The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-21
Notice of
raj E | e c ii o n.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
nEpsRTMENT OF STATE.

DEPARTMEN OF STATE.
Notice is hereby given, that at the general
election to be held in the several towns,
wards. villages and election districts in the
State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday, being the 4th day OF
November, A. D. 1902. the following officers
are to be elected to-wit.
Governor. in place of Robert NJ La Fol
,ette whose term of Office will expire on the
: first Monday of January, A. ID. 1907.
Lieutenant Governor, in place OF jessie
stone deceased, whose term of office woulo
have expired on the first Monday of January,
A. d. 1903.
A Secretary of State. in place OF "lliiam
Fl Froehlich. whose term OF Office VIII expire
ON the first Monday of January, A u. 1918.
A State Treasurer, in place of James o.
Davidson whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January. A. ID. 1908.
An Attorney General, in place OF Emmett
r. Hicks whose term of Office viii expire on
the first Monday of January, A. y, 1908.
State Superintendent. in place of Lorenzo
d Harvey, whose term of Office willexpire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908
Railroad Commissioners, in place OF Ora
ham L. Rice. whose term OF office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A, D. l9OS.
A
Emil Giljohann, whose term ofoffiee will ex.
pire on the first Monday of January D.
1908
A Representatives in Congress for the Eley-
enth Congressional District, in place of John
jenkins, consisting of the counties OF Doug
las. Gates, sawyer, Bayfield,, Pierce Barron,
Dunn. Burnett Polk, chippewa, Washburn
and ST. Croix.
A ILL or f % a
District consisting of the counties OF Bayfield,
SAWYER and Washburn, in place OF William
/. Mccormick, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of January. A. D. 1893
Also, all county officers required by law
to be chosen at such election
In accordance with section l Of article XII
Of the constitution of the state of Wisconsin,
the following joint resolutions adopted by
the legislature of the state OF Wisconsin at
me regular session OF 1901, are made a part of
the foregoing notice. to-wit:
mo. SO A
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. s.
I For the submission of an amendment to SEC
tion l of article VII OF the constitution re-
lating to the Justices of the supreme court.
RESOLVED. by the assembly, the senate
concuring. that section l of article VII OF
the constitution be ammended SO as to read as
follows: Section1 The chief justice and
associate justices of the supreme court shall
be seyerally known as the justices OF said
court. with the same terms of office OF ten
wears respectively as now provided. The
supreme court shall consist OF seven Justices
any fopr of whom shall be a quorum, to be
elected as now provided, not more than one
each wear. The justice having been longest
a continuous member of said court. or IN
case two or more such senior justices shall
have served for the same length of time, then
the one whese commission first expires shall
be ex officio, the chief justice
mo. IA
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Proposing an ammendment to- section Of
article II of the constitutions OF the state OF
Wisconsin, as amended by vote OF the
people at the general election, November
3 1874. relating to the Indebtedness of
municipal corporations.
RESOLVED. by the assembly. the senate
concuring, that section of article IL OF the
constitution of Wisconsin be amended by IN
sorting after the word years in the last
line of said section as printed in the statutes
of 1885, the following words: cor. II city
containing population of more than twenty
FIVE thousand according to the last state or
federal cencus taken before such debt is con-
tracted within fifty years SO that when
amended said section of article H. shall
read as follows: Section 8. 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature, and they are hereby
empowered to provide for the organization OF
cities and Incorporated villages, ana 10
restrict their power of taxation. assessment,
borrowing money, contracting debts ana
loaning their credit so as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation, and ia contract
ing debts b. such municipal corporations.
No county, city, town. village school dis
trict or other municipal corporation shall be
allowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any purpose to any amount including
existing Indebtedness, in the sg yregate ex.
ceeding five per centum on the val he of the
taxable property therein, to be seer aimed
by the last assessment for city aid cOu lty
taxes previous to the incuring of suea II
debtedness. Any county, city, town. village
school district or other municipal corporation
incurring any indebtness us aforesaid, shall
before or at the time of doing SO, provide for
the collection of direct annual tax sufficient
To pay the interest on such debt as it falls
due and also to pay and discharge the
principal thereon within twenty years, or, if
city containing a population of more than
twenty-five thousand according to the last
state or federal census taken before such
debt is contracted, within fifty years, from the
time of contracting the same.
mo. 2SS.l
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. r.
Providing for an amendment of section 90
article " of the constitution, and for sep
arate county government in certain coun-
ties.
RESOLVED. by the senate, the assembly con-
curing, that section % of article " of the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin, be
amended by adding at theend thereof the fol-
lowing:
Provided. that in Counties which contain
an incorporated city of more than one hun
dred thousand inhabitants. the Legislature
may establish separate system of county
government so that when AMENDED said
section shall read as follows: Section o.
The legislature shall establish but one sys-
TEN Of town and county government, which