Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-03-19

"Caucuses, Electors and General Elec-
tiOns." Chapter 10, of the laws of
1903, reads as / certify. tO-wit:
| No. 422, Al Published March Is, 1908,
CHAPTER 10.
AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment
! 10 the constitution, relating TO the number Ct
! JUSTICES OF the supreme court and to provide fol-
elections TO fill vacancies in the office of Justice
OF the supreme court.
Whereas, The legislature of this state at the
| biennial session for the year 1901, proposed and
| adopted by vote of the members elected to each
| OF the two houses, an amendment to the consti-
| tuition of this stete the same being in fact an
amendment TO section 4, of article thereof as
| amended in 1877. the proposed amendment be-
| ing i'll the following language:
| Resolved. by the assembly. the senate concur
ring, That section of article VII of the consti-
tuition shall be amended so 20 to read as follows:
| Section l. The chief justice and associate jus
tees OF the supreme court shall be severally
kn0wn as tne J9stlces OF said court, with the
same terms of office of ten years respectively as
| Tow 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 year. The justice having
been longest 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
eN-oficio, the chief Justice
Whereas the foregoing proposed amendment
TO the constitution was duly ratified and agreed
'AS legislature VI tlls state lot the year
1903; ana
Whereas, II is provided by section 9, of article
OF the constitution that vacancies in the office
of justices of the supreme court shall be filled
by appointment of the governor, which shall
continue until successor is elected and quail
hed; therefore
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in senate and assembly, do enact asI fol-
lows.
Section /. The proposed amendment to the
constitution ofthis state shall be submitted to
the people at an election to be held on Tuesday.
the 9TH day of April, 1908, and if the people shall
approve and ratify said amendment by major
ity of the electors voting thereon such amend
ment shall become part of the constitution of
this state.
Section 3 Notice of the submission of said
question, the form of ballot the conduct of the
election and the canvass of the votes shall all be
as provided in chapter of the Wisconsin stat
utes of 1898, entitled "Caucuses. Electors and
General Elections and the submission and can
vass shall be particularly as provided in section
So 94d and cat, az the last chapter was amended
by chapter 81 of the laws of 1899.
Section 5. In the event of the ratification of
said proposed amendment by the people, one of
the additional justices provided for shall be
elected at the judicial election In April. 1904,
and his term shall commence on the first Mon
day of January, 1905. The other additional jus
tice provided for by the proposed constitutional
amendment shall be elected at the judicial cleo
ton 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 94s of the Wiscon-
sin statutes of 1898, as amended by section ! of
chapter 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 said section l of chapter
Z. the following: "1n all eases of vacancy in the
office of justice of the supreme court the person
appointed to fill such vacancy shall continue to
hold his Office until an election can be had in
some year in which no other justice is elected
state, and until his 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 cleo
ton to fill such vacancy shall be held on the
first Tuesday of April next after the vacancy
shall happen, in case such vacancy shall happen
twenty days before such day and if no election
shall then be held for such purpose, or if the
vacancy shall happen within twenty days next
before said first Tuesday, then the election shall
be held on the first Tuesday of April next there
after In all cases Of vacancy in the office of
justice of the supreme court, the person APP
pointed to fill such vacancy 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 constitution and laws of the
sta tie and until his successor has been duly cleo
ted and qualified.
Section 5. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publica-
ton.
Approved March -, 1908.
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 the City of Madison,
this 10Th day of March, A. D. 1908.
[sEAL w. L. HOUsER,
Secretary of State.
To the County Clerk of Wood County: