Year: 1872

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, lS73


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 on the first Monday in January 1878;


member of Assembly in each Assembly district
in the State and such county officers as are by law
required to be elected at such election;


proposition for amendment to the constitution
is at the time to be submitted to vote of the
electors, pursuant to the provisions of chapter s. of
the General Laws of 1872 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 S7l, proposed and adopted by
vote of the majority the members elected to each of
the two houses, amendment to the constitution of
this state, in the following language:


Resolued by the senate the assembly concurriuq That
section four of article of the constitution be
amended so to read as follows: Section f. The su-
preme of this state with the jurisdiction and
powers prescribed in this constitution shall consist of
chief justice and four associate justices to be cleo
ted by the qualified electors of the state such times
and in such manner as the legislature may provide
and such court constituted shall 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-
cate 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
additional associate justices hereby required and their
successors and for The election of the successors of
the chief justice and associate justices in Office
AMI Tor classifying the two additional associate justices
first elected that the term of office of one of them
shall be four years anG of the other six years The
term 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 proyd
ed, shall be six Years; and


WHERs AS, The foregoing proposed amendment to the
constitution of the state duly ratified and agreed
to by the legislature of 1872 therefore,
Tile people of the State Of Wisconsin, represented in SEN


ate and assembly. do enact follous


Section l. The foregoing proposed amendment to
the constitution of this shall be submitted the
people 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
his state.


Sec. .. The form Of the ballot in voting to approve
and ratify said proposed amendment shall be for
amending the constitution Increasing the number of
justices of the supreme court" and against said
amendment, "again-t amending the constitution in
creasng 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





state shall be deemed voters this question


Sec. 8. The votes cast approving and ratifying or
disappearing said amendment shall be counted and
returned by the inspectors of the election in all res
poets, votes for State officers counted and re-
turned, and the officers designated by law to can
the returns of votes for State officers shall can
vass the returns on this question, at the same time
and place and under the regulations and resric
tions provided by law for canvassing and decar
ing the returns of elections for State officers.


4 Within day aft oi,o t:o,
Of said canvass it shall be the duty of the canvassers
certify the result of the said canvass to the Gov
ernor, who shall thereupon without delay, make proc
am&tion of the result. i.
Sec. g. The Secretapg,of States hereby required to
include the substance of this 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 nv hand, and the great seal of


[L.S1 the State of Wisconsin, at the capitol in


Madison, this 2rth day of August, 1872


aug31 LII BREESE, Secretary of State