The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-04
LEGAL NOTICES
Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution OF the State OF
South Dakota

To the people OF the State of South Dakota:
The Ninth Legislature Of the State of SOuthDa-
kota at the session thereof begun and held at
Pierre, the capital, on the third day of January,
A.D.19O5, and concluded on the third day of March
A. d. 1905, proposed the following amendment
to the constitution of the state, viz:
"a JOINT RESOLUTION proposing and
Agreeing to an Amendment to Section /, Article
H. of the Constitution of the State of South
Dakota, Entitled, Revenue and Finance and
Submitting same to a Vote of the People.
BE it Resolved by the Senate of South Dakota,
the House of Representatives Concurring:
S J. That at the next general election in
this state the following amendment to section
of Article II of the Constitution of the State
south Dakota, which Is hereby agreed to,
shall be submitted to the electors of this state
for their approval:
That section ! of Article II of the Constitu.
ton be amended 50 as to read as follows:
Section The legislature shall provide for
an annual tax, sufficient to defray the estimated
ordinary expenses OF the state for each year,
not to exceed in any one year two mills on each
dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable
property in the state, to be ascertained by the
last assessment made fOc state and county pur-
poses. And whenever il shall appear that such
ordinary expenses shall exceed the income OF
the state for such year, the Legislature shall
provide for levyiDg tax for the ensuing year,
fSutiiclcnt, with other sources of income, 10 pay
the deficiency of the preceding year, together
with the estimated expenses of such ensuing
year. And for the purpose of paving the public
debt, the Legislature shall provide for loyying
tax annually, sufficient 10 pay the annual inter
est and the principal of such debt within ten
years from the final passage of the law creating
the debt; provided. that the annual tax for
the payment of the interest and principal of the
public debt shall not exceed in any on" year
two mills on each dollar of the assessed v4lUa
tiOn of all taxable property in tn" state, A.
certaincd by the last assessment made for the
state and county purposes.
Provided that for the purpos" Of establish.
ing, installing maintaining and operating a
hard fiber twiuc aud cordage plant at th" ~tate
penitentiary AT Sioux Falls, >onth Dakota, the
legi stature shall provide for a tax for the year
1897 of not to exceed one and Onc-half mills on
each dollar of the assessed valuation of all tax
able property in the state aSCertaiucd by
the last assessment made for state and county
purposes.
The above proposed amendment will be voted
upon by the people at the general election 10 be
held in this state on Tuesday, the 9Th day f
November, \. ID. 1901.
The proposed amendment will be- printed
upon the ballot followed by the words:
shall the above amendment 10 the Cop~titu-
ton in relation 10 revenue and finance and the
establishment # Il hard fiber Irvine and Cnr,,age
plant at the state penltentiary at Sioux Falls,
South Dakota be.approvrd aud ratitied:'
Immediately 10 the left of which shall be
printed the words. 'Yc~" aud No" each pre-
coded by squar" ru which tn. "l'cto" can
place a cross to indicate his vote. E.cCtur- de
string t. vote "las'' will place "a cross before
the word "Yc-," and those desiring - vote NO
will plac" a cross before the word NO.
Dated at Pierre, the capital, this 1T day of
D. d. WIPE,
Secretary Of state.