The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13

shall become vacant before the expiration OF
the regular term for which he was elected. the
vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the
governor. until successor is elected and quail
iiied; and such successor shall be elected for
the unexpired terra, at the first election for
governor that occurs more than thirty days
after the vacancy shall have happened.
PROPOSITION NUMBER Two-RAILRoAD
AID.
- But tho general assembly may, by general
laws, authorize any township. city or ineOrpo-
rated village to aid any railroad company in
the construction of its road. within this state,
subject to the following restrictions, and such
others as may be prescribed by law: No sub
scription, Joan or contribution, for such pur-
pose. shall be made, unless authorized at an
election held in pursuance of law, by ut least
wo-thirds of all the electors Of such township,
city or village, to be asceTtained in such man
ner as may be prescribed by law. and subject
to the further conditions of section four of mr.
ticle eleven. when applicable. Nor shall such
aid be granted until the township, city or vii
lage granting the same shall have adequate
security that the road so aided will be COM
pleted; At such election, no person shall vote
who shall not have resided in the township,
city or village, for six months prior thereto.
No such election shall be held until the part
of the road upon which the expenditure is to
be made has been located and established, nor
shall aid be voted to more than one railroad
at any election. The order for election shall
specify all the conditions of such loan, sub
scription or. contribution, the consideration
proposed to be given therefor, the estimated
cost of the proposed work; the means secured
for its completion, and the part of the work on
which the proposed subscription, loan or con-
tributiOn is to be expended. Provision may
be made by law, for the issue of stock or bonds
for the amount of any such subscription or
loan; but no township, city or village, shall
be liable ;or the debts of the company. The
obligations of township, city or village, in
Cured for such purpose, shall not bear
greater interest than seven per centum
per annum, nor shall the aggregate
thereof at any time exceed five per centum of
the value of the property of such township, city
or village, as ascertained by the latest tax
duplicate. The aggregate of taxes levied by
township, city or village, TO pay such obliSa-
tions and interest, shall in no year exceed one
per centum of such value.
If this proposition be adopted, it shall be
added TO and become part of section six of ar
ticle eight of this constitution.
PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE -
TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATLNGL LIQUORS.
For License.
License to traffic in spirituOus, vinOus or
malt liquors, under such regulations and lin
itations as shall be prescribed by law, may be
granted; but this section shall not prevent the
general assembly from passing laws to restrict
such traffic, and to compensate injuries re-
sulting therefrOm.
Against License.
No license to traffic in intoxicating liquors
shall be granted; but the general assembly
may. by law, restrain or prohibit such traffic,
or provide against evils resulting therefrOm"
If either of these alternative propositions,
For license, or Against license. be
ticle sixteen of this constitution.
Sec. H.. At said election the ballots shall
be in the following form:
New Constitution Ticket.
Erase that part of each vote which you do
not favor.
First Vote.
For the New Constitution.
Against the New Constitution.
Second Vote.
For Minority Representation.
Against Minority Representation.
Third Vote.
For Railroad Aid
Against Railroad Aid.
Fourth Vote.
For License.
Against License"
If one clause be erased, the other shall be
counted. If both clauses be erased, or neither
clause be erased, the vote upon that subject
shall not be counted.
Sec. Il. The secretary of state shall. at
least thirty days before said election, cause to
each county, blank poll-books, tally-sheets,
and forms OF returns, sufficient for the use of
his county. and, also FIVE times as many
properly prepared printed ballots for said
election as there are voters in such county,
and, on or before the first day of July next
shall cause this constitution to be printed in
one English and one German weekly news
paper, of each political party printed in each
county, If such paper be printed therein, at a
cost, for each paper, of not more than fifty dol
lars, the expense whereof shall be audited and
PAID as other public printing ordered by the
secretary nf state, is by law required to be
audited and paid; and said clerks of court. at
least hve days before said election. shall
cause SAID blank poll-books, tally-sheets,
Iorms 9I returns and ballots, to be distributed
to the judges of election in each election pre-
clnct IN their respective counties.
Sec. l3. Said election shall be held and con-
Quoted at the places, by the officers and in the
manner now by law provided for the election
of members of the house of representafives as
far as practicable; and the Judges of election
shall transmit forthwith the poll-books and
:a ta.ysheets Oi sald election, containing a GER
uneu numoer OF votes cast for and against this
constitution, and for and against each said
propositions, to the clerks of the courts of com
mon pleas Of their respective counties, and
SAID clerks shall forthwith make an Accurate
abstract of the number of the votes cast for
anu against this constitution and for and
against each of said propositions and the
whole number of votes east at said election in
their several counties, and transmit n copy
thereof to the secretary of state. and. within
twenty days after said election, the secretary
of state shall open the returns thereof. in the
presence of the governor; and ifit shall appear
| that greater number of votes have been
| east for the new constitution than against IL
then the same shall become and be the cOnsti-
tuition of the state of Ohio. If the said ronsti-
tuition be so adopted. then such of the
separately submitted propositions as shall
| receive an ahrmatlve vote greater than the
| negative vote thereon shall be declared
1 adopted, and become part of the constitu-
ton, and such of said propositions as shall
| fail to receive such affirmative vote shall he
declared lost; provided, that a vote against
/ license shall also be deemed and counted as an
atlrmatlye vote in favor of the section pro
hl6ltlng the grant of license; and the governor
| of said election.
| Sec. II. Section three of article eleven shall
| not be operative as to cities and villages the
| debt OF which already amounts to as much rs
zen per centum OF the tax duplicate. until the
hrst valuation OF real estate for taxation, after
the adoption of the constitution
Done in convention, at Cincinnati, the four
teenth day of May in the year one thousand
dependence of the United States the ninety
! eighth.
~. RUFUS KING, President.
DUDLEY W. RHODES. Secrstary.
/ CHARLES J. ALBRIGHT,
| ISAAC n. ALEXANDER,
S. J. ANDREWS,
LLEWELLYN BABER,
JAMES W. BANNON.
/ DAVID BARNET,
THOMAS BISHOP.
JOHN H. BLOSE,
PERRY B0SW0RTH,