The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-03-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION ON AMEND
MENT TO CONSTITUTION.
State of Wisconsin e.
Department of State. =

Department of State. -
Notice is hereby given, that at the Judicial
election TO be held in the several towns.
wards, villages and election districts OF
the state OF Wisconsin, on the 1st Tuesday OF
| April, A, ID. 1868. being the 18th day o. said
month, the following ammendent to section 4
| or artlcle7 the Constitution of the State of
Wisconsin, as amended in 1877 is to be SUD
mitted TO the people in pursuance of the re-
quirements OF Chapter 10, of the law of 1893
which is hereby certified to you in accordan .e
with Chapter 5, of the Wisconsin Statutes of
1893, entitled Caucus, Electors and General
Election Chapter 10 of the laws of 1908, reads
DIS certify tO-wit;
No, 433 AZ published March Is, 1903
CHAPTER 10.
An Act to SUBMIT to the people an amend
men6 to the Constitution. relating TO the
number Oh Justices of the Supreme Court and
TO provide for elections TO fill vacancies in
the offices OF Justice of the Supreme Court.
Whereas, the Legislature of this state at
the biennial session for the year 1901 proposed
ana adopted by a vote of the member elected
to each of the two houses, an amend ment to
the Constitution of this State (the same be-
ing in fact an amendment t. Section A. of
Article Z thereof as amended in 1870 the
proposed amendment being in the following
languages:
Resolved, ny the Assembly, the Senate con-
curing, that Section of Article Of the con-
st1tution be amended SO as to read as fol-
lows:
SECTION. The Chief Justice and Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court shall be sever
ally known as the Justices of said court, with
the same terms of Office of ten years res
pectively as now provided. The Supre me
Court shall consist of seven Justices, any
four of whom shall be quorum. TO be elected
as now provided, not more then one in 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-officio, the Chief Justice.
WHEREAS. the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution was duly ratified
and agreed to by the Legislature of this state
for the year 1908; and
WHEREAS. 1t is provided by Section g. of
Article 9 of the Constitution that vacancies
in the office of justices of the Supreme Court
shall be filed by appointment of the Govern
or, which sh IL be filled by appointment of
the Governor. which shall continue until
successor is elected and quali6ed therefore,
The people of the State of Wisconsin, re-
presented in Senate and assembly do enact as
follows
Section l. The proposed amendment to the
Constitution of the State shall be submitted
Tuesday the It'll day of April, iS03 and if the
people shall approve and ratity said amend
ment by a majority Of the electors voting
thereon such amendment shall become a part
Of the Constitution of said State.
section 2. Notice Of submission of this
question the form of ballot, the conduct of
the election, and the canvass of the votes shall
all be as proyidid in chapter OF the Wiscon-
sin Statutes of 1898, entitled. Caucuses,
Electors and Election" and the submission
and canvass shall be particularly as APP
proved in Section 80. CAD and 94t as the last
chapter was amended by chapter 81 Of the
laws Of 1899.
Section g. 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 Monday OF January, 1906 The other
additional Justices provided for by the pro-
posed constitutional amendment shall be
elected at the judicial election in April. 1906.
and his term shall commence on the first
Monday Of january 1907.
Section f. In the event that said proposed
constitutional amendment shall be adopted
Wisconsin Statutes of 1898, as amended by
section of chapter of the laws Of 1899,
shall be amended by striking out in the
seventh line, thereof the WORDS Justice Of
the Supreme court. 'and by adding at the end
of said section one OF chapter seven. the fol-
lowing:
I'm 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 constitution and laws of the state
and until his successor has been duly elected
and qualified" SO that said section 94s shall
De in that event when so amended read as
follows:
Section 94s. In all cases of vacancy in the
Office of circuit judge or county Judge the
election to I'LL such vacancy shall be held on
shall happen, In case such vacancy
shall happen twenty days before such date:
and if no election shall then be held for such
purpose, or If the vacancy shall happen with.
n twenty days. next before said first Tuesday
hen the election shall be held on the first