River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-08-28
Notice of General Election.
First Publication AUG. Z 19O2.
PIERCE COUNTY, COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE,
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Notice of General Election.
First Publication Aug. Z, 1902
PIERCE COUNTY, COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
Ellsworth, Wis, August 6, 1902.
A general election is to be held in the sever
al towns, wards, villages, and election districts
in said county, on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday, being the 4th day of Novem-
ber 1902, at which are to be elected the officers
specified herein in accordance with the sub
stance of notice received from the secretary
of state, t0-wit:
A Governor in place of Robert NJ. La Fol-
lette, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 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. ID. 1903
A Secretary of State, in place of William H.
Froehlich, whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
A State Treasurer, in place of James O.
Davidson. whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
An Attorney General, in place of Emmett r.
Hicks. whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of anuary, A. d. 1908.
A State Superintendent, in place of Lorenzo
d. Harvey, whose term of office viii expire on
the first Monday of January, A. d. 1908.
A Railroad Commissioner, in place of Graham
L. Rice, whose term of office viii expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1908
A Commissioner ofInSurance, in place of Emil
Giljohann, whose term OF office will expire on
the first of January, a. ID. 1908,
A Representative in Congress in place of
John j, Jenkins. for the Eleventh CongresSion-
al District consisting of the counties of Doug
las, Gates, Sawyer, Pierce, Bayfield,, Barron,
Dunn, Burnett, Polk, Chippewa, Washburn
and st. CrOiX.
A Member of Assembly for Pierce county, in
place of Harry j. Park, whose term of ONCE
will expire on the first Monday of January A.
d. 1903.
A County Clerk, in place of Ole j. Hohle.
whose term of office will expire the first
Monday of January. A. D. 1908
A County Treasurer, in place of Ole H. Berg
seng, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. D. 1908
A Sheriff, in place of Charles E. Glass whose
term of office will expire on the first Monday
| OF January, A. d. 1908
A Coroner, in place of John S. Copley. whose
| term of Office will expire on the first Monday
| OF January, A. ID. 1903.
| Clerk of the Circuit Court, in place OF La
! fayette u. Spinney, whose term of office will
| expire on the first Monday of January A. ID
! 1903.
! District Attorney, in place of Albert Com
| hacker, whose term of office will expire on the
! first Monday Of January, A. d. 1908
Register OF Deeds, in place Of Warren w
| Walsingham, whose term of office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908.
A Surveyor, in place of Belden II. Eaton
| whose term Of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, A. d. 1903.
a Superintendent of Schools, in place of A
j. lngI, whose term OF office will expire on the
| first Monday OF January, A. ID. 1903.
In accordance with section of article XII
of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin,
| the following joint resolutions adopted by the
| legislature Of the state of Wisconsin at the
regular session of 1901, and made part of the
| foregoing notice, to,wit:
No, 30 A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO, 8,
| For the submission OF an amendment to sec.
ton OF article VII OF the constitution re-
ating to the justices of the supreme court.
Resolved by the assembly, the senate con
curing, that section of article VII of the con
| stltutlon be amended so as to read as follows:
| Section /. The chief justice and associate
| Justices of the supreme court shall be several
| ly known as the Justices of said court, with
the same terms OF office Of ten years respec-
| lively as now provided. The supreme court
| shall consist of seven justices, any four of
| whom shall be a quorum, to be elected as now
provided, not more than one each wear The
| justice having been longest continuous mem
Der of said court, or in case two or more such
senior justices shall have served for the same
| time, then the one whose commission first eX-
pires shall be eX-otficio, the chief justice.
No. ID A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Proposing an amendment to section of arti-
cle11 of the constitution of the state OF
Wisconsin, as amended by vote of the
people at the general election, Novem
Der 3, 1874, relating to the Indebtedness of
municipal corporations.
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate con-
curing that section of article II of the con-
StitutiOn of Wisconsin be amended by inserting
after the word years" in the last line of said
section as printed in the statutes of 1898, the
following words, cor, if a city containing a
population of more than twenty-five thousand
according to last state or federal census taken
before such debt is contracted, within fifty
years, so that when amended said section of
article / shall read as follows Section 3. 1t
Shall be the duty of the legislature and they
are hereby empowered, to provide for the or
ganiZation of cities and Incorporated villages,
and to restrict their power of taxation, assess
-ment, borrowing money, contracting debts and
loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in
| assessment and taxation, and in contracting
debts by such municipal corporations, No
county, city, town, village, school district or
other municipal corporation shall be allow ed
| to become indebted in any manner or for any
n n in
debtedneSS, i'll the aggregate exceeding five per
centum on the value OF the taxable property
| therein, to be aScertained by the last assess
ment for city and county taxes previous to the
| mourning of such Indebtedness Any county,
city, town, village, school district or other mu-
nicipal corporate mourning any Indebtedness
as aforesaid shall, before or at the time of do
ing SO, provide for the collection Of direct
annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said
debt as it falls due, and also to pay and dis
charge the principal thereof within twenty
years. or if a city containing a population of
more than twenty-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. % S.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. H.
Providing for an amendment of section % ar
ticle " of the constitution and for separ-
ate county governmental certain counties.
Resolved, by the senate, the assembly con-
curing, that section % Of article ", Of the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin. be
amended by adding at the end thereof the fol-
provided that in counties which contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants the legislature may eS-
tabsh separate system of county govern
ment so that when so amended said section
will read as follows: "Seotion 80, The leg1S-
lature shall establish but one system of town
and county government, which shall be as
nearly uniform as practicable; provided that
in counties which contain an incOrporated city
of more than one hundred thousand inhabi-
tants, the legislature may establish separate
system of county government
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 70, 258 and 437 OF the
laws of 1901, which said chapters read as fol-
lows;
No. 1875, 81 Published March 20, 1901.
CHAPTER 70.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amend
ment to article XII of the constitution of
the state of Wisconsin giving the legisla-
ture power to pass a general banking law
Whereas at the biennial session of the leg
islature of the state of Wisconsin for the year
$780, a joint resolution was passed proposing
an amendment to article XII of the constitu-
iSlature power to pass a general banking law,
which was agreed to by majority Of the
members elected to each OF the two houses,
and approved April twentieth, 1899. which pro-
posed amendment was in the following Ian
guage:
'Resolved by the assembly, the senate, con-
curing, hat article XI of the constitution OF
the state of Wisconsin be and ishereby amend
ed by substituting for sections four and five
thereof a new section to be known as section
four and reading as follows: Section a. The
legislature shall have power TO enact a general
banking law for the creation Of banks ana FOR
the regulate and supervision of the banklng
business OpOVdpd that the of tWO-th1ruS