Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-14
NOTICE
General Election.
Office of County Clerk,

Office of County Clerk,
Grant County
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursu.
ant to a notice to me directed by the ,cretary
Of State, and in accordance with tt laws OF
Wisconsin general election will b leld in the
several towns, wards villages and Lection dis
tricts of Grant county on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday being the
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
A. ID. 1902,
at which election the following officers are
to be voted for and proposed amendments
to the constitution of the state of WiscOn-
sin are to be submitted to-wt
A GOVERNOR, in place. of Robert M.
La roulette. whose term CT office Will eX-
pire on the first Monday Of January, A. d.
1903.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
of Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term Of
office would have expired on the first Mon
2 SEcRETAfk;Y e or = sT FAT in place of
William II. Froehlich whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January,
STATE TREASURER, in place Of
James O.. Davidson. whose term of office
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place Of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January,
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT in place
of Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term of office
airy, A. D. 1903.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place
of Graham L. Rice, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu
ary, A. u. 1908.
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place of Emil Giljohann, whose term of Of
fee will expire on the first Monday of jan
uary, A. d. 1903.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District consisting OF
the counties of Grant, Crawford Richland,
nd
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the First
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
en6 en f HaRee Hazel harrison
jamestown, Lima, Paris, Platteville, Potosi,
Smelser and Waterloo, the villages of Cassville.
Cuba City. Hazel Green Potosi, and the city OF
MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle
Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Lancaster,
Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, MillvilIe, Mt.
Hope, Mt. Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Walters
town, Wingville, Woodman and Wyalusing, the
villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montfort
and Muscoda, the city of Boscobel and the city
of La" raSter.
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 III. Gritis.
County Treasurer in place of John
Schenpfug.
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
District Attorney in place OF Henry
A Register of Deeds in place of George
TUffley, Jr
A County Surveyor in place of Charles {.
Sampson.
A County Superintendent of Schools IN
place of Charles H. Nye
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 the regular session of 1901
made a part of the foregoing notice,
to-wt
Joint Resolution No. 8.
For the submission of amendment to
section of article VII of the constitu-
ton relating to the Justices of the su-
preme court.
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 1. The chief JUS
tce and associate justices of the supreme
court shall be severally known as the JUS
tces 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 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 commission first expires shall be ex-
officio, the chief justice.
(No IA A.
Joint Resolution No. II.
Proposing an amendment to section 8 or
article II Of the constitution of the state
of Wisconsin. as amended by vote OF
the people at the general election, No
vember 3. 1874, relating to the indebted
of municipal corporations.
Resolved assembly
concurring, that section 3 of article II of
the constitution of Wisconsin be amended
by inserting after the word years in the
last line of said section as printed in the
statutes of $685. the following words: "or,
if 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
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 organization of cities and
incOrpora ted 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 cqntracti Ig
county. city. town, village, school district
or other municipal corporation shall he al
lowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any purpose to any amount. lnclud
ing existing Indebtedness, in the aggregate
exceeding five per centum on the value Of
the taxable property therein, to be ascer-
tanned by the last assessment for city and
county taxes previous to the mourning Of
such Indebtedness Any county, city. town,
village. school district other municipal
corporation mourning any Indebtedness as
aforesaid, shall. before or at the time Of
doing so. provide for the collection of a
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
terest on such debt as it falls due, and
also to paw and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years. or, if a city
containing population Of more than TWEEN
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or federal census taken before such debt Is
contracted within fifty years, from the
time of contracting the same.