West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-01-28
rHE roUR AMENDMENrs

That WIFI be VOae0 m aa M Election
| Bn Thts State Next Fall-SnbmIssed
By the Legislature.
Four constitutional amendments
were submitted TO the voters OF
West Virginia by the late Legisla-
ture, and the voters will either re-
jet or adopt them at the election
next fall. Any one who receives
majority of the ballots at the No
vembar election will become part
of the organic law of the state. 1t
is claimed by many able men that
their adoption will DO away with
the necessity of holding constitu
tional convention, If any such ne
cSssity exists, which Is largely dis
puted.
The first. proposed amendment
provides for the election of Sec.
rotary of State at the time OF the
election of the governor and other
State Ulcers, the term of Office to
be four years. Under the cousti-
tuition as 1t now Is the Secretary of
State Is appointed by the Governor.
The second Is as follows:
1.-The officers named In this arti-
Gle governor, secretary OF State,
state superintendent of free schools,
auditor, treasurer and attorney gen
eral) shall receive for their ser
vices a salary to be established by
law, which shall not be increased
or diminished during their official
terms, and they shall not, after the
expiration of the terms of those In.
Office at the adoption of this amend
ment, received TO their own use
any fees, costs, perquisities of tffice
or other compensation, and all tees
that may hereafter be payable by
law for any service performed by.
any officer, provided for In this ar
tcle of the constitution, shall be
paid In advance into the state
treasury"
There has been great deal of
complaint for many years about the
large fees said to have been re-
ceived by the Secretary of State
and auditor, but If this amendment
carries the salary of all state officers
will be established by law, and fees
received by them will be paid into
the treasury.
The third proposed amendment
Re; ds as follows:
"lhe Supreme Court of appeals
shall consist OF five judges. Those
judges In Office when this amend
ment takes effect shall continue In
Office until their terms shall expire,
and the legislature shall provide tor
the election of an additional Judge
OF said court at the next general
election, whose term shall begin on
the first day of January. one thou
sand nine hundred and FIVE, and
the Governor shall.as for a vacancy,
appoint a Judge of said court TO
hold office until the first day of
January, one thousand nine hun
dred and FIVE. The judges of the
Supreme Courts shall receive such
salaries as shall be fixed by the law,
tor those now In or those hereafter
to come into Office"
The fourth proposed amendment
| IS as follows:
The accumulation of the school
fund provided for In section tour of
article twelve, of the constitution
of this State, shall cease npon the
adoption of this amendment, and
all money TO the credit of said fund
over one million dollars, together
with the interest of 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 section four, to the cred
Ii of the school fund, shall hereaf-
ter be paid into the treasury to the
credit of the general school fund for
the support OF the free schools OF
the State"
In other words this amendment
provides that this IRE ducible school
fund shall not exceed one million
dollars, of the money paid to the
State by way of school taxes, shall
be used for present necessities in
Snpport of the free schools of the