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and Calumet; and the fifth circuit shall comprise the counties of Iowa, Grant, Crawford, and Richland; and the counties of Chippewa, St. Crolx, and La Point sball be attached to the county of Crawford for judicial purposes until otherwise provided by the legislature.
Sec. 6. The legislature may alter, increase, or diminish the number of circuits, making them as compact and convenient as may be, and bounding them by county lines; but no alteration or diminution of the number of circuits shall have the effect to remove a judge from office.
Sec. 7. For each circuit tbere shall be a judge chosen by the qualified electors therein, who shall hold his office for the term of five years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified; and after he shall have been elected he shall reside in the circuit for which he was elected. One of said judges shall be designated as chief justice, in such manner as the legislature shall provide.
Sec. 8. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal within this state not otherwise excepted in this constitution and not hereafter prohibited by law, and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals and a supervisory control over the same. They shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and all other writs necessary to enforce their own jurisdiction and give them a general control over inferior courts and jurisdictions.
Sec. 9. When a vacancy shall happen in the office of a supreme or circuit judge, such vacancy shall be filled by an appointment by the governor, which shall continue until a successor is elected and qualified, and, when elected, such successor shall hold his office for a full term. No election for judges or for any single judge of the supreme or circuit court shall be held within, thirty days of any general election for state or county officers.
Sec. 10. Each of the judges of the supreme and circuit courts shall receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars annually. They shall receive no fees of office or other compensation than their salaries; they shall hold no other office ot public trust, and all votes for either of them for any office except that of judge of the supreme or circuit court, given by the legislature or the people, shall be void. If any judge shall resign his office, he shall not be eligible or appointed to any office within two years after such resignation. No person shall be elected to the office of judge who is not a citizen of the United States, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who shall not have resided within this state or territory two years previous to his election.
Sec. 11. The supreme court shall hold at least one term in each judicial circuit, annually, at such times and places as shall be provided by law. A circuit court shall be held in each county of this state, organized for judicial purposes, at least twice in each year. The circuit
Object Description
| Page Title | Rejected Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1846 |
| Author | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention (1846) |
| Source Creation Date | 1846 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP054000 |
| Description | After months of debate, the 1846 constitutional convention produced this document. It was controversial from the start and provoked widespread debate and condemnation, chiefly for provisions that would have given women the right to own property, African-Americans and immigrants the right to vote, and for another that would have prohibited privately owned banks. After it was rejected by voters (all of them white males, by definition, and including a strong pro-banking constituency in the lakeshore counties of eastern Wisconsin), a second constitutional convention was called in 1847. This produced a new, less controversial, draft that was finally ratified by voters and led to Wisconsin's admittance as a state in 1848; it is linked elsewhere on the Turning Points site. We present here the manuscript of the first, rejected state constitution of 1846. Click "Page & Text" to see a typed version of any page. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Recommended Citation | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention (1846). Rejected Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, 1846. Original manuscript in the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives (Series 182); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=54 |
| Document Number | TP054 |
| Size | 29 p. ; 42 cm. x 27 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=54 |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Series 182; WIHV182-A |
| Genre | legal document |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Gender | female; male |
| Race and Ethnicity | African Americans |
| Sub-Topic | The State Constitutions of 1846 and 1848 |
| Event Date | 1846 |
| Event Years | 1846 |
| Economics | Banks and banking; Finance; Property |
| Education | Schools |
| Occupations | Judges; Legislators; Lawyers |
| Politics | Civil rights; Elections; Women--Suffrage; |
| Social Relations | Slavery; Race relations |
| Type | Text |
Description
| Page Title | Page 10 |
| Source Creation Date | 1846 |
| Language | English |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | We believe that online reproduction of this material is permitted because its copyright protection has lapsed or because sharing it here for non-profit educational purposes complies with the Fair Use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law. Teachers and students are generally free to reproduce pages for nonprofit classroom use. For advice about other uses, or if you believe that you possess copyright to some of this material, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP054010 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives |
| Format | Text |
| Size | 29 p. ; 42 cm. x 27 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Main Stacks |
| Owner Object ID | Series 182 |
| Full Text | and Calumet; and the fifth circuit shall comprise the counties of Iowa, Grant, Crawford, and Richland; and the counties of Chippewa, St. Crolx, and La Point sball be attached to the county of Crawford for judicial purposes until otherwise provided by the legislature. Sec. 6. The legislature may alter, increase, or diminish the number of circuits, making them as compact and convenient as may be, and bounding them by county lines; but no alteration or diminution of the number of circuits shall have the effect to remove a judge from office. Sec. 7. For each circuit tbere shall be a judge chosen by the qualified electors therein, who shall hold his office for the term of five years, and until his successor shall be chosen and qualified; and after he shall have been elected he shall reside in the circuit for which he was elected. One of said judges shall be designated as chief justice, in such manner as the legislature shall provide. Sec. 8. The circuit courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters civil and criminal within this state not otherwise excepted in this constitution and not hereafter prohibited by law, and appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals and a supervisory control over the same. They shall also have power to issue writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, quo warranto, certiorari, and all other writs necessary to enforce their own jurisdiction and give them a general control over inferior courts and jurisdictions. Sec. 9. When a vacancy shall happen in the office of a supreme or circuit judge, such vacancy shall be filled by an appointment by the governor, which shall continue until a successor is elected and qualified, and, when elected, such successor shall hold his office for a full term. No election for judges or for any single judge of the supreme or circuit court shall be held within, thirty days of any general election for state or county officers. Sec. 10. Each of the judges of the supreme and circuit courts shall receive a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars annually. They shall receive no fees of office or other compensation than their salaries; they shall hold no other office ot public trust, and all votes for either of them for any office except that of judge of the supreme or circuit court, given by the legislature or the people, shall be void. If any judge shall resign his office, he shall not be eligible or appointed to any office within two years after such resignation. No person shall be elected to the office of judge who is not a citizen of the United States, who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who shall not have resided within this state or territory two years previous to his election. Sec. 11. The supreme court shall hold at least one term in each judicial circuit, annually, at such times and places as shall be provided by law. A circuit court shall be held in each county of this state, organized for judicial purposes, at least twice in each year. The circuit |
| Event Date | 1846 |
| Event Years | 1846 |
| Type | Text |