Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-10-27
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, GO
- COUNTY OF Villas. "

STATE OF WISCONSIN, IS
COUNTY OF Villas. 7'
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, that at n
general election, % be held III the several
Cow ns wards. villages and election districts
Of the County Of Villas state OF Wis. on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Nj 0nday being
the Attn Gay Of >OVember, A. ID. 1902, the
following officers ar to be elected, to-Wit;
GOVERNOR in place OF Robert NJ. In
Toilette, whose term OF office will expire On
the first Monday OF Janualy, A. D. 1903.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place of Jesse stone, deceased, whose term
of office would have expired On the first
Monday Of January, A. D. 1903.
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place Of
William H FrOehiiCh, whose Term OF Office
will expire on the hrst Monday Of January "A.
D. 1903.
A STATE TREAS TrTSl1lt. in place of James
%. Davidson. whose yerm of office win expire
on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in place of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term of Office will ex~
pre on the first Monday Of January, A. D. 1908,
A STATE SUPERIN rENDENT, in place of
Lorenzo D. Harvey who &c time OF office will
expire on the first Monday of January A. d,
a903
A RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, in place of
Graham l.. Rice, whose term Of office will eX-
ptre on the first Monday Of January a. D. 1903
A COMMISSI ONER OF INSURANCE, in
place OF Emil GiljOhann, whose term OF ontce
will expire on the first Monday of January A
ID. 1903.
A REPRESENTATIVES. CONGRESS- for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting OF
the counties of Iron Villas Oneida, Forest,
Florence Langlade, Lincoln, ShaWanO, Mar
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
LaWiar whose term of office will expire on the
hrs5 Monday OF January a. D. 1908
A Sheriff in the place ofJoseph Elliott whose
term Of Office will expire on the first Monday
OF january n u. 1903.
A Coroner in place of James Qperholtzer
whose term of Office will expire on the hfat
Monday OF January A. D. 1903.
a treasurer in place Of John W. Sntton
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1903
A Clerk of the Circuit Court in place of
John Hanson whose term OF once will expire
on the trStMond&y of January A. D. 1903.
A District attorney IN place OF Geo. E.
OEOnnOr whose term OF ONCE Will expire on
the first Monday OF January A D. 1903,
A register of deeds in place Of w. B. Ray
moad whose term of Office Will expire on the
first Monday OF January A. D. 1903
county, surveyor in place of Richard
Eumear 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 or Office Will ex-
pire on the hr5t M lnday Of Jaluaty a. u. 1903
In accordance with section / of article XII
of the constitution OF the state OF " Wisconsin,
the following Joint resolutions adopted DN
the legislature OF the state OF VI iscOn6n at
the regular session Of 1901, are made d part
of theforegOing notice to-WIt:
No. 33 A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8.
For the submission of an amendment TO
section l OF article VII OF the Constitu tion
relating TO the Justices OF the supreme
court.
purrjnW. that section OF article VII OF the
constitution be amended SO as to read as
follows: Section /. The chief justice md 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 y@arh re-
spectively as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist OF seven justices, any four
OF whom shall be quorum, to be elected
now provided, not more than one each year.
The Justice having been longest II continuous
memberOf 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-
QficiO, the chief Justice
mo. II A.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. Il
Proposing an amendment to section OF ar
tiCle ii of the constitution Of the state of
Wisconsin, as amended by vote OF the
people at the general election, NQYemb Der 3.
1874, relating TO the Indebtedness OF NUM-
Cipal corporations.
RESOLVED, by the assembly, the senate con-
curing that section Of arrQle IL OF the CON
INTUITION of Wisconsin, be amended by insert
ing after the word years in the last line OF
said section as lrin ted in the statutes Of 1898.
the following words: or, II city contain
ing population of more than twenty-five
thousand according to the last state or fed
eral census taken before such debt Is con-
tracted, within fifty years" so that when
amended said section Of article II, shall
read as follows: Section 3. 1t shall be the
duty OF the legislature, and they are hereby
empO Wered, to provide Tor the organization
of cities and incorporated villages, and to
restrict their power OF taxation, assessment,
borrowing money, contracting debts and
loaling their credit, so as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation and in contract
No 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, including
existing indebtedness, in the aggregate ex-
ceeding five per Ctntum on the value OF the
1aXab bic property therein, to be ascertained
by the last assessment for city and county
taxes previous to the mourning of such in
debtedneSs. Any county. city, town, village,
school district or other municipal corpora
tiOnB mourning any Indebtedness a. aforesaid.
sh2u before or at the time OF doing SO, pro-
vide for the collection OF a. 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 city containing population OF more
than twenty-five thousand according 10 the
last state or federal census taken before sQCh
debt is contracted, within fifty years, from
The time of contracting the same
L" NO. % S.
Joint RFSNITJTION No. 10