State of Wisconsin Blue Book

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1876 - Wisconsin
 

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Page 9 - of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, fur the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings; and To make all laws which shall
Page 7 - 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 16 - 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 of peace, he quartered In any house, without the consent
Page 59 - 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 ehall not be suspended unless when In cases
Page 7 - The times, places, and mannerof holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed In each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least
Page 47 - 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 11 - shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.* The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. No person except a natural-born citizen, or
Page 34 - consent of the United States; and it is hereby ordained that this State shall never interfere with the primary disposition of the soil within the same, by the United States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to
Page 34 - fide purchasers thereof; and no tax shall be imposed on land the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident 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 right of the State of Wisconsin to
Page 35 - Laws may be passed excluding from the right of suffrage all persons who have been or may be convicted of bribery or larceny, or of any Infamous crime, and depriving every person who shall make, or become directly or indirectly interested in, any bet or wager depending unon the result of any election,

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