The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-11-02
GENERAL ELECTION.

snfP OtaiccTSs ana Young Oh TWO
Constitutional Amendments TO the
Constitution of the State of Kansas.
suERIFF's OFFICE, WICHITA, EAs,{
September 30th, 1876.
STATE OF KANSAS.
sedSwcs County.
lie State Of Kansas to all 'chom these Preseats
may come, Greeting:
NOTICE Is hereby given by authority law
~ fully vested in me as sheriff Of the county
OF Sedgwick and state of Kansas, that a General
Election Will be held in Sedgwick county, on the
first Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in No
yember, the same being the
SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. ID. 1876.
at which time and places hereinafter mentioned,
the following list of officers are to be chosen and
The following propositions voted upon, to-wit:
Two Presidential Electors for the state at large
and Three District Electors, one for each Of the
three Congressional Districts in the state
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary oil state.
Auditor of State
Attorney General.
State Ire lsuTer.
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Member Of Congress for the Third Compression
al District.
Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District.
State Senator tor the Thirty eighth Senatorial
District.
Member of the House of Representatives for the
Ninety second Representative District
Member OF the House of Representatives tor
the Ninety third Representative District.
County Attorney.
Clerk OF the District Court
Probate Judge.
Count, ssuperintendento of Public Instruction.
Township Trustee
Township Treasurer
Township Clerk
One Justice Of the Peace in each township.
Two t0nstables for each Township. and
Road Overseer for each organized Road District
in the county.
And at he said election the following amend
ments TO the Constitution OF the State of Kansas
viii be submitted Tor approval or rejection by
the legal voters of said State,
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. L.
Senate Joint Resolution No. /. proposing amend-
ments to Articles two and nine of the Constitui
ton of the state of Kansas, relating to appro-
prlations and county officers
BE IL resolred By the Legislature ofAe STATE of Kan
gas, f'co-hirds Of al the members elected 10 each
house e0acstyriag therein:
SECTION /. The following propositions 10
amend the Constitution OF the state of Kansas
shall be submitted to the electors of the state for
adoption or rejection at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
In November, A. ID. eighteen hundred and seven
ty-siX, QS76):
Proposition Section twenty-four OF article
two shall be so amended to read as follows:
Section "a No money shall be drawn from the
treasury except in pursuance ola specific appro-
priation made by law, and no appropriation shall
be for II longer term than two Years.
Proposition f,co: Section three OF article nine
Sussil ts dlltnueu so TO READ follows. Sec
ton 3. All county officers shall hold their offices
for the term of two years and until their success
sors shall be qualified, except County commits
soners, who shall hold their offices for the term
of three years: frOUidea, That at the general
election in the year eighteen hundred and seven
ty-seveD the commissioner elected from district
number one in each county shall hold his office
for he term OF one ear, the commissioner elect
ed from district number two in each county shall
hold his Office for the term of two years and the
commissioner elected from district number three
in each county shall hold his Office for the term
OF three years; but no person shall hold the Office
OF sheriff oi county treasurer for more than two
consecutive terms
SIC. 2. The following shall be the method of
submitting said proposition, namely: The ballots
snail pc either written or printed, or partly
printed and partly written. In regard to propo-
siion one aforesaid, the fo of the ballot shall
be, = For proposition one to amend the Consti-
tuition. and "A gainst proposition 10 amend
the Constitution - In regard to proposition two
the form oil ballots shall be- For proposition two
TO amend section three OF article nine of the Con-
stitution OF the State Of Kansas Against
proposition two to amend section three of article
nine OF the Constitution of the State Of Kansas"
Said election to be conducted in accordance
with the provisions Of the general election laws
of the State of kans ,. and the votes of electors
for officers enumerated above to be received at
the usual place OF voting in each precinct in the
county The polls will be opened az 5 O'Clock a.
m, on the day Of election, for the purpose Of
ceiving ballots, and will remain open until G
O'Clock p m of the same day. Judges and clerks
in signing and certifying the proper returns and
conveying them to the county seat for official
canvass.
In witness whereof have hereunfo set nv
hand at my Office in the city of Wichita,
county and state aforesaid, on the day and
year first above mentioned
H. w DUNNING,
27-lw Sheriff Of Sedgwick county Kansas