The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-10-29
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

eral Election to be held in the several towns
! wards, villages and election districts of the
State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday next
succeeding the first Monday, being the
Eighth day of November, AID. 1881, the
following officers are to be elected, to-wit:
A Governorin place of lliam f. Smith,
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A D. 1882
A Lieutenant Governor, in place of James
NJ Bingham, whose term of office will ex-
pre on the first Monday of January, AID.
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
A State Treasurer, in place of Richard
Guenther, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A d. 1882 !;
An Attorney General, in place of.e'exander
Wilson, whose term of office will expire on
the hrst Monday of January, d. 1882
State Superintendent, in place of
William G. Whitford, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January,
4 d. 1882
4 Railroad Commissioner, for the term
commencing on the fifteenth day of
February, 1882;
A Commissioner Of Insurance, for the term
commencing on the first Monday of April
AID 1882;
A State Senator in the Second Senate
District, consisting 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 dis
trlct, consisting of the counties of Ora wford
and Vernon, in place of Ormsby B. Thomas,
sVb nf
Monday of January, AID. 1882;
state Senator, in the sixth senate dis
trict, consisting of the Fifth, Eighth,
Eleventh and Twelfth wards IN the city of
Milwaukee, and the town of Franklin Green
field, Lake and Oak Greek, iu 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 dis
trict, consisting of the counties of Kenosha,
and Walworth, in place of Joseph V.
Quarles, whose term of office will expire on
the first .londay of Janua ry, A.D. 1882
!. state Senator in the tenth senate dis
triet, consisting of the county of Waukesha,
in place of Richard Weaver, whose term of
Office viii! expire on the first Monday of
January, AID. 1882;
district, consisting of the county of SheboY-
gan, and the towns of Ashford, Auburn,
Calumet, Eden, Forest, Marshfeld, Osceola
and Taycheedah, in the county of Fond du
Lac, in place of Patrick II. Smilh. whose
term of Office will expire On the first Monday
of January, A.D. 1882;
4 state Senator, in the twenty second
senate district, consisting of the counties Of
Calumet ard Outagamie, in place of Ber-
jjamin +. Carter, whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January, I'D.
1882;
state Senator, in the twenty fourth
senate district, consisting Of the counties of
ashland, Barron, Bayfield,, Burnett, Doug
las, Polk and st. Croix, in place of Sam S.
fiheld, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, 4. d. 1882
Il state Senator, in the twenty-sixth SEN
ate district, consisting Of the towns of Berry,
Black Earth, Blue Mounds, Cross Plains,
| Dane, Fitchbnrg, Mazamanie, Middleton,
Montrose, Perry, Primrose, Roxbury Spring
| dale, Springfield, Verona, Vermont and
| Westport, III the county of Dane, in place of
| Matthew anderson, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of January.
4 ID. 1882
A Member of Assembly,i in each assembly
District Of the State, and such County
| Officers as are by law required to be chosen
OF said election.
Notice is also given that at said Gen eral
election, 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 1881, 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 Consttu
tlon OF this State.
WHEREAS, at the annual session of the
legislature of this State for the year 1880, an
amendment to the constitution of this State
was proposed and agreed to by a majority
of the members elected to each of the
two houses, which amendment was in the
| following language:
ResoLge3 By tie assembly, the senate con-
| curing, 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 biennialy by single districts
on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
| of November, after the adoption of this
amendment, by the qualified electors of the
several districts; such districts to be bound
ed by county, precinct, town or ward lines,
! to consist of contiguous territory, and be in
as compact form as practicable.
! That section five of article four of the
! constitution OF this state be amended so as
! to read as follows Section 5. The senators
shall be elected by single districts of con-
venient cont guous territory at the same
! time and in the same manner as members of
! the assembly are required to 0e chosen, and
! no assembly district shall be divided in tie
| formationsof senate district. The senate
districts 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 atthe time of the adoption of this
amendment shall continue in Office till their
successors are duly elected aud qualified
! And after the adoption of this amendment,
/ all senator's 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 IL. The
! legislature shall meet at the seat of govern
ment at such time as shall be provided by
! law, once in two years and no oftencr, unless
conyenedby the governor in speci al session,
and when so convened no business shall be
transacted, except as shall be necessary to
| accomplish the special purposes for which
| it was 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
member of the legislature shall receive for
| his services for and during a regular session
NfG ten
cents for every mile he shall travel in going
] "a nnA frnnn tlAn rlncn nf nneetinr of the