Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-25
NOTICE Of GENERAL ELECTION.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, &C
- COUNTY OF VILLAS. - 81 ! =

STATE OF WISCONSIN, &C y
- COUNTY OF VELAs.5S =. II = Z
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN, that at a
general election to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages and election districts
of the County OF Villas State OF WIS, on the
Tuesday succeeding the first M opday. being
the g4th day of November, A.p. 19Q2,- the
following officers ara to be electEa, 'to-Wit;
%l,tAGQVENOR, in place. OF Rd5ert ~. La
Toilette, whose term OF office WI expire on
the first Monday of January, A. D. 1905.
= - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, in
place Of Jesse Stone, deceaseq, whose term L
of Office would have} expiref on the nrst
Monday of January, D. 1908.
A SECRETARY OF STATE. in place of
William H. E'roehlich5 whose term OF otace
viii expire on the first NondaNot January A.
d. 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 once Wlll Lex eX-
pire on the first Monday of January, A. D. 1908
e A STATE SUPERINTENDENT, in place of
Lorenzo D. Harvey, whose time OF office Will
expire on thesfirst Monday OF January AID.
1903.
- A RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, in place of
Graham L. Rice whose term of Office will eX-
Ipire on the first Monday of January A. D. 1903
A COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE in
place of Emil Giljohann, whose term OF office
will expire on the first Monday OF January A.
D. 1903. =:
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS- for
the Tenth Congressional District, consisting of
the countiesof Iron, Villas Oneida Forest,
Florence, Langlade, Lincoln, Shawano, Mar
athon, Taylor, PEice, Ashland and Wood.
A MEMBER OFASS EMBLY for the Assem-
bly, District consistinge0f the counties of Iron
Oneida and Villas.
. Also County Clerk in the place of Finn
LawIer whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January D. 1903.
- 4 Sheriff in the place of Joseph Elliott whose
term Of Office will expire on 'the first Monday
'Of January A. d. 1908 - ~"
( A Coroner in place of James Oberholtzer
whoseterm of Office will expire or the first
Monday OF January A. d. 1903
\ A CLERK of the Circuit Court in place of
John Hanson whose term OF office will expire
ION the frstMOnday of January A. D. 1903.
A District%tattorney in place of Geo. E.
O'Connor whose term of office will expire on
the first Monday of January A. D. 1903
A registerof deeds in place of W.. B. Ray
mond whose term Of office will expire on the
first Monday of January A. d. 1903. y:
A county. surveyor in place of Richard
Gumear whose term Of office will expireon the
first Monday Of J&nuary A. D. 1903. Il
A county superintendent of schools in place
of Alex Higgins whose term of office will ex-
pire on the first MOndey-of January A. d. 1903.
In accordance with section l of article XII,
of the constitution Ofthe state OF Wisconsin,
the following Joint resolutions ADOPTED by
the Legislature of the state of Wisconsin at
the regular session of 1901, are made a part
of the foregoing notice to-wit:
mo. 33 AL
JOINT RESOLUTION No. 8.
For the submission OF an amendment to
section OF article VII of the constitution
relating to the justices OF the supreme
court. + -
RESOLVED, by the assembly ,thesenete CON
curing, that section one OF a:t5Cle Ill Of the
constitution he amended SO ah to read as
follows: Section /. The chief Justice and as
4sociate Justices of the supreme court shall be
fnO f1ICfI dnJ
with the same terms OF office OF ten years res
spectively now provided. The supreme
court shall consist OF seven justices, any four
POf whom shall be a quorum, to be elected as
now provided, not more than one each year.
The Justice having been longest a 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-
otieio' the chief } lNd e. Al ~
JOINT RESOLUTION No. Il
ffopQsirlg an amendment to section of ar
r ticle IL Of the constitution OF the state OF
WISCONSIN, as amended by vote OF the
people at the general election, November 3.
1874, relating to the Indebtedness OF NUM-
icipal corporations,
RESOLVED, by the assembly. the senate con
curing, that section Of article II OF the con-
stltNtiQp of Wisconsin, be amended by insert
,ing after the word years" in the last line of
sstGsection an printed in the e, statutes OF 1898.
aES a population of more than twenty-five
THOUSAND according to the last state or fed
!eFHl census taken before such debt Is con-
Stracted, within fifty years" so That's when
amended said secti6n = of article III. shall
read ~ follows: Section 3. 1t shall be the
duty of tEelegislature, and they are hereby
empo wered, to provide for the organization
of cities. aud Incorporated villages. and to
restrict their power OF taxation, assessment.
borrowing money, contracting debts and
loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses
in assessment and taxation, aud in contract
.lngNdebts by. such municipal corporations.
Ma fN 1if n vii a
or other municipal corporation shall be al
flowed to become indebted in any manner or
for any purpose to any amount, including
existing Indebtedness, in the aggregate eX-
ceeding five per centum on the value of the
taxable property therein, to be ascertained
by the last assessment iOr city and county
taxes previous to the thcurring OF such in
ldebtedness. Any county. city, town, village,
school district or other municipal corpora
'tiOns mourning any Indebtedness az aforesaid.
shall, before or at the time of doing so, pro-
vide for the collection OF d direct annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest on such deht
az it falls due and also to pay and discharge
the principal thereof within twenty years.
or, if city containing 3 population Of more
than twenty five thousand according to the
Jast state or federal census taken before such
debt is contracted within fifty years, from
the time Of contracting the same Il
Iaf mo. % S.
JOINT RESOLUTION No. u.
Providing for an amendment of section %,
1 article " of the constitution and for sep
ties
RESOLVED by the senate, the assembly con
curing, that section %, Of article ~ OF the
constitution CT the state Fof Wisconsin. be
fatnended by sdding at the end thereof the
following: :
Provided that in counties which contain
an Incorporated city OF porc than one hun
dFed' Thousand inhabitants, the, Legislature
may establish O. separate system OF county
gCvernment'hsQ that when amended said
ReEticr Nill read as follows: Section %.
f4he Legislature, shall establish but one sys-
fHlN
shall be as nearly uniform as practicable;
provided, that'in counties which contain All
Incorporated city of more than one hundred
khous&nd inhabitants, the legislature may
Establish separate system Of county 6 W
ernment. ~ r., '''' 80"
Notice is further given that at sai0 general
glAnEiCn the fOIIOwiIip DrODOSitiOUS ARE n no