The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-10-18

amendment to the constitution OF ms,
souri, shall be submitted 20 the qualned
voters Of said state, to wit: That article
X OF the Constitution Of the state OF MIS-
souri, be amended by adding thereto 4
new section, to be known as secuoh
twenty-six C6), as follows:
Section &c. All certificates OF indebted
ness OF the state 10 the public school
fund" and to the seminary fun are
hereby confirmed as sacred gati
OF the state to said funds and they shail
be renewed as they mature Tor 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 70
provide by law for the Issuing c~ertlncates
to the public school fund and seminary
fund as the money belonging 10 salu
funds accumulates in the state treasurys
Provided, that after the outstandins
bonded indebtedness has been .eNuh-
guished, all money accumulatlng IN tne
state treasury for above named purposes
shall be invested in registered county,
municipal. or school district bonds or TINS
state OF not less than par value. When-
ever the state bonded debt Is
or a sum sufficient therefor has been re-
ceived, there shall be levied n collected
In lieu Of the ten cents on the one nun
dred dollars valuation now provided LOT
by the statutes, an annual tax not 70 ex-
coed three cents on the one a DOL
lars valuation to pay the accruing IN
terest on all the certificates OF indebted
ness, the proceeds Of which tax shall be
paid into the state treasury and appro-'
priated and paid out for the specinc pur-
poses herein mentioned.
EIGHTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.-Joint and concurrent resolution
providing for the amendment OF article
ten CX) of the constitution Of the state
Of Missouri, by adding a new section
after section II of said article, TO De
known as section Ia Of said article, re-
lating to the limit OF Indebtedness or GER
tain cities.
be II resoIred bv me Senate, the House Of
Representatives concurriHg therein, as fol-
Tors:
That at the general election, to be held
on Tuesday next following the first Mon
day In November, A. D.. 1902, the Follow
ing amendment to the constitution OF the
state Of Missouri, relating to the limit OF
Indebtedness Of certain cities OF the state
of Missouri. shall be submitted for adop-
ton or rejection, to the qualif1ed voters
of the said state Of Missouri. to wit;
That article ten OK Of the constitution
Of the state Of Missouri, be and the same
Is hereby amended by adding after sec
tion - of said article. a new section. to
be known as section la Of article ten (X)
ard to read as follows:
Section la. Any city in this state con-
tanning not more lndn thirty thousand
GO, 00W nor less than two thousand C,OOO
llIh DlldU HIS HlANs WIFI liz nsF0AAA VI WV
thirds of the voters thereof voting at
an election to be held for that purpose be
allowed to become indebted In a larger
amount thar sneciied In section twelve
of article ten CX) of the constitution OF
this state, not exceeding an additional
five () per centum on the value of the
taxable property therein. for the purpose
of purchasing or constructing water
works. electric or other light plants. to
be owned exclusively by the city so pur-
.I1@f.r - communicative tha uonaas pVo-
vided that any such city mourning any
~ = a b.cdness requiring the assent OF
the voters as aforesaid. shall nave the
power to provide for, and. before or at
the time of mourning such Indebtedness,
shall provide for the collection of an an
uual tax in addition to the other taxes
provided for by this constitution, suff-
Client to pay the interest on such In
d%ebtedness as It falls due, and also to
constitute n sinking fund for the paw
ment of the principal thereof within
twenty years from the time Of contract
Ing tho same. any provision In this con-
stitution to the contrary, notwlthstand-
ing.
STATE OF MISSOURI-ss.
l, Sam r. Cook, Secretary Of State Of
the State of Missouri. hereby certify that
the foregoing are full. true and complete
copies Of the concurrent resolutions OF
the Forty-frst General Assembly of the
State of Missourl-First constitutional
amendment, entitled
Senate joint and concurrent resolution
No. l submitting to the qualified voters
of the state al amendment to the consti-
tuition repeating sections % and % of ar
ticle 10;'f
Second constitutional amendment, en-
Joint and concurrent resolution to
amend section s of article 9 of the consti-
tuition of the state of Missouri
Third constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBJ
hitting to the qualified voters an amend
ment to the constitution of Missouri, re-
pealing section %, article TX, and enact
ing a new section In lieu thereof
Fourth constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
hitting to the qualified voters of the
state an amendment to section IL, article
X of the constitution of Missouri"
Fifth constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBJ
hitting to the qualified voters Of Missouri
an amendment to the constitution there
Of. concerning taxation;"
Sixth constitutional amendment. en-
titled
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
hitting to the qualified voters Of the
state an amendment to section R, 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-
post in the state treasury n 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; and to provide for
the future investment Of school and semi
nary funds;'' and
Eighth constitutional amendment, en-
titled
Joint n ncurr resolution pro-
viding for the amendment of article ten
OK of the constitution OF the state OF
Missouri, by adding a new section after
section II of said article, to be known as
section la Of said article, relating to the
limit OF Indebtedness of certain c%ities;'
as appears by comparing the same with
the original rolls of said concurrent reso-
l%utions now on file, as the law directs. In
this office.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, / here
unto set my hand and af1x the GREAT
SEAL Of the State OF Missouri. Done at
office in the City Of Jefferson this thir-
teenth day Of September, A. D.. 1900.
H. Aer,