Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-15
Election Notice.


Election Notice.
Notice is hereby given that u general
election will be held in each OF Che voting
precincts in Day County, South Dakota,
on Tuesday, the third day OF November,
A. D. 1896, for the purpose oil voting for
the following national, state, and coun-
ty officers, towit
-Four presidential electors.
Two representatives in congress.
One governor.
One lieutenant governor.
One secretary OF state.
One state auditor.
One state treasurer.
One attorney general.
One superintendent OF public instruc-
ton.
One commissioner of school and public
lands.
One railroad commissioners, lst dist.
End &"
Also the following proposed amend
ments to the constitution OF the state
OF South Dakota, towit
Shall article twenty-four (24) OF the
constitution be repealed ?
Shall article seventeen 40 OF the con-
stitution be amended by adding at the
end thereof the following
20. Monopolies aud trusts shall
never be allowed in this state, and no
Incorporated company co~-partnership,o or
association OF PERSONS III this state shall
directly or indirectly combine or make
any contract with any incorporated
company, foreign or domestic, through
their stockholders or the trustees or
assigns of such stockholders or with any
co-partnership or associations OF persons
or in any manner whatever to fix the
prices, limit the production, or regulate
the transportation OF any product or
commodity SO as to prevent competition
in such prices, production, or transport
tation, or to establish excessive prices
therefor. The legislature shall pass laws
for the enforcement OF this section by
adequate penalties, and in the ease OF in
corporuted companies ii necessary Tor
that purpose may us u penalty declare a
forfeiture oil their franchise.
/. Amendment That section three
(3) OF article fourteen (14) of the consti-
tuition be amended SO as To read as fol
lows:
3. The state university, the agricul-
tural college, the normal schools, and
the other educational institutions that
may be sustained either wholly or i'm
part by the state shall be under the con
troll OF n board OF five members appoint
ed BY the governor and confirmed by
the senate under such rules aud r~estric-
tions is the legislature shall provide; the
legislature may Increase the number OF
members to nine.
s 2. Amemlment.l That article four
teen (14) of the constitution he amended
by striking out section our (f) OF the
suine.
4 8. Term OF Office frunl The time OF
taking effect oi this amendment the term
OF Office of ali the trustees heretofore
appointed shall cease and determine.
L. Amendment Tint section four
oi article thirteen of the constitution OF
the state OF South Dakota be amended
30 MS to read as follows Section +.
The debt OF any county, city, town,
school district, civil township, or other
subdivision, shall never exceed five (j)
per centum upon the assessed value oil
the taxable property therein. In esti-
mating the amount oil indebtedness
which u municipality or subdivision may
incur, the amount oil Indebtedness con-
tracted prior to the adoption OF this
constitution shall be included. Proyi-
ded, that any county, municipal corpor-
alton, civil township, district, or other
subdivision may incur an additional in
debtedness not exceeding ten C10) per
centum upon the assessed value oil the
taxable property therein for the purpose
of providing water Tor irrigation and
domestic Uses. Provided further, that
no county, municipal corporation, or
civil township shall be included within
any such district or subdivision without
II majority vote in favor thereof OF the
electors oil the county, municipal corpor-
alton, or civil township us the case may
be, which is proposed to be included
therein, and no such debt shall ever be
incurred for any oil the purposes in this
section provided, unless authorized by a
vote in fuvor thereof OF u majority OF the
electors oil such county, municipai cor
poration, civil township, or subdivision
mourning the same"
All electors desiring to vote Eyes will
place "a cross before the word yes and
those desiring to vote mo-" will place a
cross before the word "no."
Also Tor the purpose oil e~lectiDg the
following county officers
One state senator.
Two representatives.
One sheriff.
One register of deeds.
One county auditor.
One states attorney.
One county treasurer.
One county superintendent oil schools.
One county clerk of courts.
Oge county coroner.
One county surveyor,
Four county Justices OF the peace.
Foas coaaty sanstablrs.
4 One county commissioner Pad district.
9th
The polls at said election will be open
at the boar OF $ O'clock u. IN. and close
m = o,cln.i. "a N, IN TIM dav and tu ~.