Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-03
GENERAL
Election Notice,

EI6CC1On IN Office.
Notice is hereby given, that at the general election
to be held in the several towns. wards and election
succeeding the first Monday. being the third day Of
November next, the following officers to 10
elected, to. wit:
Representative in Congress for the First Con
gressona District, comprising the counties of RocS,
Racine, Kenosha, Walworth and Waukesha.
Representative in Congress for the Second Goa
gressionsl District, Com pris1g the counties OF Jeif
son, Dane Sank and Columbia.
A Representative in Congress for the Third Cor
gressiona District comprising the counties of Gran,
Iowa. Lafayette, Green Rich land and Crawford
Representative in Congress for the Fourth Con-
gress9nal District. comprising the counties Of Mil
waukee, Ozaukee and Washington.
Representative in Congress for the Fifth Con-
gresslonai District comprising the counties of Dodge
Fond du Lac, Sheboygan and Manitowoc.
hepr sentative in Congress for the Sixth Cou-
gressi9nal District comprising the counties of Greeu
Lake Waushara, Waupaca Ontagamie WinnebagG,
Calumet, Brown, kewaunee and Door
representative in Congress in the Seventh Con-
gressl9aaI DISTRICT comprising the counties of Nernon
La Crosse, Monroe Jackson, Trempealeau, Buffalo,
Pepin Pierce, st. Croix Eau Claire aud Clark.
Representative in Congress in the Eighth Con
giessonsi District, comprising the counties oCono
shawano, Portage, Wood Juneau, Adams Marquette.
bayfield,, Dosg as and Ashland
o hesre0,Veiy IN the places Of Charles g. Williams.
H Wi, ". hazeiton, j. Alien Barber, Alexander
mitchell Charles A. Eldreaae Phletus Sawyer.
oIeliian ~ husk, and Alexander ). MeDill, whose
terms OF office win expire on tie tour til day
A State Senator in the Firxt Senate ni.,rict coms
n q ~ county OF sheboy gan, In place Of Patrick
MS SMohuaE III January, 1879.
nris;S oeaStor IN the Thi,d Senate District com.
tu Ih 'ue htst, second, sixth and ninth wards 81
s1e ol9 OF milwaukee, and the towAs of Granville
MliwaHkee and Wauwatesa it the comfy of Nilxa,,t
Aee' III tue place OF W. Coz ahausen whose term OF
oA0e WI expire on the first Monday in January
1875.
4 ia Al. 1s.c
pTISng the county of Racine the place of Charles
erFich whose term of office will expire the first
MONDAY 10 January, 1875.
A State Senator in tho seventh Senate District
T0omprisng tue towns Of Albion, Blooming Grove,
bristol, burke. Chrisana O. ttage Grove. Deerdeld,
Duh1ltk Dunn, Me lima, pleaeAnt Springs Sun Pra-
RE, ladsor, York, and tho city oil Madison in the
county OF Dane in place Of John A. Johnson whose
t I q once will expire the first Monday in
STATE Senator in the Ninth Senate District com.
p5ishS he county OF Iowa, in place Of Francis Little
| in January, 1919
State Senator in the Eleventh Senate District.
CohpIshg the county Of Lafayette, in place of Fran
cis Campbell whose term of oslice will expre on the
hrst Monday in January, 1875
state Senator in the Thirtaenth Senate District
comprising tho county of Dodge. except the Fifth
and Sixth Wards of the city IL Wat-rtown In pIaee
| OF s. d. Burchard, whose ternl OF Office will expire
| on the Hrst Monday of January 1878.
State Senator in the Fifteenth Senate District,
comprising the county of Mantowoc in place OF
Carl H. schmidt, whose term of office will expire on
| the first Monday in January, 1915
State Senator in the Seventeenth Senate District
| comprising the county of Rock, in place of IL. L..
paws whose term of office wil expire on the first
| Monday IN January, 1873.
| State Senator in the Nineteenth Senate District
comprising the county of W:nnebago, in place OF
the hrst Monday in January, 1875.
