Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-09-04

Omco or county Clerk,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That pursu-
ant to notice to directed by the Secretary
of State, and in accordance with the laws of
Wisconsin general election will be held in the
several towns, wards, villages and election dis
tricts of Grant county on the Tuesday succeed
ing tie first Monday. being the
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
A. ID. 1902,
At which election the following officers are
to the constitution of the state of Wiscon-
sin are TO be submitted, to-wit:
A GOVERNOR, III place. OF Robert M.
| La Toilette, whose term Of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday Of January, A. d.
i9O3
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
Of Jesse Stone, deceased whose term of
office would have expired on the first Mon
4 SECRETARY or STATE, in place Of
William II. Froehlich, whose term of office
| A. d. 1903.
"A STATE TREASURER, in place Of
| James O. Davidson whose term OF Office
will expire on the first Monday Of January,
A. D. 1903
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, ir place of
Emmett R. Hicks , " whose .} term Of office
A. d. 1903
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, In place
Of Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term OF Office
ary, A. D. 1903.
A RAILROAD COMM SSIONER, in place
Of Graham L. Rice, whose term OF office
will expire on the first Monday Of Jauu-
ary, A. D. 1903
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place Of Emil Giljohann, whose term Of Of
ace will expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. D. 1903.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District, consisting or
the counties of Grant, Crawford. Richland,
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the First
Assembly District Of Grant county, consisting
Ellenboro, Glen Haven, Hazel Green, Harrison,
Jamestown Lima, Paris Plattevlle. Potcsi,
Smelser and Waterloo, tie villages of Cassvilis,
Cuba City Hazel Green, Potosi, and the city OF
ASEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobel Castle
Liberty, Little Grant, Marion MillviIIe, Mt
Hope, Mt. Ida. Muscoda. Patch Grove, Walters
town Wingvilie, Woodman and Wyalusing the
villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montfort
and Muscoaa, the city of BoscObel and the city
OF Lancaster.
Also the following county officers. in
place of the present incumbents, whose
several terms of office will expire on the
first Monday in January, A D. 1903, to-wit:
| County Clerk in place of Era IL. Grlf1S
County Treasurer in place Of John
Scheinpfug
Sheriff in place of Charles c. Dickin-
A Coroner in place of James T. Taylor
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place Of
George E. Budd.
A District Attorney in place Of Henry
A Register Of Deeds in place of George
! County Surveyor in place of Charles C.
Sampson.
County Superintendent of Schools in
place Of Charles II. Nye.
In accordance with section /, 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 the regular session of 1901,
are made part of the foregoing notice,
tO-wit:
Joint Resolution No. 8.
For the submission of an amendment to
section / of article VII Of the constltu-
ton relating to the justices of the SUI
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section 1 Of article VII
Of the constitution be amended so as to
read as follows: Section l. The chief JUS
tice and associate Justices of the supreme
court shall be severally known as the JUS
tees of said court, with the same terms
Of Office Of ten years respectively as now
provided. The supreme court shall consist
of seven Justices any four Of whom shall
be a quorum, to be elected as now pro-
vided, not more. than one each year. The
Justice having been longest 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
|
officio, the chief justice.
Joint Resolution No. II.
Proposing an amendment to section OF
article III Of the constitution of the state
| of Wisconsin, as amended by vote or
the people at the general election. No
vember 8, 1874, relating to the indebted
ness of municipal corporations.
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section Of article ii Of
the consttut on of Wisconsin be amended
by inserting after the WORD years in the
last line of said section as printed in the
statutes Of 1885, the following words: "or,
/, IL city containing 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
3 of article II shall read as follows: Sec
ton g. 1t shall be the duty of the legis-
lature, and they are hereby empowered, to
provide for the organ cation Of cities and
Incorporated villages, and to restrict their
power of taxation, assessment, borrowing
money, contracting debts and loaning their
credit, so as to prevent abuses in assess
ment and taxation: and in contracting
debts by such municipal corporations. No
county city. town. village school district
or other mum cipal corporation shall be al
lowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any purpose to any amount, includ-
ing existing Indebtedness, In the aggregate
exceeding five per centum on the value Of
the taxable property therein, to be ascer-
ia ned by the last assessment for city and
county taxes previous to the mourning of
such Indebtedness. Any county,. city town.
village. school district or other municipal
corporation mourning any Indebtedness as
aforesaid, shall. before or at tne time of
doing so. provide for the collection Of a
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
terest on such debt as 1t falls due. and
also to paw. and discharge the PRINCIPAL
| thereof within twent" years. or. if a city
containing population Of more than TWEEN
ty-fve 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.
NO. % 81
Joint Resolution No. IL.
Providing for an amendment OF section 70,
article ~ of the CONSTITUTION ana for sep
arate county government III certain coun-
tres.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly
concurring, tnat section rs, OF article Nv,
of the CONSTITUTION or The state OF W IScOR-
sin, be amended by adding at the end
thereof the borrowing:
Provided that IN counties which contain
an Incorporated city OF more than one nun
dred thousand Inhabitants the Legislature
may establish a sepaI ate system or county
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