Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-09-27
General Election Notice,
FOR WOOD COUNTY.

t' Office is. hereby given that 1t the General
ia Election TO be held III the several Towns,
Wards and Election Precincts in the State of
. Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday, being the fourth day of No.
veuber next, the following officers are to be
elected, to wit:
Representative in Congress for the Sixth
Congressional District, for the term of two
years from the fourth day Of March next.
\ State Senator for the Twenty Seventh
Senate District in the place of 4. L. BROWNE
whose term of office will expire on the first
@ Monday of January next.
A Member Of Assembly in each Assembly
District, and sucn County Officers as are by
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 2o2 of the General Laws
of 1852, as follows:
Providing for a vote Of the People on an
amendment to the Constitution.
Tie people Of tic State of Wisconsin, represent
ed IN Senate and AsseRstly, do enact as foI
3oms: .-
Section |. At the general election to be
Monday in November, in the wear 1862 the
qualified electors of this State NAV vote for or
against the amendment 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
n7ent is as follows That Section five Of A rti-
Gle five of the Constitution be amended so as
10 read as follows: 1Sec. ). The Governor
shall receive during his continuance in Office,
an annual compensation of two thousand five
hundred dollars" - p.s 3.
Section 2. The votes cast on such amend
meat shall be by a separate ballot and shall
hsve written or printed, or partly printed Or
written on each of them the words, F'FeZ the
amendment TO the Constitution, y or Against
the amendment to the Constitution, - which
words shall Indicate the vote for or against
the ratification and adoption Of such amend
ment. The ballots so east shall be canvassed
and returned III the same manner as the votes
for State Officers are required by law TO be
carvassed and returned Also, the Secretary
of State shall immediately en- the completion
of said canvass, publish statement OF the re-
cult thereof i'll the State paper, and if ma
iority Of all the electors voting thereon shall
vote ''for the amendment to the Constitution, :"
ench amendment shall be deemed ratified and
adopted, aud shall so into effect immediately.
Otherwise it Shall be of no force or effect.
Approved Apri! 4, 1862. c lis
AT the same election, the question will be
.sken upon the approval by the peop'e of the
amendments proposed to the General Banking
Law, by Chapter POS Of the General Laws of
1862, as amended by Chapter 354 of the n
eraI Laws of 1862, as follows:
.t a- r-sa AN ACT
To amend Chapter = Of the Revised Statures
entitled ''of the Incorporation of Baking
Associations" -.
The psop}e Of tie State Of 1Ytsco,.s:s, rsorees.-
,.. III Senate 3 Asscol6iy do enact as foRoscs:
Section /. No bank or banking associa ion
ghaii demand or receive greater or higher
rate of interest upon any note discounted BY
sach bank or Banking association, Or for she
Joan or forbearance Of any money, goods or
things in action, than seven dollars anon one
hundred dollars for one year, art; after hat
rate for greater or less sum, or fra Longer.
or shorter time. Whenever the securities de
posted With the state Treasurer pozsecure the
redemption Of the circulating notes Of any
bank, shall be sold in. pursuance OF sections
iortv-oae and tortv-t0n ofsaid- chan ter II Tof3
the revised statutes if such securities shall
be or have been sold fora sun spiIirient.to re-
deem its outstanding notes at par, then the
Bank Comptroller Shall, after the saxnirarioa
of three years from the time Of sale of such
securities, pay ever to the legal representa- i've
OF any such bank, upon appiicttioa therefor
the surplus derived from the sale of said Sc
cursties, IL any there be remaining III the GUS
tody OF the Comptroller .s-
Sec 2. 1t tse general election 20 be held
On the Tuesday aext succeeding the first Nom
day in November, 1. D. 1852, at all the places
os holding elections in this State for the elee-
tor OF orIicecs required by law then to be
elected. the question whether this act shall