SEC. 4. At the general election to be held in the year nineteen hundred twenty-six, in each sixteenth year thereafter and at such other times as may be provided by law, the question of a general revision of the constitution shall be submitted to the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature. In case a majority of such electors voting at such election shall decide in favor of a convention for such purpose, at the next biennial spring election the electors of each senatorial district of the state as then organized shall elect three delegates. The delegates so elected shall convene at the state capitol on the first Tuesday in September next succeeding such election, and shall continue their sessions until the business of the convention shall be completed. A majority of the delegates elected shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The convention shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings and judge of the qualifications, elections and returns of its members. In case of a vacancy by death, resignation or otherwise, of any delegate, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the governor of a qualified resident of the same district. The convention shall have power to appoint such officers, employes and assistants as it may deem necessary and to fix their compensation, and to provide for the printing and distribution of its documents, journals and proceedings. Each delegate shall receive for his services the sum of one thousand dollars and the same mileage as shall then be payable to members of the legislature, but such compensation may be increased by law. No proposed constitution or amendment adopted by such convention shall be submitted to the electors for approval as hereinafter provided unless by the assent of a majority of all the delegates elected to the convention, the yeas and nays being entered on the journal. Any proposed constitution or amendments adopted by such convention shall be submitted to the qualified electors in the manner provided by such convention on the first Monday in April following the final adjournment of the convention; but, in case an interval of at least ninety days shall not intervene between such final adjournment and the date of such election, then it shall be submitted at the next general election. Upon the approval of such constitution or amendments by a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon such constitution or amendments shall take effect on the first day of January following the approval thereof.

SCHEDULE.

That no inconvenience may arise from the changes in the constitution of this state, and in order to carry the same into complete operation, it is hereby declared that:

SECTION 1. The common law and the statute laws now in force, not repugnant to this constitution, shall remain in force until they expire by their own limitations, or are altered or repealed.

SEC. 2. All writs, actions, causes of action, prosecutions and rights of individuals, and of bodies corporate, and of the state, and all charters of incorporation which shall not have been heretofore forfeited or become subject to forfeiture shall continue; and all complaints, informations or indictments which shall have been made, filed or found or which may hereafter be made, filed or found for any crime or offense committed before the adoption of this constitution, may be proceeded upon as if no change had taken place. The several courts shall continue with the same powers and jurisdiction, both at law and in equity, as heretofore, until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 3. All fines, taxes, penalties, forfeitures and escheats, accruing to the state or any municipal corporation under the existing constitution and laws, shall accrue to the use of the state or such municipal corporation under this constitution.

SEC. 4. All recognizances, bonds, obligations and all other instruments entered into or executed before the adoption of this constitution to the people of this state, or to any municipal corporation, or to any public officer or public body, or which may be entered into or executed under existing laws to the people of this state or to any such officer or public body shall remain binding and valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same shall continue and may be prosecuted as provided by law. And all crimes and misdemeanors and penal actions shall be prosecuted, tried and punished as though no change had taken place, until otherwise provided by law.

SEC. 5. All officers, civil and military, now holding any office or appointment, shall continue to hold their respective offices, unless removed by competent authority, until superseded under the laws now in force or under this constitution.

SEC. 6. All officers elected under the existing constitution and laws on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight, shall take office on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, under this constitution.

SEC. 7. Until otherwise provided, the salaries or compensation of all public officers shall continue as provided under the existing constitution and laws.

SEC. 8. The attorney general of the state shall prepare and report to the legislature at the commencement of the next session such changes in existing laws as may be deemed necessary to adapt the same to this constitution.

SEC. 9. Any territory attached or that may be attached to any county for judicial purposes, if not otherwise represented, shall be considered as forming a part of such county, so far as regards elections for the purpose of representation.

SEC. 10. This constitution shall be submitted to the people for their adoption or rejection at the general election to be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, nineteen hundred eight. It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to forthwith give notice of such submission to the sheriffs of the several counties, and it shall also be the duty of the secretary of state and all other officers required to give or publish any notice in regard to said election, to give notice as provided by law in case of an election for governor, that this constitution will be duly submitted to the electors at said election.

SEC. 11. Every person entitled to vote for members of the legislature under the existing constitution and laws may vote on said adoption or rejection, and the board of election commissioners in each county shall cause to be printed on a ballot separate from the ballot containing the names of the nominees for office the words "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] Yes." "Adoption of the Revised Constitution [ ] No." All votes cast at said election shall be taken, counted, canvassed and returned as provided by law for the election of state officers. Should the revised constitution so submitted receive more votes in its favor than shall be cast against it, it shall be the supreme law of the state on and after the first day of January, nineteen hundred nine, except as herein otherwise provided; otherwise it shall be rejected.

Adopted by the Constitutional Convention, February 21, 1908, and ratified by the electors, November 3, 1908.

HISTORY OF AMENDMENTS.

SUMMARY OF VOTES BY WHICH ADOPTED OR REJECTED FROM 1909 TO 1915.

NOVEMBER, 1910.

An amendment "Relative to bonded indebtedness of counties," was submitted to the people November 8, 1910, and adopted by the following vote: For, 131,147; against, 128,729.

APRIL, 1911.

An amendment "Relative to the apportionment of primary school interest money," was submitted to the people April 3, 1911, and adopted by the following vote: For, 246,167; against, 118,391.

NOVEMBER, 1912.

An amendment "Relative to the right of women to vote," was submitted to the people November 5, 1912, and rejected by the following vote: For, 247,375; against, 248,135.

An amendment "Relative to the amendment of the charters of cities and villages," was submitted to the people November 5, 1912, and adopted by the following vote: For, 285,373; against, 137,972.

APRIL, 1913.

An amendment "Relative to the right of women to vote," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and rejected by the following vote: For, 168,738; against, 264,882.

An amendment "Relative to initiative and referendum on constitutional amendments," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 204,796; against, 162,392.

An amendment "Relative to the initiative and referendum upon legislative matters," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 219,057; against, 152,388.

An amendment "Relative to the relief, insuring, or pensioning of members of fire departments," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and rejected by the following vote: For, 179,948; against, 206,204.

An amendment "Relative to the recall of elective officers," was submitted to the people April 7, 1913, and adopted by the following vote: For, 237,743; against, 145,412.

NOVEMBER, 1914.

An amendment "Relative to issue of bonds for construction and permanent improvement of public wagon roads," was submitted to the people November 3, 1914, and rejected by the following vote: For, 164,333; against, 202,087.

An amendment "Relative to the issue of bonds for the construction of drains and development and improvement of agricultural lands within the county," was submitted to the people November 3, 1914, and rejected by the following vote: For, 165,290; against, 199,873:

An amendment "Relative to the right of students while in attendance at any institution of learning; members of the legislature while in attendance at any session of the legislature, or commercial travelers to vote," was submitted to the people November 3, 1914, and adopted by the following vote: For, 190,510; against, 175,948.

An amendment "Relative to the incorporation, regulation, and supervision of fraternal beneficiary societies," was submitted to the people November 3, 1914, and rejected by the following vote: For, 92,392; against, 291,776.

APRIL, 1915.

An amendment "Relative. to permitting drainage districts to issue bonds for drainage purposes," was submitted to the people April 5, 1915, and rejected by the following vote: For, 191,337; against, 198,553.