The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-03-26
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NOTICE OF ELECTION ON AMEND.
MENT TO CONSTITUTION
State of Wise o lsin So
Department of Stale Se

NOTICE Is hereby given, that at the Judcfa
Wars vIaae a an IA she seyera Towns
the State of Wisconsin. on the 1st Tuesday Of
/ April, A. d. 1903. being the 18th day or said
of article of he Constitution of the State 81
Wisconsin, as amended in 1877, is to be sub
mitted TO the people in pursuance of the re
quiremients OF Chapter TO- OF the law Of 1903
with Chapter 5, of the Wisconsin Statutes oil
1893. entitled Caucus, Electors and Genera
Election" Chapter % of the laws of 1903 reads
as certify, to-wit;
| No. 4s3 Az publ ished March IS. 1870:
CHAPTER 10.
| An Act to SUBMIT to the people an amend.
ment TO the CONSTRUCTION. relating TO the
number or Justices of the Supreme Court ano
| TO provide for elections to fill vacancies IN
the offices or Justice of the Supreme Court
| Whereas the Legislature of this state al
the biennial session for the year 1901 proposed
and adopted by vote of the member elected
| to each of the two houses, an amendment tC
| The Constitutional 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
language:
RI solved. Dy the Assembly. the>Senate con-
curing, that Section of Article of the con-
stitution 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 witt
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 icngest 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 70 The Constitution was duly ratified
and agreed TO by the legislature Of this state
WHEREAS. 1t is provided by Section g. of
Article of the constitution that vacancies
in he office of Justices of the Supreme court
or which Sh III be filed by appoint ment of
The Governor. which shall continue until d
The people of the State of Wisconsin. re-
presented in Senate and assembly do enact as
follows: $50
Section / The proposed amendmentto the
iConstitution of the State shall be submitted
to the people at an election to be held on
Tuesday the 7th CAV of April, 1908, and if the
people shall approve and thy said amend
ment by a majority of the electors voting
thereon such amendment shall become a part
of the Constitution of said State.
| Section q Notice of submission of this
question the form of ballot, the conduct of
the election, and the canvass ofIthe votes shall
Iall be as providid in chapter OF the Wjscon-
sin Statutes of 1898, entitled .caucuses,
aud canvass shall be particularly as ap-
proved in Section &c., CAD and GIT as the last
chapter was amended by chapter 81 Of the
laws of 1899.
1 Section g. In the event of the ratification
of said proposed amendment by the peoples
one of the additional justices provided for
shall be elected aJ the judicial Election in
April, 1904 and his term shall commence on
thefirst Monday of January, 1905. 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
Il Sections, In the event that said proposed
constitutional amendment shall be adopted
and ratified by the people, section 94s, of the
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 ap-
pointed TO i'll 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 Gas shall
be in that event when SO amended read as
follows:
i Section 94s In all cases of vacancy in the
election to till such vacancy shall be held on
the lst Tuesday of April next afterN the
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.
hen the election shall be held on the first I