Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-08-29
NOTICE
General Election.
Office of County Clerk,

Office of County Clerk,
Grant County
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, That pnrsu-
ant to notice to me directed by the Secretary
Of State. and in ACCORDANCE with the laws OF
Wisconsin, general election Will be held in the
several towns wards, villages and election dis
tricts If Grant county on the Tuesday succeed
ing tie first Monday, being the
FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
A. ID. 1902,
At which election the following officers are
to be voted for and proposed amendments
to the constitution of the state of Wiscon-
sin are to be submitted, to-Wit:
A GOVERNOK, IN place Of Robert M.
La Toilette. whose term of office will eX-
isO3 49, 49, 49,
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
of Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term Of
office would have expired on ne first Mon
day Of January, A. d. 1903
A SECRETARY or STATE, in place OF
William II. Froehlich, whose term Of office
a. l.. 1903
"A STATE TREASURER, in place Of
James O. Davidson. whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday Of January.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL in place Of
Emmett r. Hicks, whose term OF office
Will expire on the first Monday OF January.
A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, In place
of Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose term of Office
airy, A. D. 1909
A RAILROAD COMM SSIONER, in place
of Graham L. Rice, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu-
4 COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE. in
place Of Emil Giljohann, whose term of Of
hce will expire ON the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. d. 1903
REP RESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District. consisting Of
the counties of Grant Crawford, Richland,
1uf ME Sd OF as Sci hBE for the First
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
Of the towns Of BeetqTn, Cassville Clifton
Jamestown, Lima, Paris, Platteville, PotoSi,
Suelser and Waterloo, tue villages OF Cassville,
Spba City, Hazel Green Potosi, and the city OF
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
Assembly District of Grant county, consisting
Rock. Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Lancaster te
Liberty, Little Grant, Marion Millville Mt.
Hope, Mt. Ida, Mgscoda, Patch Grove Waters
town, Wingville WOodman and Wyalusing, the
villages of Bloomington, Fennimore, Montfort
and Muscoda, the city of Boscobel and the city
OF Lancaster
Also the, following. county officers in
several terms of office will expire on the
FIRST Monday in January, A. D. 1903, to-wit:
County Clerk in place of Era II. Gritfs.
A County Treasurer in place of John
Echeinpfug.
Sheriff in place of Charles c. Dickin-
Clerk of the Circuit Court in place OF
George e. Budd.
A District Attorney in place of Henry
A Register Of Deeds in place of George
Tuf1ey, Jr.
A County Surveyor in place Of Charles c.
County Superintendent Of Schools in
place OF Charles II. wye.
Ia accordance with section 1. OF article
XII, of the constitution Of the state OF
wisconsin. following
adopted by the legislature Of the state OK
Wisconsin at the regular session Of 1901,
are made part of the foregoing notice,
to-wit:
(No SO, Al
Joint Resolution No. 8.
For the submission Of an amendment. to
section Of article VII Of the constitu-
ton rela.' ing to the justices of the ST.
Resoh :. BY the assembly. the senate
concurrin hat section l of article VII
of the CO. tuition be amended so as to
read as fol. IS: Section 1. The chief jus
tice and associate justices of the supreme
court shall be severally known as the JUS
tices of said court, with the same terms
Of office of ten years respectively as now
provided. The supreme court shall consist
Of seven justices. any four of whom shall
be a quorum, to be elected as now pro-
vided, not more than one each year. The
Justice having been longest continuous
member of said court. in case two or
more snch senior justices shall have served
for the same length Of time, then the one
whose commission first expires shall be ex-
oficio, the chief justice.
lA4iks No. IA Az 49,.
Joint Resolution No. III.
Proposing an amendment to section OF
article II Of the constitution of the state
Of Wisconsin, as amended by vote OF
the people at the general election, NO
vember 3, 1874. relating to the Indebted
ness of municipal corporations.
Resolved, by the assembly. the senate
cOnCurring, that section Of article III or
the constitute on of Wisconsin be amended
by inserting after the years in the
last line Of said section as printed in the
statutes Of 1898 the following words: cor,
If city containing population of more
than twenty-five thousand according to the
last state or federal census taken before
years. that when amended said section
3 Of article III shall read as follows: Sec
ton 3. 1t shall be the duty of the legis-
lature, and they are hereby empowered to
provide for the organization of cities and
Incorporated villages. and to restrict their
power of taxation. assessment. borrowing
money, contracting debts and loanng their
credit, so as to prevent abuses in assess
ment and taxation. and in contracting
debts by such municipal corporations. NO
county. city. town. village; school district
or other munic inal corporation shall be al
lowed to become indebted in any manner
or Tor any purpose to any amount. jnclud-
ing existing Indebtedness. in the aggregate
exceeding five per centum on the value or
the taxable property therein. to be ascer-
tanned hv the last assessment for city and
county taxes previous to the incurring OF
such Indebtedness. Any county. city. town.
village. school district or other municipal
corporation mourning any Indebtedness as
aforesaid. shall before or at the time Of
doing so. provide for the collection OF
direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
tereSt on such deht as it falls due and
also to nav and discharge the PRINCIPAL
thereof within twent~ years. or, if a city
cor+a ming q nOpulatiOn Of more than twon-
ty-fvp thousand according TO the last state
or federal cppsuS takcn before such debt is
contra cted within ff+v wears, from the
time Of contracting the same.
(No. % 81
Joint Resolution No. IL.
providing Tor au amGAuMenL OF section -,
Article ~ OF Inc CONSTITUTION ana 1of sep
aTate county gONernIAen( III certain cOuA-
ties
l.esolYed, by the senate, the assembly
cOncurItnS tAat section -, OF article ",
OF the constitution OIL the state Oh lScOn-
sIn, be ameAueu by auulng at the end
thereof Inc IUuOWlus:
'IroNlutu That III counties which contain
an Incorporated CITY OF mole than one nun
dred thousand inhabitants, the ItgIsla ture
may establish Il separate system OF county
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