The age-herald., 1901-09-08
ARTICLE XII.
Corporations - Municipal Corpora
 tions.

220. No person, firm, association or cor
 poration shall be authorized or permitted | to use the streets, avenues, alleys or pub l lie places of any city, town or village for | the construction or operation of any pub | lie utility or private enterprise, without l first obtaining the consent of the proper authorities of such city, town or village 22. The Legislature shall not enact any
 law which will permit any person, firm, l corporation or association to pay prf- | vate license or other tax to the State of | Alabama, and relieve him or it from the payment of all other privilege and license l taxes in the State.
 222 The Legislature, after the ratifica- tion of this Constitution, shall have au- thority to pass general laws authorizing
 the counties, cities, towns villages, dis trict or other political subdivisions of counties to issue bonds shall be issued un-
 der authorty of general law unless such issue of bonds be first authorized by a
 majority vote by ballot of the qualified voters of such county, city, town, village,
 district, or other political subdivision of a county, voting upon such proposition. The ballot used at such electon shall con- tain the words For - bond issue" and Against bond issue" (the character of the bond to be shown in the blank space), and the voter shall indicate his choice by placing cross mark before or after the one or the other. This sec tion shall not apply to the renewal, re- funding or reissue of bonds lawfully is- sued, nor to the issuance of bonds in cases where the same have been author izzed by laws enacted prior to the rati- fication of this Constitution, nor shall this section apply to obligations incurred or bonds to be issued to procure means to pay for street and sidewalk Improvements or sanitary or storm water sewers, the cost of which is to be assessed, in whole or in part, against the property abutting said Improvements, or drained by such sanitary or storm water sewers.
 223 No city, town or other municipal ity shall make any assessment for the cost of sidewalk or street paving, or for the cost of the construction of any sew CTS against property abutting on such street or sidewalk so paved, or drained by such sewers, In excess of the increased value of the special benefits derived from such improvements.
 224. No county shall become indebted to an amount, including present indebted ness greater than three and one-half per centum of the assessed value of the prop erty therein; provided this limitation shall not affect any existing indebtedness In excess of such BE per centum which has already been created or authorized by existing law to be created; provided, that any county which has already in cured a debt exceeding 31a percentum of the assessed value of the property there in, shall be authorized to incur an in debtedness of IF percentum of the assess ed value of such property in addition to the debt already existing. Nothing here in contained shall prevent any county from issuing bonds, or other obligations, to fund or refund any indebtedness now existing or authorized by existing laws to be created.
 Nn ait " nr of thnt- 1i, corporation having a population of less than coco, except as hereinafter provided, shall become indebted in an amount in cluding present indebtedness exceeding 5 percentum of the assessed value of the property therein except for the construc- tion or purchase of water works gas or electric lighting plants or sewerage,
 or for the improvements of the streets, for which purposes an additional indebt-
 edness not exceeding percentum may be created; provided this limitation shall
 not affect any debt now authorized by | law to be created nor any temporary loans to be paid within one year, made in an | ticipation of the collection of taxes not
 exceeding one-fourth of the annual rev.
 enues of such city or town. All towns
 and cities having population of 5000 or
 more, also Gadsden, Ensley, Decatur and
 New Decatur are hereby authorized to 1 become indebted in an amount, including
 present indebtedness, not exceeding per- 1 centum of the assessed valuation of the property therein, provided, that there shall not be included in the limitation of the indebtedness of such last described cities and towns, the following described
 classes of indebtedness, to-wit: tempo
 rary loans, to be paid within one year,
 made in anticipation of the collection of taxes, and not exceeding one-fourth of the general revenues. bonds or other ob- l ligations already issued. or which may
 hereafter be issued for the purpose of &C.,
 quiring, providing or constructing school houses, water works and sewers; and ob- ligations incurred and bonds issued for street or sidewalk improvements, where
 the cost of same. in whole or in part. is