The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1902-08-28
Notice of
raj E | &c ito n.
STATE OF WISCONSIN,


State of Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first 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. La Fol-
lette, whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d. 1902.
lieutenant Governor, in place of Jessie
Stone. deceased, whose term of office would
have exnired on the first Monday of January,
A. D. 1903.
secretarv of State, in place of William
Froablich. whose term of office will expire
ON the first Monday of January. A. d. 1908
A state Treasurer. in place of James o.
Dovidson whose term of Office will expire on
tho erst Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
An ATTORNEY General in place OF Emmett
uiclxs whose term of Office will expire on
+ho frst Monday of January, A. ID, 1905
a State superintendent in place OF Lorenzo
n Harvey. whose term of Office will expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908.
A Railroad Commissioner, in place Of Graz
ham /. Rice. whose term of Office will expire
on the first Monday of January, A. D. l9O5
A Commissioners of Insurance, in place OF
Emil Giliohann, whose term of Office will ex-
nire on the first Monday of January A. u
1908.
Representative in Congress for the Eiey-
anth congressional District, in place OF John
Jenkins consisting of the counties OF Doug
loo Gates. Sawyer, Bayfield,, Pierce. Barron,
Dnnn. Burnett, Polk, Chippewa, Wasnpurn
and St. Croix.
a Member of Assembly for the Assembly
District consisting of the counties of Bayfield,
Sawver and Washburn, in place OF william
!. Mccormick. whose term Of office Will expire
ON thefrst Monday of January A. u. 1910.
Alec ali county officers required py law
TO be chosen at such election
Tn accordance with section of article AL
of the constitution of the state OF Wisconsin
the following joint resolutions auopteu "
the legislature of the state OF wisconsin ao
the regular session OF 1901, are made part OF
the foregoing notice, to-Wlt:
mo. 50 A.
.IcINT. RESOLUTION No. 3.
For the submission of an amendment 10 sec
tion / of article VII OF the constitution re-
Io+;no to the justices of the supreme court
RFsoIyFp by the assembly, the senate
concuring. that section OF article vi %
the constitution be ammended so as 10 reat' as
follows: Section 1. The chief JusG'ce anu
associate justices of the supreme courv siiail
lo sovarallv known as the justices OF SAID
conrt. with the same terms OF ONCE VI len
wears respectively as now proViueu. nc
sunreme court shall consist OF seven Justices
anv four of whom shall be a quorum 70 pe
elected as now provided not more IMAM ohe
each wear. The Justice having peen longest
continuous member of said court or IN
case two or more such senior Justices snaii
have served for the same length OF time, then
the one whose commission first expires shail
be ex-oficio, the chief justice.
mo. IA A.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. IL.
Proposing an amendment to section ~
article IL of the constitution OF the soa.o -
WISCONSIN. as amended by a vote OF the
people at the general eecuoh, NoVeiDe
2. 1874. relating to the 1ndepteoness u
municipal corpol ations
RESOLVED. by the assembly. the senate
concuring, that section of article IL OF TIC
constitution of Wisconsin be amendeu w ~
sorting after the word years, In the ia''
line of said section as printed in the statutes
of 1898, the following words: or q 0i'S
containing population of more than twenty
FIVE thousand according to the last soa'e y
federal cencus taken before such deDt 10 CON
tracted within fifty years. SO tnab "heu
amended said section OF article Is snoi
read as follows: Section 8. 1t snali pe ohe
duty of the legislature, and they are mere merely
empowered, to provide for the organization -
cities and Incorporated villages anu y
restrict their power Of taxation assFssili :
narrowing money. contracting debts ano
loaning their credit. SO as to prevent ABUSES
in assessment and taxation and in contract
,<.I, aif.ir al
No county, city, town. village, school dis
trict brother municipei corporation Shall DC
allowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any nnrnose to any amount, includlns
existing Indebtedness, in the ag Fregate eA
ceeding FIVE per centum on the val re OF the
taxable property therein, to be seer 7alnee
by til e last assessment for city aLo cou llS
taxes preiyous to the incuring of SUI !
debtedness. Any county. city, town. vi sEs
school district or other municipal corporatiol
incurring any indebtness as aforesaid. shall
before or at the time of doing SO, prov1de fol
the collection of a direct annual tax sufhcien
to nav the interest on such debt as 1t tails
due. and also to pay and discharge th'
principal thereon within twenty years, or !
a city containing population OF more thai
twenty five thousand according TO the las
state or federal census taken before sucf
debt is contracted within fifty years, from thu
time of contracting the same.
mo. % 81
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Providing for an amendment of section e
article Nv of the constitution, and for sep
arate county government in certain coun,
ties
RESOLVED. by the senate, the assembly con
curing that section % of article ~ of the
constitution of the state of Wisconsin. b'
amended by adding at theend thereof the fol
lowing:
Provided that in counties which contair
an incorporated city of more than one hun
dred thousand Inhabitants, the Legislature
may establish separate system OF county
government SO that when amended sale
section shall red as follows; Section %
The legislature shall establish but one sys
tenn of town and county government, Whlcf
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable
provide that in counties which contain al
Incorporated city of more than one hundred