The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-10-12

| STATE OF KANSAS
| SedSwick County.
The State Of Kansas to al to5oz1 these P-eseats
may come, Greeting:
| NOTICE is hereby given, by authority law
| ~ fully vested in me sheriff of the county
o. sedswiek and state OF Kansas, that a General
irst tuesday succeeding the first Monday in No.
vember. the same being the
SEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A. d. 1876.
| 1T which time and places hereina ffer mentioned
| the following list Of officers to be chosen and
| he following propositions voted upon, to-wit:
TWO Presidential Electors for the state at large.
and Three District Electors, one for each Of Inc
three Congressional Districts in the state
| Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary oil STATE.
Auditor Of tate
| Attorney General
Stale Ire suIcr
| Associate Justice Of the supreme Court.
| state Superintendent Of Public Instruction.
MEMBER OF Congres3 for th= Third Consression-
Judge of the Thirteenth .Tudiri,i District
| District
Member of the House Of Representative, for the
| Ninety second Representative District
Member OF the House OF Representatives Tor
me Ninety -taird Representative District.
| County Attorney
| Ci,rk OF the District Court
| PrDbite Judge.
| County Superintendent Of Public instruction
| Township iru tee.
Township Treasurer.
| Township Clerk
one justice Of The Peace in each township, and
one TO I'll vacancy in the city OF Wichita
TWO CODstabcs for eHch Townsb Z. and
| in the county
And at he said election the following amend
msqi5 10 ne Constitution OF tie State OF Kansas
VIII be submitted for approval or rejection by
| the legal voters of said State VIZ.
Arf~F-
| senate joint Resolution No ]. proposing amend
menis to Articles two e-d nine OF the C0nstitu4
ton of the state Of Kansas. relating 10 apprg-
priatlons and county officers.
nc u TeS"iref bg tie Legisie,,e of STATE CT Eaa
SIS, feo-fairds q eH NE meai5ers elected 10 ears
house c0ac1Tr5ng therein:
SECTION l. The following propostfio,s IN
amend the Constitution Of the state OF Kansas
shall be SUI mlted tc the electors Of the STATE Tor
adoption or rejection at the general election 10 he
held on the Tuesday succeeding the FIRST Monday
IN November, y. ID eighteen hundred and seven
ty-siN, (S46l:
two shall be 80 amended rs TO read as follows.
Section n. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury except IN pursuance of specific appro-
priAtiOn male by law, and no approximation shall
be Tor longer term than two wears.
Proposition firo Section three of article nine
shall be amended so TO read rs follows. seq
ti0n D. All county officers shall hold their Offices
Tor the term of two years and until their success
sHrs snail be qualified, except county commits
feYu
OF three years; Pr0ridef, That 20 the general
election in the year eighteen hundred snd seven
~ seven the commits sI0ner elected from district
number one IN each county shall hold his Office
Tor he tern OF one ear, the commissioner elect
cd ir0In district number two IN each county shaII
hold his Office for the I'm of Two vea,s a,,d ~.
commissioner elected from district number three
in each county shall hold his office for the tenn
OF three years; but no person shall hold the Office
OF sheriff on county treasurer for more than two
consecutive terms.
SEC, 2. The following shall be the method of
submitting snid proposition, namely he ballots
snail De either written or printed, or partly
sition one aforesaid the fom of the ballot shall
De, For proposition one 10 amend the Corsti-
luti0n, ana Against proposition one 10 amend
the Constitution. - In regard to proposition two
the form OF ballots shall be, ''For proposition two
10 amend section three OF article nine of the Con-
stitulion oil the State of Kansas" or Against
proposition two 70 amend section three Of article
nine OF the Constitution of the IT tte Of Kansas
said election to be conducted in accordance
win the provisions of the general election laws
OF the State of Hans 5 and the vofes Of electors
Tor oiicers enumerated above to be received at
the usual place OF voting in each precinct in tho
county. he polls will be oDened AZ O'Clock a.
m, on the day of election, for the purpose of re-
ceiviDg baliO :, ana will rem in open until q
O'Clock p m. of the same day. Judges and clerks
Of election are cautioned to exercise due vigilance
in signing and certifying the proper returns and
conveying them to the county seat for official
canvass.
In witness whereof have hereunto set NV
hand at my Office in the city of Wichita,
county and state aforesaid, on the tay and
year first above mentioned.
H. W DUNNING,
21-iw Sheriff of sedgwick county, Kansas