Year: 1872

A State Senator in the Thirty-First Senate District
comprising the county of La Crosse in place of Angus
Cameron, whose term of Office will expire on the first
Monday in January, 1873


State Senator in the Thirty Third Senate District
comprising the counties Of Ozaukee and Washington
in place of Lyman Morgan, whose term of office will
expire the first Monday in January 1878;


A member of Assembly in each Assembly district
in the State, and such county officers are by law
required to be elected at such election;
A proposition for amendment the constitution
is at the same time to be submitted vote of the
electors, pursuant to the provisions Of chapter s. o
the General Laws OF 872 approved March 22nd 1872
and which is as follows:


AN ACT to submit to the people an amendment to
article seven of the constitution.


WHEREAS, The legislature of this state its annual
session for the year 1871 proposed and adopted by
vote of the majority of the members elected each OF
the two houses, amendment to the constitution oil
! this state, in the following language


Resotped By the senate the assembly concurriuq That
section four of article seven of the constitution be
amended so to read follows: Section d The SUI
preme court of this state with the Jurisdiction and
powers prescribed in this constitution shall consist of
one chief justice and four associate Justices be cleo
ted by the qualified electors of the state such times
and IN such manner the legislature NAV provide,
and such court constituted shall be changed
discontinued by the legislature The chief Justice and
associate justices of the supreme court in office
shall hold their offices for the remainder of the terms
for which they respectively elected and until the
election and quahc tion of the additional asso-
cate justices herein provided for shall constitute the
supreme of this state The legislature shall at
Its first annual session after the adoption of this
amendment provide by law for the election of the two
additional associate justices hereby required and their
and for The election of the successors
the chief Justice and associate iustices now in office
and for classifying the additional associate justices


first elected so that the term of office of one of them
shall be four wears and Of the other six years The
term of Office of the chief justice of each associate
justice Of the supreme court elected after the adoption
o this amendment, except herein otherwise provd
ed, shall be six wears; and


WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amendment to the


constitution Of the state duly ratified and agreed
to bv the legislature of 1922 therefore


The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, represented IN sen
ate and assembly do enact as follows


Section l. The foregoing pronosed amendment to
the constitution of this shall be submitted to the
succeeding the first Monday of November 1872 and
If the people shall approve and ratifv said amendment
by majority of the electors voting thereon said
amendment shall become part of the constitution of
this state.


Sec. 3 The form of the ballot in voting to annrove
and ratifv said proposed amendment shall be "for
amending the constitution increasing the number OF
justices of the supreme court" and against said
amendment, against amending the constitution in.
creasing the number of justices of the supreme court
which shall be separate ballot and shall be depos
tied in separate box to be provided for that purpose
and all persons qualified to vote at any election in this
SIa'e snail ne deemed voters on tins question
Sec. 3. The votes ast approving and ratifvinr or
dzapproving said amendment shall be counted and
returned by the inspectors Of the election in all res
poets, votes for State officers are counted and re-
turned, and the officers designated hv law can
the returns Of for State officers shall can
vass the returns this question. at the same time
and place and under the regulations and restrc
tions provided bv law for eanvasing and declar-
ing the returns of elections for State officers.
Sec. 4. Within three davs after the determination
Of said canvass it shall be the duty Of the canvassers
to certify the result of the said canvass to the Gov
ernor who shall thereupon without delay make proc
amaton of the result


Sec. s. The Secretary of State is hereby required to
include the substance Of this oct in the notice of the
general election for the wear 1872


Sec. g. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.


Given under nv hand and the great seal of
[LS.1 the State of Wisconsin, at the capitol in
Madison, this 2Hth dav of August 1872
augS1 Ii. BREESE, Secretary of State