The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-09-05

on the first Monday in January, 1875.
state senator in the Thirty-hrst senate
district, comprising the county of Lacrosse,
in place of e. c. Hixon, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday in January,
1875.
4 state senator in the Thirty third senate
district, comprising the counties of Ozaukee
and Washington, IN place of Adam Schantz,
whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday in January, 1878.
A member of assembly in each assembly
district in the state, and such county officers
as are by law required TO be elected at such
election.
a proposition for an amendment to the
constitution is at the same time to be sub
mitted to vote of the electors, pursuant TO
the provisions of chapter 81, of the laws OF
1874, approved February Is, 1874 and which
is as follows:
''An Act to submit to the people an amend
ment to section three (3), article eleven
QD, of the constitution.
Whereas, The legislature of the state of Wis
consn, at its annual session for the year
1872, proposed and adopted, by a vote OF
the majority of the members elected to each
of the two houses, an amendment to the
constitution of this state, in the following
ing language:
Resolved by the Assembly, the Senate con
curing That section three (3) of article elev-
en- II of the constitution of this state be
amended, adding at the end of said section
the following words: No county, city, town,
village, school district, or other municipal
corporation, shall be allowed to become in
debted in any manner or for any purpose, to
any amount, including existing Indebtedness
in the aggregate, exceeding five per centum,
on the value of the taxable property therein,
to be ascertained by the last assessment for
state and county taxes previous to the incur
ring of such Indebtedness. Any county, city,
town, village school district or other munic-
ipal corporation, incurring any Indebtedness
as aforesaid, shall before or at the time of
doing So provide for the collection of di-
rect annual tax sufficient to pay the interest
on such debt, as it falls due, and also to pay
and discharge the principal thereof, within
twenty years from the time of contracting
the same; and,
| Whereas, the legislature of this state, at
! its annual session for the year 1878, agreed
to such proposed amendment by majority OF
all the members elected to each house; now,
therefore,
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly do enact as
follows:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution Of this state shall be
submitted to the people, at a general election
! to be held en- Tuesday, succeeding the first
! Monday of November, 1874 and if the people
shall approve and ratify said amendment by
a majority of the electors voting thereon,
said amendment shall become a part of the
! constitution of this state.
/ Sec. >. The form of the ballot in voting to
approve and ratjfy said proposed amendment
/ shall be ''for amending the constitution linn
! iting bonded Indebtedness by counties, towns
cities and villages, to five per cent" and
against said amendment, against amending
the constitution limiting the bonded indebt
edness by counties towns, cities and villages
TO five per cent" which shall be on sepa
rate ballot and shall be deposited in a sepa
rate box to be provided for that purpose and
all persons qualified to vote at any election
in this state shall be deemed voters on this
question.
! Sec. s. The votes cast approving and ratl
fying or Disappearing said amendment shall
be counted and returned by the inspectors o.
the election in all respects as votes for state
, officers are counted and returned, and the
officers now designated by law to canvass the
returns of votes for state officers shall can
vass the returns on this question at the same
time and place, and under the same regula
tions and restrictions now provided by Law
for canvassing and declaring the returns o
elections for state officers.
Sec. 4. Within three days after the deter
mination of said canvass, it shall be the duty
of the canvassers to certify the result of the
said canvass to the governor, who shall
thereupon without delay make proclamation
of the result.
Sec. s. The secretary Of state is hereby re
quired to include the substance of this act il
the notice of the general election for the yea
1874.
See 6. This act shall take effect and be il
force from and after its passage and publica
ton"
Given under my hand and the grea
LIS seal of the state of Wisconsin, a
the capitol in Madison, this 24tl
day of August, 1874.
PETER DOYLE,
Secretary of State.