, 1874-08-10

sant @ btasion. BonlB ni!d stocks ehall not bo Ia.
property actually rooovo1, Or iabor dono; and
ail not1tionA increase of BttdH or indebtedness
saa'l 1o void. viii, s,,ci. declarations in tIo
u botns nnnst impossible for any
btuck. &A "''''1''H
MISCELLANEOUS.
LeRielattVo "pportonnlent nltl representation
efa % S.nta nae osscy o y91rs Tug population
eus, .shail DO fllvlded by 105, aud tho uuotIont
etall bo tho ratio OF representation In tha iIonan
Of Representatives for tic succeeding Ton yoare,
No Poason who ION my hereafter fight
shall hold any onlco in the State. ">@''''~'eS'
any purpose, shall forever bo prohibited. '"' ~
fnstitutions for the benefit tho i1laano, both
and dumb, shall always DO supported by tl,o
State. An asylum for dotto ind imbecilo youth.
a homo for soldiors' and sailors orphans, and q
girls industrial homo, alall bo supported 10 lont.
as tho Goaoral Assembly may doola tAum noooa.
Bary.
FREE rAssEa.
Whilo tho dtacslss!on Is alive as rogarda gfts
md froo paascH, whetl'or 1t bo a mansion for
as ao e as Woss ss,s foSp" Of I ,t n i
known !as tho "gougo game," It s interesting
XVI: '-'' >'~'A''' '''''A'''D' - '''' " 4''''
No pcraon elected to the Goncral Assembly,
OF TO Convention or Commission to roviao. Rl-
TOT, or amend tho Constitution or elected or np-
appointod to any judicial or lucrative State or
county oalco slall, from tho time Of l,iB clec-
tion or appointment until tho end Of tho torn OF
suon ollleo, knowingly accept from railroad or
trannportstion company any FREQ pass, gift, or
commutod acrFlco, not offered to tho publio."
SCHEDULE.
Appended to tho Conatitution no find sclotl-
n'e g. containing three distinct propositions Which
for separate vote. These aro minority-ropro-
in intoxicating liquors.
s1lNoR1T1-nEPnEsEhTA71
Inc principles involved III millUrity-ronropont.
alton aro to bo tested only in tho election OF
Judges Of tho Supreme snd Circuit Conrts Thn
proposition. is, Tint, tin oycry election for
Judges OF tho Supreme and Circuit Courts whoro
Court, and for the samo term Of service, s' M
eloctor shalt yoto for greater number OF onnt]i-
dates than majority Of tho Judges Of SUCH
Court and torn then to ho closon." 1t will be-
soon % that thts is not the simon-rurc type Of MI.
poarauco Of restrictive representation. It wit,
however, to some extant proYont concentration
Of votes on any one indyidunl.
Tho proposition relating to
RAI1.noAD-ArD.
70 moro important in its behring's. It Ia as fol.
lows: "1ho Genoral Assembly nlny authorize
any township. city or incorporated viIlnge, to
aid any railroad company In tho construction OF
it, road within the State, subject to tho follow
Ing restrictions: No subscription, loan, or con-
trlbuttonB. for such purposes shall be nando. un-
1oas authorized, at IN election hold In pursuance
OF law by at least two-thirds Of all tito eloctors
Of Of sush township, city. or village, to be asror-
law. Nor Blial auoh MD bo grantol until tLs
township. city, or village, granting tic aaulo,
ssall hayo adequate security that h4e ROAD so
aided win Dc completed. At such election no
person ANAL vote who sllallee not hare resided in
thu tnwnHhin. rifr on pi1 F,n
prlort thereto. No such election shall bo held
unit! tho part Of tho road upon which tic OK
pendit''re ia to bc made has boon located anu CO.
tabltahed, nor oftonor than. onco year; nor
nnv election. Tho order for election shall epcri-
ty oil tho conditions OF such loan. subbcriptior.
or contribution, tho consideration proposcI to Le
givon therefor, tho estimated cost OF tho pro-
posed work, the means secured for itH compc-
tlon, and tho part Of tho work on which the pro-
posed subscription, loan, Or contribution is to
he expended. Proyialon may bo niatlo by law for
the issuo Of stocks Or bonds for tho amount
ship city or village, slall bo ab!o for tic tlobta
Of tho company: The obligation Of township,
city, or village. incurred for such purpose, uhali
not bear greater iutorest than per centum rcr
a1'num, nor shall tho aggregate thereof at auY
time oxcced per centnm Of tho value Of tl.a
property at such township. city, or village. Tho
aggregate OF tnxos levied by II township city, or
vilagc; to pay such obligations and in.orcst,
slhA !, ~ a., Mu 3oar oxcooa per contutn OF suck
xalue. t;a1 anls II very cafeiuly-worded propose
tlqm, 1, ana q, coYors EIoae ueat Of ground.
nn ~. .lllu ptoIositlon Ii OF paramount Interest
~ tn's aino' "aetnof Or nos
LICENSE
shall pc given to dealers iii tho lquortrafllc II
gnestion OF great moment. Tho proposition
tayoring lccnao is, that " Liconuo to Traffic ii.
epntsuoue, stious. " h'alt liquors. Under Buclt
1eeualAonh auu lm1satioflh az Btall DO presoriDt1
" LEW, may 70 gfantod but this Boctir shall
,.o1 , pto'enk tao 1olsoral nasombly from passing
!aMs 20 sestflot aucn trail1c, md to con,pGnaata
INJURIES fesuitlnG t1lefatrom." Tic counter
proposiMon s: "No liconse to traffic in intos
cnslhs LIQUORS shaii 10 granted but tho Gencr-
a. nssomny may, ny laN, restrain Or prohibit
tmel nacn sras' or pro'ido against ovlle resulting
thefeffom.
!, 70 Other words. the liconso clause cstablishoa
1ngsi very n fn eh as tney arc It secures tho
"ay. place8 temperance mon md NQuor-tloalerB
On t4o sae roasiye footing as at present. lts
great Objection ls, that IT. countenances prae-
gee taat le morally bnd. It IL virtually, III With
'h 1ho Ut. h9a!s ordinances LICENSE to wckeoas.
Il!o antl-liconse clause IL long stop in ADVANCE
III tH6 temperance movement, It empowers tho