Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22
PETER DOYLE.
Secretary of State
Sheriffs Office,
Grand Rapids. Wood Co.. Wis.

| Grand Rapids Wood Co.. Wi,.t
September 1st. 1874
| with the foregoing notice from the Secretary of
State, general election will be held in the sew .rs,
wards, towns and election precincts in the Coun-
| ty of Wood and State of Wisconsin, on the Tues-
| day succeeding the first Monday, being tho 3rd
| day OF November next, the following officer. srs
| to be elected and the apnex ed amendmen MT to the
constitution of the State of Wisconsin to be yot-
I ed upon:
| A Representative in Congress, in tho Eighth
| Congressional District, comprising the countis
| Of Oconto, Shawano: Portage. Wood, Juneau
Adams Marquette, Marathon, Dunn, Chippews
| Barron. Polk. Burnett. Bayfield,, Douglas and
/ Ashland, in the place of Alexander 8 NcDilf
! whose tcrm of offTcs viii sIn;r - u f,
| day of March next
| State Senator in the 10Th Senate District,
| comprising the counties of Adams, juneau
/ Portage and WoOd in place of Thomas B. Scott
whose term of Office will expire on the LIST Mon
| day in January, 1875.
| A member of Assembly In the Assembly Dis
! trict com Prisng the counties of Adams and
Wood, in place of Chas. A. Cady. whose term Of
| office will expire on the Ist Monday of January
next
County Treasurer for the County Of Wood
| in the place of f. Dutruit. whose term of Office
| viii expire on the lst day Of January next.
| A County Clerk for the County of Wood in
| place Of c. D. Baker, whose term of Office will
expire on the LIST day of January next
Register OF Deeds for the County of Wood,
IN place OF Lcmuel krOmer, whose term of Office
| will expire on the LIST day of January next.
A Clerk of the Circuit Court for the County
! OF Wood. IN place of r. w. Burt, whose term
of office will expire on the 1st day of January
| next.
District Attorney for the County of Wood.
in place of Geo; R. Gardner. whose term Of office
| will expire on the lst day of January next.
| A Sherlft tor the County of Wood in the place
of Eusebe Lavigne whose term of Office will sx-
| pire on the LIST day of January next.
| County Surveyor for the County of Wood.
! In the place OF WIN. Scott, whose term of Office
will expire on the lst day Of january next.
Also the proposition for the following amend
! q N Of he Sfufc ofU
sin. will be submitted to the voters.
| An act to submit to the people an amendment
to section three Cd, article eleven I'D. Of tho
| constitution.
WHEREAS. The legislature Of the state of wfscon
sin, at its annual session for the year 1872, pro-
posed and adopted, by a vote of the ma Ority of
the members elected to each of the two houses
| an amendment to the constitution of this state
| In the following language:
Res0lred by the assembly, the Tenate eoncuryino
That section three 80 Of article eleven OD ofthe
| 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 indebted IN any manner or for any pur-
pose, to any amount, including existing indebt-
edness in the aggregate, exceeding five per cent
| um, on the value OF the taxable property there
in, to be ascertained by the last assessment for
state and county taxes previous 10 the mourning
| of such Indebtedness. Any county, city, town,
village, school district. or other municipal cor
pOration, incurring any Indebtedness as afore-
said shall, before at the time Of doing so, pro-
| vide for the collection of direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as il
falls due, and also to pay and discharge the prin-
cipal thereof, within twenty years from the time
of contracting the same and,
WHEREAS. the legislature Of this state ut its An
nual session for the year 1873, agreed to such
proposed amendment by a majority of all tho
members elected to each house; now, there
fore,
The peopl> Of tn, STATE Of Wssconsin, Yspr,.ent.d
in Senate and Assembly do enact a. Joltors:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution Of this state shall be
submitted to The people, at q general election to
be held on Tuesday, succeeding the first Monday
of November, 1874, and if the people shall APP
prove and ratify said amendment by a majority
of the electors voting thereon, said amendment
shall become part OF the constitution of this
State.
Election 3 The form of the ballot in voting
to approve and ratify said proposed amendment
shall be for amending the constitution limiting
bonded Indebtedness by counties, towns cities
and villages TO hYa per cent" and against said
amendment, against amending the constitution
Uniting the bOnde Indebtedness by counties.
towns, cities and villages to five per cent which
ishall be on separate ballot and shall be dcpos.-
tied in separate 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.
Saction 3. The votes cast approving and rati-
tying or disaDprOving said amendment shall be
counted and returned by the inspectors of the
election in all respects 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 canvass the returns
on this question at the same time and place, and
under the same regulations and restrictions now
provided by law for canva:s ng and declaring
the returns of elections for state officers.
Section 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.
Section 5. Thesecretary of state is hereby re-
quired to include the substance Of this act IN the
notice of the general election for the year 1879.
Section g. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publica-
tion.1
The above election is to be held, the votes
counted and returns made in the manner as pro-
E. LAyIGNE, Sheriff.