The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-09-17
General Election Notice.
IS HEREBY GIVEN tina. at the neo-

officers be elected, to-wit:
Representative in Congress, for the First Con-
gressional District compf islng the counties Rock
Racine, kenosha, Walworth aud Waukesha
Representative in Congress for the Second Con-
gressiOnal District comprising the counties of JEFF
ferson. Dane Sank and Columbia:
A Representative in Congress for the Third Con-
gressional District comprising the counties of Grant,
Iowa, La Fayette Green, Richland and Crawford:
Representative in Congress for the Fourth Con-
gressional District, comprising the counties of Mil
waukee, Ozaukee and Washington:
A Representative IN Congress for the Fifth Com
gressional District Comprising the counties of Dodge
Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and Manitowoc:
Representative IN Congress in the Sixth Con-
gress'onal District comprising the counties of Green
Lake, Waushara, Waupaca Outagamie, Wiunebago,
Calumet. Brown, kewaunee and Door.
A Representative in Congress in the Seventh Con-
gressional District, comprising the counties of Yer
non, La Crosse, Monroe, jackson, Trempeleau, Buff
talo, Pepin Pierce st Croix, Eau Claire and CLARK.
A Representative in Congress in the Eighth Con-
gressional District, comprising the counties of
oconto, shawano, Portage, Wood, Juneau, Adams,
Polk, Burnett, Bay field, Douglas ard Ashland
. Respectively IN the place of Charles C. Will
lams, Gerry ". Hazelton, j. Allen Barber, Alexan-
der Mitchell, Charles A. Eldridge, Philetu, Sawyer
Jeremiah NJ. Rusk, and Alexander S. McDill, whose
several terms of office will expire fourth day
OF March next.
A State Senator in the First Senate District COM
prising the county of Sheboygan in place of Patrick
H. ORourke, whose term of Office will expire the
first Monday In January. 1915
State Senator in the Third Senate District, COM
prising the first second, sixth and ninth wards of
the OF Milwaukee. and the towns OF Granville.
Milwaukee, and Hauwatosa in the county of VI IL
waukee, in the place of Z. w. Cotzhausen, whose
term OF Office will expire the first Monday in
January, 1875.
A State Senator in the Fifth Senate District COM
prisng the county of Racine i'll the place of Charles
Herrlck whose term of office will expire the first
Monday in January, 1875
State Senator in the Seventh Senate District
comprising the towns of Albion, Blooming Grove,
Bristol Burke, Chrlsiana; Cottage Grove, Deereld,
Dunkirk, Dunn: Medina Pleasant Springs sun Prairie
Windsor, York and the city of Madison in the coun
ty of Dane, in place of John A. Johnson whose term
OF office will expire on the first Monday in January,
1875.
A State Senator in the Ninth Senate District com
prisng the county of Iowa. ia place OF Francis Lit
tle whose term office will expire on the first Mon
day in January, 1873.
A State Senator in the Eleventh Senate District.
comprising the county Of Lafayette, in place of
Francis Campbell, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday in January, 1915.
State Senator in the Thirteenth Senate District,
comprising the county of Dodge, except the Fifth
and Six Wards OF the city of Watertown, in place
of S. D. Burchard, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday CT January, 1873.
State Senator in the Fifteenth Senate District,
comprising the county of Manitowoc, in place of
Carl H. Schmidt, whose term of Office will expire
the first Monday in January 1875.
State Senator in the Seventeenth Senate District
comprising the county of Rock, in place of IL. L.
Davis whose term of Office Will expire OH the first
Monday in January, 1875.
A State Senator in the Nineteenth Senate District.
comprising the county of Winnebago in place of
Robert McCurdy, whose term of office viii expire on
the first Monday in January. 1873.
State Senator in the TwentyFirst Senate Dis.
trcr, comprising the counties of Marathon, Oconto,
Shawano and Waupaca and the towns of ack Creek,
Bovina, Deer Creek, Ellington Ho"tonis, Liberty,
Maine, Maple Creek, Osborne and Seymour in the
county of Outag annie, in place of Myron II. McCord.
whose term of office will expire the first Monday
in January 1875.
