Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-11
Monday, Aug. 18th, 1902.
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, | {,
COUNTY OF Villas. y


towns, wards, villages and election districts
of the County of Villas State of Wis.,, on the
Tuesday succeeding the first M onday, being
the 4th day of November, A. ID. 1902, the
following officers ar. to be elected, to-wit
GOVERNOR, in place of Robert NJ. La
Toilette. whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, a. D. 1908.
A LIEU TENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Jesse Stone deceased, whose term
of office would have expired on the first
Monday of January, A. D. 1908.
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place Of
William H. Froehlich, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of January, A.
D. 1903.
" A STATE. Urea SURER in place of James
o. Davidson whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place Of
Emmett r. Hicks whose term of Office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1903
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT in place of
Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose time of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January A. D.,
1908
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place of
Graham L. Rice, whose term of Office will exss
pire on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
A COMMISSIONERS OF INSURANCE, in
place of Emil GiljOhann, whose term of office
: wsn expire on the first Monday of January A
D. 1903.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting of
the counties of Iron, Villas, Oneida Forest,
Florence, Langlade, Lincoln, Shawano, Mar
athon, Taylor Price, Ashland and Wood.
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Assem-
bly, District consisting nf the counties OF Iron
Oneida and Villas. >
Also County Clerk in the place of Finn
Lawler whose term Of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. 1902
A Sheriff in the place of Joseph Elliott whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday
of January A D. 1903.
Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January A. D. 1903
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place Of
John Hanson whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January A. D. 1908.
District attorney IN place of Geo. E.
O'Connor whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday OF January A. D. 1903
A register of deeds in place of w. B. Ray
nond whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. 1908
county surveyor in place OF Richard
Gumear whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
county superintendent of schools in place
OF Alex Higgins whose term of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903
In accordance with section 1 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
he regular session of 1901, are made part
OF the foregoing notice tO-Wit:
No. 33 Al >
JOTNT RESOI TTTION No g.
For the submission of an amendment to
section l of article VII of the constitution
relating to the justices OF the supreme
RESOLVED, by the assembly. thesenate con-
curing, thasu section one of article VII OF the
constitution be amended SO as to read as
follows: Section l. The chief Justice and as
sOciate Justices of the supreme court shall be
severally known as the Justices OF said court.
with the same terms of Office OF ten years re-
spectively as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist Of seven justices, any four
OF whom shall be quorum, to be elected as
now provided, not more than one each year.
The Justice having been longest continuous
member of said court. or in case two or
n Gre such senior justices shall have served
whose com mission first expires shall be ex-
ofticio, the chief Justice.
Nc. ID A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. II.
Proposing an amendment to section 3 of ar
ticle ii of the constitution OF the state of
Wisconsin, as amended by q vote Of the
people at the general election, November 3.
1874, relating to the indebtedness OF NUM-
Cipal corporations.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the senate con-
curing that section of article Ii OF The con-
stitution of Wisconsin, be amended by insert
ing after the word years" in the last line of
said section as rinted in the ststntes OF 1898,
ing a population of more than twenty-tiv
Thousand according to the last state or fed
eral census taken before such debt Is con-
tracted, within fifty years Sc that when
amended said section of article ii, shall
read AZ follows: Section 3. It shall be the
duty OF the Legislature, anu they are hereby
ernDo WePed to provide for the organization
Gi cities and Incorporated villages and to
restrict their pc Wer Of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, contracting debts and
lOaning their credit, SD as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation, and in contract
ing debts by such municipal corporations.
No county, city town. village, schO'lE district
or other municipal corporation shall be al
lowed to become m':ebted in any manner or
for any purpose to any amount, Including
existing indebtedness in the aggregate ex-
ceeding five per ctntum on the value OF the
taxable property therein, to be ascertalned
by the last assessment for city ana county
taxes previous to the mourning Of such in
debtedness. Any county, city, town. village,
school district or other mumicipaI corpora
tionS mourning any indebtedness a. aforesaid,
SnalI, before or at the time OF doing so, pro-
vide for the collection OI Il direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt
a. it falls due, and also to pay and discharge
the principal thereof within twenty years,
or il city cOnraining g population OF more
last state or federal census taken before such
debt is contracted within fifty years, from
the time OF contracting tie same
mo. % 81
JOINT RESOLUTION No. u.
Providing for an amendment OF section %
article ~ OF the constitution and for s.p-
arate county government in certain cOAn-
ties
RESOLVED by the senate the assembly con
curing, that section 23, Of article ", Uf the
constitution of the state OF Wisconsin, he
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
Provided that in counties which contain
an Incorporated city of more than one hun
drPd thousand inhabitants, the legislature
may establish a separate system OF county
government" so that when so amended said
section will read follows: Section %.
The legislature shall establish but sys-
TEN OF town and county government, which
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable;
provided, that in counties which contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants. the Legislature may
establish separate system of county gov
eminent.