Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-09-04
Notice of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN. l
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, }
Notice is hereby given that at a general cleo
ton, to be held in the several towns. wards
villages and election districts Of the state OF
Wisconsin. on the Tuesday succeeding the nj g
Monday, being the 4th day of NovembeL. A -
1902, the following officers are to he elected, tc
wit:
A governor. in place of Robert NJ. LaFollette
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d.. 1903.
A Lieutenant Governor. i'll place OF Jesse
Stone. deceased, whose term of office would
have expired on the first Monday of January
A secretary of State, in place of William II
Froelich. whose term of Office will expire Oh
the first Monday of January, A. D.. 1903;
A State Treasurer. in place Of James .. Day
idson. whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d.. 1903.
An Attorney General in the place of Emmett
X. Hicks. whose term of office will expire Oh
the first Monday of January. A; d., 1903
A State Superintendent in place of Lorenzo
ID. Harvey. whose term of office will expire on
the first. Monday of January. A. ID; 1903.
A Railroad Commissioner in place of Ora
Ram l.. Rice, whose term of Office Will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. d. 1903
A Commissioners OF Insurance. in place OF
Emil Giljohan, whose term of office win expire
on the first Monday of January. A. d. 1903;
A Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District consisting of the coun
ties of Crawford, Grant, Iowa. Juneau. Rich
land Sank and Vernon, in place 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 place 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 eoun
| ties of Ashland, Barron Calumet, Clark, Craw
ford Door. Dunn, Green, Green Lake: Iowa
Jackson, Juneau, Kenosha, kewaunee, LaFay
cite, Lincoln, Monroe, Oconto. Qzaukee. Pierce
Portage, Richland, Shawano ST, CroiN, Trem
,Na1a all a.h
| shara and Wood, for the term beginning Oh
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 ol
| the constitution of the state of Wisconsin. tht
| following joint resolutions adopted blythe leg
! isature of the state OF Wisconsin at the regu
| lar session of 1902 are made part or the fore
going notice, to wit:
(No. 80 Az
| JOINT RESOLUTION NO. s.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
tion 1 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 IN,
constitution be amended SO as 70 read as iol
| ciate justices of the supreme court shall b.
severally known rs the Justices of said court
with the same terms of office of ten years re
| spectlvely, as now provided. The suprem
court shall consist of seven justices, any fou
of whom shall he c,, .c;r,s;.;;si. 20 he elected e
now crowded. not more than one each yeai
The justice having been longest continuou
member of said court or in case two or NOR
such senior justices shall have served for tn
same length of time then the one whose con
mission first expires shall be exoflieio the chic
justice.
NO, IL. A.
| JOINT RESOLUTION NO, IL.
Proposing an amendment to section of art
cle III of the constitution of Wisconsin. q
| amended by vote of the people at the gel
eral election, November 3, 1874, relating to tn
Indebtedness of municipal corporations.
Resolved. by the assembly, the senate co,
curing, that section of article II OF the col
stitution of the state of Wisconsin be amen'
ed by inserting after the word years, in I'll
last line of said section rs printed IN the sta
utes of 1898, the following words or. If
city containing population of more tina
twenty-five thousand, according to the las
state or federal census taken before such del
is contracted, within fifty years" so that whe
amended said section of article II shall rea
as follows: Section g. 1t shall be the duty
the Legislature, and they are hereby empowe
ed, to provide for the organization OF elite
and Incorporated villages, and to restrict the
power of taxation, assessment, borroWin
money, contracting debts and loaning the
credit. so as to prevent abuses in assessmeI
and taxation, and in contracting debts by sue
municipal corporations. No county, city. tow
village school district, or other municipal co
poration shall be allowed to become 1ndebte
in any manner or for any purpose TO an amour
including existing indebtedness. inl the aggr
gate exceeding five per centum on the value
the taxable property therein. to be ascertaint
by the last assessment for city and county Ia
es previous to the mourning of such indebte
ness. Any county, city, town, village, scho
district or other municipal corporation incu
ring any indebtedness MS aforesaid, shall, D
fore or at the time of doing So provide for Il
collection of direct annual tax sufficient
pay the interest on such debt as it falls du
and also to pay and discharge the prncip
thereof within twenty years, or. II city co
tanning population of more than twenty-fi'
thousand according to the last state or FEEDER
| census taken before such debt Is contracte
within fifty wears. from the time of contractir
the same.
mo. rs s.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. IL.
Providing for an amendment of section %, q
ticle " of the constitution and for separa
county government in certain counties.
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concu
ing, that section % of article ~ of the cons
tuition of the state of Wisconsin. be amends
by adding at the end thereof the following:
provided that in counties that contain
/, incorporated city of more than one hundr
thousand inhabitants, the legislature may {
tablish q separate system of county COVER
: ment." so that when amended said section "
/, read as follows; Section %. The legisatu
shall establish but one system of town nj
: county government, which shall be as near
uniform as practicable: provided that in cou
tieswhich contain an incorporated city of mo
( than one hundred thousand inhabitants, I
legislature may establish a separate system
county government.
Notice is further given that at said genei
election the following, propositions are TO
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