Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-10-30

| ing the Hrst 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 GOVERNOR, in place of Robert M.
| La Toilette, whose term of office will ex-
| pire on the first Monday of January, A. D.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in place
| Of Jesse Stone, deceased, whose term of
office would have expired on the first Mon.
x SECRETARY OF STATE, in place Of
William HI. Froehlich, whose term Of Office
will expire gdre on the first Monday of January,
A STATE TREASURER, in place OF
James Q. Davidson. whose term CT 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
will expire on the first Monday Of Janu-
x RAILROAD COMMISSIONER. in place
| Of Graham L. Rice, whose term Of office
will expire on the first Monday of Janu-
airy, a; p; 1893
| place of Emil Gljohann, whose term Of Of
| fee will expire on the first Monday of Jan.
| uary, A. D. 1903.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS for
the Third Congressional District, consisting of
NaaA M iSdHfi OF 1g ASSEMBLY, for the First
a sBe towns n o g St 5an soSuns Gn
| Ellenboro, Glen Haven, Hazel Green, Harrison
| Jamestown, Lima, Paris, Platteyilie, Potosi,
Smelser and Waterloo. the villages of Cassville,
Cuba City, Hazel Green. Potosi, and the city ut
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for the Second
6e towns Of casss
| Rock, Fennimore, Hickory Grove, Lancaster,
| Liberty, Little Grant, Marion, Millville, Mt.
town town WingVilie Woodman and Wyalusing. the
| villages of Bloomington, Fennimore. Montfort
and Muscoda, the city of Boscobel and the city
| of Lancaster.
| place of the present incumbents, whose
several terms of office will expire on the
first Monday in January, A. D. 1903, t0-wit:
County Clerk in place of Era 81. Grffs.
A County Treasurer In place or John
Scheinpfug.
A Sheriff in place Of Charles C. Dickin-
A Coroner in place of James T. Taylor.
"A Clerk Of the Circuit Court in place OF
George e. Budd.
a District Attorney In place o: Henry
A Register Of Deeds in place Of George
4 County Surveyor in place of Charles c.
A County Superintendent Of Schools Ia
place of Charles HI. Nye.
In accordance with section !, of article
XII, Of the constitution Of the state oo Oh
adopted by the legislature Of the state or
Wisconsin at the regular session of 1901,
are made part Of the foregoing notice,
to-wit:
(No. SO, A)
joint Resolution 10. =.
| For the submission Of an amendment to
| section 1 of article VII of the constitu-
| ton relating to the justices of the 81
i preme court
| Resolved, by. the assembly, the senate
| concurrfng, that section l Of article VII
| Of the constitution be amended SO as to
| read as follows: Section l. The chief jus
| tice and associate justices of the supreme
! court shall be seyerally 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, 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-
| officio, the chief Justice
(No. IA Al
Joint Resolution No. IL.
| 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 g. 1874, relating to the indebted
| ness of municipal corporations.
| Resolved, by the assembly, the senate
| concurring, that section 3 of article II Of
| the constitution of Wisconsin be amended
| by inserting after the wora years in the
| last line of said section as printed in the
| statutes Of 1898. the following words: or,
If city containing population of more
| than twenty-five thousand according to the
last. state or federal census taken before
years. so that when amended said section
| 3 Of article II shall read as follows: Sec
tion 8. 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 loaning 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 municipal corporation shall be al
| lowed to become indebted in any manner
! or for any purpose to any amount includ-
Ing existing Indebtedness. in the aggregate
! exceeding five per centum on the value OF
! tanned by the last assessment for city and
| county taxes previous to the mourning 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
1 doing so, PROVIDE Tor the cOlecC1On or q
| direct annual tax sufficient to pay the in
/ terest on such debt as 1t falls due, and
| also to pay and discharge the principal
| thereof within twenty years. or. If city
| containing population of more than TWEEN
/ ty-five thousand according TO the last state
or federal census taken before such debt Is
| contracted. within fifty years, from the
! time of contracting the same.
(No. 28S)
Joint Resolution No. 12.
(, Providing for an amendment of section %
| article Nv of the constitution for sep
arate county government in certain coun-
| ties.
Resolved. by the senate. the assembly
| concurring that section 3d. of article "
| of the constitution of the state of Wiscon-
! sin. be amended by adding at the end
/ thereof the following:
| provided that in counties which contain
| an Incorporated city of more than one hun
| dred thousand inhabitants, the legislature
| may establish separate system OF county
| government so that when so amended
| said section will read as follows: Section
%. The legislature shall establish but one
system of town and county. government
Which shall be as nearly uniform as prac-
ticable; provided that in counties which
contain an incorporated city. of more than
| one hundred thousand inhabitants, the
| legislature may establish a separate Sys-