Journal of ProceedingsWisconsin Legislature, 1895 Most vols. have appendices consisting of reports of various State offices. |
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Absent act dividing cities act to amend act to provide adopted amend chapter amend section amended by chapter ayes and noes bill relating bill to amend bill to appropriate bill to authorize bill to provide BROOK TROUT Brown Burke Chairman chapter 326 Charitable and Penal chief clerk thereof cities into classes commissioners committee on Claims committee on Incorporations committee on Judiciary Conger Correctly enrolled creek Dane county Davis dividing cities engrossed and read entitled Fisher indefinitely postponed Kennedy Kruszka legislature Martin Mayer McGeehan McMullen Milwaukee county motion of Senator Officer passage of bill Passage recommended passed Peirce Petition Phalen Phillips Published as chapter read a third repeal chapter revised statutes river Sanborn & Berryman's Senator Austin Senator Bashford Senator Mills Senator Spensley Senators Altpeter Solliday statutes of Wisconsin Stebbins Stout structed THIRD READING Timme tion town vote voting-Senators W. A. NOWELL Waukesha county Wescott Wiscon Withee Woodworth
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Page 39 - ... except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to...
Page 187 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature 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 in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 35 - ... 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.
Page 89 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 171 - The Judicial power of this State, both as to matters of law and equity, shall be vested in a supreme court, circuit courts, courts of probate, and in Justices of the peace. The legislature may also vest such jurisdiction as shall be deemed necessary in municipal courts, and shall have power to establish inferior courts in the several counties, with limited civil and criminal Jurisdiction.
Page 187 - 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 5 per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment of state and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 35 - Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible for the next three years after 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 offices shall be deemed vacant.
Page 56 - ... and liable to . punishment except as herein provided. No person, or officer or agent of a corporation, giving any such free pass, free transImrtatinn, franking privilege or discrimination hereby prohibited.
Page 187 - Any county, city, school district or other municipal corporation, incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall, before or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 88 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas...