Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-13
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
THE CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.-Joint and concurrent resolution
submitting to the qualified voters of the
State Of Missouri. an amendment TO sec
ton Il Of article " of the constitution
thereof.
Be il ssolved by the Senate, the House
OF Representatives concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next, following the first
Monday in November, 1904, the following
amendment TO section AZ of article ~ OF
n constitution OF the State of Missouri
concerning the relief of members of police
departments in cities having n hundred
thousand inhabitants or more, who may
become disabled, crippled or superannu-
ated, and of their widows and minor
children after their d~ecease, and of the
widows and minor children of deceased
membe of police departments in such
cities, shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of said state, to wit.
Section !. That section AZ of article
~ of the constitution be amended by
ddlnS thereto the following words, to
wit: 'and provided further, that the gem
eral assembly may provide by law for
the ~pensioning of member of police de-
partments in cities having one hundred
thousand inhabitants or more, who may
become disabled, crippled or superannp-
ated, and for the relief of the widows and
minor children of such persons after their
decease. and for the relief of the widows
and minor children of deceased members
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the FUNDS for such purposes to be app
propriated as provided by the general as
sembly from the municipal revenue of
such cities.
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.-Joint and concurrent resolution
submitting to the qualified voters of the
State of Missouri an amendment to the
constitution thereof, providing for the res
erVatton to the people of the right to pro-
pose measures for enactment, to require
enactments of the general assembly to be
submitted to Il vote of the people for rat
itcation, and to define referndal and in
1tiatiVe petitions and the relations of the
executive and the general assembly to
measures approved or enacted by electors.
BE it resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring therein:
AT the general election to be held on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
OF November, 1904, there shall be submit
ted to the electors of the State of Mis-
sour an amendment to section !, article
a, of the state constitutions; so that said
section, when amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section /. The legislative power, sub.
ject to the limitations hereafter con,
tanned, shall be vested in a senate ant
house of representatives, to be STYLED
the general assembly of the State OF
Missouri" The legislative power of any
municipal division of this state (sucf
as city, town or village, on its own munic
ipal matters is inherent and shall b,
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division, subject to such laws of a gen
eral nature, having uniform operation
throughout the state as the general as.
sembly may enact.
A number Of electors in each congress.
Slonal district in this state, equal to ter
per cent. of the total number of votes
cast in each congressional district at the
last preceding general election for gov
ernor, shall have power to require thai
any act or part of an act, passed by thu
general assembly, shall be referred to thu
electors at the next general election, by
filing their signed demand with the sec.
rotary of the state, not more than ninety
days after adjournment of the genera
assembly which passed the act, earlier
than which date no law or part of a law
can become operative, except appropria.
ton acts; all laws for the immediate
preservation Of the public peace, health
and safety; and laws passed by a two.
thirds vote of the members elected re-
spectively to each house and approved by
the governor.
A number of the electors in each con.
gressional district in this state, equal t.
hfteen per cent. of the total number OF
votes cast in each congressional distric'
at the last preceding general election fol
governor, shall have power to propose
my law, amendment to, or repeal of {
law, and require that it be referred to the
electors of the state, except as above
stated, to be voted on at the next gen.
eral election, provided the election does
not occur within ninety days after thu
filing of the petition with the secretary
of the state, and such law shall be il
effect from and after the date of the off.
cial declaration of the result of the vote
If approved by a majority of those voting
thereon.
A number of electors in each congress
sional district in this state equal to TWEEN
ty per cent. of the total number Of vote
cast in each congressional district at tn,
last preceding general election for gov
ernor, shall have the power to propos,
any amendment to the constitution o
the state of Missouri and require tina
such amendment be referred to the mex
general election, provided, the election
does not occur within six months aftel
tie 1lint of the petition with the sec.
rotary of state, and such constitutional
amCndCnt shall be in effect from anC
after the date of the official declaration
of the result of the vote, if approved by
a m jority of those voting theron.
All the component parts or sheets o.
any petition, used to receive the sigma
lures of electors, to invoke either tn,
initiative or referendum as heretofore de.
scribed, shall have plainly printed there,
on the full text of the measure to be re.
ferred or proposed, and each signer there.
to shall give his postofice address, an
If in a city or town, the street and mum
Der of residence shall be included.
One of the SigperS, a qualified voter, OF
each paper shall make oath before an of
ficer competent to administer oathS, tina
the statements therein made are true
and that each signature to said pape
appended is the genuine signature of Thu
person whose name purports to be there
to subscribed. Any person who shall
make a false affidavit to any petition
or any component part thereof as allow
provided shall be guilty of perjury.
The veto power of the governor shall
not be exercised as to the laws approved
or enacted by the electors. Thi!
amendment shall not be construed so a!
to deprive the general assembly of thu
right to pass, or any member thereof, O
the right to propose any law or othel
measure or the legislature of the RICH,
to repeal any law. The enacting clause
OF every law shall be, "Be it enacted by
the people of the state Of Missouri, a.
follows"
All provisions of the constitution of this
state and all laws thereof, no consistenr
with this amendment, shall upon its
adoption, be forever rescinded and of nc
effect.
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENT.-Senate joint and concurrent res
olution submitting to the qualified voter:
| of the state an amendment to article y
of the constitution of the State of Mis-.