Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1902-10-02
Notice Of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, I
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. ss'

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, S.
Notice is hereby given that at general cleo
tion, 10 be held in the several towns. wards
Wisconsin, on the Tuesday succeeding the Fl, !
Monday, being the 4th day of November, A. i
1902, the following officers are to be elected I
wit:
A governor. in place of Robert NJ. LaFollett
whose term of Office will expire ON the frs
Monday of Iannary, A r.. 1893 1903.
Lieutenant Governor, in place of Jess
Stone. deceased. whose term of Office woul
have expired on the first Monday of January
A. ID. 1903
A Secretary of State. in place of William H
Froelich, whose term of Office will expire o.
the first Monday of January A. D.. 1858.
A State Treasurer, in place of James .. Day
idson,, whose term of office will expire on TIL
first Monday of January, A. D.. 1903.
An Attorney General in the place of Emme
X. Hicks, whose term of Office will expire OF
the first Monday of January A. d.. 1903
a State Superintendent, in place of Loren7.
y. Harvey. whose term of office will expire OF
the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
A Railroad Commissioner in place of Ora
lam L; Rice; whose term Of office will expire
A Commissioner of Insurance. in place o.
Emil Giljohan, whose term of Office will expr,
on the first Monday of January, A. ID. 1903.
A Representative in Congress for The Thirt
Congressional District, consisting of the coun
ties of Crawford, Grant, Iowa. Juneau. Rich
land. Sauk and Vernon, in place Of Joseph W
bapcoch' "hos,r, 'ci,h % oiicc VIII eAplre Oh
the 18th day eff March, 1893,
a State Senator for the Seventeenth Senate
ulstrlct' ,cpu1isllne W tue cpuntITS oL 9ISen
iowa anu LAT ~ guy ~ plt'cc ~ laIH y. N r
second Wednesday of January 1905
shia,'H pr iiat SIri S
tles OF Ashlanu, barToh Caiulnet, Ilark' raw
lold' Do1l, Dt.h uio1u, u. oen i-ahe; l9 Nv a
cite Lincoln, Monroe, Oconto Ozaukee Pierce
port,pe RichIand Shawano 81 Croiv Tren,
,elaor Vnrnnn Walworth Vasbington Wan
abara and Wood for the term heginning ON
the second Wednesday of January. 1904
Also all county officers required by law to be
chosen at such election.
In accordance with section Of article VII OF
the constitution of the state OF Wisconsin, the
following Joint resolutions adopted by the leg
islature of the state of Wisconsin at the regu
lar session of 1902, are made Il part OF the fore
going notice, to wit:
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AVE- ~ 90
JOINT RESOLUTION NO $.
For the submission of an amendment to sec
ton of article VII OF the constitution relat
ing TO the justices OF the supreme court
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate con.
curriutr that section of article VII of the
constitrtio he amended so as to read as fol
lows. Section l. The chief Justice and as so.
ciate Justices of the supreme court shall be
seyeralIv known AS the iustices of said court
with the same ferns of office of ten wears re.
suectIyely as now provided The supreme
court shall consist OF seven justices, any four
nf whom shall he IN he plectpI as
now provided. not more than one each year
The in stice having been longest n continuous
member of said court or i'm case two or more
such senior justices shall have served for the
same length of time then the one whose com.
sion first hires shall he -officio the chiet
iusticp
No.u.A
Joint RFsoII1TIoN No H.
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Resolved, by the assembly. the senate con
curing. tnat section OF article II or the con
stitution of the state of Wisconsin Dr amend
ed by inserting after the word years, i'll the
,st i nf Iss he a. nrds nr If
citv containine a nonulatiou al more than
twenty-dye thousand ACCORDING to the last
state or federal census taken before such debt
il controcted within fiftv wears y so that when
amended said section , Of article II shall read
ms follows: Section 3 II shall be the duty of
the legis stature, and they are hereby empower
ed TO provide for the organization of cities
and INCORPORATED villages and to restrict their
newer of taxation assessment borrowing
money. contracting debts and loaning their
credit. SO AS TO prevent abuses in assessment
and Taxation and in contracting debts by such
mnnicinai corporations' Nocounty. CITY. town.
village. school district or other municipal cor
poration shall be allowed TO become Indebted
In any manner or for any purpose to an amount
gate eNceedlnp FIVE per centum on the value OF
fhe taxable Dropertv therein. TO be ascertained
by the last asses sment for city and county tax
es previous to the incurring of such indebted
ness ANY county city town. village school
district or other municipal corporation incur
RING any indebtedness as aforesaid shall be-
fore or at the time of doing so, provide for the
GoieGtloH OF 4lpeet annual TAX Su gal , 70
and also TO nav and discharge the principal
thereof within twenty wears or if a city con
tanning n noDuIation of more than twenty-five
thousand according TO the last state or federal
census taken before such debt is contracted
within fifty wears from the time of contracting
fine same
NO. rs 81
JOINT RESOLUTION No. u.
Providing for an amendment of section %, ar
ticle 2 of the constitution and for separate
county government in certain counties.
Resolved by the senate. the assembly concur
ing, that section % of article " of the conStl,
tuition of the state of Wisronsin. be amended
Provided that in counties that contain an
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
thousand inhabitants, the Legislature may es-
tablish Il separate system of county govern.
ment, SO that when 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 practicable provided that IN coun
tesWhich contain an Incorporated city of more
than one hundred thousand inhabitants, the
legislature may establish separate system oil
county government
Notice is further given that at said general