Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-02
GENERAL ELE TON NOTICE
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.


SHERIfF's OFFICE, kenosha Aug. -, 1854
nTOIlrE is HEREBY GIVEN, that at the next
"a General Election TO be held in the several
Towns and Wards in The County Of keEosha and
State of Wisconsin, HE Tuesday next succeed
ing The first Monday IN November being the seventh
day OF said month, the following Officers are TO De
elected:
4 Representative in Congress for the First Con-
gressional district, comprising lie counties Of he
nJsha, Milwaukee. Racine Aaiworth and Na'i6e-
sha in the place OF Daniel Wells Jr. whose term
OF Office viii expire on The fourth Gay oi March
4 Member of Assembly for the First, Second and
Third Il ards OF The City vi kenozha and the Towns
Of eomers and Pleasant Prairie. in the place of
Sainuel Hale, whose term OF office will expire on
The ttiry-iirsI day Of December text;
4 Member OF Assembly for Tie Towns OF Bristol.
Paris, Brighton, Salem anal Wheailand, in place OF
Jesse Hooker, hose term OF u9- &C viii expire on
the thirty first OF December next;
4 Clerk Of the Circuit and County Courts, in
plSce OF Oscar +. Dana whose term Of Office viii
expire on The thirty-ligst Gay If december next:
y Clerk Of the board vi Supervisors in place OF
Reuben IL. Drming whose Term Of office will expire
on tie thirty first day CT December next;
4 County Treasurer, in place OF Michael Frank,
whuse term Of Office Will expire Oil The thiity-iirsI
day of December next:
A Sheriff, in place of Patrick Cosgrave. whose
term OF office vial expire On the lhrt!-iirs da! OF
December next;
Register OF Deeds. in place of Samuel y
HrsLde, whose term OF Office will expire toll the
thirty-irst day of December ncXl;
A District Attorney, in place OF Isaac w. Web
stcr, whose term of Office will expire on the thirty
first Gey of December next;
4 County Surveyor. in place Of Meredith How
and, hose term OF office viii expire on The thirty
first day Of December next;
Coroner, Ia place oi Pililp Cary whose term
Of Office Will expire Gu Ihe .hir day OF Decein-
ter next
The following proposd amendments
TO the Constitution Of the State. are 10 be
submitted TO lie peol pie III sach c!cction 10 Wit:
Amend secliesr4 OF Article 4, rs to read fol-
lows: ''Thc Meiubers of Assembly shall be chosen
bicuualty by single districts. on .be Tuesday next
succeeding the first Monday OF November, by the
qualified electors Of the several dslrcis such dis
tricts 10 be bounded hycoGn4, picciGcI, tcwn or
ward lines 10 consist Of contiguous territory and Ia
be in rs compact form us practicable"
Amend last clause OF Section 5 OF same Article
20 read follows: tho senate districts shall
lie numbered in regular series. The sruators cho.
sen by the present odd numbered districts, in the
year e5i shall hold their offices until Tie lust III
Of December, 1880 The senator's chosen by The
present even numbered districts. in HE year lo5J
shall hold their Offices unit the last day of Decem-
Der, 1855 Thereafter senators shall be chosen cI
The term Of four year,. bat tie Legislature al any
apporiiunmCnt, SHAH so classify the senator. /,
be elected from any additional ,ennie district which
may be formed, that The term Of Ufice OF all scna
tors elected from even numbered districts shall cX
pire Ut tie time, and the term "i flee OF al
those elected from odd numbered Districts shall cX
! pire III the same tme.'
Amend Section II Us 10 read rs follows: 9Th,
Legislature shall meet at the sent OF government
la two years and not oileiser, unlcse encl
| ~ The Governor"
Each clccior may vote for or against the frst q
| he above named amendments. by deposng II bal
| lot containing the following words: for amend
rncnt 10 section FOUR or against amendment tt
section lour: and for against the sscoId of III,
above amendments by depostinga ballet containing
| the words. '.ior amendment to section five" o
against amendment 10 section five; - and for o.
against the third of the above amendments by de
! POSTING ballot co"taining The words, " for amend
incnt TO section cieVcn," or "against amendment Il
section eleven" The votes given by any ccctor 10
or against any all Of said amendments shall be OF
one ballot. and TO be deposited in n separate DO,
prepared for the purpose, The qualification OF III,
electors be the same, and tbs votes canva>scd ans
returned in the same manner as in election for state
iii crs. i. COSGRANE,
dI55w9d Sheriff of kcno.ha Co., Wis.