Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-10-16
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, -.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, So

DEPARTMENT OF soTATE, J
Notice is hereby given that at a general cleo
ton, to be hel in the several towns, wards
villages and election districts of the State OF
Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the til ST
Monday, being the 4th day of November. A. D.
1902, the following officers are to be elected tc
wit:
A governor, in place of Robert M. LaFollette
whose term of office will expire on the first
Monday of January. A. d., 1903
Lieutenant Governor in place of Jesse
Stone. deceased. whose term of Office would
A. d. 1903.
Froelich, whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D., 1903.
State Treasurer in place of James o. Day.
tds s whose tern OF office VII , expire on the
An Attorney General in the place of Emmett
r. Hicks whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday. of January. A; d., 1908
A State superintendent, in place of Lorenzo
ID. Harvey whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January a. ID, 1908.
., Railroad Commissioner, in place of Ora
ram IL. Rice, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
"A Commissioners of insurance. in place of
Emil Giijoban, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
A Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District, consisting of the conn
ties. of Crawford, Grant. Iowa, Juneau, Rich
land, Sank and Vernon. in lace of Joseph w.
Babcock, whose term of Office will expire on
the 4th day eff March. 1903.
A State Senator for the Seventeenth Senate
district, consisting of the counties of Green,
Iowa and Lafayette, in p ace of Harry c. Mar
tin, whose term of Office will expire on the
second Wednesday of January, 1903
A Member of Assembly for each of the coun-
ties of Ashland, Barron Calumet, Clark, Craw-
ford, Door. Dunn, Green, Green Lake. Iowa,
jackson, Juneau. Kenos ha, kewaunee, haFay-
cite, Ltnc3n Mo4r9e ,oconto' 0zaH9kee. Fierce s
peeau, Vernon, Waworth, Washington, Wan
shara and Wood, for the term beginning on
the second Wednesday Of January, 1903.
Also all county officers required by law to be
chosen at such election.
In accordance with section of article VII of
the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, the
following joint resolutions adopted by the leg
sature of the state of Wisconsin at the regu-
lar session of 1902, are made part of the fore
going notice. to wit:
(No. 80 Al
Joint RESOLUTION NO. s.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
ton / of article VII of the constitution relat-
ing to the justices of the supreme court.
Resolved. by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section Of article VII of the
constitution be amended So as to read as fol
lows: Section |. The chief justice and asso-
ciate justices of the supreme court shall be
severaly known as the justices of said court
with the same terms of Office of ten years re-
spectlvely, as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist of seven Justices any four
of whom shall be quorum. to be elected rs
now provided, not more than one each year.
The justice having been longest 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 com
mission first expires shall be ex-oficio the chief
justice.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. IL.
Proposing an amendment to section of arti-
Gle III of the constitution of Wisconsin. rs
amended by vote of the people at the gen
eral election, November 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 the state of Wisconsin be amend
ed by inserting after the word years, IN the
last line of said section as printed in the stat
utes of 1898, the following words: or. If a
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 fifty years, so that when
amended said section of article II shall read
as follows Section g. IT shall be the duty of
the legislature, and they are hereby empower
ed 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 assessment
and taxation. and in contracting debts by such
municipal corporations. No county, city, town.
village, school district, or other municipal cor,
poration shall be allowed to become indebted
in any manner or for any purpose to an amount
including existing Indebtedness, lni the aggre,
gate exceeding five per centum on the value OF
the taxable properly tnertlll, 10 De aScerthlllcu
by the last assessment for city and county tax
es previous to the mourning Of such indebted,
ness. Any county, city, town, village, School
district or other municipal corporation incur
ring any Indebtedness as aforesaid, shall be
fore or at the time Of doing so, provide for the
collection of direct annual tax SUFFICIENT to
pay the interest on such debt as it falls due,
and also to pay and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years, or, If n city con
tanning population of more than twenty 1--WE
thousand according to the last state or federal
census taken before such debt Is contracted
within fifty wears. from the time of contracting
the same,
NO. IS 81