Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-15
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By the Governor:

Whereas, Tho Govern or is reqNoni by sec ton of an act of the General Assembly, of Alabama, approved February 21, 1893, s'To q submit to the people of the State at the gen. eral election to be held ol, the first Monday in August, 1894, for representatives, for their consideration, an amendment to section 2, ar- ticle of the onstitution, pro1iding a spe- cial tax of one-fourth of per centum for the city of Birmingham, to be applied to the pay ment of interest on the bonds of said city and for sinking fund to pay off said bonds at the } maturity thereof" to make publication b prociamation~ at tleast.three months before thev next general election for representatives of the amendment proposed by said act, to be submitted for the consideration of the people, and to 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 T 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 Il, by adding thereto the following: And provided further that this section shall not apply to the city O 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 of law, and for sinking fund to pay of said bonds at the maturity thereof,' so that said section ?, article Il, when so amended, will read as follows: Sec. '. No city, town or. other municipal corpor 4tion other than pro- vided for in this article shall levy or collect q larger rate of taxation in any one year on the prcp perty 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 lusively to such indebtedness; and, provided, this section shall not apply to tha
 city of Mobile, whicl, city may, until the 1st
 day of January, 1879, levy tax not to exceed
 the rate of per centum; from and after that
 tine tax not 10 exceed the rate of three-
 fourths of per centum to pay the expenses or the city government, aud may also untilthe
 list day ot January 1879, levy tax not to ex-t
 ceei the rate of per centum; and from and
  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 tax not to exceed one-fourth of per centum in addi- ,ion to the tax of one-haf of l per centum hereinabove allowed 10 be levied and col lected, such special tax to be applied excln- sively to the payment of interest on the bonds
 of said city of Birmingham issued in pursu- ance of law, or that may hereafter be issued by said city in pursuance of law, and for sil king fund, to pay of said bonds at the ma turity thereof.'"
 In further obedience to said statute, have | direcie ed his proclamation to be published for | three months by weekly insertions in the Mo- l ile Register, the Montgomery Advertiser, l the Age-Hel ald and the TimesNews of Gads- 1 den.
 l In testimony whereof have hereuuto setmy ~ hand and caused the great seal of the | Soo, State 10 be at xed at ihe Capitol on 1 this, the 2d day of May, A. D. 1894. THOS. G. JONES. By the Governor: . !. r guRo Secretary of State. 1 my6 sun 3m