State Senator in the Twent First Senate District,
comprising the counties of Marathon, 0conto, shaw
ano and Naupaca, and the towns of Black Creek !,
Bovna, Deer Creek. Ellington, Hortonia Liberty
| MaiHe Maple Creek. Osborne aHd Seymour, in the
county Of Outagamie, in place of Myron IL. McCord
whose term OF office will expire the first Monday
in january, 1873
A State Senator in the Twenty Third Senate Dis
| trict comprising the county If jefferson and the
fifth and sixth wards of the city of Watertown in
Dodge county in place of Walter s. Greene, whose
term OF Office will expire the first Monday in
uary, 1879.
state Senator in the Twenty Fifth Senate District
| comprising the counties of Green Lake Marquette
| aud Waushara ia place of X, l.. d. Potter, whose
term of flee will expire on tho first Monday in Jan
| uary, 1914.
A state Senator in tho Twenty Seventh Senate
District comprising the county of Columbia place
of Il. o. Jones, whose term OF office will expire
| the first Monday in January, 1875.
| State Senator in the Twenl y-Ninth Senate Dis :
trict comprising the counties of Adams, Juneau,
| Portgage and Wood, in place of Thomas b. Scott,
whose term of office will expire the first Monday
in January, 1875.
State Senator in the Thirty First Senate District
comprising the county OF La Crosse in place of g. c
Hixon, whose term of office Will expire the first
Monday in January, 1875.
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, 1875.
| member of Assembly in each Assembly District
in the State, and such county officers as are by law
required TO he elected at such election.
proposition for an amendment to the constitu-
tion the time to be submitted TO a vote OF
the electors pursuant to the provisions of chapter
81 OF the laws OF ts74 approved February is, 1874
md whichis as follows:
IAN ACT to submit to the people an amendment 10
section three 80, article eleven ar OF the consti
tuition.
WHEREAS The legislature of tie state Of Wisconsin
at its annual session for the year 1872 proposed
and adopted, by vote of the majority of the mem
bers elected TO each of tbs two houses an amend.
ment to the constitution OF this state the follow
| ing language:
Resoiued 6y The assembly, he Senate coacurring
That section three 90, Of article eleven ) of the
constitution OF this state, be amended adding the
end of said section the following wo rds: No county
city, town. village, school district or other munich
pal corporation shall be allowed 10 become indebted
Ia any manner or Tor any purpose, to any amount
including existing Indebtedness in the aggregate
exceeding tve per centum, the value of the taxa
Bile property therein TO be ascartaned by the last
assessment for state and county taxes previous to
the mourning of such indebtedness. Any county
city, town, village school district or other municI-
pal corporations mourning any indebtedness aore-
said shall before or at the time Of doing provide
for the collection of direct aunral tax sufficient to
pay the interest such debt as il falls due and also
| to pay and discharge the principal thereof within
twenty years from the time of contracting the same
and,
|
session for the year 1913. agree to such proposed
amendment by majority OF all the members
elected to each house; now, therefore,
The Psopls Of the State Of Wiscoasin represented IN
Senate and Asselodiy, do enact az foft0I0s:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution Of this state shall be submitted TO
the people, a general election, t. be held Tues
day. succeeding the first Monday Of November, 1874,
and if the people shall approve and raty said amend
ment by a majority OF the electors voting thereon,
| said amendment shall become Part of the cOnsti
| tuition of this state
Section 2 The form of the ballot in voting to APP
prove and ratify said proposed amendment shall be
"fOr amending the constitution limiting bonded in
debtedness by counties, towns cities and villages
five per cent" aud against said am endment against
amending the constitution limiting the bonded in.
debtedness counties, towns, cities and villages to
five per cent" which shall be separate ballot
and shall be deposited In sepaa ate box 10 be pro-
vided that purpose, and all persons qualified to
| at any election in this state shall be deemed
| voters on his question.
Section B. The votes cast approving aud ratifyn9
| disapproviDg said amendment shall be counted and
returned by the inspectors of the election Ia all re-
spects votes for state officers are counted and
| turned and the officers desi gnated by law to
tho returns OF votes Tor state officers shall
the returns this question at the time
| and place, and under the same regulations and re-
| strictons now provided by law foc cAnvassing and
declaring the returns of elections for state officers
Section l. Within three days after the determine
ton OF said canvass it shall be the duty the can.
certify the result Of the said canvass to
| the governor, who shall thereupOn without delay
make proclamation Of the result.
Section 5. The secretary Of state il hereby require
to include the substance of this in the notice Of
| the general election for the year 1874
Section g. This act shall take effect and be in force
| from and after its passage and publication.
Given under my hand and the great seal Of
| rL.s the State OF Wisconsin, at the capitol in
Madison, this 24th day Of August, 1874.
PETER DOYLE
Secretary OF State.