Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-09

Office of County Clerk,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That puTsu.
ant to a notice to me directed by the Secretary
of State, and in accordance with the laws of
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 Follettes whose term of office will ex-
tRs 5Es on the first Monday of January A. D.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
OF Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term OF
office would have expired on the first Mon
day of January, A. D. 1903.
A SECRETARY OF STATE, in place Of
William H. Froehlich, whose term Of office
VIII expire re on the first Monday OF January,
A STATE TREASURER, in place Of
James O. Davidson. whose term OF Office
Will expire odn on the first Monday Of January,
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, In place Of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term Of office
will expire IddS on the first Monday Of January.
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT In place
OF Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term Of Office
Will expire on no. the first Monday Of Janu-
< RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place
Of Graham L. Rice, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday Of 1anu-
4 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, In
place Of Emil Giljohann, whose term Of Of
ice Will expire on the first Monday of jan
nary, A. D. 1903
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District, consisting Of
the counties OF Grant, Crawford, Richland
S1uf EBk T oF s1d H8Ea for the First
Assembly District Of Grant county, consisting
of the towns Of Beetown, Cassville, Clifton
jamestown, Lima, Paris, PlatteviIie, Potosi,
Smelser and Waterloo, the villages of Cassville,
Cuba City, Hazel Green. Potosi. and the city ut
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle
E ESn e distis Grant, .K asrion Si1s NJ
Hope, Mt. Ida Muscoda, Patch Grove, Waters
town Wins lille, Woodman and Wyalusing, the
and Muscoda, the city Of Boscobel and the city
OF Lancaster.
Also the following county officers. In
place of the present incumbents, whose
several terms. Of Office will expire on the
FIRST Monday in January, A. D. 1909, to-wit:
A County Clerk in place Of Era ii. Griffs
A County Treasurer In place Of John
A Sheriff in place Of Charles C. Dickin-
A Coroner in place Of James T. Taylor.
co- CLERK q fu the Circuit Court In place OF
A District Attorney In place Of Henry
A Register Of Deeds in place Of George
Tuf1ey, Jr.
County Surveyor IN place Of Charles c.
Sampson.
County Superintendent Of Schools In
place Of Charles 81. Nye.
In accordance with section ! OF article
XII, of the constitution of the state OF
Wisconsin, the following joint resolutions
Wisconsin at the regular session or l9Ol,
are made part of the foregoing notice.
to-wit:
Joint Resolution No. 9.
For the submission Of an amendment to
section / Of article VII OF the .constitu-
tion relating to the justices Of the su-
concurrIng, that section Of article VII
Of the constitution be amended so as to
read as follows: Section /. The chief Jug
tice and associate justices OF the supreme
court shall be severally known as the JUS
tices 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
vided, 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.
(No. IA Al
Joint Resolution No. III.
Proposing an amendment to section 3 Of
article II of the constitution of the state
Of Wisconsin, as amended by a. vote. OF
vember 5. 1874, relating to the Indebted.
ness of municipal corporations.
Resolved by the assembly, the senate
that ssetH Of hs
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 nifty
years." so that when amended said section
B Of article III shall read as follows: Sec
tion g. 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, 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
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
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
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
tv-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. 90 81
Joint Resolution No. 12.
Providing for an amendment of section %.
article Nv of the constitution for sep
arate county government in certain coun-
ties. -, .
Resolved by the senate. the assembly
concurring that section %, of article ~,
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 hum
dred Thousand inhabitants, the legislature
NAV establish q separate system or county