Article XIV, Wisconsin Constitution
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Article XIV of the Wisconsin Constitution is entitled Schedule and consists of 16 sections.
Section 1
| Text of Section 1:
Effect of Change from Territory to State That no inconvenience may arise by reason of a change from a territorial to a permanent state government, it is declared that all rights, actions, prosecutions, judgments, claims and contracts, as well of individuals as of bodies corporate, shall continue as if no such change had taken place; and all process which may be issued under the authority of the territory of Wisconsin previous to its admission into the union of the United States shall be as valid as if issued in the name of the state.[1] |
Section 2
| Text of Section 2:
Territorial Laws Continued All laws now in force in the territory of Wisconsin which are not repugnant to this constitution shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitation or be altered or repealed by the legislature.[1] |
Section 3
| Text of Section 3:
Territorial Fines Accrue to State |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 4
| Text of Section 4:
Rights of Action and Prosecutions Saved |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 5
| Text of Section 5:
Existing Officers Hold over |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 6
| Text of Section 6:
Seat of Government |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 7
| Text of Section 7:
Local Officers Hold over |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 8
| Text of Section 8:
Copy of Constitution for President |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 9
| Text of Section 9:
Ratification of Constitution; Election of Officers |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 10
| Text of Section 10:
Congressional Apportionment |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 11
| Text of Section 11:
First Elections |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 12
| Text of Section 12:
Legislative Apportionment |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 13
| Text of Section 13:
Common Law Continued in Force Such parts of the common law as are now in force in the territory of Wisconsin, not inconsistent with this constitution, shall be and continue part of the law of this state until altered or suspended by the legislature.[1] |
Section 14
| Text of Section 14:
Officers, When to Enter on Duties |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 15
| Text of Section 15:
Oath of Office |
Repealed Nov. 1982; see 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982.[1]
Section 16
| Text of Section 16:
Implementing Revised Structure of Judicial Branch (4) [Amended Nov. 1982] The terms of office of justices of the supreme court serving on August 1, 1978, shall expire on the July 31 next preceding the first Monday in January on which such terms would otherwise have expired, but such advancement of the date of term expiration shall not impair any retirement rights vested in any such justice if the term had expired on the first Monday in January. [1975 J.R. 13, 1977 J.R. 7, vote April 1977; 1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982] |
Created April 1977; as affected Nov. 1982, (1), (2), (3) and (5) repealed.[1]
See also
- State constitution
- Constitutional article
- Constitutional amendment
- Constitutional revision
- Constitutional convention
- Amendments
External links
- Wisconsin State Legislature, "Wisconsin Constitution"
- Wisconsin Historical Society, "Turning Points of Wisconsin History: The State Constitutions of 1846 and 1848"
Additional reading
- Stark, Jack. (2011). The Wisconsin State Constitution, New York, New York: Oxford University Press
- Janik, Erika. (2010). A Short History of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
- Stark, Jack. (1997). The Wisconsin State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing
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