Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-20
AMENDMENTS
TO THE CONSTITUTION TO BE V0.
TED ON
At The Next Election Six Changes
Proposed.

Six constitutional amendments
are to be voted on by the people at
the election in 1902. After n long
struggle the amendments were finally
agreed to by the legislature. They
came first in the form of resolutions,
/ but the Democrats kicked on them
and they could not get the necessary
two-thirds. Then j. &. Darst, of
Jackson county, and Malcolm Jack
son, of Kanawha, remodeled them
and by adding an amendment pro-
viding for the registration of voters
lined the Democrats up so that a
two-third vote was secured.
Amendment No. is styled the
secretary OF state amendment, and
amends sections two, three, four,
and seventeen Of Article VII, so as
TO read as follows:
can election for governor, secre-
tary of state, state uperintendent
of free schools, auditor, treasurer
and attorney general shall be held
at such times and places as may be
prescribed by law"
The other three sections are
amendment to conform with the
foregoing section. The effect of the
amendment Is to make the secretary
of stale an elaptiVc o1ica
The next amendment is to be
known as the officers salary amend
ment and aboliShes the fee system.
1t amends section - of Article VII
to read a. follows:
''The officers named in this article
shall receive for their services n sal
AIRY to be established by law, which
shall not he increased or diminishd
during their official terms. and they
shall not after the expiration of tae
terms of those in office at the adop.
ton of this amendment receive TO
their own use any tees, costs, per
quisites OF Office or other compensa-
ton and all fees that may hereafter
be payable by law or any service
performed by any officer provided
for in this article of the constitution
shall be paid in advance INTO the
state treasury"
The third amendment is known as
the Judicial amendment ~ II pro-
"ides for five Supreme Judi cs and
makes it possible that they be given
higher salary than is at present
paid. 1t amends section two of Ar
ticle VII, SO az to read as follows
"The Supreme Court of appeals
shall consist of five judges. Those
Judges in Office when the amendment
takes effect shall continue in Office
until their terms shall expire, and
the Legislature shall provide for the
election Of an additional Judge of
said court at the next general cleo
ton, whose term shall begin on the
/ first day of January, one thousand
nine hundred and five, and the Cover
nor shall as for vacancy appoint a
/ Judge of said court TO bold office
until the first day of January. one
| thousand, nine hundred and five.
The judges of the Supreme Court of
/ Appeals and of the circuit courts
shall receive such salaries as shall be
fixed by law, for those now i'm office
and Of those hereafter TO come into
Office"
The fourth amendment. known as
/ the irreduoible school fund amend
ments, stops the accumulation Of the
irreducible school fund and will en-
rich the general school fund. 1t
amends section four of Article MI
so as TO road ~ follows:
"'The accumulation Of the school
fund provided for in section four Of
Article Nj Of the constitution Of
this State shall cease upon the adop-
tion Of this amendment, and all mon
cy 20 the credit Of said fund over
one million dollars together with in
tcrcst on said fund shall be used for
the support Of the free schools Of
this State. All money and taxes
heretofore payable into the treasury
under the provisions Of the said sec
tion 4 to the credit of the school
fund, shall hereafter be paid into
the treasury 90 the credit of the gen
eral school fund for the support of
the free schools of the State"
The fifth proposed amendment
known as the county treasurer