Wisconsin Question 1, Home Rule Amendment (1924)
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| Topic County and municipal governance |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Wisconsin Question 1 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Wisconsin on November 4, 1924. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the constitution to provide cities and counties the ability to create local laws under the constraints of the state constitution and law. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the constitution to provide cities and counties the ability to create local laws under the constraints of the state constitution and law. |
Election results
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Wisconsin Question 1 |
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299,792 | 61.19% | ||
| No | 190,165 | 38.81% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Question 1 was as follows:
| “ | Shall amendment to Article IX, Section 3, of the constitution, providing for home rule for cities and villages, be adopted? | ” |
Constitutional changes
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That section 3 of Article XI of the, constitution be amended to read: (Article XI) Section 3. Cities and villages organized pursuant to state law * * * are hereby empowered, to determine their local affairs and government, subject only to this constitution and to such enactments of the legislature of state-wide concern as shall with uniformity affect every city or every village. The method of such determination shall be prescribed by the legislature. * * * No county, city, town, village, school district, or other municipal corporations hall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to any 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. Any county, city, town, village, 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; except that when such indebtedness is Incurred in the acquisition of lands by cities, or by counties having a population of one hundred fifty thousand or over, for public, municipal purposes , or for the permanent Improvement thereof, the city or county Incurring the same shall, before or at the time of so doing, 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 a period not exceeding fifty years from the time of contracting the same.[1]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
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