Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-07-08
No. 42O. 81 Published June 21 1903.
CHAPTER sos, LAWS OF 1909

CHAPTER sos, LAWS OF 1909.
AN ACT TO amend section So. that part Of
subsection ] Of section 81 preceding para
graph (a), paragraph (h) Of said sub
section, and repeating section So of the
statutes, relating to the publication .u, OF
ments by city and county clerks.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do
Section 1. Section SO of the statutes is
amended to read Section SO, l. Before
an election to fill any public office, the coun,
ty or city clerk of each county or city shall
cause to be published in at least two and
III not more than four newspapers pub
lished within the county or city the nom
nations TO Office certified to or fled with
him, which publication shall be a facsimile
of the official ballot.
.. said publication shall be preceded with
a notice of the time and place of holding
the election, together with Information to
the voter for marking his ballot, which no
tice and information shall be substantially
in the form provided in section 81 of the
statutes, to be varied and modified accord
ing to the nature of the election.
3. One of such publications
shall be made In newspaper which I'D
vOcates the principles of the political party
that at the last preceding general election
in such county or city cast the
Of the other publications shall be made in
newspaper which advocates the principles
of the political party that then cast the
next largest number of votes.
= 4. Such publication shall be
made twice in daily newspapers In counties
or cities having such, one of which pub
ced fIlgI the el eIection and the other
publication week previously; but II
there be no daily newspaper published with
In the county or city. one publication IN
each weekly newspaper selected, represent
ing the political parties as aforesaid, shall
be sufficient. Where a publication cannot
be made as hereinbefore required, II may
be made in any daily or weekly newspaper
having a general circulation in such county
or city.
g. An additional publication may be
translated and published in such newspapers
printed in foreign languages as the county
or city clerk shall deem necessary or proper.
6. The publication required in
this section shall not be made in more than
two newspapers, unless authorized by a reso-
luton adopted by the county board OF su.
pervisors OF such county or city council Of
/ IA. Such publication, when pub,
lished in a city using voting machines, shall
include q sample ballot in the form Of
diagram showing the face of the machine
with the official ballot thereon, together
with instructions to the voter for the prop
er operation of the machine.
(bD The election notices of the city clerk
and county clerk for officers to be voted for
in such city shall be issued and published
by them Ia one notice whenever the cleo
tions to be noticed therein are To be held
on the same day.
(c) The cost Of such joint notice shall
be paid by such city and county in proper
ton to the amount of space occupied.
g. The compensation to be paid for the
publication of any notice under this section
shall be the same as provided for the pub
lication Of notices under section 81 OF the
statutes, as amended.
Section 2. That part OF subsection ! Of
section 81 of the statutes, preceding para
graph la, Is amended to read: Section
81. /. In making publication Of
general election notice, the county
clerk shall precede the same with
a statement subgtan-
TALLY in the following form; the
caption OF which shall be con;
the space occupied by said caption be more
than one and One-fourth inches in depth:
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION:
ONCE of county clerk.
...............', H..
Notes is hereby, given that that {, a general era,
sEal towns, yards do,n villages. and election
................. on the. .....: day
the ofacers named below are to be chosen
The names Of the candidates for each Of
fee tc be voted for, whose nominations have
been certified to or fled In this office, are
given under the title Of the Of
fee and under the appropriate party or 9TH
er designation. each in Its proper column,
mitted to q vote, in the sample
IMPORTATION TO VOTERS.
The following instructions are given for
the information and guidance Of voters
Section 3. Paragraph (h) Of subsection
l of section 81 OF the statutes is amended
to read CHI. The following is
a facsimile Of the official ballot: (Inser
facsimile Of Official BALLOT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. County Clerk
Section 4. Section SO OF the statutes Is
hereby repealed.
Section 8. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and AFTER its passage and
publication
Approved June IL. 1909.