Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-16
NOTICE OF
Gen'| Election,
STATE OF WISCONSIN,
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STATE OF WISCONSIN.
County Of Wood.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. Tha. at a
general election, to be held in the several tow $
wards, villages, and election districts of the
State OF Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding
~ Arst Monday, being the 4th day of Noyem.
bsr A D 1872, the following officers are to be
elected, to wit:
A GUtkhNoR, in place. Of Robert NJ
Pire on the first Monday Of January, a. D.
4 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
sfce Would have expired on the dr ssfn Nor Oi
sEc sRsRaalf 4 OF = STATE Tyss 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 Q. Davidson. whose term Of ONCE
VIII expire ona on the first Monday Of January,
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place Of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term OF ONCE
Till d e1 Is6s on the first Monday of January,
4. STATE SUPERINTENDENT, In place
ct Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term Of off1ce
win expire on 2no. the first Monday of Janu-
4 RAILRoAD COMMISSIONER, in place
will expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
4 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. In
place Of Emil Giljohann. whose term of Of
dee will expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. D. 1903.
the Tenth Congressional District. consirtine Of
Florence, Langlade, Lincoln, Shaxano, Mara.
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District consisting OF the counties of Adams
Marquette, Wood and Waushara, in piace Of
Thomas Fearne, deceased, whose term Of Office
A aEMBER Of ASSEMBLY for til. As.
sembly District of the county Of Wood, in
nary, A. D. 1858. - WV '0' A-'' u an
Also ali County Officer. required by law to b
hos SHERIFF isRI5 in place Ct James heL.pxhlin
h9nd kEG Ct SsffPEHKsry Of F p b 1sR in Mac,
Everett A. Upham, whose term of office will
expire on the first Monday of January, A. D.
A COUNTY TREASURER in place Of Jacob
ssearls,; whose term of office will expire on the
PsTRc T AfoRsEY + in psc. Of Her
expire on the first Monday Of January, A. D.
A COUNTY CLERK in place Of Edward S.
A CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT In
place of Charles A. Podawiltz whose term of
office will expire sddd on the first Monday of JAN
A COUNTY SURVEYOR in plac. of Luke
": Pitts, whose term OF office will expire on the
CORONER in place Of j acob Lusk whose
term of Office will expire on tho first Monday Of
January, 4: D. 1903.
SCHOOLS in place of Otto ] Leu. whose
term of Office will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D. 1908.
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 the regular session of 1901,
are made part of the foregoing notice,
to-wit:
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Joint Resolution No. 8.
For the submission Of an amendment to
section 1 Of article VII Of the constitu.
ton relating to the justices Of the su-
preme court.
Resolved, by the assembly. the senate
concurring, that section l Of article VII
of the constitution be amended so as to
read as follows: Section 1. The chief jus
tice and associate justices Of the supreme
court shall be severally known as the JUS
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 q 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-
officio, the chief justice,
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Joint Resolution No. II.
Proposing an amendment to section of
article II Of the constitution of the state
OF Wisconsin, as amended by vote of
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,
II city containing a population of more
f ina twtentghEe thousand according to the
such debt is contracted. within fifty
years. so that when amended said section
8 Of article II shall read as follows: Sec
ton 3. 1t shall be the duty Of the legs-
lature, and they are hereby empowered, to
provide for. the organization of cities and
Incorporated villages, and to restrict their
money, contracting debts and loaning theft
credit, SO as to prevent abuses in assess
ment and taxation: and in contracting
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 five 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
doing so, provide for the collection Of
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
terest on such debt as it falls due. and
also to pay and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty years or, ff city