Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-08-30
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, ~
CoUNJY OF Villas. >"

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 Monday. being
following officers arc to be elected, to-wit:
GOVERNOR, in place of Robert NJ La
Toilette. whose term OF office will expire ON
the first Monday OF January, A. D. 1908.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
OF office would have expired on the first
Monday OF January, A D. 1903.
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place Of
William II. F'roehlich, whose term Of office
win expire on the first Monday of January, A.
D. 1903.
A STATE TREASURER. in place of James
o. Davidson, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday Of January A. D. 1903.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place of
Emmett r. Hicks whose term of Office win ex-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1903
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT in place Of
Lorenzo d. Harvey, whose time OF office will
expire on the first Monday of January a. d.
1908
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place of
Graham L. Rice. whose term Of Office will eX-
pre on the first Monday of January y. ID. 1903
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place of Emil GiljOhann, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of January A
d. 1903.
A REPRESENTATIVES. CONGRESS- tor
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting Of
the countiesof Iron, Villas oneida, Forest
II
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 County Clerk in the place of Finn
LaWler whose term of office Will expire on the
first Monday of January A. ID. 1903
A Sheriff in the place ofJoseph Elliott whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday
of January a. d. 1913.
Coroneri in place OF James Oberholtzer
whose term of office Will expire on the hrSt
Monday OF January A. ID. 1903.
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place of
John Hanson whose term OF Office Will expire
on the first Monday Of January A. D. 1903
A District attorney IN place of Geo. r.
OConnor whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
A register Of deeds in place of W. b. Ray
mOnd whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday OF January A. D. 1903
A county surveyor in place Of Richard
Gumear whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January a. d. 1903.
A 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 OF article Mi,
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 towit:
No. 33 A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 5.
For the submission OF an amendment to
section OF article VII OF the constitution
relating to the justices OF the supreme
court.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. thesenate con
curing, that section one OF article VII OF the
constitution be amended so as to read as
follows: Section l. The chief Justice and as
sociate justices Of the supreme court shall be
severally known as the justices OF said court,
with the same terms OF office OF ten years re-
sDectively as now provided. The supreme
ut oh cn
of whom shall be IL quorum. to De elected as
now provided, not more than one each year.
The Justice having been longest Il 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 cN-
OfliciO. the chief justice.
No. Il A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. II
Proposing an amendment to section OF ar
ticle III of the constitution OF the state OF
Wisconsin, as amended by Il vote OF the
people at the general election, November ),
1874, relating to the indebtedness of muni-
cipal corporations.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the senate CON
curing that section OF article ii of the con
stitution of Wisconsin, be amended by insert
ing after the word years" in the last line OF
said section as printed in the statutes OF 1898.
the following words: "or, if city contain
ing Il population of more than twenty-five
thousand according to the last state or fed
eraI census taken before such debt Is con-
tracted within fifty years., so that when
amended said section OF article III. shall
read as follows: Section 5. 1t shall be the
duty of the legislature, and they are hereby
empo wered, to provide for the organization
OF cities and Incorporated villages. and TO
restrict their power OF taxation, assessment;
borrowing money, contracting debts ana
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
or other municipal corporation snail DE 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 centum on the value OF the
taxable property therein, to be ascertalned
by the last assessment for city and county
taxes previous to the mourning ot such IN
debtedness. Any county. city, town, village,
school district or other municipal corpora
tions mourning any Indebtedness as aforesaid,
shall before or at the time of doing so, pro-
vide for the collection of direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such deDt
as it falls due, and also to pay and dlscharge
the principal thereof within twenty years.
or If a city containing population OF more
than twenty five thousand according TO the
last state or federal census taken be1ore such
debt is contracted, within fifty years, rom
the time of contracting the same
mo. % s.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. L.:
Providing for an amendment OF section 20,
article ~ of the constitution anu LOT sep
arate county government in certain coUn-
RESOLVED by the senate. the assembly con
constitution of the state OF wisconsin, be
amended by adding at the end thereof the
following:
Provided that in counties which contain
an Incorporated city of more than one nun
dred thousand inhabitants, the legislature
may establish a separate system OF county
government" so that when so amended said
section will read as follows: Section %.
The legislature shall establish but one sys-
tenn of town and county government, which
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable;
provided that in counties which contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants. the legislature may
establish separate system OF county gov
eminent.
Notice is further given that at said general
election the following propositions are to be
submitted to the people in pursuance OF the
requirements of chapters 10, 26S and 437 of
the laws of 1901, which said chapters read
as follows
No. 1875 81 Published March 20, 1901
CHAPTER 73.
An act to submit to the people amend
ment to article XI of the Constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin, giving the legisla-
ture power to pass general banking law.