The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1886-10-07
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. %

d ALE Of w ONSlN,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. .
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that at the Cen
y eral Election to be held in the several towns,
villages and election districts of the State of Wis
consIn, the Tuesday succeeding the first Mon
day being the second day of November A. D., 1885,
the following officers to be elected, to-wit:
A Governor, IN place of jeremiah NJ. Rusk,
whose term of office will expire on the first Mon
day Of January, A. D., 1881.
A lieutenant Governor, IN place of Sam s. FL
field, whose term of office viii expire on the first
Monday OF January, 4. D., 1887.
Secretary of State, IN place of Ernst q. Tim
me, whose term Of Office viii expire the first
Monday OF January, A. D., 1881.
A State Treasurer III place OF Edward [. Mc-
Fetrldge. whose term of office Will expire on the
first Monday of January, 4. D., 1857.
An Attorney General in place of Leander f.
Frisby. whose term of office Will expire on the
| first Monday of January, 4. D.. 1887.
A State Superintendent, IN place of Robert
| Graham, whose term of office Will expire on the
| first Monday OF January, a. D., 1887.
Railroad Commissioner, in place of Nils p.
Haugen, whose term of Office will expire on the
| first Monday of January, 4. D.. 1877.
| A Commissioner of Insurance, in place of Phil.
/ l.. Spooner, Jr, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D., 1881.
A Representative in Congress for the Fifth Con-
gressoual District, consisting of the counties Of
| Brown, Calumet, keWaunee, ManltOwoc, Ozau-
kee and Sheboygan in place of Thomas L. Hudd,
whose term OF Office viii expire ON the fourth day
A State Senator in the Fifteenth Senate Dis
trict. consisting of the county of Manitowoc, in
place of john Carey, whose term of office will
pire on the first Monday of January, A. D., 1887.
| j Member of Assembly IN each Assembly Dis
trIct the state, and all county officers required
| by law 90 De chosen at such election.
| Notice is further given, that at said General
Election the following pr0posjtion is to be sub
mltted to the people in pursuance of chapter 2ii
OF the laws of 1885 which chapter reads rs follows
! CHAPTER 21l.
| AN ACT relating to the exercise of the right of
suffrage Of women upon school matters
Tho people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
| III senate and assembly, do enact as follows.
! Section !. Every woman who is a citizen of this
! state, Gt the age OF twentyOne years upwards
tcEccGt paupers, persons under guardianship and
persons otherwise excluded by section ,. of IT.
ticir Of the constitution of Wisconsin, who has
resided Withn the state one year, and III the cleo
/ ton district where she oilers to vote, ten day.
next preceding any election pertaining 10 school
matt ers, shall have light to vote at such election
! Section >. At the general election to be held on
| the tuesday next succeeding the first Monday ia
Ngycmaer, A. ~, 1856, at all the usual places OF
holding elections III tins state, for the election OF
ali officers required by law then to be elected, tho
question whether this act shall go into effect OF
! IN any manner be In force, shall ne submitted "a
1 the people, and II the same shall be approved Of
by majority of ali the votes cast on that subject
| II shall go into effect and be in force from and
after the date of said election, otherwise it shall
not go into effect III any manner be In force.
Section ). The votes cast upon the subject spec
flied the last preceding section shall be by sep
arate ballot, and shall have written or printed or
partly written and partly printed on each of them
/ The words, For Woman Suffrage iii School Mat
! tiers, or Against Woman Suffrage in School Mat
ters, which words shall indicate the vote of tho
| eleCtor for against the approval of this act
and the ballot so cast shall be canvassed and re-
! turned IN the same manner as the votes cast for
state officers are required by law 10 be canvassed
and the secretary OF state shall Immediately on
! the completion of said canvas, publish state
ment of the result thereof, in some newspaper
printed at the seat of government, and shall com
municate the same to the next Legislature at the
commencement of its session.
Section 1. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved April /, 1885,
Given under my hand and official seal at the
Capitol, IN the city of Madison this Second day
of August 4. D., 1886.
r1 ERNST Ct. TnLME.
loEALI Secretary of State.