Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1874-06-18

Inc three proposltlOns wnlcn nav
been submitted separate and apar
from the Constitution proper, ant
upon which the people of Ohio will
be called to vote for or against, up
on their own separate merits and de
merits, are as follows:
PROPOSITION NUMBER oNE-MINoRrTl
REPRESENTATION.
"In every election for judges O
the supreme and circuit courts, where
three or more are to be chosen OF
the same court, and for the same
term of service, no electors shall
vote for a greater number of candi
dates than a majority of the judges
of such court and term then to be
chosen"
If this proposition be adopted, it
shall take the place of section three
of article four of the constitution.
PROPOSITION NUMBER Two-RAILRoAD
AID.
'But the General Assembly may,
by general laws authorize any town
ship, city or incorporated village to
aid any railroad company in the
construction of its road, within the
State, subject to the following re-
strictions, and such others as may
be prescribed by law: No subscrip-
tion, loan or contribution, for such
purpose, shall be made, unless au-
thorized at an election held in pur-
suance of law by at least two-thirds
of all the electors of such township,
city or village, to be ascertained in
such manner as may be prescribed
by law, and subject to the further
conditions of section four of article
eleven when applicable. Nor shall
such aid be granted until the town.
ship, city, or village 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 resid-
ed in the township, city, or village,
for six months prior thereto. No
such elections shall be held until
the part of the road upon which the
expenditure is to be made has been
located and established, nor oftener
than once a year, nor shall aid be
voted to more than one railroad at
any election. The order for cleo
tion shall specify all the conditions
of such loan, subscription or contri-
button, 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 pro-
posed subscription, loan or contri-
button is to be expended. Provis-
isons 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 vii
lage, shall be liable for the debts of
the company. The obligations of a
township, city, or village, incurred
for such purpose, shall not bear
greater interest than seven per CEN
tum per annum, nor shall the aggre-
gate thereof at any time exceed five
percentum of the taxable value of the
property of such township, city, or
village, as ascertalned by the latest
tag duplicate. The aggregate of
taxes levied by a township, city. or
village, to pay such obligations and
interest, shall in no year exceed one
percentum of such value"
If this proposition be adopted, it,
shall be added to and become part
of section six of article eight of this
constitution.
PROPOSITION NUMBER THREE-TRAFFIC
IN INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
For License.
License to traffic in spiritiuous
vinous OF malt liquors, under such
regulations and limitations as shall
be prescribed by law, may be grant
ed, but this section, shall not pre-
vent the General Assembly from
passing laws to restrict such traffic,
and to compensate injuries resulting
therefrom."
against License,
"No license to traffic in intoxicat- |
ing liquors shall be granted; but
the General Assembly may, by law,
retain or prohibit such traffic,o pro
vide against evils resulting there
from"
If either of these alternative pro-
positions, ''for license" or against
license" be adopted, it shall become
section eleven of article sixteen of