Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-10-15
Notice of General Election.
STATE OF WISCONSIN ss
DEPARTMENT OF STATE ."

STATE OF WISCONSIN se
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Notice is hereby given that at gen
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. ID. 1908.
being the third day of said month, the
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.
d. 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. ID. 1909
A State Treasurer, in place of An
drew II. 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
I
uary, A. ID. 1909.
! A Commissioner of Insurance, in place
of George E. Beedle, whose term of Of
fee will expire on the first Monday of
! January, A. ID. 1909.
A Representative in Congress, for
the Third Congressional District con-
sisting of the counties of Grant, Craw-
ford, Richland, Sank, Juneau, Vernon
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whose term of Office will expire on the
fourth day of March, A. d. 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. ID. 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 COL,
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 a part of the foregoing notice, to
wit:
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. JOINT RESOLUTION NJ. 10.
To amend Section 10, Article 4, of the
constitution, relating to the approx
al of bills by the Governor.
Resolved by the assembly, the senat,
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 wore
"six, 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, he presented to the
governor; if he approve it, he shall sigr
It, but if not, he shall return it, witt
his objections, to that house in which II
shall have originated, who shall enter
the objections at large upon the journa
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, an(
| if approved by two-thirds of the mem
bers present it shall become law. Blu
| in all such cases the votes of boil
houses shall be determined by yeas ant
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 b!
the governor within six days (Sunda,
excepted after it shall have been pre-
sented to him the same shall be a Law
unless the legislature shall, by their ad
journment, prevent its return, in whicl
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 constitution, re
lating to internal improvements.
Whereas, at the biennial session o
the Legislature for the year 1905 al
amendment to the constitution of thi
state was proposed and agreed to by
majority of the members elected t
each of the two houses, which proposed
amendment was in the following Ian
guage:
Resolved by the senate, the assembl.
concurring, That section 10, of articl
s, of the constitution be amended b,
r adding at the end thereof the following
I Provided that the state may appropri
ate money in the treasury or to b,
thereafter raised by taxation for TIN
construction or Improvement of public
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