River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-10-06

sha and WaiWorth, III place OF joseph V.
Quarles, whose term OF Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. " 1882;
A State Senator, in the Tenth Senate Dis
triet, in the county of Waukesha, in place of
Richard Weaver, whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January, A. d.
1882;
A State Senator, in the Twelfth Senate
District, consisting OF the counties of Green
and Lafayette, in place of John w. Black
first Monday OF January, A. d. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Fourteenth Senate
District, consisting of the counties of Juneau
and Sank, in place Of Edwin f. Woodman,
whose term Of office will expire on the first
Monday ofJanuary, A. d. 1882;
State Senator, in the Sixteenth Senate
d STRICT consisting OF the county OF Grant,
in place of George w. Ryland, whose term
of Office will expire on the first Monday OF
January, A. D. 1882;
State Senator, IN the Eighteenth Senate
District, consisting of the towns of Alto,
Byron, FL Dorado, Empire, Fond du Lac,
Friendship, Lamartine, Metomen, 0akfeld,
Ripon, Rosendale, Springvale, Waupun, the
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 iieorge 4
Sutherland, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Twentieth Senate
District, consisting of the county of Sheboy-
gan, and the towns Of Ashford, Auburn, Cal
urnet, Eden, Forest, Marshfeld, Osceola ant
TaycAeedah, in the county of Fond du Lac,
in the place of Patrick II. Smith, whose term
Of office will expire on the first 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 Benja-
min +. Carter, whose term OF Office will ex-
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1882;
A State Senator, in the Twenty fourth 8 N
ate District, consisting OF the counties Of
Ashland, Barron, Bayfield,, Burnett, Doug
las, Polk and St. Croix, in place OF Sam +.
Fifeld, whose term OF office viii expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
A State Senator, in the Twenty-sixth SEN
ate District, consisting Of the towns OF Ber-
ry, Black Earth, Blue Mounds, Cross Plains,
Dane, Fitchburg, Mazamanie, Middleton,
Montrose, Perry, Primrose, Roxbury, Spring
dale, Springfield, Verona, Vermont and
Westport, in the county OF Dane, in the
place of Matthew Anderson, whose term Of
Office will expire on the first Monday of jan
uary, A. ID. 1882;
Senate District, consisting of the counties OF
Iowa aud Richland, in place OF Joseph b.
Mc(irew, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday OF January, A. D. 1882;
A 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 office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1892;
State Senator, in the Thirty-second
Senate District, consisting of the counties OF
Jackson and Monroe, in place Of William 7.
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 10 be chosen at said
election.
N office is also given that at said general
election. a proposed amendment to the con-
stitution Of the State is to be submitted to
the people, in pursuance of the provisions OF
chapter 262 of the laws OF 1851, which chap
ter reads as follows:
CHAPTER 262.
An act to submit to the people an amend
ment of sections four, five, eleven and
twenty one, article four, of the constitution
OF this State.
WHEREAS, at the annual session OF the leg
islature OF this State for the year 1880, an
amendment to the constitution of this State
was proposed and agreed to by majority OF
the members elected to each OF the two
houses, which amendment was in the follow
ing language:
Resolved by the assembly, the senate con-
the constitution OF this State be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section d. The members of the assembly
shall be chosen biennially by single districts
on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
of November, after the adoption OF this amend
lnent, by the qualified electors of the several
districts; such districts to be bounded by
county, precinct, town or ward lines, to con-
sist of contiguous territory, and be In as
com Dact fOrIA as practicable.
That section five OF article four Of the con-
stitution of this State be amended so as to
read as follows: Section 8. The senator's
shall be elected by single districts of con-
venient contiguous territory at the same time
and in the same manner as members OF the
assembly are required to be chosen, and no
assembly district shall be divided in the for
nation of a senate district. The senate dis
triets shall be numbered 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 amend
ment shall continue in office till their sue
cessois are duly elected and qualified. 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
constitution OF this State be amended so as
to read as follows: Section II. The legisla-
turc shall meet at the seat OF government at
such time as shall be provided by law, once
in two years and no oftener, unless convened
by the governor in special session, and when
SO convened no business shall be transacted,
except as shall be necessary to accomplish
the special purpose for which it is convened
That section twenty-one OF article four OF
the constitution of this State be amended so
as to read as follows: Section 81. Each mem
Der OF the Legislature shall receive for his SER
vices for and during a regular session the
sum Of i've 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 most usual route. In case
OF an extra session of the legislature, no adj
ditional compensation shall be allowed to any
member thereof, either directly or indirectly,
except for mileage, to be computed at the
same rate as for regular session. No sta
tionery, newspapers, postage or other per-
ouisites, except the salary and mileage above
provided, shall be received from the State BY
any member OF the legislature Tor his SER
vices, or in any other manner as such mem
Der.
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amend
rnent to the constitution of this State was
duly ratified and agreed to by the legisla-
ture Of this state for the year 1881, by ma
jority OF all members elected to each house;
therefore,
Tie people of the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION l. The foregoing proposed amend-
ments to the constitution OF this State shall
be submitted 10 the people at general cleo
ton to be held on Tuesday succeeding the
first Monday Of November, 1881, and il the
people shall approve and ratify the said
amendments by a majority OF the electors
voting thereon, said amendments shall be-
come q part of the constitution OF this State
SEC .. The form OF the ballot in voting to
approve and ratify said amendments shall be:
For the amendment to section four, article
four. OF the constitution; for the amendment
to section five, article four, OF the constitu-
ton; Tor the amendment 10 section 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 such amendJn snts shall
be: Against the amendment to section four,
article four. Of the constitution; against the
amendment to section i've, article four, vi
the constitution; against the amendment 70
section eleven, article four, OF the eonsttu-
ton: against the amendment to section
twenty-one, article four, OF the constitution
They shall he on 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 voters on this question.
naS AGAINST said