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SECTION 10. Two Members of Congress shall also be elected on the second Monday of May next; and until otherwise provided by law, the counties of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Jefferson, Racine, Walworth, Rock and Green shall constitute the First Congressional District, and elect one member; and the counties of Washington, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Calumet, Brown, Winnebago, Fond du Lac, Marquette, Sauk, Portage, Columbia, Dodge. Dane. Iowa, La Fayette, Grant. Richland, Crawford, Chippewa, St. Croix and La Pointe shall constitute the Second Congressional District, and shall elect one member.
SECTION 11. The several elections provided for in this article shall be conducted accord- ing to the existing laws of the Territory. Provided, That no elector shall be entitled to vote, except in the town, ward or precinct where he resides. The returns of election, for Senators and Members of Assembly, shall be transmitted to the clerk of the board of super- visors, or county commissioners, as the case may be, and the votes shall be canvassed, and certificates of election issued, as now provided by law. In the First Senatorial District, the returns of the election for Senator shall be made to the proper officer in the county of Brown; in the Second Senatorial District, to the proper officer in the County of Columbia; in the Third Senatorial District, to the proper officer in the county of Crawford; in the Fourth Senatorial District, to the proper officer in the county of Fond du Lac; and in the Fifth Senatorial District, to the proper officer in the county of Iowa. The returns of elec- tion for State officers and Members of Congress, shall be certified and transmitted to the Speaker of the Assembly, at the seat of government. in the same manner as the votes for delegate to Congress are required to be certified and returned, by the laws of the Territory of Wisconsin, to the Secretary of said Territory, and in such time that they may be received on the first Monday in June next; and as soon as the Legislature shall be organized, the Speaker of the Assembly and the President of the Senate shall in the presence of both Houses, examine the returns, and declare who are duly elected to fill the several offices hereinbefore mentioned, and give to each of the persons elected, a certificate of his election.
SECTION 12. Until there shall be a new apportionment, the Senators and Members of the Assembly shall be apportioned among the several districts, as hereinafter mentioned, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator or member of the Assembly, as the case may be.
The counties of Brown, Calumet, Manitowoc and Sheboygan shall constitute the First Senate District.
The counties of Columbia, Marquette, Portage and Sauk shall constitute the Second Sen- ate District.
The counties of Crawford. Chippewa, St. Croix and La Pointe shall constitute the Third Senate District.
The counties of Fond du Lac and Winnebago shall constitute the Fourth Senate District. Tie counties of Jowa and Richland shall constitute the Fifth Senate District.
The county of Grant shall constitute the Sixth Senate District.
The county of La Fayette shall constitute the Seventh Senate District.
The county of Green shall constitute the Eighth Serate District.
The county of Dane shall con in' ute the Ninth Serate District.
The county of Dodge shall construne the Tenth Sonate District.
The county of Washington chall constitute the Eleventh Senate District.
The county of Jefferson shall constitute the Twelfth Senate District.
The county of Waukesha shall constitute the Thirteenth Senate District.
The county of Walworth shall constitute the Fourteenth Senate District.
The county of Rock shall constituto the Fifteenth Senate District.
The towns of Southport, Pike, Pleasant Prairie, Paris, Bristol, Brighton, Salem and Wheatland, in the county of Racire, shall constitute the Sixteenth Senate District.
The towns of Racine, Caledonia, Mount Pleasant, Raymond, Norway, Rochester, York- ville and Burlington, in the county of Racine, shall constitute the Seventeenth Senate Dis- trict
The third, fourth and fifth wards of the City of Milwaukee, and the towns of Lake, Oak Creek, Franklin and Greenfield, in the county of Milwaukee, shall constitute the Eighteenth Senate District.
The first, and second wards of the city of Milwaukee, and the towns of Milwaukee, Wau- watosa ·nl Granville, in the county of Milwaukee, shall constitute the Nineteenth Senate District.
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The county of Brown shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Calumet shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Manitowoc shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Columbia shall constitute an Assembly District.
