The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-05
COXEY's PLAN.
ram Texts OF his asGosd Roads, and
"Non-Inseress Bearing Bond"
BillsA Now Before

mills, Now Before congress.
The CoSey plan for building good
roads, giving employment TO labor
and providing a method for raising
money for state, county and municipal
improvements Independent OF bond
dealers and brokers, is set out in the
following bills now before Congress.
1t is to petition Congress to pass these
bills, in the interest of the common
people that Coxey's Army il. march
ing to Washington:
FUEL TEXT OF TIE BILL BEFORE con
uREss BY WHICH To BUILD GOOD
ROADS BY THE CONEY Plan.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate end House of Representatives
in Congress assembled; That the
Secrelsr. Of the Treasury Of the
United States is hereby authorized and
Instructed to have engraved and have
printed. imrnr;idieiy after the pas
>age Of this bill. five hundred million,
of dollars at Treasury Notes, q legal
tender Tor all debt. public and
private. said notes TO DO in dcnomi.
natitas Of one. two. five and ten dol
lars. and to be pid"ed III a fund to br
known as the '-Generai Cue.tv Road
Fund System of the United States.
and to be expended solely TOR said
purpose.
SCI. 2. And be II further enacted.
That Il shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary Df War To take charge of the
said General County Road System in
tho Uni,ei; States, and said CONSTITUTE
ton TO commence as soon as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall in
form the Secretary Of War that the
said fund is available, which shall not
be latcr than -: when il shall 10
the d"'v of tie Srrrciary Of War to
inaugur-.te the work and cxpend the
sum of twenty millions of dollars per
month, pro rata with the number Of
miles of Rad in earil State and Terri.
in the United STATES.
SEC. ). BE it further enacted, That
Ill labor other than that of the office
of the secretary of War. whose COLL
p%cusaiions are already fixed by law
shall he paid by the day. and that the
be not less than one dollar and
cent, per day for common labor,
md three dollars and fifty cents per
day for tcain aud labor, and thai
light hours per day shall constitute a
labor under the provisions OF
his bill.
'rI.L TEN q" TIiE CCNEY NON-INTER-
EST BEARING BOND ELL. NOW !
BEFORE CONGRESS. {
BE it enacted by the Senate and :
Iousc of Representatives. IN Congress ;
.sSeinEledi !
That whenever any State. Terrific :
y, County. Township, Municipality. {
r Incorporated Town or Village l
.ecm i, Necessary to make any pub I
improvements, they shall deposit :
nth the Secretary or the Treasury of I
&c United States Il non-ihterest bea =
lg, tW enty-fivG year bond, not to ex-
ccd one-half the assessed valuation 1
f the property in sail State, Terri
Dry. COUNTY. Township Municipality
r Incorporated Town or Village, and
lid bond to be retired at the rate of
per cent. Per annum.
Whenever the foregoing section of {
lis act h;s been complied with. il
llli he mandatory upon the Secretary r
T the Treasury of the United States Il
have engraved and printed. Treasu- 7
: Io;cs in the denominations of one. Il
70. FIVE. ten AMI twrntr dollars !.
'Ch, which shall IL a fiji lcssl tender Q
# all debts, public and private. to IL
Ie face value of said bond, and de- 8
yer to said state, Territory. County. ?
Dwnship, Municipality, or incOr- >
,ratcd Town or Village, n~incty-niue o
n cent. of said notes, and retain one y
r cent. for expense Of engraving
ID printing SAME. =