Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-10-31
Notice, of, General Election.
sTArE OF. WIscoNs1N, :.

NOGACe 4s HeIeDy given In@p "D " III
eral election, to be held in the; several
towns, wards, village, and election dis
trict Of the State of Wisconsin, on the
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday
being the 9Th day Of November, A. d.
1904, the following officers are to be
elected. to wit: !,
Thirteen electors of President and
Vice President of the United States.
A Governor, in place of Robert M.
LaFOllett, whose term of office Will ex-
pire on the first Monday of january "A.
d. 1905.
A Lieutenant Governor, in place OF
James O. Davidson, whose&terrh OF Of
fee will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. d. 1905. =.
A Secretary of State in. place OF Wal
ter L. Houser whose term Of office will
expire on the first Monday of January
A. D. 1905. - =, 80 ~, -
A State Treasurerip place Of John J.
pire on the first Monday Of January,
A. D. 1905scrc' r >, :. y u
An ATTORNEY General, in place of
Lafayette M. SturddsssVafrt, whose term
of office wiki axpire96n the first Mon
day of January, 4. d. 1905. $3.50.
A Railroad Commissioner. in place
of JohFW. Thomas, whose term of
office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. d. 1905.::
A Commissioner of Insurance. in,
place OF Zen6.M. Hest, whose term of
office, will expire on the first Monday
of JaMtlary,A. D, 1905.
A REPRESENTATIVE in Congress, for
the Tenth Congressional District, con-
sisting of the co6tties Of Iron Villas,
Oneida, Forest, Florence, Langlade,
Lincoln, Shawano, Marathon, Taylor,
Price, Ashland anGWoodv
A State Senator for the Thirtteth Senate Dis
Forest, IRON, Tssgiade, Ine6fn, odeida and
4 member Of Assembly for the Assembly P1 Dis,
trict; consisting'of thelcounties OF lror oneida
Also the questioai.' Of anne ndihg Sec 1 Article
8 Of ting ConstiSd tlba'd the state OF Wisconsin.
In .aeEord6nce Mitiysect1on of article
HI, Of the; constitution ogS the state of
Wisconsin the following joint: ..rese4ption
adopted by the Legislature of the. state o.
Wisconsin at the regular session Of 1902,
Is made part of the foregoing aRotlce, TO,
wit: =
[No. %, Al %.,
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. II.
Providing for an amendment TO section /,
article Will Of the, constitution, relat
ing to taxation. q
Resolved by the Assembly,, the Senate
concurring that section ] of article. VIII
of the constitution of. the state of WILSON,
sin be amended by adding at the ,Hld there
of the following sentences: The legislature
may provide for graduated INCOME tux, >
so that when so amended said section shall
read as follows Section l. The rule Of
beNleWed upon such property as the leg1s-
lature shall prescribe. The. legislature may
provide for a graduated income tax"
In accordance with section &c, OF chapter
A51 of the laws of 1903, the following act
known as chapter 451, laws OF 1903, is
made part of the foregoing notice, to-
No.;97, AL Published June 8. 1858
CHAPTER 451.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in. senate and assembly, do
Definition ana Construction-Secti 81
The words and phrases in this act shall.
unless the same be inconsistent with the
context, be construed as follows:
/. The word primary" the primary elec
ton provided for by this act;
2; The words September primary" the
mate candidates o,.he voted for at the eGa
suing general election
8. The word election" a general or city
election, distinguished from a primary
election;
4. The words November election" the
general election held in November:
llshed by law within which all qualified
electors vote at one polling place.
This statute shall be literally construed.
20 that the real will Of the electors may
not be defeated by any informality or fail.
ure to comply with all provisions OF law IN
respect to either the giving of any notice
or the conducting of the primary, certify
Ing the results thereof 44
Candidates, How Nominated Section g.
Hereafter. all candidates for elective offices
shall he nominated: ~
/. By a primary held in accordance with
this act, or
2 BY nomination papers, signed and filed
as provided by existing statqtes
8. Party candidates for "the office of
United States senator senator, shall be e. nominated ON
lnaNon of candidates for state offices.
This act shall not apply to special elcc.
state superintendent, to town, village, and
GERS excepting }p6;Sse. justices and lt9lstices
Primaries When and Where Held.-Sec-
ton 3. /. The September primary shall be
held at the regular polling places In each
precinct on the first Tuesday Of Septem-
6eri 1906, and .biennially thereafter for the
nomination OF all candidates to be voted
for at the next November election.
g.: Any primary other than the Septem-
her .primary shall he held two weeks be-
forS the election fyr which such primary
is Held. 80
N$tce of Primaries. How Given-Section
4. 4. At least sixty days before the time
Of holding such September primary, the
secretary of state shall prepare and trans
init to each county, town, city and village
clerk, n notice in writing designating the
Offices for which candidates are to be NOM
mated, at such primary. = .
2. Upon receipt of such notice; such
county clerk shall, not less than ten days
thereafter, publish so much thereof as may
be applicable TO his county, once~.in each
week for six consecutive weeks in at least
two. and not to exceed four, newspapers
Of general circulation published in said
county.
3. Each town, village and city clerk shall!
within teh days >after the receiptNof such
notice cause notice of such primary to be
posted in three public places in each pre-
einct in his tewp;y city, or, village; such
where, the primary will be held in each
precinct therein, together with the offices
for which candidates are TO be nominated
4. In case of city. elections, the city clerk
shall oaalse5 one 'p bltea ton ofs:sdch notice