Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-09-08
Monday, Sept. 9Th, 1902,
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.

STATE OF WISCONSIN,, &C
: COUNTY OF Villas. :.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a
general election. to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages and election districts
of the County OF Villas state OF WIS, on the
Tuesday succeeding the first NJ onday. Delng
the 4th day of November, A. ID. 1902, the
following officers ar! to be elected, to-Wit:
A governor, in place of Robert NJ, L"
Toilette, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of anuary, \. ?. 1903.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Jesse Stone, deceased whose term Term
Of Office would have g. P PnH on tne 'nrSt
Monday Of January, A. D. l9O3.
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place of
William H Froehlich, whose term OF othce
will expire on the first Monday OF january A.
D. 1903.
A STATE Urea SURER. in place of James
o. Davidson, whose term sol office Will expire
on the first Monday Of Janlary A. ID. 1903.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL in place of
Emmett R. Hicks, whose term OF ONCE VIII eX-
pire on the first Monday of January a. ID. l9O5.
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, in place of
Lorenzo d. Harvey, whose time OF of1ce Will
expire on the first Monday OF January AID
1903.
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, in place of
Graham l.. Rice, whose term OF ONCE VIII eX-
,pire on the first Monday of January A. =. 1903
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, in
place of Emil GiljOhann, whose term or once
will expire on the first Monday OF January A.
d. 1908.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting of
the counties of IRON Villas, Oneida, Forest,
Florence, Langlade, Lincoln, ShaWan0, Mar
athOn Taylor, Price, Ashland and Wood
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Assem-
bly, District consisting Of the counties OF Iron
Oneida and Villas.
Also a County Clerk in the place of Finn
Lawler whose term Of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
A Sheriff in the place of Joseph Elliott whose
term of office will expire on fthe first MONDAY
of January A. D. 1908.
4 Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whose term Of office will expire the first
Monday of january A. D. 1908.
Clerk of the Circuit Court in place of
John Hanson whose term OF office will expire
on the firstMOnday Of January A. D. 1913
A District attorney IN place of Geo. E.
O'Connor whose term of ONCE will expire ON
the first Monday of January A. ID. 1908
A register of deeds in place of w. B. Ray
mOnd whose term Of Office will expire on the
first Monday Of January A. ID. 1908.
county surveyor in place of Richard
Gumear whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. ID. 1913.
county superintendent of schools in place
of Alex Higgins whose term OF. office will eX-
(pire on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
In accordance with section 1 of article AII
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 a part
mo. 33 A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. s.
For the submission of an amendment to
section 1 of article VII OF the constitution
relating to the justices OF the supreme
RESOLVED by the assembly. thesenate CON
curing, that section one of article VII OF the
constitution be amended SO as to read as
dOllows Section l. rhe'chief Justice and as
socate justices of the supreme court shall be
lseverally known as'the Justices OF said court
with the same terms OF once OF ,I ten Years re-
court shall consist of seven justices, any four
of whom shall be a quorum, to be elected as
now provided, 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
Tor the same length of time, then the one
whose commission first expires shall be ex-
Oficio the chief Justice.
mo. IA A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No IL.
Proposing an amendment to section of ar
ticle III of the constitution of the state of
Wisconsin, as amended by a vote of the
people at the general election. November 3.
1874, relating to the indebtedness OF NUM-
Cipal corporations.
Resolved, blythe assembly the senate con-
curing, that section OF article IL OF the CON
stitutiOn OF Wisconsin, be amended by insert.
ing after the word years" in the last line OF
said section rinted in the statutes OF 1898
the following words: cor, If city contain
ing a population of more than twenty-five
eraI census taken before such debt Is con
tracted within fifty years" SO. that when
amended said section B OF article Ill. snail
read az follows: Section 8. 1t shall be the
duty of the Legislature. and they are hereby
empO Wered, to provide'for the organization
of cities aud Incorporated villages. and to
restrict their power of taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, contracting debts and
iOaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation and in contract
ing debts by such municipal corporations.
mo county, city. town. village, school district
or other municipal corporation snail be al
lowed to become indebted in any manner or
for, any purpose to any amount, including
existing indebtedness, in the aggregate eX-
ceeding five per ctntum on the value OF the
taxable property therein, to be ascertalned
by the last assessment for city ana county
taxes previous to the mourning of such in
debtedness Any county. city, town village,
school district or other municipal corpora
tiOns mourning any Indebtedness as aforesaid.
shall, before or the time OF doing so, pro-
vide for the collection OF u direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest OH Such debt
as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge
the principal thereof within twenty years.
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 withfn fifty years, from
the time of contracting the same.
mo. % ST.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. II.
Providing for an amendment Of section 23,
article " OF the constitution ana Tor sep
arate county government i'll certain coHn-
ties.
RESOLVED by the senate, the assembly con
curing that section 23, of article w. OF the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin. be
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: -
Provided that in counties which contain
an Incorporated cftv of ntore than one hurl-
dred thousand inhabit0nts, the legislature
may establish u separate SYSTEM ofcounty
government" SCI thHt>when SO amended said
section will read as foil0ws rSectiOH 23.
The legislature shall establish but One sys-
tenn of town and county government; (which
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable;
provided, that tn counties which contain an
thcO pOrated city Of more than one huAdred
thousand inhabitants! the legislature NAV
9stabltsh'a separate system OF county W.
ernmentl ." By - 'f't
No IL f,r,. oiV hat at ai6 pan aru1