Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-10-22
Election Notice.

Election NOTICE..
Notice is hereby giveR that a general
election will be held in each of tiieVoting
precincts in Day County, South Dakota,
on Tuesday, the third day OF November,
A.. B.1S96, for the purpose OF voting for
the following national, state, and coun-
w officers, towit
Fonr presidential electors.
Two representatives IN congress.
One governor.
One lieutenant governor.
FOne secretary OF state.
One state auditor.
One state treasurer.
One attorney general.
|One superintendent OF public instruc-
mon.
One commissioners OF school and public
lands.
One railroad commissioner, lst dist.
2nd
Also the following proposed amend
ments TO the constitution OF the state
OF South Dakota, towit
Shall article t~wenty-iour (24) OF the
constitution be repealed
Shall article seventeen(lO oil the ON
1 EllltliOi bF dliitbAitNA ny NbhihE CIV NhV
end thereof the following
20. Monopolies and trusts shall
| never be allowed in this state, and no
Incorporated OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
association OF persons in this state shall
directly Oh indirectly combine ~ 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 o. persons
or i'm any manner whatever to fix the
prices, limit the production, or regulate
the transportation oil any product or
commodity SO as to prevent competition
in such prices, production, or transpor-
tation, or to establish excessive prices
therefor. The legislature shall pass laws
for thp enforcement eli this section by
adequate penalties, mad in the ease, OF in
corporated companies it necessary Tor
that purpose may al a penalty declare a
forfeiture oil their franchise.
4 L. Amendment.3 THAT section three
(3) OF article fourteen el4) OF the ca,iHti-
tuition be- amended so us To read AS iOl-
lows:
3. The state nhiGersity, the agricul-
tural college, the normal schools, lind
the other educational sinstitutions that
may be sustained either wholly or in
part by the state shall tie under the on
troll OF a board OF Ave members appoint
cd by the governor ,aid confirmed by
the senate under sssh rfiles and ~restric-
tions as the ~le.sisla tup~siall provideptlie
legislature may Increase the number Of
members to niue.
s 2. Amenlmeut.1 That article four-
teen l4) oi the constitution be ameBdes!
by striking out s.cbioM iour t4) OF the
sanIr.
. 3. Term OF Ofiee.l From The time oi
taking effect of This 4; mead ment The teria
of office oil all the trustees heretofore
appointed shalt cease am! determines.
y l. Amendmeut.l Tlsat section Jour
oi article thirteen OF the constitution oi
the state OF South Dakata be amende&
so ~ to read as follows; Section r..
The debt OF any cennty- city, town,
school district, civil towas4sip, or other
subdivision, shall a-vrr exceed five u
per centnm upon the slSsesSed value of
the taxable property therein. In esti-
Noting the amOuat oil indebtedness
which "A municipality or Subdivision may
incur, the amount oil Indebtedness con-
tracted prior TO the adoption OF this
constitution shall be inchsded. Provi-
dsd, that any county, snnaicipal corpor-
alton, civil township, distriGt, or other
subdivision may incur an additional in
debtedness not excrediGg ten (1O) per
Centum upon the asS+Ssod value OF the
taxable property THERESA fOrt the purpose
| Of providing water lar irrigation and
domestic uses. Provided iknrtLer, that
no coulty, municipal corp0rnfion, or
tcivil township shall tt~ ipcludsd within
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Ia majority vote in favor thereof of the
Jta4ctors of the county, aamsicipal seorpOr-
Isfiou. or civil township as the case may
lb-, which il proposed to ,be included
therein, aud no such debt shall ever be
ia-urred Tor any OF the purposes in this
section provided, unless authorized by a
vote in fnvor thereof OF a majority Of the
electors OF such county, manicipal cor
p0ration, civil township, or subdivision
incarring the same"
all electors desiring to vote yes will
| place a cross before the word yes; aad
those desiring to vote mo" Will place u
cross before the word "no."
Also Tor the purpose OF eaeefing ltie
following county officers
One stlte senator.
Two representatives.
ORe ~sIseriff.
One register OF deeds.
One cou4ty auditor.
One states attorney.
One county treasurer.
One county superintendent oil Wiio1is.
Que county cieik OF courts.
One county Judge.
One county coroner.
One county surveyor.
-Four count, Justices OF the peace. :.
-Four comfy ~e0nstabies.
One county commissioner, 2nd district,
(" 9Th
The polls at said election will be open
ut the hour OF & O'clock u. M. and close
vt = O'Clock u. ~. on that day nnd date.
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