Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-05-21
hereto. No such election shall be held

upon which the expediture is to b
made has been located and established
nor Ofterner than once a year, and al
shall not be granted to more than on,
railaOad at one election. The orde
for election shall specify all the cond
tl0ns OF such loan, subscription, or con
trlbutiOn; the consideration propose,
to give therefore; the estimated cost @
the proposed work !; the means secure,
Tor Its completion /; and the part of tn
work on which the propose subscrip
tlon, loan, or contribution is to be ex
pended. Provision may be made b,
law for the issue of stock or bonds fo
the amount of Any such subscription O
bond for the amount of any such sub
scription or loan; but no township
city, or Incorporated village shall B,
liable on any such subscription for debt
OF the company.
''No obligation of any township. CITY
or incorporated village, incurred fo]
such purpose, shall bear greater in
terest than per cent. per annum. ant
tne aggregate thereof outstanding shal
at no time exceed per cent. of thu
taxable property of said township, city
or Incorporated village, as ascertaineC
by the latest tax duplicate. The aggre
gate OF taxes levied by any township
city, or incorporated village, to pay
such obligations and interest, shall in
no year exceed per cent. of such tax
able property" -
III this prOpositiod be adopted, il
shall be added to and become part Of
Section 6 of Article of the Constitution
PROPOSITION NO. 3-TRAFFIC IN IN.
TOXICATING LIQUORS. aa
FOR LICENsE-License to traffic in
splrltuous, vinOus or malt liquors, un.
der such regulations and Limitations as
shall be prescribed by law. NAV be
granted, bat this section shall not pre.
vent the General Assembly, from pass.
ing laws to restrict such traffic and to
compensate the injuries resulting there.
from. afi b.
AGAINST LICENsE-No license to
traffic in Intoxicating liquors shall
hereafter shall be granted in this State
but the General Assem- bly, may, by law,
restrain or prohibit such traffic, or NAV
provide against evils resulting there.
| from. l,'----l- 2 =
If either of these alternative propo-
sitions, I" for license, !" and "against
license" be adopted, it shall become
Section =, of Article 10, of this Consti-
tuition. -.s-., y5it - 81,
SECTION IL. AT said election the bal
lots shall be in the following form:
"NEw CONSTITUTION Trek AErase
favor. 'Cisi--Fi -
'sFirst Vote-FOr the new Constitu-
tion; against the new Constitution.
second Vote-For minority repre-
sentatiOn. tsf -sef,-.'Ss =
Third Vote = For railroad aid !;
against railroad aid. --as . 3. r -
Fourth Vote-For license; against
license. s.5.ft- = -
'4f one clause be erased, the other
shall be counted. If both clauses be
erased. or neither clause be erased. the
vote upon the subject shall not be
counted" j ~
SEC. II. The Secretary of State shall,
at least thirty days before said elsction,
cause to be delivered to the Clerk oi
the Court of Common Pleas of each
county, black poil-books, tally-sheets,
and form of returns, sufficient for the
use Offis county, and also five times as
many propeSly isfepared printed bal
lots for said election as there are vo-
tefs In such county, and, on or before
TIL ist day of July Rext, shall cause
this Constitution to be printed in one
English and one German weekly
newspaper Ofeach political party, prin-
ted in each county in this State, at cost
for each paper of not more than so dol
lars, the expense whereof shall be au-
dited and paid as other public print
ing ordered by the Secretary of State,
is by lay required to be audited ard
paid; and said Clerks of Court, at least
i've days before said. election, shall
eaese said blank pOll-books, tally
sheets. forms of returns aad ballots to
be distributed 20 the judges of election
in each election pfecipet in the respee-
tive counties. r., ~
SEC. 13. Said election shall be held
and conducted at the places, by the Of
ficers, and in the manner now by law
provided for the election of members
of the House of Representatives, as far
as practicable; and the Judges of cleo
shall transmit forthwith the poll-book
and taily-sheets of said election, con-
tanning a certified statement of the
number of votes cast for and against
each proposition, to the Clerks of the
Court of Common Pleas of their respec-
tive counties, and said Clerks of Court
shall forthwith make an abstract of the
number of votes cast for and against
each OF said propositions, and the
whole number of votes cast at said
election in their several counties, and
transmit copy thereof to the Secreta-
ry 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 if it
shall appear tnat q greater number of
votes have been cast for the new Con-
stitution than against il. then the same
shall become and be the Constitution
of Ohio; il the said Constitution shall be
so adopted, then and in that case such
of the severally submitted propositions
as shall receive an affirmative vote
greater than the negatiue vote thereon
shall be declared adopted, and shall be-
come part of the Constitution; and
such of said propositions az shall fail to
receive such affirmative vote shall be
declared lost; provided that a vote
against license shall also be deemed
and counted as an Affirmative vote in
faver of the section prohibiting the
granting of license. And the Cover
nor shall issue his proclamation stating
the results of said election.
SECTION =. Section 8 of Article II
shall not be operative as to cities and
villages the debt of which already
amounts to ten per cent of the tax du-
plicate, until the first valuation OF real
estate for taxation after the adoption
of this Constitution.
Adjourned.
The lawyers of indianapolis are tor
| turing their brains over an extraOrdi-
nary problem. Some years ago lady
of that city was married, and four
months thereafter separated from her
husband, was divorced and remarked
in month, and four months thereafter
gave birth to child by her first hus-