Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-10-17
Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution.
STATE OF WASHINGTON.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

, STATE OF WARRINGTON.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
To whom 1t may cOncern--ln obedience to an
act of the legislature approved March 4th. 1905
I entitled as follows: An act to provide for
voting on constitutional amendment at the
general election to be held on November 9Th,
| 1906, amending the state constitution of the
state OF Washington relative to the exercise of
| the power Of eminent domain. There is here
with published for the consideration of the
| voters of the state of Washington the following
proposed amendment to the constitution OF
| said state
Section I6, article OF the constitution of the
state OF Washington shall be amended To read
| as follows:
.Section IS. Private property be taken,
under such terms. conditions and limitations
as shall be prescribed by the legislature for
drains. fumes aud bitches for agricultural.
domestic and sanitary purposes, and for fumes.
bitches, canals, reservoirs or rights Of-way
| through, on or across the lands or waters
property OF others for mining milling, manu-
| featuring, irrigation and numbering purposes,
or for the removal of timber or timber pro.
ducts, and the appropriation and Use of prop.
erty fpr such purposes are hereby declared to
| be public uses. Even though such apprOpria-
ton and use may inure to the special benefit of
some private individual, firm, corporation or
| association:
Provided, however, that this declaration as
to public uses shall not be construed to limit
the right to appropriate property for Othe;
public uses. Private property shall not be
taken for private use, except for private ways
of necessity. No private property shall he
| taken or damaged for public or private use
without Just compensation having been hrst
| made, or paid into court for the owner. and no
| rights-of way shall be appropriated to the use
of any corporation other than municipal until
full compensation therefor be first made in
| money, or Hscertained and paid into court for
| the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any
| improvement proposed by such corporation,
| which compensation shall be ascertained by u
| jury, unless II jury be waived, az in other civil
i, eases in courts OF record, in the manner pre-.
scribed by law. whenever an attempt Is made
to take private property for a use alleged to be
| M ~ n "a m n In fal
use be really public shall be ajndicial question
and determined us such, without regard to any
| legislative assertion that the use Is public,
except to the uses which herein declared
| to he public.
| That there shall be printed on all ballots
provided for the said election, the words "For
| the proposed amendment to section sixteen
Q6) OF article one "a, OF the constitution, Telat.
| ing To the exercise of the power of eminent
to section sixteen Q6). OF article one ~ OF tn
| constitution. relating to the exercise OF the
power OF eminent domain"
an testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and ali xed the seal of the state of WASH
ington
Done at olympia this first day of August,
ID. 1906.
Estate Seal.
SAM II. NICHOLS,
secretary of State of the State of
Washington.
To THE VoTERs-You are hereby advised to
place an after the question For the Amend
ment," etc, or against the Amendment" etc.
as the case may be so MS to express more clearly
your affirmative or negative vote.
SAM H. NICHOLS,
secretary of State.