Mexico weekly ledger., 1895-02-28
TO MOVE THE STATE CAPITAL
Full Text of the Proposition to Be
Voted on in 1896.

amendment to the Constitution there
of, providing for the removal of the
seat of the Government from the city
of Jefferson to the city of Sedalia.
Be it resolved by the House of Rep
resentatives, the Senate concurring
therein, as follows:
At the general election t.. be held on
the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, A. D., 1896, an
amendment to the Constitution of Mis-
souri,; shall be submitted to the quail
fed voters of the State in the follow
ing words:
The seat of the Government shall be
removed from the city of Jefferson
and located at the city of Sedalia. Any
person or persons may grant and do
nate to the State any land, sum of
money, or other thing of value to be
used for the purpose of erecting the
necessary public buildings at the city
of Sedalia, or may deposit with the
Governor sufficient securities or obli-
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such buildings. Whenever a suitable
capitol building, having the same or
greater floor area and appointments
as the present Capitol and Supreme
court buildings, and equal thereto in
stability and architectural merit to-
gether with grounds of the same or
greater area, and an armory building
likewise, similar OF superior to the
present armory, and an executive
mansion likewise similar or superior
to the present building used as the
Governors residence, together with
the grounds and appurtenances, shall
be erected at the city of Sedalia, the
same shall be accepted by a commits
sion, consisting of the Governor, Sec
rotary of State, Auditor, Treasurer,
and Attorney General and such officers
shall at once remove the public records
and personal property to such new
public buildings, and the city of Sc
dalia shall ~thereupon become the per-
manent seat of Government. The
plans and location of the capitol, ar
mory and executive mansion and
grounds shall first be approved by
such commission. The county of Pettis
and Sedalia township in said county
may each vote an issue of five-twenty
non-taxable three per cent bonds, not
to exceed in amount, respectively for
each, one hundred thousand dollars,
and such bonds may be ordered issued
by a majority vote of those voting at
q special election called for that pur-
pose by the county court, and con-
Quoted generally in the manner pro-
vided by law for the issuing of bonds
for the erection of court houses. Said
county and township bonds shall be
given to the State for the purpose of
assisting in paying for the erection of
the buildings provided for therein; and
such bonds, if voted and issued, shall
be delivered to the Governor of the
State, and held by him in trust for the
benefit of any person or persons who
may erect such suitable public build
ings to be given to such person or per-
sons on their completion and accept
ance. The commission hereby con-
stituted shall have full power by a
majority vote to carry out the provis-
ions and intent of this amendment,
and such new public buildings shall be
completed, as near as may; be posi-
Bile, on or before the first day of Nov,
A. D., 1899, unless such commission
for good cause grant further time. The
State shall in no manner become Liable
for, nor shall it pay any part whateveg
of the cost of the new public buildings
herein provided for, and the county
before mentioned shall pay the entire
cost of moving the records and per
sonal property Of the State to the new
public buildings, so that the State shall
be at no expense whatever in the
change of the seal of Government.
The Hartford Times says: Four
years ago the Farmers Alliance in
North Carolina was a non-partisan or
ganization and had 100, 600 members.
To-day it IS a Populist concern and has
less than q quarter as MANY.