The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-09-10
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION

Department of State,
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
at general election to be held
in the several towns, wards, villages,
and election districts of the State Of
Wisconsin, on the first Tuesday of No
vember, A. D. 1908, being the third of
said month, the following officers are
to be elected:
Thirteen electors Of President and
Vice-Presidcnt of the United States.
A Governor in place Of James O.
Davidson, whose term of Office will ex-
E'le on the first Monday of January,
\ D. 1909.
A Lieutenant Governor, in place Of
". D. Connor, whose term Of Office will
expire on the first Monday Of January,
4. D. 1909.
A Secretary of state, in place of
James A. Frear, whose term of Office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D. 1909.
A State Treasurer in place Of Andrew
II. Dahl, whose term of Office will ex-
pire 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
January, A. D. 1909.
A Commissioner of Insurance, in
place Of George E. Beedle, whose term
of Office will expire on the first Monday
of January, A. D. 1909.
A Representative in Congress for the
first Congressional District consisting
of the Counties Of Racine, Kenosha,
Walworth, Rock, Ureen and Lafayette.
A Member of the Assembly for the
county Of Kenosha, in place Of Walker
NJ. Curtiss, whose term Of office Will
expire on the first Monday of January,
A. D. 1909
Also all County officers required by
law to be elected at such election.
In accordance with section l Of arti-
Gle XII, of the Constitution of the
State Of Wisconsin, and Chapter 238
and 661, Of the laws of 1907, the fol
lowing joint resolutions which were
adopted by the Legislature of the State
Of Wisconsin at the regular session of
1907, are made part Of the foregoing
notice, to-wit:
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13.
To amend section 10, article V, of
the constitution, relating to the ap-
prevail of bills by the governor.
Resolved by the assembly, the senate
concurring, That section 10, Of article
V, of the constitution be amended by
striking out the word "three' in line
thirteen and inserting in lieu thereof
the word "six" so that when SO
amended said section shall read as fol
lows:
Section 10. Every bill which shall
have passed the legislature shall before
it becomes q law, be presented to the
governor; if he approve, he shall sign
it, but if not, he shall return it, with
his objections, to that house in which
it shall have originated, who shall enter
the objections at large upon the journal
and proceed to reconsider it. If, after
such consideration, 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
il shall likewise be reconsidered, and
If approved by two-thirds of the mem
bers present it shall become a law. But
in all such cases the votes Of both
houses shall be determined by yeas and
nays, and the names of the members
voting for or against the bill shall be
entered on the Journal of each house
respectively. If any bill shall not be
returned by the governor within six
days Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him the same
shall be law unless the legislature
shall, by their adjournment, prevent
its return, in which case it shall not be
law.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. IS.
Providing for an amendment to Sec
ton 10, article VIII, of the constitu-
ton, relating to internal improvements
Whereas, At the biennial session Of
the legislature for the year 1905 an
amendment to the constitution of this
state was proposed and agreed to by
a majority of the members elected to
each of the two houses; which propos-
ed amendment was in the following
language:
Resolved by the senate, the assembly
concurring, That section 10, of article
VIII, of the constitution, be amended
by adding at the end thereof the fol-
lowing:
Crowded that the state may appro-
pirate 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
concurring, That the foregoing amend
nent to the constitution of the State
of Wisconsin, be and the same is agreed
to by this Legislature.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. .25.