River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-09-04
Notice of General Election,
First Publication Aug. Z, 1902.

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! PIERCE COUNTY, COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
Ellsworth, Wis, August &, 1902.
| A general election is to be held in the sever
! al towns, wards, villages, and election district
| 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 officer
/ specified herein in accordance with the sub
of state, to-wit;
| A Governor in place of Robert NJ La Fol
| lette, whose term of office will expire on tn
| first Monday of January, A. ID. 1908.
Lieutenant Governor in place of Jess,
! Stone, deceased, whose term of office woul,
| have expired on the first Monday of January
/ A. d. 1903.
A Secretary of State, in place of William Fl
! Froehlich, whose term OF Office will expire OF
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1903
State Treasurer, in place of James O
Davidson, whose term of office will expire OF
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
An Attorney General, in place of Emmett r
Hicks, whose term of office win expire on thu
first Monday of January, A D. 1908
State Superintendent, in place of Lorenzt
d. Harvey, whose term of office will expire OIL
| the first Monday OF January, A. d. 1908.
| Railroad Commissioner, in place of Graham
L. Rice, whose term of office will expire on tn,
| first Monday of January, A. D. 1903.
A Commissioner ofInsurance in place of Emf
| Giljohann, whose term OF office will expire OF
| the first of January, A, ID. 1908.
Representative in Congress in place o
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, Washburl
| and st. CrOiX.
| A Member of Assembly for Pierce county. il
place of Harry j. Park, whose term of offic,
will expire on the first Monday of January A
| D. 1903
County Clerk in place of Ole j. Hohle
whose term of office will expire on the frs
Monday of January. A. D. 1908.
County Treasurer, in place OF Ole II. Berg
| Seng, whose term of office will expire on the
| first Monday of January, A. ID. 1908
Sheriff in place of Charles e. Glass, whose
term OF once Will expire on the first Monday
Coroner, in place of John S. Copley. whose
term OF office will expire on the first Monday
| OF January, A. d. 1908.
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place Of la
fayette q. Spinney whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday OF January, A. d
A District Attorney, in place Of Albert Com
| backer, whose term OF office win expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
"A, a ,Reglster OF Deeds in place of Warren w
| WalSlngham, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1903
A Surveyor, in place Of Belden r. Eaton
whose term OF ONCE will expire on the frs
| Monday of January A. d. 1903.
a Superintendent of Schools, in place of A
j. Ingli. whose term of office will expire on The
| first Monday of January, A. d. 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 the state of Wisconsin at tn,
regular session Of 1901, and made u part of tn,
| foregoing notice, to-wit:
mo. 80 A..
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. g.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
ton of article VII of the constitution re
Latng 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
| ly known as the justices of said court, witt
| the same terms of Office of ten years reSpec
lively as now provided. The supreme cour
shall consist of seven justices, any four o
| whom shall be quorum, to be elected as now
| provided, not more than one each year The
| justice having been longest q 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-officio, the chief justice.
No. IA A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II,
Proposing an amendment to section 3 of arti
Gle II of the constitution of the state Of
Wisconsin, as amended by vote of the
people at the general election, NOVem-
Der 3, 1874, relating to the Indebtedness OF
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 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 last state or federal census taken
before such debt is contracted, within fifty
years, y so that when amended said section OF
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
ganiZation of cities and Incorporated villages
and to restrict their power of taxation, assess
ment, 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 district OF
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 per
centum on the value of the taxable property
therein, to be aScertained by the last assess
ment for city and county taxes previous to the
mourning of such Indebtedness, Any county,
nicipal corporation mourning any Indebtedness
as aforesaid shall, before or at the time of do
ing so, provide for the collection of q direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said
debt as 1t falls due, and also to pay and dis
charge the principal thereof within twenty
years, or if q 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. ~.
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 w, 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 hundred
thousand inhabitants, the legislature may es-
tablish a separate system of county govern
ment" so that when so amended said section
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