Marshall v. Dane County Board of Supervisors

Sec. 10.43, Stats., is a referendum statute applicable only to cities that provides that, upon petition signed by fifteen per cent of the voters of the city requesting, the city council shall pass a proposed ordinance without change within thirty days or submit it to a vote of the people at an ensuing election. Ch. 263, Laws of 1939, enacted sec. 59.074, Stats., sub. (1) of which provides that any county may proceed under sec. 10.43 to establish a civil-service system of selection, tenure, and status, applicable to all county employees other than elective constitutional officers, members of…