Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-10-09
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, ! 90
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 80

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, J
Notice is hereby given that at general cleo
ton, TO be held in the several towns. wards.
villages and election districts of the State Of
Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the fiji st
Monday, being the 4th day of November A. D.
1902, the following officers are to be elected to
wit
A governor, in place of Robert NJ. LaFollette
whose term of Office will expire ON the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
Lieutenant Governor, in place of Jesse
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 William II.
Eroelich, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday OF January, a. D., 1903.
A State Treasurer in place Of James o. Day
idson, whose term of Office Will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d., 1903.
An Attorney General in the place of Emmett
r. Hicks, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January. A. d. 1903
A State Superintendent, in place of Lorenzo
ID. Harvey, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday Of January, A. ID. 1903.
A Railroad Commissioner. in place Of Ora
Ram IL. Rice, whose term Of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
A Commissioners of Insurance, in place of
Emil Giljohan whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday Of January, A. ID. 1903.
a Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District, consisting of the coun
ties of Crawford, Grant. Iowa, Juneau. Rich
land. Sank and Vernon, in place of JOSEPH w.
Babcock whose term of office will expire on
the 4th day et March. 1903
district, consisting OF the counties Of Green,
Iowa and Lafayette in place of Harry G. Mar
tin, whose term of office will expire on the
second Wednesday of January, 1903.
A Member of Assembly for each of the coun-I
ties of Ashland, Barron, Calumet, Clark, Craw
ford, Door. Dunn Green, Green Laie. Iowa,
jackson. Juneau, kenosha, kewaunee, LaFay
cite, Lincoln, Monroe, Oconto, OZaukee. Pierce,
Portage Richand ShaWano, st. Croiy, Trem-
peeau, Vernon WalWorth, Washington, Wau-
shara and Wood, for the term beginning on
the second Wednesday of January. 1903.
Also all county officers required by law 20 be
chosen AT such election.
In accordance with section of article VII of
the constitution OF the state of Wisconsin, the
following Joint resolutions adopted by the leg
isature of the state of Wisconsin at the regu-
lar session of 1902 are made part of the fore
going notice, to witt
(No. 80 AZ
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
tion of article VII of the constitution relat-
ing to the justices Of the supreme court.
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section / of article VII of the
constitution be amended so as TO read as fol-
lows: Section |. The chief justice and asso-
ciate justices of the supreme court shall be
severally known the Justices of said court,
with the same terms of Office of ten years re-
spectlvely. as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist of seven justices, any four
of whom shall be quorum. to be elected as
now provided, not more than one each year.
The justice having been longest n 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 com
mission first expires shall be eX-oflicio the chief
justice
No. IA. A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO, II.
Proposing an amendment to section of arti-
Gle il of the constitution of Wisconsin, as
amended by vote OF the people at the gen
indebtedness of municipal corporations.
Resolved by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section Of article II of the con
sttuton of the state OF Wisconsin be amend
ed by inserting after the word years in the
last line of said section rs printed in the stat
uteS of 1898, the following words: or, II
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 fifty years so that when
amended said section of article II shall read
as follows: Section 3 1t shall be the duty of
the legislature, and they are hereby empower
ed, 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, 50 as to prevent abuses in assessment
and taxation, and in contracting debts by such
municipal corporations Nocounty. city. town.
village, school district, or other municipal cor
poration shall be allowed to become indebted
in any manner or for any purpose TO an amount
including existing indebtedness, int the aggre-
gate exceeding five per centum on the value OF
the taxable property therein. to be aScertained
by the last assessment for city and county tax
IS previous to the mourning Of such indebted
ness. Any county city, town, village, school
district or other municipal corporation incur
ring any indebtedness rs aforesaid, shall, be
fore or at the time of dong So provide tor the
collection of a direct annual tax sufficient TO
pay the interest on such debt as II falls due.
and also 70 pay and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years, or, If city con
tanning population of more than twenty-five
thousand according to the last state or federal
census taken before such debt Is contracted
within fifty wears, from the time Of contracting
the same