WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION


    Clerks of circuit and supreme courts. SECTION 12. [As amended November
1882] There shall be a
clerk of the circuit court chosen in each county organized for judicial purposes
by the qualified
electors thereof, who shall hold his office for two years, subject to removal
as shall be provided by
law; in case of a vacancy, the judge of the circuit court shall have power
to appoint a clerk until
the vacancy shall be filled by an election; the clerk thus elected or appointed
shall give such
security as the legislature may require. The supreme court shall appoint
its own clerk, and a
clerk of the circuit court may be appointed a clerk of the supreme court.
[1881 AJR-16; 1882 SJR-20;
1882 c. 2901
    Justices and judges: removal by address.   SECTION 13. [As amended April
19771 Any justice or
judge may be removed from office by address of both houses of the legislature,
if two-thirds of all
the members elected to each house concur therein, but no removal shall be
made by virtue of this
section unless the justice or judge complained of is served with a copy of
the charges, as the
ground of address, and has had an opportunity of being heard. On the question
of removal, the
ayes and noes shall be entered on the journals. [1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-91
    Municipal court. SECTION 14. [As amended April 1977] The legislature
by law may authorize each
city, village and town to establish a municipal court. All municipal courts
shall have uniform
jurisdiction limited to actions and proceedings arising under ordinances
of the municipality in
which established. Judges of municipal courts may receive such compensation
as provided by
the municipality in which established, but may not receive fees of office.
[1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9]
    SECTION 15. [Repealed. 1963 SJR-32; 1965 SJR-26; vote April 1966]
    SECTION 16. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 19771
    SECTION 17. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 19771
    SECTION 18. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977]
    SECTION  19. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977]
    SECTION 20. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977] See
Art. I, sec. 21.
    SECTION 21. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977] See
Art. IV, sec. 17.
    SECTION 22. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977]
    SECTION 23. [Repealed. 1975 AJR-11; 1977 SJR-9; vote April 1977]
    Justices and judges: eligibility for office; retirement. SECTION 24.
[As amended April 1977] (1) To
be eligible for the office of supreme court justice or judge of any court
of record, a person must be
an attorney licensed to practice law in this state and have been so licensed
for 5 years immedi-
ately prior to election or appointment.
    (2) Unless assigned temporary service under subsection (3), no person
may serve as a
supreme court justice or judge of a court of record beyond the July 31 following
the date on
which such person attains that age, of not less than 70 years, which the
legislature shall prescribe
by law.
    (3) A person who has served as a supreme court justice or judge of a
court of record may, as
provided by law, serve as a judge of any court of record except the supreme
court on a temporary
basis if assigned by the chief justice of the supreme court. [1975 AJR-11;
1977 SJR-9]

                                         ARTICLE VIII.
                                           FINANCE
    Rule of taxation uniform; income, privilege and occupation taxes. SECTION
1. [As amended April
1974] The rule of taxation shall be uniform but the legislature may empower
cities, villages or towns
to collect and return taxes on real estate located therein by optional methods.
Taxes shall be
levied upon such property with such classifications as to forests and minerals
including or sepa-
rate or severed from the land, as the legislature shall prescribe. Taxation
of agricultural land and
undeveloped land, both as defined by law, need not be uniform with the taxation
of each other
nor with the taxation of other real property. Taxation of merchants' stock-in-trade,
manufac-
turers' materials and finished products, and livestock need not be uniform
with the taxation of
real property and other personal property, but the taxation of all such merchants'
stock-in-trade,
manufacturers' materials and finished products and livestock shall be uniform,
except that the


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