Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-11-22
General Election Notice.
FOR WOOD COUNTY,

w ards and Election Pre- cincts In the State of
Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday, being the fourth day of No
vember next, the following officers are to be
elected, to wit:
A Representative in Congress for the Sixth
Congressional District, for the term of two
years from the fourth day of March next
I A State Senator for the TweRty-Seventh
Senate District, in the place of E. L. BROWNE.
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January next.
A Member of Assembly in each Assembly
District, and such County Officers as are bv
law required to be elected at such election.
At the same Election. the question will be
| taken upon the approval by the people, of the
| amendment proposed to Section Five, Article
| Five, of the Constitution of the State of Wis
consin, by Chapter 202 of the General Laws
of 1862, as follows:
AN ACT
Providing for a vote of the People OF an
amendment to the Constitution.
The people Of The State of Wisconsin. represent
ed in Senate and assembly, do enact as fol-
lors:
Section l. At the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first
Monday IN November, in the year 1862, the
qualified electors of this State may vote for or
aSaiiSt VIC dueuuHleuI TO the constitution
agreed to by the last and present Legislatures
and published before the last general election
as provided by the Constitution, which amend
ment is as follows: That Section five of Arti
Gle live OF the Constitution be amended so as
| to read as follows: ''Sec. 5. The Governor
shall receive during his continuance in Office,
an annual compensation Of two thousand five
hundred dollars"
Section .. The votes cast on such amend
| ment shall be by separate ballot, and shall
nave written or printed, or partly printed or
written on each of them the words, "For the
amendment to the Constitution" or "Apainst
the amendment to the Constitution, which
| words shall Indicate the vote for or against
| the ratification and adoption of such amend
nlcnt. The ballots SO cast shall be canvassed
and returned in the same manner as the votes
Tor State officers are required by law to be
canvassed and returned. Also, the Secretary
OF State shall Immediately on the completion
OF said canvass, publish statement of the 70.
suit thereof in the State paper, and if ma
jority of all the electors voting thereon shall
vote ''tor the amendment to the Constitution ="
such amendment shall be deemed ratified and
adopted, and shall go into effect immediately
otherwise it shall be of no force or effect.
Approved April 4, 1852.
AT the same election, the question will be
taken upon the approval by the people of the
amendments proposed to the General Banking
Law, by Chapter 2oS of the General Laws Of
1862, as amended by Chapter 354 of the Gen
eral Laws of 1862, as follows:
AN ACT
10 amend Chapter II of the Revised Statutes
entitled ''of the incorporation of BANKING
Associations"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represen-
Ted IN Senate and assembly, do enact as foAows
Section l. No bank or banking association
shall demand or receive greater or higher
rate of interest upon any note discounted bv
such bank or banking association, or for the
loan or forbearance of any money, goods or
| things in action, than seven dollars upon one
hundred dollars for one year, and after that
rate Tor greater or less sum, or for longer
or shorter time. Whenever the securities de.
| posted with the State Treasurer to secure the
redemption of the circulating notes of any
| bank shall be sold in pursuance of sections
torty-one and fortytwo of said chapter II Gof
the] revised statutes, if such securities shall
be or have been sold for sum sufficient to re-
deem its outstanding notes at par, then the
Bank Comptroller shall, after the expiration
OF three years from the time of sale of such
securities, pay over to the legal representative
| of any such bank, upon application therefor.
| the surplus derived from the sale of said Sc
curities, if any there be remaining in the Gus.
toby of the Comptroller
Sec. 2. At the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Mon
day in November, A. d. 1852, at all the places
OF holding elections in this State for the cleo
ton of officers required by law then to be
elected, the question wheth,r his act shall
become law and go into effect, or in anv
manner be i'll force, shall be submitted to the
people; and if the same shall be approved by
a majority of all the votes cast on the subject
1t shall go into effect; otherwise 1t shall not
go into effect nor be in force.
Sec s. The votes cast on TIE subject sneci
fed in the last preceding sectien, sSar ha hv
separate ballot, and shall have written c. nrin-
ted, or partly written and partly printed, on
each OF them, the words "for amendments 70
the banking law" or against amendment to
banking law, which words shall indicate the
vote tor or against the approval of this act
and the ballots so cast shall be canyassed and
returned in the same manner as the votes o.ct
Tor State officers are required by law to be re-
turned and canvassed; and the Secretary of
State SHALL Immediately on the completion of
sald canvass, publish a statement of the result
thereof in the official State Paper, and shall
communicate the same to the next Legislature
at the commencement of the session and he
shall also deliver to the State Treasurer a GER
tilted copy thereof, with a statement of the re-
suit of the canvass upon the subject, immedi-
ately after the completion of the canvass.
Sec. 4 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the twentieth day of Jan
uary, A. D. 1868.
Sec. s. All acts or parts of acts conRictinp
with or in any way contravening the previs.
ions OF this act, are hereby repealed
Chapter 2o3 approved April 4, 1862; chap
ter 354 approved June II, 1862
Said election to be conducted, the votes can
vassed and returns made, in accordance with
the provisions of chapter of the Revised
Statutes of 1853
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at the Capitol in Madison, On the
fourth day of August, A. D. 1862
JAMES T. LEWIS,