The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-09-25

and ST. Croix.
a Member of Assembly for the Assembly
District consisting of the counties of Bayfield,
SAWYER and Washburn, in place of William
/. Mccormick. whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
Alsoeau county officers required by law
to be chosen at such election.
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 part of
the foregoing notice. to-wit:
mo. SO Al
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. s.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
ton l of article VII of the constitution re-
Iating to the Justices of the supreme court.
RESOLVED, by the assembly, the senate
concuring that section l of article VII of
the constitution be ammended so as to read as
follows: Section1 The chief justice and
associate justices of the supreme court shall
be severally known as the justices 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 provided, not more than one
each year. The justice having been longest
a 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-oficio, the chief justice.
mo. Hal
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
article Il of the constitution of the state of
Wisconsin, as amended by vote OF the
people at the general election, November
2. 1874 relating to the Indebtedness of
municipal corpo1 atious.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the senate
concuring that section } of article II 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 1898. the following words '.or if city
containing population of more than twenty
five thousand according to the last state or
federal cencus taken before such debt is con-
tracted within fifty years" SO that when
amended said section of article II, shall
read as follows: Section 8. 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature, and they are hereby
empowered, to provide for the organization of
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
in az.
ceeding five per centum on the value of the
taxable property therein, to be ascertained
by tt 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 it falls
due. and also to pay and discharge the
principal thereon within twenty years, or, if
a 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. IL.
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 a 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
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
stabiish separate system of county gov
eminent
Notice is further given that at said general
election the following propositions are to be
submitted to the people in pursuance OF the
requirements of chapters 70, 25S and 437 of the
laws of 1901, which said chapters read as
follows:
No. 1851 published March 26. 1871.
An Act to submit to the people an amend
ment to article x Of the constitution of
the state Of Wisconsin. giving the legisla-
ture power to pass general banking law.
Whereas, at the BIENNIAL session of the legis-
lature OF the state of Wisconsin for the year
1899, a joint relolution was passed proposing
an amendment to article XI of the con-
5titution of the state of Wisconsin, giving