Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-10-21
Notice Of General Election
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !
Department of State. .

STATE OF WISCONSIN,
Department of State. d.
Notice is hereby given that at general cleo
ZION 70 De held IN the several towns wards VII
consin, on the first Tuesday of November A.
D. 1908 being the third day Of said month"; the
following officers are to be elected
Thirteen electors of President and Vice Pres
ident of the United States.
A Governor in place of James o. Davidson,
whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday of January, 1909.
A Lieutenant Governor, in place of w. D.
Conner, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 1909.
A Secretary of State in place of James A.
Frear, whose term of Office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 1909.
A State Treasurer, in place OF Andrew H.
Dahl whose term of office will expire the
first Monday of January, 1909
An Attorney General, in place of Frank L.
Gilbert, whose term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 1863
A Commissioner of Insurance. in place of
George E. Beedle, whose term of Office will ex-
pire on the first Monday of January, 1909
A Representative in Congress for the Tenth
Congressional District, consisting of the
counties of Iron, Villas, Oneida, Forest, Flor
ence Langlade, Lincoln, Shawano, Marathon
Taylor Price, Ashland and Wood.
A State Senator for the Thirtieth Senate Dis
trict consisting of the counties of Florence
Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Oneida and
Villas.
A Member of Assembly for the Assembly
District, consisting OF the counties of Iron,
Oneida and Villas.
Also all county officers required to be elected
at such election
In accordance with Section l. of article XII,
of the constitution of the State of Wisconsin,
and chapters 23S and 66l, of the laws of 1907, the
the legislature of the State of Wisconsin at
the regular session of 1907, and made part of
the foregoing notice, to-wit:
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 13.
To amend section TO- article V, of the consti
tuition, relating to the approval of bills by the
governor.
Resolved by the assembly the senate con
curing. That section TO- 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 follows;
Section TO- Every bill which shall have
passed the legislature shall before it becomes a
law, be presented to the governor; if he APP
prove, he shall sign it, but if not, he shall re-
turn it, with his objections, to the 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 recon
sheraton two-thirds of the members present
shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, to-
gether with the objections to the other house,
by which it shall likewise be reconsidered and
If approved by two-thirds OF the members pres
ent it shall become a law. But in all such
cases the votes of both houses shall be deter
mined by yeas and nays, and the names of the
members voting for or against the bill shall be
entered upon the journal of each house re-
spectively. If any bill shall not be returned by
the governor within six days (Sundays except
ed 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 a law.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. Is
Providing for an amendment to section 10,
article VIII of the constitution, relating to in
ternal improvements.
Whereas, At the biennial session of the legis-
lature for the year 1905 an amendment to the
constitution of this state was proposed and
agreed to by majority of the members elected
fNa oh, Of ,i.t, cod
amendment was in the following language:
Resolved by the senate, the assembly con-
curing, That section 10 of article VIII, of the
constitution, be amended by adding at the end
thereof the following:
Provided that the state may appropriate
raised by taxation for the CONSTRUCTION or i'm
proyement of public highways" Therefore
be itresolved by the senate, the assembly con-
constitution of the state of Wisconsin, be and
the same is agreed to by this legislature.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 25
To amend section l, of article ILL., of the con-
stitution, relating to electors.
Whereas. At the biennial session of the legis-
lature for the year 1905 an 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 concur
ring. That subsection 2, of section l, of article
III. of the constitution of the state of Wiscon-
SIN, De amenQeQ so as TO READ as IOllOWS: Z. Her-
sons of foreign birth who, prior to the first day
of December, A. D. 1905 shall have declared
their intentions to become citizens conform
able to the laws of the United States on the
subject of naturalization, provided that the
rights hereby granted to such persons shall
cease on the first day of December A. D. 1912.
Therefore resolved by the senate, the assem-
bly, concurring, That the foregoing proposed
amendment to the constitution of the state of
Wisconsin be and the same is agreed to by this
legislature.
NO 49, ST.