Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-23
4 DAY OF NOV EN- BEH,
A. ID. 1902,

ing the nrSt 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 Wscon-
sin are to be submitted, to-wit:
A GOVERNOR, in place of Robert M.
La Toilette. whose term of Office will ex-
1908
A LIEUTENANT, GOVERNOR, in place
OF Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term OF
office would have expired on the first Mon
A 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 CT Office
will expire on the first Monday of January,
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, IN place Of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term OF Office
will expire on the first Monday of January,
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT. In place
or Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, In place
OF Graham l.. Rice, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. Ia
place Of Emil Giljohann, whose term OF Of
hce will expire on the first Monday OF Jan
udTy, a. -. I9U0.
REPRESENTATIVE IN Congo E9S for
the counties of Grant. Crawford. Richland,
Sank M %g9e eHk V 6F end IeTs
Assembly District Of Grant county, consisting
of the towns of Beetown, Cassville, Clifton.
Ellenboro, Glen Haven, Hazel Green, Harrison,
smeiser and waterloo the villages Of Gassvilie'
Cuba City, Hazel Green, Potosi, and the city of
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county. consisting
of the towns of Bloomington, Boscobel, Castle
Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove. Lancaster,
Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Millville, Mt.
Hope, Mt. Ida, Mnscoda, Patch Grove, Walters
town, Wingville, W~0dman and Wyalusing, the
villages of Bloomington! Fennimore. Montfort
and Muscoda, the city of Roscobel 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. ID. 1903, tO-Wlt:
A County Clerk in place of Era H Grifis
A County Treasurer In place OF John
Scheinpfug.
A Sheriff in place of Charles C.. Dickin-
Coroner in place of James T. Taylor
"A Clerk Of the Circuit Court in place OF
George e. Budd.
District Attorney in place Of Henry
A Register of Deeds In place Of George
Tuf1ey, Jr.
A County Surveyor in place of Charles c.
Sampson.
A County Superintendent OF Schools In
place of Charles FL. Nye.
In accordance with section !, OF article
XII, Of the constitution of the state OF
Wisconsin, the following joint resolutions
adopted by the legislature or the state or
Wisconsin at the regular session OF 1901,
are made a part of the foregoing notice,
to-Wit:
(No. SO, Al
Joint Resolution 30. 3.
submission amendment
section 1 of article VII of the constitu-
ton relating to the justices Of the su-
prelne court.
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section 1 Of article VII
of the constitution be amended SO as to
read as follows: Section !. The chief JUS
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
be a quorum, to be elected as now pro-
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.
mo. IA Az
Joint Resolution No. II.
Proposing an amendment to section Of
Of Wisconsin, as amended by a 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 8 Of article ii OF
the constitution of Wisconsin be amended
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 a city containing a population Of more
than twenty-five thousand according to the
I1@& cH0 10 fo6A ion hnf
such debt Is contracted, within fifty
years." so that when amended said section
B Of article II shall read as follows: Sec
ton 3. 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
mower 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
or other municipal 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 i've 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
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 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 23S.)
Joint Resolution No IL.
Providing for an amendment of section 49,
article Nv of the constitution for sep
arate county government in certain coun-
CieS.
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 hun
dred thousand inhabitants. the Legislature
NAV establish separate system of county
governments" SO that when so amended
said section will read rs follows section
%. The legislature snail establish but one
system of town and county government
which shall be as nearly. uniform as prac-
ticaLle; provided that in counties which
contain an Incorporated city OF more than
one hundred Thousand inhabitants, the