State of Wisconsin Blue Book

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Industrial Commission, 1917

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Page 11 - press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ARTICLE II. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be Infringed. ARTICLE III, No soldier shall. In time
Page 4 - ten, North Carolina five. South Carolina five, Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall Issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment SECTION 3. The Senate of the United
Page 5 - for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro ternpore. In the absence of the Vice President,
Page 15 - 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
Page 26 - 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.
Page 19 - of Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die, or from mental, or physical disease become incapable of performing the duties of his office, or be absent from the State, the Secretary of State shall act as Governor, until the vacancy shall be filled, or the disability shall cease. [Section 9, as amended
Page 16 - purchasers thereof; and no tax shall be imposed on land, the property of the United States ; and in no case shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. Provided, that nothing in this Constitution, or In the Act of Congress aforesaid, shall in any manner prejudice, or affect the
Page 15 - invasion the public safety may require It. SECTION 9. Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws, for all injuries, or wrongs which he may receive In his person, property, or character; he ought to obtain Justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase
Page 19 - SECTION 28. Members of the Legislature, and all officers, executive and judicial, except such Inferior officers as may be by law exempted, shall before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe an oath, or affirmation to support the
Page 22 - SECTION 17. The style of all writs and process shall be, "The State of Wisconsin ;" all criminal prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the same; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the state. SECTION

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