The Taney County republican., 1902-10-16

AMEN BAi ..NT. Senate JOINT mud concur
rent rvsuiutiuu submitting to ne quaiiued
VOTERS oI Mis- .JuTi JU amendment TO the
Constitution inerIui to dthHv tue status
ot the state Certih Gates oi indebtedness
now on d,pusi, In tn state treasury aud
held In trust tor hy '.uuuc sccpul iund
and the seminary !und, to extend ana
prrpytuHtc the saa,. to provide for the
payment ui ,us interest thcI,DE; and to
provide for i,v I 'dfr Investment OF
school ana srH.iHNt3 iuh1s.
he IL resolved 10y TIE Stga.e, the House OF
,esent"tNeB coHcuiIng therein. as
follows:
Thu, at the general election. to be held
on tie Tuesday ngXt following the irst
Monday iu Su,embcr. l.U9. the following
aEicndInuut to the constitution Of ais.
souri, shall he Aubmi,tcd To- the qulihed
voters q! baid State, To VII. That ar;icle
of tho cunsiituilon Of the state OF "ils'
souri, he amended by aduins thereto
new section, to bc known Us section
twenty six tsiI, az follows:
section =. All certificates OF indchted-
moss OF the state 70 the public school
hereby confirmed as sacred OBLIGATIONS
Of the state to said FUNDS and they shall
be renewed as they mature for such
period OF time and at such rate OF Inter-
est as may be- provided for by law. ine
general assembly shall have the power TO
provide by law for tho issuing certificates
10 the public school FUND ana seminary
fund as the money belonging to SAID
tunus ACCOUNTANTS III Inc NAdlr Ncheuls Z,
Provided. that after the outstanding
bonded Indebtedness has been cxtin-
| guisGud, all money accommodating In the
state treasury for above named purposes
SHALL be invested In regiatered county,
municipal. or school district bonds Of TINS
state Of not less than par value. When.
ever the state bonded debt is oStinguished
or sum sufficient therefor has been re-
eeiyed. there shall be lowed aud collected
J In lieu Of tho ten cents on the one hum
drcd dollars valuation now provided for
| by the statutes. an annual tax not to ex.
coed three cents on the ono hundred dol.
t,rest ON AL the certificates of Indebted
| ness, the proceeds OF which tax shall bo
paid Into the state treasury and appro-
priated and paid out For tho specific pur-
poses herein mentioned.
r..udTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
| MENT.-Joint and concurrent resolution
providing for the amendment OF article
ten lN) OF tho constitution Of the state
OF Missouri. by adding new section
after section u OF said article. to be
known us section l2n OF naid article, re-
laling to the limit OF Indebtedness of Ger.
| tain cities.
BE 4, resolved by the Senate, the House
OF Representatives eonourring therein
That at the general election. TO be held
on Tuesday next following the first Mon
day In November. A. ID. 1902. the follow.
|
state OF Missouri, relating to the limit OF
indebtedness Of certain cities OF the state
OF Missouri. shall be submitted for adop-
,ion or rejection. to the qualified voters
of the said state OF Missouri. to wit:
That article ten (<) of the constitution
OF the state Of Missouri. be and the sam,
Ia hereby amended by adding after sec.
tion u of said article. n new section. tC
be known as section Ia Of article ten "a
and to read IA follows:
Section la. Any city In this state con
taining not more than thirty thousand
90. 1000 nor less than two thousand t2,OD9
Inhabitants, may. With the assent OF two.
thirds Of the voters thereof voting al
an election TO be held for that purpose. b,
allowed to become Indebted In a larger
amount than specified In section twelve
OF article ten (N) OF the constitution oi
this state. not exceeding an additiona
i've l5) per ctntum on the value OF tn,
taxable property therein, for tine purpos,
Of purchasing or constructing water