Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-10-04
General Election Notice
STATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA co,
SHEFFt's DFFIfE,
les Mineral Point. Augusl Z, Ik5i

MIN TAI ibtht, august 4, le1i
N-OTICE is hereby gwen. that at the next General
~ Election to be held IN the several Towns aud Wards
State Wisconsin, the Tue day next succeed
ing the hrst Monftay in November, being the seventh
da, of said month, the following Officers are To be
eectad:
ARepresenative in Congress for the Second Congress-
ional Dstrio, comprising the counties nf Adam Bad
hx Buffalo, Chippea, Clark, Crawl rd Dane, Douglass,
bInn Grant Green, Iowa Jackson TIA u osse la Fay
cite La PonP Marathon Monroe Pierce Polk, PORTAGE,
Richand, Rock, CroN, SAL, and Trcmpeleaux,i ia the
place of Ben Eastman whose term Ut office will ex-
pire on the fourth day 81 March he>t
a State Senator the Fifteenth senate District
prlsng the Counties of Iowa anf Rrhand IN place of
levi sterling, whose term of Office i'll expire the
DIST Monday of January next.
Member of Assembly. tor eT@h Assembly District.
Also the following named Officers for iowa county,
viz sheriff Clerk of Court. Register OF Deeds, County
Treasurer Clerk of ths Board OF Supervisors, District
Attorney COUNT Surveyor ard Coroner
The following proposed amendment T. the Constitu-
ton of the State are to be submitted to The people at
such election, 20 wit;
Amend section 4 of Article as to read as follows
The members of Assembly shall be chosen blennialiy
by single Districts Tu. sday succeeding the
first Monday of November by the qualified electors of
the several districts; such districts to be bounded by
county precincts ward lines 70 consist of
iguous territory and TO be in as cJmpact form as
Amend last clause of Section of Article, to
rad as follows :-ss The Senate Districts shall he
bered in regular series The Senators chosen by the
present odd numbered districts, in HE year IA shall
hold their offices until the last day of December 1856
The Senators chosen by the pres even numbered dis
the 1877, shall hold their Offices until the
be chosen years but the Legislature
any appointments shalt so classify the senators
u be elected from any additional SENATE Dstrlct which
be ormed that the term of Office of all Senators
elected numbered districts shall expire at the
time and the term of office of all those elected
from odd numbered districts shall expire at the same
time
Amed Section II, 10 read f,ilows Sc The Legisa
she u the of government once in two
years. and oflen.r unless convened by the Governor
Zach elector may vote :ar against the first of the
anc-e named amendments nv depositng a ballot
Gaining the following woIds - For amendment to
ton FOUR against amendment. section FOUR
and f,r or against the second eb amendments
by d, posting ballot containing the H"rfs" for end
TO section Eve or" against amen'n ent 10 section
1--WE y; and Cor against the third of the amend
ment by depositing ballot containing The words " for
amendment to section eleven, or against amendment
section eleven. Tae votes given by electOr
against any all % said amen fments shall
ha Tot, and be deposited in separate box prepared
for The purpose The publication of the electors to be
the and Ihe votes canvasscd aud returned in the
in elect for State officers
c. y. MUM ORD, Sheriff
of Iowa