Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-09-17
Notice of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN ! :
DEPARTMENT OF STATE

STATE OF WISCONSIN I ..
DEPARTMENT OF STATE %
Notice is hereby given that at a gem
eral election to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages and election dis
tricts of the state of Wisconsin, on the
first Tuesday of November, A. d. 1908,
following officers are TO be elected:
Thirteen electors for President and
Vice President of the United States.
A Governor, in place of James O..
Davidson, whose term of office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January, A.
ID. 1909.
A Lieutenant Governor, in place of
w. d. Connor, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. d. 1909.
A Secretary of State, in place of
James A. Frear, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. d. 1909.
A State Treasurer, in place of An
drew H. Dahl, whose term of Office will
expire on the first Monday of January,
A. d. 1909.
An Attorney General in place of
Frank l.. Gilbert, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday Of Jan
uary, A. d. 1909.
A Commissioner of Insurance, in place
of George K. Beedle, whose term Of Of
flee will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D. 1909.
A Representative in Congress, for
the Third Congressional District, con
ssting of the counties of Grant, Craw-
ford, Richland, Sank, Juneau, Vernon
and Iowa, in place of James W. Murphy,
whose term of office viii expire on the
fourth day of March, A. ID. 1909.
A Member Of Assembly for district
comprising Iowa County, in place of
David j. Morris, whose term of Office
will expire on the second Wednesday of
January, A. d. 1909.
Also all county officers, required by
law, to be elected at such election.
In accordance with section /, of arti-
Gle IL, of the constitution of the State
of Wisconsin, and chapters 238 and 661
of the laws of 1907, the following joint
resolutions were adopted by the state
legislature of the State of Wisconsin al
the regular session of 1907, and are
made part of the foregoing notice, to
wit:
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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. IL.
To amend Section 10, Article 4, of the
constitution, relating to the approx
al of bills by the Governor.
Resolved by the assembly, the senate
concurring, that section 10, article 5, OF
the constitution be amended by striking
out the word three in line thirteen
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"six, F" so that when so amended sale
section shall read as follows
Section 10. Every bill which shall
have passed the legislature shall, before
it becomes a law, be presented to the
governor; if he approve it, he shall sign
it, but if not he shall return it, with
his objections, to that house in which il
shall have originated, who shall enter
the objections at large upon the journal
and proceed to reconsider it. If, after
such reconsideration. two-thirds of the
members present shall agree to pass the
bill. it shall be sent, together with the
objections, to the other house, by which
it shall be likewise reconsidered and
if approved by two-thirds of the mem
hers present it shall become law. But
in all such cases the votes of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of members voting
for or against the bill shall be entered
on the Journal of each house respect
lively
If any bill shall not be returned by
the governor within six days Sunday
excepted after it shall have been pre-
scented to him the same shall be law
l. ,1o oh HxFf nd
journment, prevent its return, in which
case it shall not be law.
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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Is.
Providing for an amendment to Section
10, Article 8, of the constitu ~, re-
lating to internal Improvements.
Whereas, at the biennial session Of
the Legislature for the year 1905 ar
amendment to the constitution of this
state was proposed and agreed to by 6
majority of the members elected tC
each of the two houses, which proposed
amendment was in the following Ian
guage
Resolved by the senate, the assembly
concurring, That section 10, of article
Is, of the constitution be amended by
adding at the end thereof the following
Provided that the state may appropri
ate money in the treasury or to be-
thereafter raised by taxation for the
construction or Improvement of public
highways. Therefore be it,
Resolved by the senate, the assembly
concurriug, That the foregoing amend
ment to the constitution of the state Of
Wisconsin. be and the same is agreed Il
by this legislature.
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JOINT RESOLUTION NO. p.
To amend Section l, Article 3, of the
constitution relating to electors.
Whereas, at the biennial session oil
the legislature for the year 1905, ar
amendment to the constitution Of this
state was proposed and agreed to by &
majority Of the members elected to each
of the two houses, which proposed
amendment was in the following
language:
Resolved by the assembly, the senate
concurring, That subsection of sec
ton |, Of article 3, Of the constitution
of the State of Wisconsin, be amended
so as TO read as follows:
Persons of foreign birth, who, prior
10 the first day of December, A. d.
1908. shall have declared their inten.
tiOns to become citizens confOrmable L