileged questions.
34. 2 35. Previous question. Amendments.
36. Division of question.
37. Co-existing questions.
38. Equivalent question.
39. The question.
40. Third reading.
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