Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-09-06
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
COUNTY OF Villas. "
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at d
general election. to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages and election districts
OF the County of Villas State of Wis. on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday. being
the 4th day of November, d. 1902, the
following officers arc to be elected, tO-wit:
AGOvENOR in place of Robert NJ. La
Toilette whose term of office will expire
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
of office would have expired on the first
Monday of January, A D. 1903.
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 TREA 5 RER. 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. ID. 1908
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT in place of
Lorenzo ID. 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 eN-
pire on the FIST Monday Of January "a. D. 1903
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place of Emil GiljOhann, whose term OF once
49,
D. 1903.
A 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 OFASSEMBLY for the Assem-
bly, District consisting Of the counties OF iron
Oneida and Villas
LawIer whose term Of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. d. 1903.
A Sheriff in the place ofJoseph Elliott whose
term of Office will expire on the hrSt MONDAY
of January A. D. 1908
A Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday OF January A. ID. 1903.
Clerk of the Circuit Court in place of
John Hanson whose term Of office will expire
on the first Monday Of January A. D. 1903.
a District attorney in place of Geo E.
OConnor whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday OF January A. d. 1908
A register of deeds in place of W. B. Ray
mOnd whose term of Office Will expire on the
first Monday OF January A. D. 1903.
county surveyor in place of Richard
Gumear whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday Of January a. ID. 1903
A 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 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, are made Il part
OF the foregoing notice tO-Wit:
mo. 33 A
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8.
For the submission OF an amendment tc
section | of article VII Of the constitution
relating to the justices OF the supreme
court.
RESOLVED, by the assembly, thesenate con
curing. that section one OF article VII OF the
constitution be amended so as to read as
follows: Section /. The chief Justice and as
sOciate justices of the supreme court shall be
severaly known 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 fOul
of whom shall be IL quorum. to be elected as
now provided, not more than one each year
The Justice having been longest a continuous
member OF said court, or in case two OF
more such senior justices shall! have served
for the same length of time, then the ONE
whose commission first expires shall be eX-
Oficio, the chief Justice.
No. II Al
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 a vote of the
people at the general election. November 3
1874, relating to the Indebtedness of NUM-
cipal corporations.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the sena tie con
curing that section 3 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 printed in the statutes of 1898,
the owing WOfUS. or, II Il Guy contain
ing population of more than twenty-five
thousand according to the last state or fed
era census taken before such debt Is con-
amended said section of article lei II. shall hall
read as follows: Section 5. 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature, and they ;tre hereby
cmpO Wered, 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 credit, to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation. and in contract
ing debts by such municipal corporations
No county, city. town. village, school district
other municipal corporation shall be al
lowed to become indebted 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 ascertained
by the last assessment for city and county
taxes previous to the mourning Of such in
debtedness. Any county. city, town, village,
school district other municipal corpora
lions mourning any Indebtedness aforesaid,
shall, before or at the time of doing So pro
vide for the collection OF q direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt
as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge
the principal thereof within twenty wears,
or, if city containing a population OF more
than twenty-five thousand according 10 the
last state or federal census taken before such
debt is contracted, within fifty years, from
the time OF contracting the same.
[No.2S ST.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. l..
Providing for an amendment OF section %
article " of the constitution and for sep
arate county government in certain cOun-
ties.
RESOLVED by the senate the assembly con
curing, that section 23 OF article " OF the
constitution OF the state of Wisconsin, be
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
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 so amended said
section will read as follows: Section %.
The legislature shall establish but one sys-
TEN OF town and county government. which
shall be as nearly uniform as practical BILE.
provided, that in counties which contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants, the legislature NAV
establish separate system OF county gov
eminent.
Notice is further given that at said general
election the following propositions are to he
submitted to the people in pursuance of the