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Sec. 9. No city or town shall be or.

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ganized without the consent of the
majority of the electors residing and
entitled by law to vote within the dis
trict proposed to be incorporated ;such
consent to be ascertained in the man.
ner and under such regulations as
may be prescribed by law. sT@
Sec. 8. The general assembly shall
restrict the powers of cities and towns
to levy taxes and assessments, to Dor.
row money and to contract debts, and
no tax or assessment shall be levied OF
debt contracted except in pursuance oi
law, for public purposes specified by
law. ................
Sec. 4. No law shall be passed by
the general assembly granting the
right to construct and operate street
or other railway, telegraph, telephone
or electric plant, or to erect water OF
gas works for public use or to lay
mains for any purpose, without first
obtaining the consent of the local au
thorities ip control of the streets :ol
public places proposed to be occupied
for any such or like purposes. E
Sec. s. Cities and towns may ac
quire, by construction or purchase,
and may operate water works systems
and plants for furnishing lights, and
may furnish water and lights to indi
viduals, firms and; private corpora
tions for reasonable compensation
Provided, that no such construction
or purchase shall be made except upon
a majority vote of the electors in said
cities or towns who are qualified to
vote on the bonded indebtedness OF
said cities or towns. = =
Sec. 6. The corporate authorities OF
cities and towns in this State shall be
vested with power to assess and collect
taxes for corporate purposes ,ssid taxes
to be uniform in respect. to persons
and property within the jurisdiction
of the body composing the same; and
all the property, except such as is ex'
empt by law, within the limits of ci
ties and towns shall be taxed for the
paymet of debts contracted under au.
thority cflaw. License or privileged
taxes imposed shall be graduated Sc
as to secure just imposition of such
tax upon the classes subject thereto. >
Sec. z. No city or townin this State
shall hereaftertincur any bonded debt,
which, including exististing bonded
indebtedness, shall exceed s PER cent
um of the assessed value of the taxa
BILE property therein, and no such
debt shall be created without submit.
ting the question as to the creation
thereof to the qualified electors OF
such city Or town, as provided in this
Constitution for such special elections;
and unless a majority of such electors
voting on the question shall be in ia:
vor of creating such further bonded
debt, none shall be created; Provided,
that this section shall not be construed
to prevent the issuing of certificates OF
indebtedness in anticipation of thecol.
lection of taxes for amounts actually
contained or to be contained in the
taxes for the year when such certi6-
Gates are issued and payable out. OF
such taxes: And provided further,
that such cities and towns shall on the
issuing of such bonds create q sinking
fund for the redemption thereof at ma:
turity. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent the issuing Of bonds to an
amount sufficient to. refund bonded
indebtedness existing at the time of
the adoption of this Constitution.
Sec. g., Cities and towns may ex-
empt from taxation, by general or
special ordinance, except for school
purposes, manufactures established
within their limits for five successive
years from the time of the establish
ment of such manufactures: Provid-
ed, that such ordinance shall be first
ratified by a majority of such qualified
electors of such city or town Els shall
vote at an election held for that spur:
pose. : w 10
Sec. 9. No armed police force or
representatives of a detective agency
shall ever be brought into this State
for the suppression of domestic, vic.
lence; nor any other armed or unarn.
ed body Of mon be broughtin forfthat
purpose, except upon the application
of the general assembly orof the exc.
cutive Of this State (when the general
assembly is not in session, as provid.
ed in the Constitution of the United
States. The general assembly shall
provide proper penalties for the en-
forcement of the provisions of this
sectionH #.s =:
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the
general assembly to create boards of
health wherever they may be neces-
sary, giving to them power and au-
thority to make such regulations as
shall protect the health of the commu-
nifty and abate nuisances. Ia ,. 81
Sec. IL. In the exercise of the police
power the general assembly shall have
the right to prohibit the manufacture
and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors
or beverages within the State. The
general assembly may license persons
or corporations to manufacture and
sell and retail alcoholic liquors or
beverages within the State under such
rules and restrictions as it deems pro-
per; or the general assembly may pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale and re-
tail of alcoholic liquors and beverages
within the State, and may authorize
and empower the State, county and
municipal officers, all or either, under
the authority and in the name of the
State, to buy in any market ard retail
within the State liquors and beverages
In such packages and quantities, under
such rules and regulations, asst deems
expedient: Provided, that no license
shall be granted to sell alcoholic bev-
erages in less quantities than one-half
pint, or to sell them between sundown
aud s,,nrisa Or to sell them to be