Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-10-22
Proposed Amendments
TO THE
CONSTITUTION Of MISSOURI.

stitution thereof, providing for the
removal of the seat of government
from the city of Jefferson to the CITY
of Sedalia.
Be 1t resolred By the House Of Represen..
atires, the Senate c~oncarring Mere;a.
as foIlors:
At the general election to be held ON
the Tuesday next following the frat
Monday in November, A. D. 1896. an
amendment to the constitution Of
shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of the State, in the
following words:
The seat of government shall be re-
moved 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 OF other thing of value to be
used for the purpose of erecting the
public buildings at the city
of Sedalia, or may deposit with the
governor sufficient securities or obliga-
tons TO guarantee the erection of such
Whenever q suitable capitol building,
having the same or greater floor area
and appointments as the present car.
itol and supreme court buildings, and
equal thereto in stability and archi-
tectural merit, together with grounds
Of the same or greater area. and an NJ
mory building likewise similar or 50.
perior 70 the present armcry, endN Nn
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 q conn.,
mission consisting of the governor,
secretary 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 Seda-
liza shall thereupon become the perma-
nent seat of government. The plans
and location of the capitol, arHory 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 $50, non-taxable 5 per
cent bonds, not to exceed in amount,
respectively for each, 100000, and
such bonds may be ordered issued by
o majority vote Of those voting ct q
special election called for that purpose
by the county court, and conducted
generally in the manner provided 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 build
ings provided for herein ; and such
bonds, If voted and issued, shall be
delivered to the governor of the state,
and held by him in trust for the bene-
ft of any person or persons who may
erect such suitable public buildings, TO
be given to such person or persons on
their completion and acceptance.
The commission hereby constituted
shall have full power by O majority
vote to carry out the provisions and
intent of this amendment. and such
new public buildings shall be COM
pleted, a. near as may be possible, on
or before the first day of November, A.
ID. 1889, unless such commission for
good cause grant further time.
The state shall in no manner become
liable for, nor shall it pay any part
whatever 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
personal property Of the state to the
e public buildings, SO that the state
ahall be at no expense whatever in the
change of the seat of government.
SECOND CONVENTIONAL AMENnA1GST@
CONCURRENT RESOLUTIOAS}s ub
mitting to the qualified votersox fke
state OF Missouri an amendment 70
b constitution thereof, concerning
the judicial department.
Be it resolved By The Senate, the House Of
Representatives concurring therein:
That at the general election to be
held on the Tuesday next following
the first Monday in November, 1896,
the following amendment to the con-
stitution of the state of Missouri, con-
corning the judicial department, shall
be submitted to the qualified voters
of said state, to-wit:
SECTION 1. The power of the SUI
preme court, except as hereinafter pro-
vided, and of the courts of appeals, to
issue original remedial writs, shall be
confined to cases lying within the sp.
pellste jurisdiction of said courts.
SIC. 2. The meaning of the terms
used in section IL, article 6 of tho con-
stitution are hereby defined as follows;
By amount in dispute is meant the
money value of the real dispute at the
date Of the judgment appealed from,
and the courts shall look into the en-
tire record for the purpose OF ascer-
tanning such value.
Cases involving the construction Of
the constitution of the United States
or of this state, or the validity Of
treaty or statute of the United States.
are those cases only where that point
has been raised in good faith by Soma
pleading or instruction in the tIiH
court.
Gases involving the construction Of
The revenue laws of this state are CASES
only wherein either party in the trial
court claims IN right under q CON-
strucfion ofsuch laws, which construc.
ton his adversary denies to be the
true construction by some pleading or
instructions.
The title to any Office under this
state means only the title of an ofhcer
duties are co~-extensiye with the
state, or who is required by law to b
commissioned by the governor; and
no one 1e 9 state officer who does mol
answer this description.
"A county or other political snbdt
vision Of q state includes only COUNTIES
county, but no minor subdivisions.
Cases involving title to real estate
are cases only wherein the decree or
Judgment rendered affects directly the
title of the appellant to certain feai
estate, and actions of ejectment.
When either party to an appeal
claims that q question his been fairly
raised upon the record in the triM
court, by which the jurisdiction of and
appeal therein Ia vested in the supreqs
court, or that the amount involved, oS
status of any litigant gives to the su-
preme court appellate jurisdiction, be
may, before the case is submitted on
Hnal hearingin the court of appeals, but
not thereafter, file q motion to have
said cause transferred to the supreme
court. and II any Judge of said court of
appeals shall be of opinion that such
motion is well founded. and shall fle
MS written statement to that effect IN
the cause, the court shall ut once
transfer the records 10 the supreme
court The courts of appeals may also
Of their own motion, on becoming ST.
isfied that the supreme court has
Jurisdiction Of any cause pending be.
Tore said court Of appeals, order that
the same be transferred TO the su-
preme court, ut any time before hling
an opinion on the. merits Wherein
When the records thus transferred Y
supreme court for either OF the
reasons above stated, that court SHAH
once inspect the same, for the par-