The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-10-14
Notice Of General Election
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
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tlon 70 be held in the several towns wards, Yilag
and election districts of thS state of Wisconsin on
tuesday next succeeding the first Monday, being Il
eighth day Of November, A. d. 1881, the foloWiI
officers are to- elected, to wit:
Governor, in place Of William E. Smith, whoi
term OF once will expire on the first Monday in JAl
uary, A. D. 1882;
Lieutenant Governor, in place of James NJ. Bin.
ham, whose term of office will expire on the iiri
| Monday of January, A. D. 1882;
A Secretary of State, in place Of Hans B. Warner
whose term Of Office will expire the first Monds
| Of January, A. d. 1882;
Il State Treasurer, in place of Richard Guenthe
whose term Of office will expire on the first Monda
| OF january, A. D. 1882;
| an Attorney GenSral in place of Alexander Wilson
whose term of Office will expire on the first Monda
of January, A. D. 1882
State Superintendent, in place of William c. Whit
ford, whose term of Office will expire the first Mon
day Of January, A. D. 1882:
Railroad Commissioner, for the term commencin
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;
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;
4 State Senator in the Fourth Senate District con
sisting of the counties of Crawford and Vernon il
place of Ormsby B. Thomas, whose term of Office viii
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 O.
Franklin, Greenfield, Lake and Oak Creek in IN,
county of Milwaukee, in place of George H. Paul
whose term of Office will expire the first Monday
Of January, A. D. 1882;
State Senator, in the Eighth Senate District, con
slstng 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. 1882:
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
flrBt MOQdaV of January A. ID. 1880.
A State Senator, in the Twelfth Senate District con
ssting 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 Sank in
place of Edwin Z. Woodman, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1882
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
first Monday of january, A. D. 1882;
State Senator in the Eighteenth Senate District,
consisting of the towns of Alto, Byron, Ell Dorado
Empire, Fond du Lac, Friendship, Lamartine, Meto-
men, Oakfeld, Ripon, Rosendale, Springvals IWau-
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 E. Sutherland whose
term of Office will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D. 1882:
4 State Senator, In the Twentieth Senate District,
consisting of the county of Sheboygan and the towns
of Ashford, Auburn Calumet, Eden, Forest, Marsh
field Osceola 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 on the first Monday of jan
uary, A. D. 1882;
triet consisting of the counties of Ashland Barron
Bayfield,, Burnett, Douglas, Polk and st. Croix, in
place of Sam s. Ffeld, 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
trict consisting of the towns of Berry. Black Earth
Blue Mounds, Cross Plains, Dane, Fitchburg, Maza-
manie Middleton, Montrose, Perry, Primrose, Rox-
bury, Springdale, Springfield, Verona, Vermont and
Wesport 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 Twenty-eighth 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;
Il State Senator, in the Thirty-second Senate Dis
trct consisting of the counties of Jackson and Mon
roe in place of William T. 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 pursuance
of the provisions of chapter 262 Of the laws of 1884,
which chapter reads as follows:
CHAPTER 262.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment Of
sections four, five, eleven and twentyone, article
four of the Constitution Of this State.
WuFREAa af the animal session of tho IeQigafure
of this State for the year 1885, an amendment to the
constitution of this State was proposed and agreed
by majority of the members elected to each of the
two houses which amendment was in the following
language:
ResoIred By the assembly, The senate cOncwriag THAI
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 BIZ
chosen bennially by single districts the Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of November, after thu
adoption of this amendment, by the qualified cleo
tors of the several districts; such districts to b.
bounded by county, precinct town or ward lines, Il
consist of contiguous territory, and be in as compac
form as practicable.
That section five of article four of the constitution
of this state be amended as to read as follows
Section g. The senators shall be elected by singl
districts of convenient contiguous territory at tn
same time and in the same manner as members O
the assembly required to be chosen, and no
bly, district shall be divided in the formation of
senate district. The senate districts shall be mum
bered in the regular seres and the senators shall
chosen alternately from the odd and even numbers
districts The senators elected or holding over a
the time of the adoption of this amendment shall cor
tnue in office till their successors are duly electe
and qualified. And after the adoption ofths amend
ment, all senators shall be chosen for the term {
| four years.
That section eleven Of article four of the consttu
ton of this state be amended so as to read follows
Section H. The Legislature shall meet at the seat
government at such time shall be provided by Law
once in two years and no otener, unless convened
the governor In special session, and when
no business shall be transacted except as shall /
necessary to accomplish the special purposes for whiC
| 1t was convened.
That section twenty-one ofartcle four ofthe const
tuition of this state be amended to read follows
| Section 81. Each member of the Legislature sha
receive for his service for and during regular sc
sion the Of FIVE hundred dollars, and ten cents
every mile he shall travel in going to and retGrnn
from the place of meeting of the Legislature, tt
most usual route. In of extra session of IL
Legisl ature additional compensation shall be
lowed to any member thereof, either directly or il
directly except for mileage, to be computed at Il
same rate as for a regular session. No stationer
newspapers, postage or other perquisites except Il
salary and mileage above provided, shall be receive
from the state by any member of the Legislature
his services, in any other manner as such membe
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amendment
the constitution of this state was duly ratified al
agreed to by the legislature of this state for the ye
1881, by majority of all members elected to ea
house, therefore
The people of the state of Wisconsin,, represented
senate and assembly, do enact as folloUs:
Section l. The foregoing proposed amendments
the constitution of this state shall be submitted to
people at general election to be held on Tuesd
succeeding the first Monday of November, 1881, al
if the people shall approve and ratify the said
ments by majority of the electors voting thereo
said amendment shall become part Of the constit
ton of this state.
Section 2. The form Of the ballot in voting to
prove and ratify said amendments shall be for t
amendment to section four article four Of the
tuition for the amendment to section five, artiC
four, Of the constitution; for the amendment to 81
ton eleven article four, of the constitution for
amendment to section twenty-one article four, of
constitution. And the form of the ballots AGAR
said amendment shall be, against the amendment
section four article four of the constitution agaiT
the amendment to section five, article four, Of t
+ constitution; against the amendment to secti
eleven, article four, of the constitution against
I amendment to section twentyone OF article four
the constitution. They shall be on separate ballo
and said ballots shall be cast in separate boxes to
provided for that purpose, and all persons qualified