The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-19
Notice Of General ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,

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STATE OF WISCONSIN,
| Department of State.
Notice is hereby given that at the General Elec
ton to be held in the several towns wards village
and election districts of the state of Wisconsin tn
Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday being tn
| eighth day Of November, A. D. 1881, the following
officers are to be elected, to wit:
| A Governor, in place of William T. Smith, who's
term Of Office will expire on the first Monday in Jan
uary, A. D. 1882;
A Lieutenant Governor in place of James NJ. Bng
ham, whose term of office will expire on the frs
Monday of january, A D. 1882;
| a Secretary of State, in place of Hans B. Warner
whose term OF Office will expire the first Monday
Of January, A. d. 1882
A State Treasurer, in place of Richard Guenther
whose term of office will expire on the first Monda!
| Of January, A. D. 1892;
| an Attorney General, in place of Alexander Wilson
whose term Of office will expire the first Monday
| OF January, A. d. 1882
"A State Superintendent in place of William C. Whit
ford, whose term Of Office will expire on the first Mon
day of January, A. b. 1882:
81 Railroad Commissioner, for the term commencing
on the fifteenth day of February, 1882;
A Commissioner Of Insurance, for the term common
cling on the first Monday of April, A. D. 1882;
a State Senator, in the Second Senate District con
sisting of the county of Brown, in place of David NJ
Kelly, whose term Of Office will expire on the frs
Monday of January, A. d. 1882;
A State Senator in the Fourth Senate District con
ssting of the counties of Crawford and Vernon, il
place Of 0rmsby B. Thomas whose term of Office viii
expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
Il State Senator, in the Sixth Senate District, con
ssting of the Fifth, Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth
| wards in the city of Milwaukee, and the towns O.
franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oak Creek, in the
county of Milwaukee, in place of George H. Paul
whose term of office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. d. 1889;
"A State Senator, in the Eighth Senate District, con
siSting of the counties of Kenosha and Walworth in
place of Joseph V. Quarles whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January, A. D 1892
"A State Senator, in the Tenth Senate District con
sisting Of the county of Waukesha in place of Rich
ard Weaver, whose term of office will expire on the
hrst Monday of January, A. d. 1882;
State Senator, in the Twelfth Senate District con-
sisting of the counties of Green and Lafayette in
place of John w. Blackstone whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday Of January A. D. 1882:
State Senator, in the Fourteenth Senate District
consisting Of the counties of Juneau and Sauk in
i place of Edwin Z. Woodman, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1892
| State Senator, in the Sixteenth Senate District
consisting of the county of Grant in place of George
/ W. Ryland whose term of Office will expire on the
| hrst Monday of January, A. d. 1882;
A State Senator in the Eighteenth Senate District
consisting of the towns of Alto, Byron, Ell Dor ado
Empire, Fond du Lac, Friendship, Lamartine Meto-
men, Oakfeld, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale, Wau-
pun, the North ward of the city of Waupun and the
cities OF Fond du Lac and Ripon in the county of
Fond du Lac, in place Of George f. Sutherland whose
| term OF ofice will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D. 1882;
T.,
consisting Of the county of Sheboygan and the towns
Of Ashford, Auburn, Calumet, Eden, Forest, Marsh
held Osceola and Taycheedah, in the county of Fond
du Lac, in place Of Patrick H. Smith, whose term Of
oftce will expire on the first Monday of January, A.
D. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Twenty-second Senate Dis
trlct, consisting of the counties of Calumet and
Outagamie, in place of Benjamin f. Carter, whose
term Of Office will expire on the first Monday of jan
uary, A. D. 1882;
A State Senator in the Twenty fourth Senate Dis
trict, consisting of the counties of Ashland Barron
Bayfield,, Burnett, Douglas Polk and St CrOix in
place of Sam s. Ffeid, whose term of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Twenty-sixth Senate Dis
trlct consisting of the towns of Berry Black Earth
Blue Mounds, Cross Plains, Dane, Fitchburg, Maza-
mamie, Middleton, MOntrose, Perry, Primrose, Rox-
bury, Springdale, Springfield Verona, Vermont and
Westport in the county of Dane in place of Matthew
Anderson, whose term of Office will expire the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
a State Senator, III the Twentyeighth Senate Dis
trict, consisting of the counties of Iowa and Rich
land, in place of Joseph B. McGrew whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday of January A.
D. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Thrtieth Senate District.
consisting of the counties of Dunn, Eau Claire and
Pierce, in place of Michael Griffin, whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday of January A
D. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Thirty-second Senate Dis
rct consisting of the counties of Jackson and Mon
roe, in place of William r. Price, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January, A. D.
1882;
A Member of Assembly in each Assembly District
Such County officers as are by law required to be
chosen at said election.
Notice is also given that at General Elec-
ton proposed amendment to the constitution of the
State is to be submitted to the people, in
of the provisions of chapter 262 of the laws of 1881
which chapter reads as follows:
+ CHAPTER 1862.
AN ACT to submit to the people amendment of
sections four, tive eleven and twenty-one, article
four, of the Constitution of this State.
WHEREAS at the annual session of the legislature
OF this State for the year 1885, amendment to the
constitution of this State proposed and agreed to
by majority of the members elected to each of the
two houses, which amendment was in the following
language:
section four of article four of the constitution of this
state be amended SO as to read as follows:
Section A. The members of the assembly shall be
chosen biennialy by single districts on the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of November, after the
adoption of this amendment by the qualified cleo
tors of the several DISTRICTS such districts to be
bounded by county, precinct, town ward lines to
consist of contiguous territory and be in as compact
form practicable.
That section five of article four of the constitution
of this state be amended to read as follows;
Section B. The senators shall be elected by single
districts of convenient contiguous territory at the
same time and in the same manner as members of
the assembly required to be chosen and no assem-
bly, district shall be divided in the formation of
senate Ine beuhb0 Snail De
bered in the regular SERIES and the senators shall be
chosen alternately from the odd and even numbered
districts The senators elected or holding over at
the time of the adoption of this amendment shall con-
tinue in Office till tn cir duly elected
and qualified. And after the adoption ofthis amend
ment, all senators shall be chosen for the term of
four years.
That section eleven of article four of the constitu-
ton of this state be amended to read follows
Section H. The Legislature shall meet at the seat of
government at such time as shall be provided by law
r.oTfa
the governor in special session. and when so convened
business shall be transacted, except as shall be
necessary to accomplish the special purposes for which
1t was convened.
tuition of this state be amended to read follows
Section 81 Each member of the Legislature shall
receive for his serYice for and during regular ses
sion the sum of five hundred dollars and ten cents for
every mile he shall travel in going to and returning
from the place of meeting of the legislature on the
mort usual route. In of extra session of the
Legis AZURE, additional compensation shall be al
lowed any member thereof either directly or in
directly, except for mileage to be computed at the
same rate as for regular session. No stationery,
newspapers, postage or other perquiste except the
salary and mileage above provided shall be received
from the state by any member of the Legislature for
his services, in any other manner such member
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution Of this state was duly ratified and
agreed to by the legislature Of this state for the year
1881, by MAORI Of all members elected to each
house, therefore
The people of the state Of Wisconsin, represented IN
senate aud assembly, do enact as fOHOcs:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amendments to
the constitution of this state shall be submitted to the
people at general election to be held on Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of November 1884, and
if the people shall approve and rafy the said amend
ments by majority Of the electors voting thereon
said amendment shall become part of the constitu
ton of this state
Section 2. The form of the ballot in voting to ap
prove and ratify said amendments shall be for the
amendment to section four article four of the const
tuition; for the amendment to section five, article
four, of the constitutions for the amendment TO sec
ton eleven article four of the constitution for the
amendment to section twentyone article four of the
constitution. And the form of the ballots against
said amendment shall be, against the amendment to
section four article four Of the constitution against
the amendment to section five, article four Of the
constitution; against the amendment to section
eleven, article four Of the constitutions against the
amendment to section twentyone, of article four of
the constitution. They shall be separate ballots
and said ballots shall be cast in separate boxes to be
provided for that purpose and all persons qualified to
vote at any election in this state shall be deemed
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