Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-10-30
Notice of General Election.

County Clerk.
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN. GO
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, }
Notice is hereby given that at 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 iii 81
Monday, being the 4th day of November, A. ID.
1902 the following officers are to be elected TO
wit:
A governor, in place of Robert NJ. Lat'ol!ette
whose term of office will expire on The hrst
Monday of January, A. D., 1908.
Stone, deceased, whose term of office would
have expired on the first Monday OF January
A. D. 1908.
Froeich, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D., 1903.
State Treasurer. in place of James .. Day.
idson whose term OF Office VII , expire on the
An Attorney General in the place OF Emmett
r. Hicks. whose term of Office will expire ON
the first Monday of January. A; d., 1913
A State Superintendent, in place of Lorenzo
d. Harvey, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d; 1903, 70
A Railroad Commissioner in place OF era
lam l.. Rice, whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January. A. ID. 1903.
A Commissioner of Insurance, in place OF
Emil Giljoban. whose term of Office will expire
on "
A Representative in Congress for the Third
Congressional District, consisting OF the goun.
ties of Crawford. Grant. Iowa, juneau, RiGn-
land, Sank and Vernon, in place OF Joseph W
Babcock. whose term OF ONCE VIII 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 &. Mar
tin, whose term of Office will expire on the
second Wednesday of January, 1903.
A Member of Assembly for each OF the coun'
ties of Ashland, Barron. Calumet, Glsrk, Iraw'
ford Door, Dunn, Green. Green Lake; Iowa
Jackson Juneau. kenosha, kewaunee, l4afay'
cite, Lincoln. Monroe ,Oconto, Ozaukee, Pierce,
Portage; Riehand. Shawan9; st SroiX, I yHhi,
shara and Wood. for the term beginning on
the second Wednesday of January; 1903.
Also all county officers required by law to be
chosen at such election
the constitution of the state of Wisconsin, the
following joint resolutions adopted by the leg
islature of the state of Wisconsin al the reRu
lar session of 1902, are made part of the fore
going notice. to wit:
(No. 33 A.)
.OiNT RESOLUTION NO. :.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
tion 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 l of article VII of tn,
constitution be amended so as to read as tol
lows Section l. The chief justice and a ass !,
l
| severally known as the Justices OF SAID court
with the same terms of office OF ten years re
spectlvely. as now provided. Inc suprem
| court shall consist of seven justices, any fou
of whom shall be a quorum. to be elected b
! now provided, not more than one each year
| The Justice having been longest contlnuou
| 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 eX-otlcio the che
justice.
| JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
| Promising an amendment to section Of art
| Gle ii of the constitution of Wisconsin. a
| 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 cor
curing, that section of article II of the col
stitution of the state Of Wisconsin be ament
ed by inserting after the word years, IN th
last line of said section as printed III the sta
utes of 1898, the following words; or, II
city containing population OF more ina
twenty-fi five thousand, according to the las
state or federal census taken before such del
is contracted, within fifty years 50 that ,whe
amended said section of article II shall rea
us follows: Section 3. 1t shall be the duty
the legislature, and they are hereDy ehlPoWe
. | ed to provide for the organization OF cltle
| 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. Noeounty, city, tow
village school district, or other municipal co
marathon shall be allowed to become indebte
ia any manner or for any purpose to an amour
| including existing Indebtedness, IN, the aggr
gate exceeding five per centum on the value
the taxable property therein. TO be ascertalne
| by the last assessment for city and county Ia
| es nreyious to the mourning OF such lndepte
ness Any county, city, town, village, Scho
district or other municipal corporation lncu
| ring any Indebtedness as aforesaid. shall, .
fore or AT the time of doing so, provide for II
collection of direct annual tax sufncient
nav the interest on such debt as III falls gu
: and also to pay and discharge the princlp
: thereof within twenty years, or If city co
| flaming a population of more than tWenty-h
thousand according to the last state or leaeI
g census taken before such debt rs cohtracte
, | within fifty wears. from the time of contractl
the same. nv 40 ca
n Joint RESOLUTION No. u.
! Providing for an amendment of sectiOn u,
:. ticle ~ of the constitution and for separt
q county government in certain counties.
h Resolved by the senate, the assembly conc
- inc that section % of article ~ of the cons
5. tuition of the state OF Wisconsin. ne amend
n by adding at the end thereof the following;
'"provided that in counties that contain
e Incorporated CITY of more than one hundi
If thousand inhabitants. the Legislature may
tablish a separate system of county COVE
u mint - 80 that when amended sad section
N. read ~ follows. Section %. The legislatl
shall establish but one system Of town q
+ county government. which shall be as nea
uniform as practicable; provided that IN co
lie switch contain an Incorporated city ut m
than one hundred thou sand inhabitants
legislature may establish a separate system
o. county government.
- Notice is further given that at said gent
- elrP-ion the following propositions Ere 70
Il supiIiitted to tile people iupursuauee 1t the
l., quirements of chapters ~, 25s and ~ OF
~ laws of 1901 which said chapters read as
rs lows:
,e No 1875 81 Published March 26.
z CHAPTER 70.
of ANACT to submit TO the people an amendn
. >, to article II of the constitution OF the 8
: of Wisconsin. giving the legislature po
n, 10 pass a general banking law,
- whereas At the biennial session OF the
W. islature Of the state of Wisconsin for the
ir. lsgq. Joint resolution was passed proposin
90 amendment to article Nl of the constitution
20 the state Of Wisconsin. giving the leglsl
be | newer to pass a general banking law, which
IA agreed 10 by majority of the members g
nc "a to each of the two houses, and appre
"a APRIL twentieth, 1899. which proposed am
~ ment was in the following language:
NC "Resolved by he assembly. and the Sc
IVY rnncurring Tha. article Xl Of the constitu
If the state of Wisconsin. be and rs hei
amended. by substituting for sections O