The counties of Crawford and Chippewa shall constitute an Assembly District. The counties of St. Croix and La Pointe shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Windsor, Sun Prairie and Cottage Grove, in the county of Dane, shall con- stitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Madison, Cross Plains, Clarkson, Springfield, Verona, Montrose, Oregon and Greenfield, in the county of Dane, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Rome, Dunkirk, Christiana, Albion and Rutland, in the county of Dane, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Burnett, Chester, Le Roy and Williamstown, in the county of Dodge, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Fairfield, Hubbard and Rubicon, in the county of Dodge, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Hustisford, Ashippun, Lebanon and Emmett, in the county of Dodge, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Elba, Lowell, Portland and Clyman, in the county of Dodge, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Calamus, Beaver Dam, Fox Lake and Trenton, in the county of Dodge, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Calumet, Forest, Auburn, Byron, Taychedah and Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Alto, Metomen, Ceresco, Rosendale, Waupun, Oakfield and Seven Mile Creek, in the county of Fond du Lac, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Hazel Green, Fairplay, Smelser's Grove and Jamestown, in the county of Grant, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Platteville, Head of Platte, Centreville, Muscoda and Fennimore, in the county of Grant, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Pleasant Valley, Potosi, Waterloo, Hurricane and New Lisbon, in the county of Grant, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Beetown, Patch Grove, Cassville, Millville and Lancaster, in the county of Grant, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The county of Green shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Dallas, Peddler's Creek, Mineral Point and Yellow Stone, in the county of Iowa, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The precincts of Franklin, Dodgeville, Porter's Grove, Arena and Percussion, in the county of Iowa and the county of Richland, shall constitute an Assembly District.
The towns of Watertown, Aztalan and Waterloo, in the county of Jefferson, shall consti- tute an Assembly District.
The towns of Ixonia, 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.
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 Delafield, 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- Con, 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 Wis- 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 11. The Senators first, elected in the even numbered Senate Districts, the Gover-
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nor, Lieutenant Governor, and other State officers first elected under this Constitution, shall enter upon the duties of tlieir 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 inay 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 above 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 Fox 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.
CRAWFORD - DANIEL G. FENTON.
PORTAGE - WILLIAM H. KENNEDY.
DANE - WILLIAM H. FOX, CHARLES M. NICHOLS, WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
DODGE -
STODDARD JUDD,
CHARLES H. LARRABEE, SAMUEL W. LYMAN.
FOND DU LAC - SAMUEL W. BEALL, WARREN CHASE.
GRANT -
ORSAMUS COLE,
GEORGE W. LAKIN, ALEXANDER D. RAMSAY, WILLIAM RICHARDSON, JOHN HAWKINS ROUNTREE. GREEN - JAMES BIGGS.
IOWA - CHARLES BISHOP, STEPHEN P. HOLLENBECK, JOSEPH WARD.
JEFFERSON - JONAS FOLTS, MILO JONES, THEODORE PRENTISS, ABRAM VANDERPOOT
LA FAYETTE -
CHARLES DUNN, JOHN O'CONNOR, ALLEN WARDEN.
MILWAUKEE - JOHN L. DORAN, GARRET M. FITZGERALD, ALBERT FOWLER, BYRON KILBOURN,
MILWAUKEE -- (continued.) RUFUS KING, CHARLES H. LARKIN, MORITZ SCHEFFLER.
RACINE --- ALBERT G. COLE,
STEPHEN A. DAVENPORT,
ANDREW B. JACKSON,
FREDERICK S. LOVELL,
SAMUEL R. MCCLELLAN, JAMES D. REYMERT, HORACE T. SANDERS, THEODORE SECOR.
ROCK -- ALMERIN M. CARTER,
JOSEPH COLLEY,
PAUL CRANDALL,
EZRA A. FOOT,
LOUIS P. HARVEY, EDWARD V. WHITON.
SHEBOYGAN - SILAS STEADMAN.
WALWORTH - EXPERIENCE ESTABROOK,
GEORGE GALE,
JAMES HARRINGTON,
AUGUSTUS C. KINNE,
HOLLIS LATHAM, EZRA A. MULFORD.
WASHINGTON - JAMES FAGAN, PATRICK PENTONY, HARVEY G. TURNER.
WAUKESHA --- SQUIRE S. CASE,
ALFRED L. CASTLEMAN,
PETER D. GIFFORD, ELEAZER ROOT, GEORGE SCAGEL,
WINNEBAGO - HARRISON REED.
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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, 1882.]
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.
SECTION 5. The senators shall be elected by single districts of convenient contiguous territory, at the same time and in the same manLee as members of the assembly are required to be chosen, and no assembly district shall be divided in the formation of a sen- ate 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 re- ceived 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, and amendment to section! 31, adopted November 8, 1892.]
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 locating or changing any county seat. 6th. For assessment or collection of taxes or for extending the time for collection thereof. 7th. For granting corporate powers or privil- eges, except to cities. 8th. For authorizing the apportionment of any part of the school fund. 9th. For incorporating any city, town or village, or to amend the charter thereof
ARTICLE V.
(Sections 5 and 9, as amended by a vote of the people at the General Election, November 2, 1869.]
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