A State Senator in the Twenty-Third Senate Dis.
trict, comprising the county of Jefferson, and the
fifth and sixth wards of the city of Watertown, in
Dodge county, in place of Walter S. Greene, whose
term Ct Office will expire or the FIRST Monday in Jan
uary, 1875.
A State Senator in the Twenty Fifth Senate Dis
trct comprising the counties Of Green Lake, Mar
quette and Waushara, in place &C r. L. D. Potter,
whose term Of office Will expire on the first Monday
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4 State Senator in the Twenty-seventh Senate
District comprising the county of Columbia in place
of E. o. Jones' whose term of Office " ill expire the
first Monday in January, 1875.
State Senator in the Twenty-Ninth Senate Dis
trict, comprising the counties OF Adams, Juneau,
Portage and Wood, in place of Thomas B. Scott.
whose term of office will expire on the first Monday
in January, 1875.
State Senator in the Thirty-First Senate District
comprising the county of La Crosse in place of G G.
Hixon, whose term of Office will expire OF the first
Monday in January, 1875
State Senator in the ThirtyThird Senate District
comprising the ounties of ozankee and Washington,
in place OF Adam Schantz whose term of office viii
expire on the first Monday in January, 1873
member of Assembly IL each Assembly district
in the State, and such county officers are by law
required to be elected at such election.
proposition for an amendment to the constitu-
ton is at the time to be submitted to vote of
the electors, pursuant to the provisions OF charter 81
of the laws of 1874 approved February IS, 1874 and
which is follows:
IAN ACT to submit to the people an amendment to
section three (3, article eleven ( CT the consti-
WHEREAS The legislature of the State of Wisconsin.
at its annual session for the year 1872 proposed
and adopted by vote of the majority et the mem
bers elected to each of the two houses, an amend
ment to the constitution of this state, IN the iol-
lowing language:
RESOLVED 5y the assembly, the Senate cocurring That
f,raa lnfo ftpla ale n
stituti0n of this state be amended, adding at the
end said section the following words: No county,
city town, village school district. or other munich
pal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted
any manner for any purpose to any amount,
including existing Indebtedness in the aggregate,
exceeding five per centum, the value of the tax
able property therein be ascertained by the last
assessment for state aud county taxes previous to
the ncul ring of such Indebtedness. Any county, |
CITY, town. village, school district, other munich
pal corporation mourning indebtedness as afofe-
said shall before at the time of doing provide
for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to
pay the interest on such debt as 1t falls due, ana
also pay and discharge the principal thereof with
in twenty years from the time OF contrac' ing the
and
WHEREAS the legislature of this state at its annual
session for the year 1873 agreed to such proposed
amendment by majority of all the members
elected to each house; now, therefore,
The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, represented an
Senate and Assembly, do enact as tottoaos;
Section l. The foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution of this state shall DO submitted to
the people, at general election, to be held on Tues
and if the people shall approve and raty said amend
ment by majority of the electors voting thereon,
said amendment shall become part OF the constitu-
tion of this state,
Section 3 The form Of the ballot in voting to ap
prove and ratify said proposed amendment shall lie
'for amending the constitution limiting bonded IN
debtedness by counties towns, cities and villages, to
five per cent and against said amendment, against
amending the constitution limiting the bonded in
debtedncss by counties towns, cities and villages to
five per cent" which shall be separate ballot
and shall be deposited in separate box TO be pro-
vded for that purpose and all persons qualified to
vote at any election in this state shall be ceemed
voters this question.
Section 8. The cast approving and ratifying
or disappearing said amendment shall be counted
and returned by the inspectors OF the elections IN
all respects votes for state officers are counted
and returned, and the officers now designated by
law the returns on this question at the
time and place, and under the same regulations
and restrictions provided by law for canvassing
and declaring the returns of elections for state
officers.
Section 4. Within three days after the determine
ton of said canvass, it shall be the duty of the
certify the result of the sad canvass to
the governor, who shall thereupon without delay
make proclamation of the result.
Section 5. The secretary of state is hereby reGur
ed include the substance of this act In the notice
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