The age-herald., 1898-05-28
A PROCLAMATION.
By the Governor

Whereas, The Governor Is required by
 Section of an act of the General Assem- ply of Alabama. approved February l6. 1897, the general election to be held on the first Monday in August, 1898. for representatives for their consideration an amendment 10 Section 2, Article Il of the Constitution, providing a special tax of one-half of one per centum for the city of Birmingham, to be applied to the payment of interest on the bonds of said city, and for a sinking fund to pay off said bonds at the maturity there of, to make publication by proclamation at least three months before the next gem eral election for representatives of the amendment proposed by said act to be submitted for the consideration of the peo- pie. and to cause said proclamation to be published for three months by weekly in- sertions in at least four newspapers pub 1ished in the state.
 Governor of Alabama, in obedience to said act, do make publication by this proclanla-
 tion that the following amendment Of sec sec. been proposed by the General Assembly of Alabama to be submitted to the people of Alabama for consideration at the gen eral election to be held in this state on the first Monday in August, 1898. Said amend ment is as follows;
 Amend said section I, article Il by adding thereto the following: And provided fur ther that this section shall not apply to the city of Birmingham; which sa, city may .,s levy " l per cent. in addition to the tax Of one half of per centum herein above allowed l TO- De leN1eO ana cOllSCIeus SuCH SPcCldi ldA 1 to be applied exclusively to the payment of interest on the bonds of the said city of Birmingham heretofore issued by said city in pursuance of law and for sinking fund to pay off said bonds at the maturity there- of, so that said section '. article II. when amended will be read as follows: Section | z. No city, town or other municipal cor poration, other than provided for In this article shall levy Or collect a larger rate thereof than one-half of per centum of the value of such property as assessed for the state taxation during the preceding year, provided that for the. payment of debts existing at the time of the ratifica- 1 ton of this constitution and the interest thereon an additional rate of per ,centum may be collected to be applied exclusively | to such indebtedness, and provided this sec | tion shall not apply to the city of Mobile, which city may until the first day of Jan | uary, one thousand eight hundred and sev- enty-nine levy tax not to exceed the rate of per centum, from and after that time not to exceed the rate of three-fourths of l per centum to pay the existing indebted est thereon, and provided further that this section shall not apply to the city of
 Birmingham, which city may levy and col lect tax not to exceed one-half of per centum in addition to the tax of one-half of 1 per centum hereinabove allowed to be levied and collected, such special tax to be applied exclusively to the payment of in- terest on the bonds of said city of Birming- ham. heretofore issued in pursuance of law and for sinking fund to pay off said bonds at the maturity thereof.
 have directed this proclamation to be pub lished for three months by. weekly inser- tions in The Age-Herald of Birmingham,
 the Daily News of Mobile, the Journal of In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the state to be affixed at the Capitol on this, the 26th day of April. A D., 1898.
 JOS. F. JOHNSTON, Governor of Alabama. By the Governor:
 J. K. JACKSON, Secretary of State