The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-09-04
Notice of
General E1ec ito n.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,

DEPARTMENT. OF STATE.
Notice is hereby given, that at the general
election to be held in the several towns,
wards. villages and election districts in the
state Of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday, being the 4th day of
November, A. d. 1902. the following officers
are to be elected to-wit.
Al Governor in place of Robert NJ, La Fol
tette. whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. D. 1902
A Lieutenant Governor. in place OF jessie
stone. deceased. whose term of office Would
have expired on the first Monday OF January
A. d. 1903
A Secretary of State, in place OF Wllham
q Froehlich whose term of ONCE VIII expire
on the first Monday of January, A. ID 1903
A State Treasurer, in place of James 0.
Davidson. whose term of Office will expire on
me first Monday of January, A. D. 1903.
An Attorney General. in place of Emmett
r. Hicks, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. ID, 1908.
"A State superintendent. in place of Lorenzo
D. Harvey, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1903.
A Railroad Commissioner in place OF Graz
ham L. Rice whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January A. D 1903
A Commissioner of Insurance, in place of
Emil Gilfohann, whose term of Office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January A. u,
1908.
representative in Congress for the Flew
anth Congressional District, in place of John
Jenkins consisting of the counties of Doug
las Gates. Sawyer, Bayfield,, Pierce, Barron,
Dunn. Burnett, Polk, Chippewa, Washburn
and st. Croix.
A Member of Assembly for the Assembly
District consisting of the counties OF Bayfield,
SAWYER and Washburn, in place of William
I.McCormiclx. whose termof Office will expire
on the first Monday of January A. D. 1908
Also. all county officers required by law
10 be chosen at such election
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:
mo. So a..
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. s.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
toni of article VII OF the constitution re-
lating to the justices of the supreme court.
RESOLVED, by the assembly' the senate
concuring. that section OF article VII OF
+ba constellation be amnended so as to read as
follows: Section1 The chief Justlce ana
associate justices of the supreme court shall
be severally known the justices OF said
court. with the same terms of office OF ten
wears respectively as now provided The
supreme court shall consist OF seven justlces'
any four of whom she'll be a quorum, to be
elected as now provided, not more than one
each wear. The Justice having been longest
q 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. ID a.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Proposing an amendment to section OF
srtic1e II of tue constitution of the state OF
Wisconsin as amended by vote OF the
people at the general election, November
8. 1874. relating to the Indebtedness of
municipal corporations.
RESOLVED, By the assembly. the senate
eoncuring, that section of article IL OF the
constitution of Wisconsin be amended by in
sorting after the word years in the last
line of said section as printed in the statutes
of 1895 the following words: ''or, ifacity
containing a population more than twenty
FIVE thousand according to the last state or
federal eencus taken before such debt is con-
tracted within fifty years. so that when
amended said section 3 of article IL shall
cad ~ follows: Section g. 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature, and they are hereby
empowered, 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, and IN contract
Ing debts by such municipal corporations
No county, city, town. village school dis
trict or other municipal corporation shall be
allowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any purpose to any amount, including
existing Indebtedness in the aggregate ex-
ceeding five per centum on the value of the
taxable property therein, to be ascertained
by tt e last assessment for city and county |
taxes previous to the incuring of such in
debtedness. ANY county, city, town, village
school district or other municipal corporation
incurring any indebtness as aforesaid. shall
before or at the time OF doing So provide for
the collection of direct annual tax sufficient
to pay the interest on such debt as it falls |
due, and also TO pay and discharge the |
principal thereon within twenty years, or, if |
a city containing d 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.
No. % S.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. u.
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 % of article ~ of the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin, be
amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing
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 amended said
section shall read as follows; Section %,
The legislature shall establish but one sys-
tenn OF town and county government, which