The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-08-26
Notice Of General Election
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: STATE or WISCONSIN,
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r Notice is hereby given, that at the General Elec
ton to be held in the several towns, wards Villages
and election districts of the state of Wisconsin on h
Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being the
eighth day Of November, A. D. 1881, the following
? officers are to be elected, TO wit:
4 Governor, In place of William L. Smith, whose
term Of ONCE will expire the first Monday in Jan
[ | uary, A. D. 1882;
4 Lieuteaam Gorerqsor in place of James NJ Bling
ham, whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
a Secretary of State, in place of Hans B. Warner
whose term of Office will expire on the first Monday
Of January, A. D. 1882;
4 State Treasurer, in place of Richard Guenther
whose term of Office will expire on the first Monday
| OF January, A. d. 1882;
Al Attorney General, in place of Alexander Wilson
whose term of Office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. d. 1882;
4 State Superintendent in place of William c. Whit
ford whose term of office will expire the first Mon
!. | day Of January, A. D. 1882:
| A 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. 1852;
State Senator, in the Second Senate District con-
sistng Of the county Of Brown, in place of David NJ
Kelly, whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1882;
State Senator in the Fourth Senate District con-
sisting of the counties of Crawford and Vernon in
place Of Ormsby B. Thomas whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
a State Senator in the Sixth Senate District con-
sisting Of the Fifth Eighth, Eleventh and Twelfth
wards in the city of Milwaukee, and the towns Of
Franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oak Greek. in the
county of Milwaukee, In place of George II. Paul,
whose term of Office will expire on the first Monday
of January. A. D. 1882;
A State Senator in the Eighth Senate District con-
sisting of the counties of Kenosha and WRlworth in
place Of Joseph V. Quarles whose term Of Office will
expire on the first Monday Of January A. D 1882;
State Senator, in the Tenth Senate District con.
ssting 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 ia 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;
A State Senator in the Fourteenth Senate District
consisting of the counties of juneau and Sauk in
place Of Edwin L. WoOdman, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882
| StateSeaOtor, in the Sixteenth Senate District,
consisting Of the county of Grant in place of George
W. Ryland, whose term of Office will expire the
nrst Monday of January, A. ID. 1882;
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, 0akfield, Ripon ROsendale, Springvale, Waus
pun, the North ward of the city of Waupun and the
cities Of Fond du Lac and RipOn in the county of
Fond dn Lac, in place of George Sutherland, whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. d. 1882;
State Senator, in the Twentieth Senate District
consisting of the county of Sheboygan and the towns
OF Ashford, Auburn, Calumet Eden, Forest, Marsh
| field, 0sceoa and Taycheedah in the county of Fond
du Lac in place of Patrick H. Smith, whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday of January, A.
| D. 1882;
a State Senator in the Twenty-second Senate Dis
trict, consisting of the counties of Calumet and
| Outagamie, in place of Benjamin F. Carter, whose
term of Office will expire the first Monda, of Jan
uary, A. D. 1882;
4 Stote Senator in the Twenty fourth Senate Dis
trict, consisting of the counties Of Ashland, Barron
Bay yield, Burnett, Douglas, Polk and st. Croix, in
place of Sam s. Fifeld, 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
trct 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;
n State Senator, i'll the Twentyeighth Senate Dis
rict 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;
State Senator, in the Thirtieth Senate District
consisting of the counties of Dunn, Eau Claire and
| Pierce, in place of Michael Griffin, whose term of
once will expire on the first Monday of January A.
| D. 1882;
A State Senator, ID the Thirty-second Senate Dis
trict consisting of the counties of Jackson and Mon
roe in place of William I. Price, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of January. A. d,
1882;
A Member Of assembly in each Assembly District
of the State and
Such County Officers as are by law required to he
chosen at said election.
| Notice is also given that at a General Elec-
ton proposed amendment to the constitution of the
State is to be submitted to the people, in pursuance
ofthe provisions of chapter 262 Of the laws Of 1881
which chapter reads as follows:
CHAPTER 262
AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment of
sections four, five, 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 1880 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:
Resolced by The assembly, Ae senate coacurrao That
section four Of article four of the constitution of this
state be amended SO as to read as follows:
Section 4. The members of the assembly shall be
chosen biennially by single districts 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 comnact
form as practicable
That section five of article four of the constitution
of this state be amended to read as follows:
Section 5. 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 are required to be chosen and assem-
bly, district shall be divided in the formation of
senate district The senate districts shall be num-
bored In the regular SERIES and the senators shall be
chosen alternately from the odd and even numbered
districts. The senators elected holding over at
the time of the adoption Of this amendment shall con-
tinue in Office till their are 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 consttu
ton of this state be amended to read as follows
Section H. The Legislature shall meet at the seat Of
government at such time shall be provided by law
once In two years and otener, unless convened by
the governor in special session. and when so convened
business shall be transacted, except as shall he
necessary to accomplish the special purposes for which
| it was convened.
That section twenty-one ofartice fonr ofthe copst;
tuition of this state be amended read as follows
Section 81. Each member of the Legislature shall
receive for his service for and during regular SEES
sion the 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 he
most usual route. In of extra session of the
Legislature additional compensation shall be al
lowed to any member thereof either directly or in
directly except Tor mileage to be computed at the
| same rate as for regular session. No stationery
newspapers postage or other perqnistes except the
salary and mileage above provided shall be received
from the state by any member Of the Legislature for
his services, or in any other manner such member
WHEREAS The foregoing proposed amendment TO
the constitution of this state 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
TIE people of The state Of Wisconsin, represented il;
1 senate and assembly, do enact as folIO,cs
i DeCuOn l. 1no foregoing pTOpOSeu amendments TO
the constitution Of this state shall be submitted 10 the
people at general election TO be held on Tuesday
| succeeding the first Monday of November 1881 and
il the people shall approve and ratfy the said amend
ments by majority of the electors voting thereon
said amendment shall become part Of the constitu-
/ ton Of this state.
Section 9 The form of the ballot in voting to an
prove and ratify said amendments shall be for the
amendment to section FOUR article four of the coDst
| 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 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 constitution; against the
amendment to section twenty-One of article four of
the constitution. They shall be on separate ballots
and said ballots shall be cast in separate boxes to be
provided for that purpose and all persons qualified to
vote ct any election in this state shall be deemed
voters on this question.
| Section 3. The votes cast for or against said
amendments shall be counted and returned by the
inspectors Of the election in all respects as votes for
state officers counted and returned and the officers
turns of votes for state officers shall canvass the re-
and certify and return the result to the state
ers at the same time and places, and under the same
regulations and restrictions provided by law for
state officers and the state canvasseTs shall
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