Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-02

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That pursu.
Of State, and in ac acc u with the laws q
Wisconsin a general election will be held in the
several towns, wards villages and election 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 reT to b submitted, to-wit; :,
La toilette. whose term Of office will ex-
Rire on the first Monday Of January, A. D..
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
Of Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term Of
Office would have expired on the first Mon
Gay s 81 G!sREgasy A OF sT 1s5 in psc.
William H. Froehlich, whose term Of Office
will expire on the first Monday OF January,
a STATE TREASURER, in place Of
James Q. Davidson. whose term OF Office
Will expire on the first Monday Of January,
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place Of
Emmett R. Hicks whose term OF Office
will expire dd1 On the first Monday of January.
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT. in place
OF Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term Of Office
VIII expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
K RAILRoID COMMISSIONER. in place
Of Graham l.. Rice, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
4 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, in
place OF Emil Giljohann, whose term Of Of
ice will expire on the first Monday Of jan
uary, A. ID. 1903.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the counties of Grant, Crawford, Richland.
sauk M T@SeaH V 6F and 1eTs
Assembly District Of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Beetown, .Cassville, Clifton.
Ellenboro, Glen Haven, Hazel Green, Harrison
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, consistins
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobei, Castle
EG Serty Itts Gant 1oy S1s S
Hope, Mt Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove, Waters.
town, Wingyille, Woodman and Wyalusing, the
villages of Bloomington, Fennimore Montfort
and Muscoda, the city of Boscobel and the city
of Lancaster.
Also the following county officers In
place of the present ncumbents. whose
several terms Of office will expire on the
FIRST Monday in January, A.. D. 1903, to-wit:
County Clerk in place Of Era Fl. Grifhs
County Treasurer In place OF John
A Sheriff in place Of Charles c. Dickin-
son.
Coroner in place Of James T. Taylor.
George E. Budd.
A District Attorney In place q Henry
W. Brown.
A Register Of Deeds in place Of George
Tuf1ey, Jr.
A County Surveyor in place Of Charles c.
Sampson.
A 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 a part of the foregoing notice,
to-wit:
Joint Resolution No. 3.
For the submission Of an amendment to
ton relating to the justices OF the su-
preme court
Resolved, by the assembly the senate ate
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 a continuous
member of said court, 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 Az
Joint Resolution No. III.
Proposing an amendment to section Of
article II Of the constitution of the state
Of Wisconsin, as amended by vote Of
the people at the general election. No
vember 8, 1874 relating to the indebted
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section of article II Of
the constitution of Wisconsin be amended
by inserting after the word years in the
CT of said section nrintp0
statutes Of 1898. the following words: "or,
If city containing a population OF more
than twenty five thousand according to the
last state or federal census taken before
such debt is contracted, within nifty
years" so that when amended said section
} of article II shall read as follows: Sec
lature 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 assess
ment and taxation. and in contracting
debts by such municipal corporations. No
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 includ-
ing existing Indebtedness. In the aggregate
exceeding five per centum on the value OF
the taxable property therein, to be ascer-
county taxes previous to the mourning OF
such Indebtedness. Any county. city. town.
village. ScnOOI OlStFlcC OF OtHer HlHHhlpdi
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 1t falls due. and
also to pay and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years, or. If city
containing a 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.28S)
Joint Resolution No H.
Providing for an amendment of section %.
article " of the constitution for sep
arate county government in certain coun-
ties.
Resolved by the senate. the assembly
concurring that section 49, of article Nv,
of the constitution of the state Of Wiscon-
sin 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
Gnvernment," so that when SO amended
Said section will read as follows: Section