Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-08
General Election Notice
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !

1 - ooNSAHVt IN place OF W lLt1 n Smith, NnOS
term Of office will expire the first Monday of Jar
| uary A. D.. 1882
Lieutenant Governor in place of James NJ
Bingham, whose term of office will expire on the frs
Monday OF January A. D., 1851.
A Secretary of State in place of Hans b. Warner
whose term OF office will expire on the first Monda
! OF January, A. D.. 1852
A State Treasurer place of Richard Guenther
whose term of Office viii expire on the first Monda
| Of January A. D.. 1882
An Attorney General in place OF Alexander Wilson
whose term of office viii expire on the first Monda
Of January, A. D., 1882,
A State Superintendent in place Of William e. Viii,
lord, whose term of office will expire on the frs
Monday OF January A. D.. 1882
A Railroad Commissioner for the term eomuaencin
on the fifteenth day of February 1882.
Commissioner Of Insurance for the term com
menelng on the first Monday of April, A, D., 1882
A State Senator in the Second Senate District
consisting of the county Of Brown, in place o
David NJ. Kelly. whose term OF Office will expir,
on the FIRST Monday OF January, A. D., 1882.
State Senator in the Fourth Senate District
consisting of the counties of Crawford and Yer
non, in place of 0rmsby d. Thomas
day In January, A ID. 1882
A State Senator in the Sixth Senate District
consisting of the Fifth Eighth, Eleventh anC
Twelfth wards in the city OF Milwaukee, and tn,
towns OF franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oal
Creek, IN the county Of Milwaukee, in place O
George III. Paul whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January A. d. 1882,
A State Senator in the Eighth Senate District
consisting OF the counties or kenOSha and Wal
worth, in place of Joseph v. Quarles, whose tern
OF office viii expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary. A. d. 1882.
A state Senator in the Tenth Senate District
consisting Of the county of Waukesha, in place o
Richard Weaver, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January. A. D. 1882
State senator in the Twelfth Senate District
consisting OF the counties Of Green and LAFAYETTE
in place OF John W. Blackstone. whose term of OF
A. D. 1882
A State Senator in the Fourteenth Senate Dis
trlct, consisting of the counties of juneau an6
Sank, in place of Edwin Z. Woodman, whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday O
January. A. D. 1882.
A State Senatorin the Sixteenth Senate District
consisting Of the County of Grant in place of Georg,
W. Ryland. whose term of office viii expire on ths
first Monday Of January, 1882
A State Senator in the Eighteenth Senate Dis
trlct, consist ting of the towns Of Alto Byron, Z
Dorado. Empire, Fond ia Lac, Friendship
Lamartine Metomen, Oakfeld. Ripon Rosendale
Springyale, Waupun, the north ward Of the city
or Waupun, and the cities of Fond du Lac anC
Ripon, in the county of Fond du Lac, in place OF
George E. Sutherland. whose term of Office viii
expire on the first Monday of January, A d. 1882
A State Senator in the Twentieth Senate Dis
trict, consisting ofthe county OF Sheboygan. and
the towns OF Ashford, Auburn. Calumet, Eden
Forest Marshfeld, Osceola and Taycheedah ii
the county OF Fond du lac, in place Of Patrick
Monday OF January, A. D.. 1882.
A State Senator in the Twenty-second Senate
District, consisting Of the counties OF Calumet
and Outagamie, in place of Benjamin F. Carter
whose term OF Office will expire on the first Mon
day OF January, A. D. 1882.
A State Senator in the Twenty fourth Senate
District, consisting of the counties of Ashland
Barron, bayfield,, Burnett, Douglass, Polk anC
st. Croix, in place Of Sam S. Fifeld. whose tern
of office will expire on the first Monday OF jana
airy, A. d., 1882
A State Senator in the Twenty-sixth Senat,
District, consisting Of the towns OF Berry, Blacl
Earth, Blue Mounds. Cross Plains Dane, Fitch
burg, Mazomanie, Middleton, Montrose, Perry
Primrose Roxbury Springdale Springfield Yer
ona Vermont, and Westport, in the county o.
Dane, in place of Matthew Anderson whose tern
of office will expire on the first Monday of Janu
airy, A. D., 1882.
A State Senator in the Twenty-eighth Senat,
District, consisting OF the counties OF Iowa anC
Richland, in place of Joseph B, McGrew, who's,
term OF ONCE Will expire on the first Monday O
A state Senator in the Thirtieth Senate Dis
trict, consisting Of the counties Of Dunn, Eat
Claire and Peircs, in place OF Michael Griffin
whose term of office viii expire on the first Mon
day OF January. A. D., 1882.
A State Senator in the Thirty-seeond Senat,
District, consisting Of the counties of jackson
term of office will expire on the first Monday o.
January, 1882.
A member of Assembly in each Assembly Dis
trict of the state and
Such County officers as are by law required Il
be chosen at said election.
