The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-09-01


the Governor, who shall thereup0n without de
lay make proclamation of the result.
SECTION B. The Secretary of State is hereb,
required to include the substance of this act Il
the notice OF the general election for the yea
1882. 0''
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and b
10 force from and after its passage and publIca
ton.
Approved March 20, 1882.
Notice is further given that at said Genera
Election a proposed amendment to the COnsti
Cltlon OF the State is to be submitted to TIN
people IN pursuance of chapter 300 of the Law
OF 1882, which chapter reads as follows
CHAPTER 200.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to section of article g. section 10 IF articI
q and section of article 10, of the constitution
OF the state OF Wisconsin, so as to provide fol
biennial general elections.
WhereGS, At the annual session of the legisla-
ture OF this state for the year 1881, an amend
ment to the constitution of this state was pro.
posed and agreed to by a majority of the mem.
Ders elected to each OF the two houses thereof
Wl u amendment was the following language
Ltes9seed Dy the assembly, the Senate concur
l9ng mat section OF article of the conStitu.
ton Oh The state of Wisconsin, be so amended as
to read as follows: Section 4. Sheriffs, cor
omefS registers OF deeds, district attorneys and
all other county officers, except judicial officers
snail pc chosen by the electors of the respective
counties, once III every two years. SherifS
shall hold no other office and be ineligible f0l
their Offices they may be required by law ia
renew their security from time to time and in
default OF giving such new security their office
snail pc deemed vacant, but the county shall
never be made responsible for the acts of the
sheriff. The Governor may remove any officer
In this section mentioned, giving to such a copy
OF the charges against him and an opportunity
OF DeIng heard IN his defense. All vacancies
shall be filled by appointment, and the person
appointed TO I'LL vacancy shall hold only fol-
the uneXplred portion of the term to which he
snail be appointed and until his successor shall
pc elected ana qualified. That section u, arti-
Gle I. OF said constitution be so amended as tC
read as follows Section 70. There shall be !
clerk of the Circuit Court chosen in each county
organized for judicial purposes by the qualified
electors thereof, who shall hold his office foI
two years, subject to removal as shall be prO-
yided by law in case of a vacancy, the Judge
of the Circuit Court shall have power to apDOint
a clerk until the vacancy shall be filed by an
election the clerk thus elected or appointed
shall give security'as the Legislature may re-
quire. The Supreme Court Shall appoint its
own clerk, and clerk Of the Circuit Court NAV
be appointed a clerk of the Supreme Court
That section l, article Is, of said constitution be
so amended as to read as follows Section I,
The political year for the state of Wisconsin
shall commence on the first Monday in January
in each year, and the general elections shall be
holden on the Tuesday next succeeding the first
Monday In November. The first general cleo.
ton for all state and county officers, eXCepi
judicial ofi1cers, after the adoption of this
amendmenf, shall be holden in the year A. d
1884. and thereafter the general election shall
be held biennially. All state, county or other
officers elected at the general election in the
year 1881, and whose term OF office would other
wise expire on the first Monday of January in
the year 1884, shall hold and continue in such
Offices respectively until the first Monday in
January in the year 1885, and
WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the State of Wis
conSin was duly ratified and agreed to by the
Legislature of said state for the year 1889, by a
majority OF all the members elected to each
house thereof, therefore
The People Of the State of WisccnSin represented in
Senate and assembly, do enact as folyoigs:
SECTION L. The foregoing proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin shall
be submitted to the people of this state at
election to be held the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday in November 1882 and if the peo-
pie shall approve and ratify the said amendments by
majority of the electors voting thereon, said
amendments shall become part of the constitution
of this state.
SECTION ?. The form of the ballot for voting to
approve and ratfy said amendments shall be:
For amendment to section 4 article 6, of the con-
stitution.
For amendment to section u. article T. of the
constitution.
For amendment to section l, article 10, of the
constitution.
And the form of the ballot against said amend
ments shall be:
Against amendment to section 4, article 6, Of tho
constitution.
Against amendment to section H. article Z, of the
constitution.
Against amendment to section l, article 49, of the
constitution.
Said ballots shall be separate and apart from any
other ballot and 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
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 Off
GERS in counties now designated by law to canvass
the returns OfVoes for state officers shall canvass the
returns in their respective counties on this question
and certify and return the result to the state can
vassers at the same time and places and under the
same regulations and restrictions now provided by
law for canvassing and declaring the returns for cleo
tons Of state officers, and the state canvassers shall
canvass said returns certified to them provided by
law in case of elections for state officers.
SECTION. 9. Within three days after the determi
nation of said by the state canvassers they
shall certify the result thereo to the governor who
shall thereupon, without delay, make proclamation
of the result.
SECTION. 5. The Secretary of State is hereby re
quired to include the substance of this act in the
tice of the general election for the year 1882
SECTION. 6. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March &c. 1882.
Given under my hand and off cial SEAL at the CAPT
tol in the city of Madison this first day of August
D. 1892.
ERNST G. TIAIME,
Secretary of State.