Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-21

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That pursu-
ant to a notice to me directed by the Secretary
of State, and in accordance with the laws or
Wisconsin, 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 to be submitted, tO-Wit:
A GOVERNOR, in place of Robert M.
La Toilette, whose term of office will eX-
pdidree on the first Monday OF January, A. u.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
OF Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term of
office would have expired on the first Mon
day of January, A. ID. 1903.
< SECRETARY OF STATE, in place of
William H. Froehlich, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday Of January,
A STATE TREASURER, in place Of
James o. Davidson. whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday OF January,
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, ir place OF
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January.
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, in place
of Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term OF office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu-
< RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place
of Graham L. sRice, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu-
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place of Emil Giljohann, whose term of Of
fce will expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. d. 1903.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District, consisting OF
the counties of Grant, Crawford, Richland,
Sank, juneau, Vernon , and IoTa. -, r;...
a Grant consisting
of the towns of Beetown, Cassville Clifton,
Ellenboro, Glen Haven, Hazel Green, Harrison,
Smelser and Waterloo, the villages of Cassvllle,
Cuba City, Hazel Green, Potosi, and the city OF
Platteville.
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle
Fen ra Hek%Sy M1e M
Hope, Mt. Ida, Muscoda, Patch Grove waters
town, Wingville, Woodman and Wyalusing, the
villages of Bloomington, Fennimore Montfor'
and Muscoda, the city of Boscobel and the city
of Lancaster.
Also the following county officers, in
place of the present incumbents, whose
FIRST Monday in January, A. D. 1903, to-wit
A County Clerk in place of Era H. Griftis
A County Treasurer in place of John
A Sheriff in place Of Charles c. Dickin.
A Coroner in place of James T. Taylor
A Clerk Of the Circuit Court in place OF
district Attorney in place of Henry
W. Brown.
A Register of Deeds in place of George
A County Surveyor in place Of Charles c.
Sampson.
A County Superintendent of Schools in
place of Charles H. Nye.
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 notlce,
to-wit:
No. SO, Al
Joint Resolution No. 8.
For the submission of amendment to
section | of article VII of the constitu
tfon relating to the justices of the su
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section 1 of article VII
of the constitution be amended to
read as follows: Section 1. 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 conslSt
of seven justices, any four OF whom snail
be a quorum, to be elected as now pro
vided not more than one each year. The
Justice having been longest continuous
member of said court, or in case two OF
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 Al
Joint Resolution No. If.
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
ness of municipal corporations.
Resolved, by the assembly. the senate
concurring, that section OF article III OF
l,<N lf}nC
by inserting 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 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
3 Of article II shall read as follows: Sec
ton 8. 1t shall be the duty of the legis
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, to prevent abuses in assess
ment and taxation. and in contracting
debts by such municinal corporations. No
county. city. town. village. school district
or other mum cipal corporation shall be 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-
tanned by the last assessment for city and
county taxes previous to the mourning of
such Indebtedness. Any county. city. town.
village. school district or other municipal
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 it falls due. and
also to nav and discharge the PRINCIPAL
thereof within twenty years. or if city
containing 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. % 81
Joint Resolution No. II.
Providing for an amendment of section 70,
article ~ of the constitution ana Tor sep
arate county government III certain couu-
ties.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly
concurrtng, that section 70, OF article ~,
Of the constitution OF the state of lscOn-
sin, be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
PROVIDED that III counties which contain
an Incorporated clty of more than one hun
dred thousand inhabitants, the leglSlat lure
may establish separate system OF county
government 50 that when so amended
said section Will read as follows. 'SpcTiOn