The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-08-15
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, / 60
~ Department of State. oe'

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, CO
~ Department of State. 'e'
Notice is hereby given, that at gener a
election to be held in the several towns
wards, villages and election districts of tb,
State Of Wisconsin, IN the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday, being the 9th day @
November A. ID. 1900, the following officers
are to be elected, te-wit:
Twelve electors or President and Vic'
President of the United States.
A Governor in place of Edward Scofeld
whose term of Office will expire on the frs
Monday OF January, A. ID. 1901.
Lieutenant Governor, in place of Jess
Stone, whose term of Office Will expire OF
the first day of January. A. d. 1901.
A Secretary Of State, in place of William
Ii. Froehlich, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1901.
A State Treasurer. in place of James o
Davidson. whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday Of January, A. D. 1901.
An Attorney General, in place of Emmett
R. Hicks, whose term of office will expire or
the first Monday of January. A, d. 1901.
/ A State Superintendent, in place of Lor.
EMO D. Harvey, whose term of Office will ex
pire on the first day of January, A. D. 1901
| A Railroad Commissioner. in place of Graz
ham L. Rice whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1901.
| A Commissioner of Insurance. in place of
Emil Giljohann. whose term of Office will ex-
pire on the first Monday Of January, A. D..
| 1901,
Representative in Congress for the Tenth
Congressional District. consisting of the
counties of Bayfield,. Douglas, Burnett, Saw
yer Washburn, Polk Barron. Chippewa, St.
Croix, Dunn and Pierce.
State Senator for the Twelfth Senate
ct. consisting of the counties of Ash
DistrsD- Ann BAYFIELD,, fraa. Sawyer ana
land, Bal.~
Washburn.
A Member of Assembly for the Assembly
District consisting of the counties OF bay
field, Sawyer and Washburn
Also, Ill county officers required by law 10
be chosen at such election.
In accordance with section of article AL
OF the constitution of the state of Wisconsin,
the following joint resolutions adopted by
the legislature of the state of Wisconsin at
| the regular session of 1899. are mace parU
! of the foregoing notice. to-wlt:
JOINT RESOLUTION NO, /.
Proposing to ammend section 10. of article
s. of the constitution of Wisconsin. relating
| to good roads.
RESOLVED, by the Senate, the Assembly
concurring. That section 10 of articles of the
constitution of Wisconsin. lie amended by
adding thereunto the following:
The state may, however. appropriate
money to be raised by taxation and not in
anywise to contribute public debit to be
used in the construction or improvement OF
public highways. such construction or i'm
provement to be made in the manner pro-
vided by law.
/ mo. IL, S.
JOINT RESOLUTION NOS.
Proposing an amendment to article XIII
of the condition OF the state of Wisconsin tC
prohibit the pass system.
! RESOLVED, by the Senate. the Assembly
concurring. That article XII of the consti.
! tuiion be amended by adding new section
TO be numbered and read as follows: Sec
ton IL. No person, association, co-partner
ship, or corporation shall promise. offer, Oh
give. for any purpose, to any political com
mittee, or any member or employee thereof
to any candidate for, or incumbent of any
Office or position under the constitution OF
laws, or under any ordinance of any town OIL
municipality, of this state, or to any person
at the request or for the advantage of all OF
any OF them, any free pass or frank, or any
privilege withheld from any person. fol
the travelling accommodation or transporta-
tion Of any person or property or the trans
mission of any message or communication.
No political committee, and no member OF
employee thereof no candidate for and nc
incumbent of any Office or position under the
constitution or laws, or under any ordinance
CT any town or municipality of this state
ST all ask for. or accept. from any person
association, CO partnership, or corporation
or use, in any manner. or for any purpose
any free pass or frank, or any privilege
withhe Id from any person, for the travelling
accommodation or transportation Of any per
son or property, or the transmission of any
message or communication.
Any violation of any of the above pro-
visions shall be bribery and punished a:
provided by law. and if any officer or any
member of the legislature be guilty thereof
his office shall become vacant.
No person within the purview Of this ac
shall be privileged from testifying in relation
to anything therein prohibited; and no per
son having SO testified shall be liable to an.
prosecution or punishment for any offens,
concerning which he was required to Civ,
his testimony or produce any documentar.
evidence.
The railroad commissioner and his deput,
in the discharge of dnty are excepted from
the rCvisions of this amendment,
J No. IT, A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. I3.
Proposing an amendn ut to article II Of tn
constitution of Wisconsin. giving the legis
3 lature power to pass general banking law.
RESOLVED by the Assembly, and the Senate
concurripg. That article II of the constitu
tuition of the state of Wisconsin be and i
hereby amended, by substituting for sec
, tions and thereof new section to b.
known as section and reading as follows:
Section 4. The legislature shall hav
? power to enact general banking law for tn
creation of banks. and for the regulation an,
supervision of the banking business, pro
} vided that the vote of two-thirds of all tn
lbs, al tod 30 ,o1 1,<,