River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-21
Notice of General Election.
First Publicat on Aug. Z. 1902.

Notice of General Election.
First Publicat on Aug Z, 1902
PIERCE COUNTY, COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
Ellsworth Wis, August 6, 1902
general election is to be held in the sever
al towns, wards, villages, and election districts
IN SAID county, on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday, being the 4th day of Novem-
Der, 1902, at which are to be elected the officers
Speclhed herein in accordance with the sub
stance of notice received from the secretary
of state, to-wit:
A Governor, in place of Robert NJ La Fol
lette, whose term of office win expire on the
hrSt Monday of January, A. ID. 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
Secretary of State in place OF William II.
Froehlfch, whose term of office win expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
State Treasurer, in place of James Q,
Davidson, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908,
An Attorney General in place of Emmett r.
HICKS, whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday Of January, A. ID. 1908.
A State Superintendent, in place of Lorenzo
D. Harvey whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
a Rallroad commissioner, in place OF Graham
L. Rice whose term OF office win expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
A Commissioner of Insurance, in place of Emil
Giljohann, whose term of office will expire on
the first of January, A. d. 1903.
A Representative in Congress in place OF
John j, jenkins, for the Eleventh Compression.
al District, consisting of the counties of Doug.
las, Gates, Sawyer, Pierce Bayfield,, Barron
Dunn, Burnett, Polk Chippewa, Washburr
and 1T. CroiX.
A Member of Assembly for Pierce county, in
place of Harry j. Park whose term of ONCE
will expire on the first Monday of January A
d. 1908.
A County Clerk, in place of Ole j. Hohle
whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January. A. d. 1903
a County Treasurer in place OF Ole Il. Berg
Seng, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1903
A Sheriff, in place of Charles E. Glass whose
term of Office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. d. 1903.
A Coroner, in place of John s. Copley. whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. ID. 1903
A Clerk of the Circuit Court, in place OF La
fayette G. Spinney, whose term of office viii
expire on the first Monday of January, A. d
1903.
A District Attorney, in place of Albert Com
hacker, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. D. 1903.
A Register OF Deeds, in place of Warren w.
Walsngham, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of january A d. 1908
A Surveyor, in place OF Belden r. Eaton
whose term of office viii expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
A superintendent of Schools, in place OF A.
) lngh, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
In accordance with section of article XII
OF the constitution of the State of Wisconsin
the following Joint resolutions adopted by the
legislature OF Gne state or Wisconsin at the
regular session of 1901, and made part OF the
foregoing notice, to-wit
JOINT RESOLUTION NO 8.
| For the submission of an amendment to sec
ton of article VII of the constitution re
lating to the justices of the supreme court
Resolved, by the assembly the senate con
curing, that section of article VII of the con
| stitution be amended so as to read as follows
Section l. The chief justice and associate
| justices of the supreme court shall be several
| lV known the 1nStiCpS Of Said will
| the same terms of Office of ten years respec
| lively as now provided. The supreme cour
| shall consist OF seven justices, any four OF
| whom shall be quorum, to be elected as nov
| provided, not more than one each year The
| justice having been longest a continuous mem
| Der of said court. or in case two or more Sucl
senior justices shall have served for the same
| time, then the one whose commission first ex
pires shall be ex-otticio, the chief justice.
No. IA A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO, H.
Proposing an amendment to section of arti
Gle II of the constitution of the state O
Wisconsin, as amended by vote of thu
people at the general election, Novem
Der 3, 1874, relating to the indebtedness o
municipal corporations.
Resolved. by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section of article II of the con
stitution Of Wisconsin be amended by inserting
after the word years in the last line OF Sait
section as printed in the statutes of 1898, the
following words, "or, If q city containing
population Of more than twenty-five Thousand
according to last state or federal census takeI
before such debt is contracted, within fifty
years, SO that when amended said section O
article IL, shall read as follows: Section 3. II
shall be the duty of the legislature and they
are hereby empowered, to provide for the or
ganlzaton OF cltles ana Incorporated villages
and TO restrict their power OF taxation, assess
ment, borrowing money, contracting debts and
loanlng their credit so as to prevent abuses in
assessment and taxation and in contrac ting
debts by such municipal corporations. No
county, city, town, village, school district or
other municipal corporation shall be allowed
to become indebted in any manner or for any
purpose TO any amount, including existing in
debtednesS, in the aggregate exceeding five pei
centum on the value of the taxable property
therein, to be aScertained by the last assess
ment Tor city and county taxes previous to the
mourning OF such Indebtedness. Any county
city, town, village, school district or other mu
mclpal corporation mourning any Indebtedness
as aforesaid, shall, before or at the time of do
ing SO, provide for the collection Of direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said
debt as it falls due, and also to pay and dis
charge the principal thereof within twenty
years, or If 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.
No. % s.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. H.
Providing for an amendment OF section % ar
ticle ~ of the constitution and for separ-
ate county governmental certain counties.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly con-
curing that section % of article ~, of the
amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing:
provided that in counties which contain an
incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants, the legislature may eS-
tabliSh q separate system Of county govern
ment" so that when so amended said section
will read as follows: "Section 49, The leglS-
lature shall establish but one system or town
and county government which shall be as
nearly uniform as practicable provided that
in counties which contain anincorporated city
of more than one hundred thousand inhab1-
tants, the legislature may establish separate
system of county government.
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, 258 and 437 of the
laws of 1901, which said chapters read as fol-
lows:
No. 1875, s. published March 10, 1901.
CHAPTER 49,
AN ACT to submit to the people amend
ment to article XII of the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin giving the legisla-
ture power to pass a general banking law
Whereas at the biennial session of the leg
islature OF the state of Wisconsin for the year
1885, joint resolution was passed proposing
an amendment to article XII of the constitu-
ton of the state of Wisconsin, giving the leg
islature power to pass a general banking law,
which was agreed to by a majority of the
members elected to each OF the two houses,
and approved April twentieth 1899. which pro-
posed amendment was in the following Ian