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 frs
Monday in January, 1878;


State Senator in the Thirty-Thrd 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 1873;


member of Assembly in each Assembly district
in the State, and such county officers are By law
required to be elected at such election
proposition for an amendment to the constitution
is at the time to be submitted to a vote of the
electors pursuant to the provisions Of chapter g. of
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 at its annual
session for the year 1871 proposed and adopted by
vote of the majority of the members elected to each of
the two houses, amendment to the constitution of
this state, in the following language:


Re&oleed 6y tie senate uae assembly concmriag That
section four OF article OF the constitution be
amended so as to read as follows Section a The su-
preme court of this state, with the jurisdiction and
powers prescribed in this constitutions shall consist of
chief justice and four associate Justices to be cleo
ted by the qualified electors of the state at such times
and IN such manner as the legislature NAV provide
and such court constituted shall not be changed or
discontinued by the legislature The chief Justice and
associate justices of the supreme court now in Office
shall hold their offices for the remainder of the terms
for which they respectively elected and until the
election and qualification of the two additional asso-
ciate justices herein provided for shall constitute the
supreme court 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
successors and for the election of the successors of
the chief justice ana associate justices in Office
and for classifying the additional associate justices


first elected that the term of Office of one of them
shall be four years and Of the other six years The
of office of the chief Justice and of each associate
justice of the supreme court elected after the adoption
OF this amendment except herein otherwise provid
ed shat? be six years: and,


WHEREAS, The foregoing proposed amendment to the


constitution OF the state duly ratified and agreed


to by the legislature of 1872; therefore,


The people Of the State Of Wisconsin, represented in sen,


ate and assembly, do enact as folloaoS


Section l. The foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution of this state shall be submitted to the
people at general election to be held on Tuesday
succeeding the first Monday of November 1872 and
if the people shall approve and ratify said amendment
by majority of the electors voting thereon said
amendment shall become part of the constitution of
this state.


Sec 2 The form of the ballot in voting to approve
and ratify said proposed amendment shall be i" for
amending the constitution increasing the number of
justices of the supreme court" and against said
amendment, against amending the constitution in
creasng the number of justices of the supreme court
which shall be a separate ba OF and shall be depos-
tied in separate box be provided for that purpose
and all persons qualified to vote at any election in this
state shall be deemed voters on this question
Sec. g. The votes cast approving and ratfyiup or
disappearing said amendment shall be counted and
returned by the inspectors of the election in all res
poets, for State officers are counted and re-
turied, and the officers designated by law to can
the returns of for State officers shall can
vass the returns On this question: the same time
and place and under the regulations and restre-
tons provided by law for canvassing and decIar-
ing the returns of elections for State officers.
Sec. f. Within three days after the determination
Of said canvass it shall be the duty of the
to certify the result of the said canvass to the Gov
ernor, who shall thereupon without delay, make proc
lamaton of the result


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


Sec. G. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Given under my hand, and the great seal of
Isl the State of Wisconsin, at the capitol in
Madison, this 2oth day Of August, 1872.


aug3l LII. BREESE, Secretary of State