No. 13, A.] [Published December 20, 1905. CHAPTER 3. AN ACT to amend section 13 of chapter 216 of the laws of 1905, entitled, "An act to amend chapter 315 of the laws of 1903, relating to the taxation of railroads." The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Rate of interest, how drawn. SECTION 1. Section 13 of chapter 216 of the laws of 1905, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "If, for any reason the foregoing provision of this section be held to be invalid, then and in that case said taxes shall draw interest at the rate of fifteen per cent. per annum, from and after the expiration of thirty days from the passage and publication of this act.” SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved December 19, 1905. No. 16, A.] [Published December 20, 1905. CHAPTER 4. AN ACT to amend subsection 2 of section 14 of chapter 451 of the laws of 1903, relating to primary elections. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Voting and registration at primaries. SECTION 1. Subsection 2 of section 14 of chapter 451 of the laws of 1903 is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Except in cities of the first class every primary election day and the Monday next preceding shall be registration days where registration is required on which the inspectors shall exercise the powers prescribed by sections 25 and 26, statutes of 1898, but no person shall be registered on or after the day of holding the primary without personally appearing before the inspectors. In cities of the first class every primary election day and the Tuesday next preceding shall be registration days where registration is required on which the inspectors shall exercise the powers prescribed by sections 25 and 26, statutes of 1898, but no person shall be registered on or after the day of holding the primary without personally appearing before the inspectors. At least three days before the holding of a primary election the city clerk shall furnish the city committees of the various political parties with six copies of the printed registry lists, as compiled at the first registration, and only voters whose names appear on such registry lists shall be allowed to cast their ballot at a primary election, except it is shown by affidavit that the elector is a qualified voter and resident of the precinct, which affidavit must be corroborated by at least two freeholders, electors in said district. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved December 19, 1905. No. 7, A.] [Published December 20, 1905. CHAPTER 5. AN ACT relating to primary elections and amendatory of chapter 451, of the laws of 1903. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Nomination papers, how prepared and signed. SECTION 1. Subdivision 5 of section 5 of chapter 451, of the laws of 1903, is hereby amended to read as follows: Subdivision 5. Such nomination papers shall be signed,- (a) If for a state office by at least one per cent. of the voters of the party of such candidate in at least each of six counties in the state, and in the aggregate not less than one per cent., nor more than ten per cent. of the total vote of his party in the state. (b) If for a representative in congress, by at least two per cent. of the voters of his party, in at least one-tenth of the election precincts in each of at least one-half of the counties. of the congressional district, and in the aggregate not less than two per cent., nor more than ten per cent. of the total vote of his party in such district. (c) If for an office representing less than a congressional district in area, or a county office, by at least three per cent. of the party vote in at least one-sixth of the election precincts of such district and in the aggregate not less than three per cent., nor more than ten per cent. of the total vote of his party in such district. The basis of percentage in each case shall be the vote of the party for the presidential elector receiving the largest vote at the last preceding presidential election. But any political organization which at the last preceding general election was represented on the official ballot by either regular party candidates or by individual nominees only, may, upon complying with the provisions of this act, have a separate primary election ticket as a political party, if any of its candidates or individual nominees received one per cent. of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election in the state, or subdivision thereof, in which the candidate seeks the nomination. Nomination papers may also be filed for non-partisan candidates; such papers shall contain at least two per cent. and not more than ten per cent. of the total vote cast at the last preceding general election in the state, or subdivision thereof, in which the person is a candidate, such signers to be distributed in each case as required by the provisions of this act. Nomination papers, where filed. SECTION 2. Section 6 of chapter 451, of the laws of 1903, is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. All nomination papers shall be filed as follows: 1. For state officers, United States senators, representatives in congress, and those members of senate and assembly whose districts comprise more than one county, in the office of the secretary of state. 2. For officers to be voted for wholly within one county, in the office of the county clerk of such county. 3. For city officers, in the office of the city clerk. 4. When nomination papers shall be received which contain ten per cent. of the total vote as limited in subdivisions a, b and c, of section 5 of this act, the clerk with whom such papers are required to be filed shall not receive or file further nomination papers for the candidate named therein. The penal provision. SECTION 3. Subdivision 1 of section 24 of chapter 451 of the laws of 1903 is hereby amended to read as follows: 1. Any person who shall offer, or with knowledge of the same, permit any person to offer for his benefit any bribe to a voter to induce him to sign any nomination paper and any person who shall accept any such bribe or promise of gain of any kind in the nature of a bribe as consideration for signing the same, whether such bribe or promise of gain in the nature of a bribe be offered or accepted before or after such signing, or any candidate who shall knowingly cause a nomination paper, or papers, to be signed in his behalf by more than the maximum number of qualified electors provided for his district by subdivision 5 of section 5 of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon trial and conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than twentyfive nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail of not less than ten days nor more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved December 19, 1905. No. 8, A.] [Published December 20, 1905. CHAPTER 6. AN ACT to amend section 17 of chapter 315 of the laws of 1903, entitled an act to provide for the taxation of railroad companies and making an appropriation therefor. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Irregularities not to invalidate tax; tax levy validated. SECTION 1. Section 17 of chapter 315, of the laws of 1903, is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the following: No tax actually levied upon the general property of the state in any county, town, city, village or school district shall be held invalid for the purposes of this act on account of being in excess of the rate of taxation prescribed by law. The aggregate amount of taxes heretofore actually levied. upon the general property of the state and heretofore used by the state board of assessment in any year in ascertaining the average rate of taxation under this act is hereby declared valid. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved December 19, 1905. No. 7, S.] [Published December 20, 1905. CHAPTER 7. AN ACT to provide for a committee of the legislature to investigate the state university and make an appropriation therefor. WHEREAS, The legislature has by joint resolution provided for a committee to investigate the state university, The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: Investigation authorized; appropriation for. SECTION 1. For the purposes enumerated in joint resolution No. 5, A., providing for a committee to investigate the state university a sum of money sufficient to carry out said purposes, but not to exceed $10,000, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. All bills for the expenses of the committee, including witness fees and compensation for counsel, clerks, stenographers and assistants, shall be approved by the committee, certified by the chairman thereof, and audited by the governor and secretary of state, who shall issue his warrant therefor upon the state treasurer. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication. Approved December 19, 1905, |