Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-01
A PROCLAMATION
By the GoVernor:

Whereas, The Governor is required by sec tion of an act of the General Assembly of Alabama, approved February 21, 1893, ''To submit to the people of the State at the gen. eral election to be held oi. the first Monday in August, 1894, for representatives, for their consideration, an amendment to section ', ar- tic1e 1 of the constitution, prosiding a spe- cial tax of one-fourth of l per centum for the city of Birmingham, to be applied to the pay ment of interest on the bonds of said city and for q sinking fund to pay of said bonds at the maturity thereof,' to make publication by proclamation at least three months before the next general election for representatives of the amendment proposed by said act, to be submitted for the consideration of the people, and 10 cause said proclamation to be published for three months by weekly insertions in at least four newspapers published in the State.
 Now, therefore, I, Thomas G. Jones, Gov ernor of the State of Alabama, in obedience to said act, do make publication by this procla- nation that the following amendment of sec tion ? article II of the Constitution has been proposed by the General Assembly of Alabama to be submitted to the people of Alabama for consideration at the general election, to be held in this State on the first Monday in Au- gust, 1894. Said proposed amendment is as follows:
 ''Amend said section 2, article l 1, by adding thereto the following: Aud provided further,
 
 Birmingham, which city may levy and collect tax not exceeding one-fourth of l per cent in addition to the tax of one-half of per centup, hereinabove allowed to be levied and collected, such special tax to be applied ex- cluslyely to the payment of interest on the bonds of the said city of Birmingham issued by said city in pursuance of law, or that may hereafter be issued by said city in pursuance oflaw, and for a sinking fund to pay off said bonds at the maturity thereof so that said section ', article Il, when so amended, will read as follows: Sec. 2. No city, town or other municipal corporation other than pro- vided for in this article shall levy or collect a larger rate of taxation in any one year on the property thereof than one half of per centum of the value of such property as assessed for State taxation during the preceding year; pro- vided, th at for the payment of debts existing at the time of the ratification of this Constitu- tion, and the interests thereon, an additional rate of per centum may be collected, to be applied ex clusively to such indebtedness; and, provided, this section shall not apply to the city of Mobile, which city may, until the 1st day of January, 1879, levy tax not to exceed the rate of per centum from and after that time tax not to exceed the rate of .three- fourths of per centum to pay the expenses of the city government, and may also until the 1st day ot January 1879, levy tax nott ex- ceed the rate of per centum; and from and alter mat time tax not to exceed the rate or three-fourths of per centum to pay the ex- isting indebtedness of said city and the inter- ests thereon; and, provided further, that this section shall not apply to the city of Birmi g. ham, which city may levy and collect a tax not to exceed one-fourth of per centum in addi- uon to the tax of one-half of l per centum hereinabove allowed to be levied and col lected, such special tax to be applied ex clu- | sively to the payment of interest on the bonds of said city of Birmingham issued in pnrsu7 ance of law, or that may hereafter be issued by said city in pursuance of law, and. for sinking fund, to pay off said bonds at the ma turity thereof 70 '1
 In further obedience to said statute, I have directed this proclamation 10 be published fo three months by weekly insertions in the Mo bile Register, the Montgomery Advertiser the Age Herald and the Times-News of Gads- den.
 In testimony whereof have hereunto setmy { ~ hand and caused the great seal of the l oc. State to be af xed at the Capitol on this, the 2d day of May, A. D. 1894.
 THOS. G. JONES.
 By the Governor: J. D. BARRON, Secretary of State.
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