Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-08-28
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, | 90
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.


Notice Is hereby given that at a general cleo
ton, to be held In the several towns, wards:
villages and election districts OF the state OF
Wisconsin. on the Tuesday succeeding the M 81
Monday, being the 9TH day OF November A; u.
1902 the following officers are TO be elected 10
4 governor in place Of Robert NJ. LaFollstte
whose term of Office will expire on the nrst
Monday of January. A. d., 1908.
Lieutenant Governor. in place OF jesse
Stone. deceased, whose term OF omee would
nave expired on tine hrst Monday Of January
A secretary of State. in place Of William II.
Froelich, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday Of January, A; p, 1903
A State Treasurer: In place Of James y. Day,
idson, whose term Of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, a. D.. 1868 :,
An Attorney General in the place Of Emmett
X. Hicks. whose term OF Office VIII expire on
A State Superintendent. In place OF Lorenzo
ID, Harvey whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d; 1908
ham L. Rice, whose term Of Office will expire
| on the first Monday Of January. A. d. 1913
A Commissioners OF Insurance. In place OF
Emil Giljohan, whose term of office Viii expire
on the first Monday Of January. \. ID. 1909;
A Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District, consisting OF the com
ties Of Crawford, Grant, Iowa, juneau, Rich
land. Sank and Vernon. In place OF Joseph w.
3abcock whose term of Office will expire on
the 4th day ef March. 1903.
A State Senator for the Seventeenth Senate
district consisting of the counties OF ,ireen,
Iowa and Lafayette. in place of Harry G. Mar
tin. whose term of Office will expire on the
second Wednesday of January 1903.
a Member of Assembly for each of the coun-
ties Of Ashland. Barron. Calumet, CLARK, Craw-
ford. Door. Dunn. Green, Green Lake: Iowa.
Jackson, juneau, Kenosha kewaunee. IaFay-
| cite. Lincoln, Monroe Oconto. Ozaukee. Pierce,
Portage, Richland Shawano. st. Croix. Trem.
peleau, Vernon, Walworth. Washington, Wau-
shara and Wood, for the term beginning on
| the second Wednesday Of January; 1903.
Also all county officers required by law to be
chosen at such election.
In accordance with section of article VII of
The constitution Of the state of Wisconsin, the
following Joint resolutions adopted by the leg
islature Of the state of Wisconsin at the regu-
lar session of 1902. are made part of the fore
going notice, to wit:
tNo. 80 Al
JOINT RESOLUTION no. 3.
For the submis sion of an amendment to sec
tion of article VII Of the constitution relat
ing to the justices of the supreme court
r. solved, by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section OF article VII OF the
constitution be amended so as TO read as fol
lows: Section |. The chef justice and assoc
ciate 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-
spectlvely, IA now provided. The supreme
court shall consist OF seven Justices any four
of whom shall be a quorum. TO be elected rs
now provided. not more than one each year.
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 whose com
mission first expires shall be ex-oficio the chief
justice
40, II, A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO, ii.
Proposing an amendment to section OF arti
Gle II of the constitution of Wisconsin. as
amended by n vote of the people ut the gen
cral election, Novemher3 3, 1874. relating to the
indebtedness of municipal corporations.
Resolved. by the assembly the senate con
curing. that section of article II of the con
sttution of the state of Wisconsin be amend
ed by inserting after the word years" in the
last line of said section a printed in the stat
utes of 1898, the following words: 'or, If
city containing IL population of more than
twenty-five thousand, according to the last
state or federal census taken before such debt
Is contracted, within fifty years so that when
amended said section OF article II shall read
rs follows; Section 3, 1t shall be the duty of
the legislature and they are hereby empower
ed, to provide for the organization of cities
and incorporated villages, and to restrict their
power OF taxation, assessment, borrowing
money, contracting debts and loaning their
and taxation, and in contracting debts by Such
municipal corporations. No county, city. town.
village, school district, or other municipal cor
poration shall be allowed to become indebted
in any manner or for any purpose to an amount
including existing indebtedness. inl the aggre.
gate exceeding tiveper centum on the value OF
the taxable properly therein. to be aScertaned
10y the last assessment for city and county tax
es previous to the mourning of such indebted
ness. Any county. city, town. village, school
district or other municipal corporation incur
ring any indebtedness AS aforesaid. shall, he
fore or at the time of doing So provide for the
collection of a direct annual tax sufficient TO
pay the interest on such debt as II falls due,
and also 10 pay and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years, or, If a city con
tanning a population of more than twenty five
according to the last state or federal
census taken before such debt Is contracted,
within fifty wears, from the time of contracting
the same
(No. Is :
JOINT RESOIiTTIDN No. ~