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constitutional amendment in 1924 ) . However , there were no such restrictions on the legislature's authority to ... amendment eliminated the constitutional provision requiring justice of the peace courts . A 1977 constitutional ...
constitutional amendment in 1924 ) . However , there were no such restrictions on the legislature's authority to ... amendment eliminated the constitutional provision requiring justice of the peace courts . A 1977 constitutional ...
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... amended court rules , and policy issues . The justices convene at the attorney table in the Supreme Court Hearing Room for these conferences . They are shown here meeting with members of the court staff . ( Kathleen Sitter , LRB ) ...
... amended court rules , and policy issues . The justices convene at the attorney table in the Supreme Court Hearing Room for these conferences . They are shown here meeting with members of the court staff . ( Kathleen Sitter , LRB ) ...
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... amend the statutes . However , because the state constitution grants the Supreme Court supervisory authority over the court system , the Supreme Court may by rule enact , amend , or repeal those portions of the statutes governing court ...
... amend the statutes . However , because the state constitution grants the Supreme Court supervisory authority over the court system , the Supreme Court may by rule enact , amend , or repeal those portions of the statutes governing court ...
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... Amendment right to free speech . While Wisconsin judges and judicial candidates are not subject to the same “ announce " clause as Minnesota judges , they are prohibited from making promises . The U.S. Supreme Court did not address ...
... Amendment right to free speech . While Wisconsin judges and judicial candidates are not subject to the same “ announce " clause as Minnesota judges , they are prohibited from making promises . The U.S. Supreme Court did not address ...
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... amendment as well as any failed amendments . Written testimony given at a hearing on the bill may be available , and the legislature's legal staff may have published memoranda describing what a bill does . If the governor partially ...
... amendment as well as any failed amendments . Written testimony given at a hearing on the bill may be available , and the legislature's legal staff may have published memoranda describing what a bill does . If the governor partially ...
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Page 227 - 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 170 - I will abstain from all offensive personality, and advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which I am charged; I will never reject, from any consideration personal to myself, the cause of the defenseless or oppressed, or delay any man's cause for lucre or malice. So HELP ME GOD.
Page 228 - ... by a majority of all the members elected to each house, 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 222 - The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State, for educational purposes (except the lands heretofore granted for the purposes of a University), and all moneys, and the clear proceeds of all property, that may accrue to the State by forfeiture...
Page 223 - The legislature shall provide by law for the establishment of district schools, which shall be as nearly uniform as practicable; and such schools shall be free and without charge for tuition to all children between the ages of four and twenty years, and no sectarian instruction shall be allowed therein.
Page 225 - ... 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 of such debt, within twenty years from the time of the contracting thereof...
Page 247 - He shall communicate by message to the Legislature, at every session, the condition of the State, and recommend such matters to them as he shall judge expedient.
Page 226 - No county, city, township school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an 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.
Page 197 - An act to enable the people of Wisconsin territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union...
Page 211 - 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. But the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the sheriff.