Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-04-04
Notice of Election on Amendment to
Constitution.
STATE OF WISCONSIN


Notice is hereby given, That at the
judicial Election to be held in the sew
eral town, wards, villages and election
districts of the State of Wisconsin, on
the first Tuesday of April, A. D., 1908
being the seventh day of said month,
the following amendment to Section
of Article of the constitution of the
state of Wisconsin, as amended in
1877, is to be submitted to the people
in pursuance of the requirements of
Chapter 10, of the laws of 1908. which
is hereby certified to you in accord
ance with Chapter 5, of the Wisconsin
Statutes of 1898, entitled "Caucuses,
Electors and General Elections. -
Chapter 10, of the laws 1908, reads as
[ certify, to,wit:
No. 422, A. Published March IS, 1908
CHAPTER TO-
An act to submit to the people an amendment
to the constitution relating to the number of
justicesof the supreme court and to provide
for elections to fill vacancies in the office OF
justice of the supreme court.
Whereas The legislature of this state at it's
biennial session for the year 1901, proposed and
and adopted by a vote of the members elected
to each OF the two houses, an amendment to
the constitution of this state (the same being
in fact an amendment to section f. of article Z
thereof as amended in 1870. the proposed
amendment being in the following language;
Resolved, by the assembly, the senate con-
curing, That section of article VII of the
constitution be amended so as to read as fol-
follows: Section 1. The chief justice and as
sociate justices of the supreme court shall be
severally known as the justices of said court,
with the same terms OF Office of ten years re-
Spectively as now provided. The supreme
court shall consist of seven justices, any four
of whom shall be quorum, to be elected as
5sa1
Justice having been longest continuouSmem
Der 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 commits
sion first expires shall be ex-officio, the chief
justice.
Whereas, the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the constitution was duly ratified and
and agreed to by the legislature of this state
for the year 1903, and
Whereas, 1t. is provided by section 9. of ar
ticle z Of the constitution that vacanoieSi in the
office of justices of the supreme court shall be
filed by appointment Of the governor, which
continue until a successor is elected and quail
fed: therefore,
The people OF the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in senate and assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section @Fhe proposed amendment to the
constitution of the state shall be submitted to
the people at an election to be held on Tues
day, the 18th day of April 1903, and if the peo-
pie shall approved and ratify said amendment
by ma jority Of the electors voting thereon
such amendment shall become a part of the
constitution of this state.
Section ?. Notice of the submission of
said question. the form of ballot, the con-
duct of the election and the canvass of
the votes shall be as provided in chapter 5
of the Wisconsin statutes of 1893 entitled
,sCaucuSeS Electors and General Elections
and the submission and canvass shall be parti-
cularly as provided in section 80, Sad and 94t,
as the last chapter was amended by chapter
90 of the laws of 1899.
Section g. In the event of the ratification
of said proposed amendment by the people.
nf % for shall
be elected at the judicial election in April,
1904. and his term shall commence on the first
Monday in January 1905 The other additional
justice provided for by the proposed constitu-
tional amendment shall be elected at the judi
cial election in April, 1906, and his term shall
commence ON the first Monday of January,
1907.
Section 4, In the event that said proposed
constitutional amendment shall be adopted
and ratified by the people. section CAS- OF the
Wisconsin statute of 1898 as amended by sec
ton of chapter7 of the laws of 1892 shall be
amended by striking out IN the seventh line
thereof the words Justice of the supreme
court Or and by adding at the end of section
/ of chapter z, the following; In all cases of
vacancy in the office OF justice OF the supreme
court. the person appointed to fill such yacan-
CIV shall continue to hold his Office until an
election can be had in some year in which no
other justice is elected pursuant to the con-
Stitution and laws OF the state, and until MS
successor has been duly elected and qualified;
so that said section Gas shall in that event when
so amended read as follows;
office of circuit judge or county judge, the
election to fill such vacancy shall be held on
the first Tuesday of April next after the va
cancy shall happen, in case such vacancy shall
happen twenty days before such day, and II
no election shall then be held for such pur-
pose, or if the vacancy shall happen within
twenty days next before said first Tuesday.
then the election shall be held on the first
Tuesday in April next thereafter. In all cases
of vacancy in the Office of justice OF the su-
preme court, the person appointed to I'LL such
vacancy shall continue to hold his office until
an election can be had in some year in which
on other justice is elected pursuant to the
constitution and laws of the state and until his
successor has been duly elected and qualified
Section s. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation
Approved March 10, 1903
Said election to be held and con-
Quoted, votes canvassed and returns
made in accordance with law.
Given under my hand and official
seal at the Capitol, in the5city of Mad
ison, this 10th day OF March. A. D.,
1908 w. L. HoUsER,