Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-09-01
Monday, Sept. LIST, 1902.
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, I
COUNTY OF Villas. I

STATE OF WISCONSIN, IS
COUNTY OF Villas.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that at a
general election. 20 be held in the several
towns, wards. villages and election dlstrlcts
of the COuaty of Villas State OF WIS. on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday. being
the 4th day of rOyember, A. ID. 1902, the
following officers arr to be elected, to-wit:
AGovENOR, in place OF Robert NJ, La.
-FoIlette. whose term of office will expire on
the FIRST Monday OF j anuary, A. D. 1903.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Jesse Stone, deceased. whose term
of office would have expired on the hrSt
Monday Of January, A. d. 1908
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place of
William H FrOehlich, whose term OF once
win expire OF the first Monday OF January A
D. 1903
A STATE EASURER in place of James
O. Davidson, whose term OF office Will expire
on the first Monday of January A. u. l9O3.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term or once VIII eX-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. u. l9O3
Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose time OF once Will
expire on the first Monday OF January AID
1908.
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. in place of
Graham L, Rice whose term of office will eX-
pire on the first Monday of January A. ~ l9O3
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place of Emil Giljohann, whose term OF once
will expire on the first Monday of January A.
ID. 1908.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting OF
the countieso 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 of the counties or iron
Oneida and Villas.
Also County Clerk in the place of Finn
LaWIer whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. ID. l9O3
A Sheriff in the place ofJoseph Elliott whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday
of January A. D. 1903.
A Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whose term of Office will expire on the tlrSt
Monday of January A. ID. 1903
Clerk of the Circuit Court in place Of
John Hanson whose term of ONCE will expire
on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
A District attorney in place OF Geo E.
O'Connor whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
register of deeds in place of w. B. Ray
mond whose term Of Office will expire on the
first Monday OF January "A. D. l9O3
county surveyor in place of Richard
G4umear 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. ID. 1913.
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 towft:
mo. 33 AL -4. s.t.. s.s..a
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8,
For the submission OF an amendment to
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 as to read as
follows: Section l. The chief justice and as
ISOLATE justices OF the supreme court shall be
known the
with the same terms OF office OF ten years re-
spectively an now provided. The supreme
court shall consist OF seven Justices, any four
of whom shall be a 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
more such senior justices shall have served
for the same length Of time, then the one
whose commission first expires shall be eX-
OticiO, tie chief Justice.
mo IA Al
JOINT RESOLUTION No. Il.
Proposing an amendment to section OF ar
ticle III of the constitution OF the state of
Wisconsin, as amended by 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 lIOf the con-
stitution of Wisconsin be amended by insert
Ing after the word years in the last line OF
said section as printed in the statutes OF 1898,
the following words: cor, if city contain
ing population of more than twenty-five
thousand according to the last state or fed
eral census taken before such debt Is con-
tracted, within fifty years." SO that when
amended said section OF article II. shall
read Az follows: Section 3; 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature and they are hereby
empO 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, so as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation, aud in contract
lug debts by such municipal corporations.
Ma town village. school district
or 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 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 or other municipal corpora
tfOns mourning any Indebtedness az aforesaid,
shall, before or at the time of doing so, pro-
vide for the collection OF a direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt
az IL falls due, and also to pay and discharge
the principal thereof within twenty years
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, from
the time of contracting the same.
mo. % ST.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. -.
Providing for an amendment of section %,
article ~ of the constitution and for sep
crate county government IN certain coun-
ties.
RESOLVED by the senate the assembly con
curing that section D. 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
NAV 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-
tenn 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 a 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
requirements of chapters 73, 25S and 437 of
the laws of 1901 which said chapters read
as follows
No. 195. S Published March 20, 1901,
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