Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-09-15
Monday, Sept. 18th, 1902.
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, &C
COUNTY OF Villas.

of the County OF Was SbSCe o. " u.s., Oh Il,1
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday. being
the 18th day of November, AID. 1902, the
following officers arc to be elected, to-wit:'
AGOVENOR, in pl4te of Robert NJ. La
Toilette. whose term Of Office VIII expire on
the first Monday ofJaEuary, A. d. l9o3.''T
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Jesse Stone, deceased, whose Term n
of office would have expired on tne nrSI
Monday of January, A. D. 1908
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place of
wiIIiam n. FrOehlich, whose term of office
viii expire on the first Monday OF January A
D. 1903.
A STATE TREASU RER. in place of James
o. Davidson, whose term OF once " VII 1oe Expire
on the first Monday of January A u 1870
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term of once WlH Lex e4-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. u. 1915
= A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, in place OF
Lorenzo d. Harvey, whose time OF oalce WI" =
expire on the first Monday OF January Al
1903.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER, in place of
Graham L. Rice whose term OF once WIN eA-
pire on the first Monday otJanuary A ~ 1870
a COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, in
mace of Emil CiliOhann, whose term OF once
viii expire on the first Monday OF January A
D. 1908. e''1
REPRESEN IN CONGRESS for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting OF
the counties of Iron, Villas, Oneida, Forest
FLORENCE Langlade, Lincoln, ShaWar0, Mar
.athon, Taylor, Price, Ashland and Wood
A MEMBER OFASSEMBLY for the Assem-
oly District consisting OF the countleS Oh Iron
Oneida and Villas.
Also County Clerk in the place. OF Finn
LawIer whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. D. l9O3
- Sheriff in the place of Joseph Elliott whose
term of office will expire on the nrSI NAonodS
Of January A. d. 1908
b. A Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whose term of Office will expire on the nrsI
Monday Of January A D. 1913
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place OF
TOhn Hanson whose term of office Will expire
fOn the first Monday of January A u. ISO5.
A District attorney in place OF Geo. +.
O'Connor whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
A register of deeds in place of w: b. Kay
mond whose term of office Will expire on Ine
first Monday of January A. d. lSoS.
county surveyor in place of Richard
Gumear whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. ID. 1903.
A county superintendentIof schools IN place
of Alex Higgins whose term of office will eX-
pire on the drSt Monday of January a. u. 19o5
In accordance with section 1 of article XII,
of the constitution OF the state OF Wisconsin,
the following Joint resolutions adopIeu py
the legislature OF the state OF wisconsin at
the regular session of 1901, are made a part
OF the foregoing notice to-Wlt:
l.. mo. 33 A
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8.
For the submission of an amendment to
section / OF article VII OF the ConsGltu ton
relating to the luSClces OF Tic supp ehiAe
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the senate con
curing, that section one OF arClcle VII vi 'le
constitution be amended SO as to read as
follows: Section l. The chief justice ttnd as
sociate justices of the supreme court shall De
lseverally known as the justices OF SAID court
with the same terms OF office OF ten years re-
spectiveIy as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist OF seven JUSTICES any 1our
of whom shall be a quorum, TO De elecCeu Dis
rl,1 trllfNT a II.
The Justice having been longest cOnClnuOu us
member of said court or in case Two or
more such senior justices snail nave served
for the same length OF time, then Cne one
whose commission first expires shall De eX-
ottico. the chief justice.
mo. IA Al
JOINT RESOLUTION No. IL.
Proposing an amendment to section OF ar
tiCle IL of the Constitution OF the staIe OF
Wisconsin as amended by a vote OF the
people at the general election, November ..
1874 relating to the Indebtedness OF III Jul
cipal corporations.
RESOLVED, by the assembly. Une senaCecOn-
currino that section OF article IL Oh the con-
stitutiOn of Wisconsin, be amended byAnsert-
ing after the word years III the last me 90 o.
said section as rinted III the statutes Oh 1885,
the folio wing words: "Or, II a city contain
ing population of more than twenty-five
Thousand according to the IasC state Or leu
eral census taken before sucn debt Is con-
tracted, within fifty years, so ChaC Wnen
amended said section OF article IL; snail
read as folio VS.: Section 3; IL shall De Ine
duty OF the legislature and they are hereDV
empO Wered. to provide for the organization
OF cities and Incorporated villages anu 10
restrict their power Of taxation, Ssessment
borrowing money, contracting debts ana
lOaning their credit, so as to prevent ABUSES
i'll assessment and taxation. and In contract
ing dents by such municipal Corporations
M 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
AttAHF Y
ceeding five per ctntum on the value or 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 iEdebtedness as aforesaid
shall before or a. the time OF doing so, pro-
vide for the collection of d direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such debt
"a it falls due, and also to pay ana dlscharge
the principal thereof within twenty years
or, if city containing population OF more
than TWENTY-FIVE thousand according TO the
last state or federal census taken before such
debt is contracted. within hftY years, from
the time of contracting the same.
mo. 2SS.]
JOINT RESOLUTION No. u.
Providing for an amendment OF section 23,
article " of the constitution ana 1or sep
arate county government III certain couh-
RESOLVED by the senate, the assembly con
curing, that section 23, OF article ~, OF the
constitution OF Uno SUdUG Vi w ASCOiA0Ahs w
amended by adding at the end thereon 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 still read as fOAows: Section %.
The' legislature shall establish but Olle sys-
tenn of town and county government, which
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable;
provided, that in counties which contain an
Enco .porat4d city Of more than one hundred
thOusand Inhabitants. the legislature may
establish a separate system OF county w
&Fnment.
: 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 73, 25S and 437 OF
tks laws of 1901, which said chapters read
as follows oo 49,
CHAPTER 73.
An act to submit to the people an amend
ment to article XI of the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin, giving the Iegisla-
ture power to pass a general banking law
Whereas, At the biennial session OF the leg
islatuTe Of the state of Wisconsin Tor the
year 1899. a joint resolution was passed
proposing an amendment to- article XII OF
the constitution of the state OF WISCONSIN,
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