Notice is also given that at said General Election
proposed amendment 10 the constitution of the Stat,
to be submitted the people, in pursuance of The
provisions of chapter 262 of the laws of 1884, VIII Ii
chapter reads as follows:
CHAPTER 26z.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment o
sections four, five eleven and twenty one articl,
four. Of the constitution of this State.
WHEREAS at the annual session of the Legislature
of this State for the year 1880. amendment TO the
constitution Of this state proposed and agreed
by maj GRITTY of the members elected to each of the
two houses, which amendment " the foilOtNtnt
language:
RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY, THE SENATE Con-
CURLING. that section four of article four of the con
stltution OF this state be amended to read a
follows:
Section 4. The members of the assembly shall b,
chosen bsnnially by single districts the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of November, after tn,
adoption OF this amendment by the qualified electors
OF the several Districts such districts to be bounded
by county, precinct, town ward lines to consist o
contiguous territory and be in as compact form a
practicable.
That section five of article four of the constitution
Of this state be amended SO read as follows
Section s, The senators shall be elected by single
districts OF convenient contiguous territory at the
time and IN the same manner members of the as
sembly required 70 be chosen. and no assembly
district shall be divided in the formation Of senate
district The senate districts shall be numbered in
the regular series and the senators shall be chosen al
ternatcly from the odd and even numbered districts
The senators elected holding the time Of the
adoption Of this amendment shall continue in office
And after the adoption of this amendment all senators
shall be chosen for the term of four years
That section eleven Of article four of the consttu
ton of this state be amended read as follows
Section The legislature shall meet at the seal
of government at such time shall re provided BY
law, once IN two years and oftener, unless con
vened by the Governor in special session, and when
convened business shall be ransac ted except
shall be necessary accomplish the special purpose
which II was convened.
That section twenty-one Of article four OF the con.
n he mi Odd ca aaH ae
follows: Section Each member of the legislature
shall receive for his services for and during regular
session the sum Of five hundred dollars, and ten
for every mile that he shall travel in going to
and returning from the place Of meeting Of the egis
lature themost usual route. In case of an extra
session OF the legislature additional compensation
shall be allowed to any member thereof either direct
~ or indirectly, except Tor mileage to be computed
at the same rat for regular session. No station
cry, newspapers postage other perquisites. except
the salary and mileage above provided shall be re
ceived from the state by any member of the legsla
ture for his services, or in any other such
member.
WHEREAS. the foregoing proposed amer iment to
the constitution of this state was duly ratified and
agreed to by the legislature Of this the year
1884, by majority of all members elected to each
house, therefore
The People Of the state Of Wisconsin,, represent
ed in Senate and assembly. do enact as f0Li0rs.
SECTION l. The foregoing proposed amendments
to the constitution Of this state shall be submitted
the people at a general election be held on Tues
day succeeding the HrSt Monday OF November. 1881
and il the people shall approve and ratfy the said
amendments by a majority of the electors voting
thereon, said amendments shall become part of the
constitution Of this state
SECTION 2, The form of the ballot in voting to ap
prove and ratify said amendments shall be: for the
amendment 10 section four article four Of the const
tuition. for the amendment to section FIVE, article
four Of the constitution: for the amendment to sec
ton eleven article four, of the constitution for the
amendment TO section twenty-one article four OF tn,
constitution And the form r The ballots against SAFE
amendment shall be. against the amendment TO sec
ton four, article four of the constitution; against the
amendment section FIVE. article four of the const
tuition; against the amendment to section eleven ar
cle four Of the constitution against the amendment
10 section twenty-one article four Of the constitution
They shall be on separate ballots and said ballots shall
be separate boxes 10 be provided for that pur
pose and all persons qualified any election
in this state, shall be deemed this question
SECTION 3. The votes cast for against saic
amendments shall be counted and returned by the
inspectors of the election in all respects votes
state officers counted and returned and the o5c
in counties now designated by law 10 the
Of for officers shall canvass the re
in their respective counties this question ant
certify and return the result the canvassers
the time and places and under the same regula
tons and restrictions provided by law for
ing and declaring the returns for elections Of stat
officers. and the state shall ssit
returns certified to them as provided by law IN
elections for state officers.
SECTION 4 Within three days after the determin
atom Of said canvass by the state canvassers theJ
shall certify the result thereof the governor, VIII
shall thereupon without delay. make proclamation
the result,
SECTION $ The secretary Of state is hereby re
qured include the substance Of this act in the no
tee of the general election for the year 1881.
Approved April /, 1881.
Given under my hand and official seal at the Cap
itol. in the city Of Madison, the eighth day o
August, A. D., 1871.
HANS B. WARNER.
Secretary Of State.
sHERIFF'S OFFICE, LANCASTER, WIS.
August IS, 1881.
Pursuant to instructions from the Hon. seere