The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-10-04

amendment to the constitution OF Ms
souri, shall be submitted 70 me lu.-ti.ls
voters Of said state, 70 wit: That 2rHqie
.sou be amended by addins
new section. TO be knOWn as ae4uo-
tWehty-six co, as follows; $4,000
section 2d All certificates OF Hueef
ness OF the state 10 the "puolc ~
fund" and to the seminary tuna
hereby confirmed as sacred o9nsai
"a the state to said funds and lney snh
be renewed as they mature 49,
period Of time and az such iate oL Sh
81 as may be provided for by law.
General assembly, shall have the power 70
provide w law for the Issuing certlnSa.ss
Il The pablo school fund and semlntil
fuRd as the money belonging 70
funds accumulates in the state trsasSS
Provided, that after the ~ sStIn.
ksadod Indebtedness has pseh az
ruixhed, all money aecumulalhs III sn
state treasury for above named purposes
shall be invested In reglsteteu M,
municipal, or school district oohus 21 .n9
state of not less than par Nalue; m,shed
ever the state bonded debt Is
or a sum sufficient therefor has peeh "a
ceived, there shall be levied ana colieceSu
N lieu Of the ten cents on the n nun
dred dollars valuation now p~roNlueu ~
by the statutes, an annual tax n9t y
coed three cents on the one hundIeu uot-
fnfS valuation to pay the accruing IN
tereet on all the certificates OF ln9eoseu-
mes. the proceeds of which tax shall be
paid into the state treasury ana appro-
priated and paid out for the speclhc pul-
peSes herein mentioned.
EIGHTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MEkT-Joint and concurrent resoluuen
previding for the amendment OF arlcle
ten OK of the constitution OF the state
Of Missouri, by adding a new secu9n
after section u Of said article, to De
F..-r, NJ rr.Atap 1on. nf AAIu article. re-
iating to the limit Of Indebtedness OF GER
Be Il resolrcd by me Senate, the House Of
Representatives. oOHctHriag therein, as Io'-
tops: -
That at the general election, to be held
on Tuesday next following the first Nom
day in November, A. d. 1902, the FOLLOW
lag amendment to the constitution OF the
state of Missouri, relating TO the unit o.
Indebtedness Of certain cities of the state
Of Missouri, shall be submitted Tor adop-
ton or rejection, to the qualihed veters
Of the said state of Missouri, to VII;
That article ten CX) Of the constitution
Of the state Of Missouri, be ana the same
is hereby amended by adding after sec
tien IL Of said article. a new section, 70
be known as section ia OF article ten CAJ
and to read as follows:
Section la. Any city In this state con-
hafning not more than thirty thousan0
az .e0e) nor less h two thousand lz,OV0)
Inhabitants, may, with the assent OF Two
thirds of the voters thereof voting at
an election to be held for hat purpose be
allowed to become indebted In a larger
amount than specified In section twelve
of article ten (X) of the constitution OF
this state, not exceeding an additional
Ave () per centum on the value OF the
taxable property therein, FOR n purpose
Of purchasing or constructing water
works. electric or other light plants, to
be owned exclusively by the city so pur-
chasing or constructing the same: Pro-
vaded. that any such city mourning any
such Indebtedness requiring the assent OF
Ne voters as aforesaid, shall have the
pever to provide for, and, before or at
the time of mourning such Indebtedness
shah provide for the collection of an an
anaI tax in addition to the other taxes
provided for by this constitution, suth-
ekent to pay the interest on such in
d%ebtedness as It falls due, and also to
constitute a sinking fund for the pay
ment of the principal thereof within
twenty years from the time of contract
ing the same, any provision IN this con-
stitution to the contrary, notwithstand-
STATE OF MISsOURI-ss.
Sam B. Cock, Secretary of State of
the State Of Missouri, hereby certify that
tho foregoing are full, true and complete
copies of the concurrent resolutions OF
the Forty-hrst General Assembly Of the
State of Mlssourl-Flrst constitutional
amendment, entitled
Senate Joint and concurrent resolution
Ne. 1 submitting to the qualified voters
of the state an amendment to the constl-
tuition repeating sections Y and q Of ar
tlcle 49,"
Second constitutional amendment, en-
Joint and concurrent resolution to
amend section s Of article 9 of the consti-
tation of the state of Missouri
Fnts-1 aa,offtpffana amendment an
ktled
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBJ
hitting to the qualified voters an amend
ment to the constitution of Missouri, re-
pealing section %, article TX, n enact
ny a new section in lieu thereof"
Fourth constitutional amendment, en-
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBJ
hitting to the qualified voters Of the
state an amendment to section II, article
X of the onst'tution of Missouri"
Fifth constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
uitting to the qualified voters of Missouri
an amendment to the constitution there
Of, concerning taxation"
Sixth constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBJ
mlttins to the qualified voters of the
state an amendment to section IL, article
X of the constitution of Missouri"
Seventh constitutional amendment, en-
titled
"Senate joint and concurrent resolution
submitting to the qualified voters of Mis-
souri, an amendment to the constitution
thereof to define the status of the state
certificates Of Indebtedness now on de-
posit IN the state treasury and held In
trust for the public school fund" and the
SEMINARY fund.- to extend and perpetu-
ate the same; to provide for the payment
of the interest thereon; n to provide for
the future investment Of school and semi
nary funds and
Eighth constitutional amendment, en-
Titled
Joint and concurrent resolution pro-
viding for the amendment of article ten
CX) Of the constitution of the state OF
Missouri, by adding a new section after
section u Of said article, to be known as
section ia Of said article, relating to the
Limit Of Indebtedness of certain ~cities;'i
as appears by comparing the same with
the original rolls of said concurrent reso.
buttons now on file, as the law directs. In
this office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / here
H2to set my hand and afhx the GREAT
SEAL Of the State of Missouri. Done al
office In the City Of Jefferson this thir-
teenth day Of September, A. D. 1900.
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