The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-08-10

Senate Joint Resolution No. 1.
Senate Joint Resolution No. 1. propos-
ing Amendments to Articles two and
nine o! the Constitution OF the State of
Kansas, relating to appropriation
and county officers
Re It res0irsd ty me Legislafwe Of he Sfsie IF
Kansas, tro-fkirds cf al The gleE'beF cieeied 10
coca house ccacnTr5ag faeTeiR:
SECTION l. The following prop0sitiOns 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 %
be held on the Iuesday succeeding the first Mon
day in November, a D eighteen hundred and
Prepoeifion one: Section twenty-folr OF article
two shall be SO amended as . read as follows
Section y. No money shall be drawn from the
treasury except in pursuance of Il specific appro-
priafiun made By law, and no appropriation shall
be for . longer term thaa two years.
Proposition fr3. Section three OF article nine
shall be amended so As 10 read Is follows Section
3 4 Il county officers shall hold their Offices Cor
the term OF two years and until their successors
shall be qualified, except county commissioners.
years: PrOuidcd, That at the general election in
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven the
commissioner elected from district number one
N 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
Office Tor the term OF two years, and tue commits
sioner elected from district number threc in each
county shall hold his Office for the term Of three
years; but no person shIll hold the Office OF sher-
~SNs--Ni
uiiye terms
sEc 2 The following shall be the method OF
submitting SAID propositions, namely The bal
lots shall be either written or printed. or partly
printed and partly written. In regard to prOpO-
siti0n one aforesaid the form OF the ballots shall
be, 'ror proposition one % amend the Consttu-
ton, - and Against proposition one 70 amend
the Constitution - In regard % proposition two
the form of ballots shall be- ''Eor proposition
two 10 amend section three of article nine Of the
Constitution Of the state Of Kansas, or against
proposition two, 80 amend section three Of article
nine OF the Constitution of the state of kansas
SEC. ). THIS resolution shall take eject ami be
in force from and after Its publication in the stat
ute book.
l hereby certify that the above bill originated
in the Senate the 1851 day of january. 4. -.
1876, and passed the body on the Eth day of Feb
ruary, y, y. lssj, tw0-thirds Of The members
JNO H. FOLKS.
Secretary u SENATE
n. J. SALTER,
?residesi q Senate.
Passed the House, February l6, Is5e. two-iiirls
Of The members elected voting therefor.
HENRY BOOTH.
CkiJ CLERK Of H91ss
d. Z. HASKELL,
Speaker Of HgEsc
Approved February - 1876.
IIiOs. a. Osborn, Govsraor
thereby certify that the foregoing is "a true and
luton now On ne in my Office, and that The same
tooA eject By publication in the statute book Nay
Ist i. ~. 1876.
In testimony whereof, l. have hcreuuto sub
scrlbed my name and affixed the great seal
of the state. Done at Topeka, Kansas, this
10th day OF July, 4. D io16
[sEAL.l IilOs. II. CAVANATGH,
Secretary Of Stg!e.