The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-10-19
Senate Joint Resolution No. l

Me Iu|y3cuse0t or rGect101 or the electors g5
tie State at the asxt general eiection
Senate Joint Resolution No, 1.
Senate Joint Resolution No I, propos-
ing Amendments to Articles two md
nine of the Constitution of the State OF
Kansas, relating to approximations
and county officers.
BE IL resolued By the Legislature Of the STATE Of
Kansas, ftcc-fhirds of alt the members elected 10
each house coacurring therein:
SECTION L. The following propositions to
amend the Constitution of the state of Kansas
shall be submitted to the electors of the State for
adoption or rejection at the general election to
be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Mon
seventy-six QS76l:
Proposition one: Section twenty-four Of article
Two shall be SO amended to read as follows:
section u No money shall be drawn from the
treasury except in pursuance of a specific appro-
priation made by law, and no appropriation shall
be for longer term than two years
Proposition ftr0: Section three OF article uine
shall be amended so as to read follows: section
J. All county officers shall hold their offices for
tne Term OF Two years and until their successors
shall be qualified, except county Commissioners
who shall hold their Offices for the term of three
years; Provided, That at the general election in
the year eighteen hundred and seyentv-seven the
commissioner elected from district number ono
IN each county shall hold his Office for the term
OF one year, the commissioner elected from dis
trIct number two in each county shall hold his
once ior the term OF two years, and the eOmmis-
sioner elected from district number three In each
county shall hold his Office for the term of three
years; bat no person shall hold the office Of sher
III Or county treasurer for more than two consee-
utiye terms.
SEC: 2. The following shall be the method Of
submitting said propositions namely The BAL
lots shall be either written or printed or porflv
printed and partly written. In regard 10 I,roncs
stt0E one aforesaid the form of the ballots shall
be, For proposition one TO amend The Constiti-
ton, - and Against proposition one To amend
the Constitution" In regard TO proposItion Two
the form of ballots shall be- For proDosition
two TO amend section three of article nine ~ tho
Constitution of the State of Kansas or ~ gainst
proposition two, TO amend section three of article
nine of the Constitution OF the State Of Kansas
SEC. 3. This resolution shall take effect and be
In force from and after its publication in the STAT
ute book.
hereby certify that the above bill originated
in the Senate the 18Th day of January A ID
1876, and passed the body on the 18th day Of Feb
ruary,. \. ID. 1876, two-thirds of the members
elected voting therefor.
JNO. II. FOLKS,
4, s,r,,n Secretary Of Senate.
President Of Senate
Passed the House, February I6, Is7s. t7vo-tbirI.
OF the members elected voting therefor
HENRY BOOTH
- CAicf CLERK Of House
Speaker of House
Approved February %, 1875.
THOS. \. OSBORN, Governor
thereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy Of the original enrolled Joint reso-
luton now file in my Office and that the same
TOOK effect by publication in tile statute book Nav
LIST, A. ID. ls76
In testimony whereof, | have hereunto sub
scrlbed my name and affixed the great seal
of the state. Done ut Topeka Kansas this
10th day of July, \. ID. 1876
lsEAL-J TH0S. Ii. CAyANiUGH
Secretary Of State.