The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-11-01

tional qualifications for superintend,
ent of schools, not inconsistent here,
with.
"Shall the above amendment to the
Constitution in relation to qualifications
of county, township and district officers,
be approved aud ratified?
Proposed AIncndm ent To The Constitu-
ton OfThe State Of South Dakota.
That Section % of ArticleV. of the
constitution be amended so as to read
as follows:
''Sectlon %. The legislature shall
have power to provide for creating such
police magistrates for cities and towns
as may he deemed from time to time
necessary, who shall have jurisdiction
of all cases arising under the ordinances
OF such cities and towns, respectively,
and such police magistrates may also
he constituted eN-otficio justices ofthe
peace for their respective counties. In
cities having a population offiye thou
sand or over, the legislature may pro-
vide in lieu Of police magistrates for
municipal courts shall have eXclusiveor-
iginal jurisdiction of all cases, ,b6sh
civil and criminal, cognizable before
a justice of the peace under the laws of
the state, and in which process shall lie
served within the city where such
court is established, aud shall also have
exclusive original jurisdiction ofallc cases
arising under the ordinances of such.
city. Such court shall also have
jurisdiction co-eXtensive with the
county in which such city is situated,
in such civil and criminal cases as may
be provided by law"
"ShaIl the above amendment to the
constitution in relation to police magis-
trates and municipal courts be approved
and ratified?n
Proposed Amendment to The Constitu-
ton OfThe State of South Dakota.
That there be added to said Article
XXI. of the constitution of the state of
South Dakota, section 6, to-wit:
| Section g.. The drainage of agricul-
tural lands is hereby declared to- be a
public purpose and the Legislature may
provide therefor, and may provide for
the drainage of lands for any public
use, and may vest the corporate
authorities thereof, and the corporate
authorities of counties, townships, and
municipalities, with power to construct
~levees, drains, bitches and to keep in
repair all drains, ditches..and levees here
tofore constructed under the laws of
this state, by special assess nents upon
the property benefited thereby, accord
ing to benefits received. !
"Shall the above amendment@to. the.
constitution in relation to drainage be
approved and ratified?n 4
Proposed Amendment to The ConstItns
ton Of The State of south Dakota.
That section ] of Article II of the
constitution be amended so as to read
as follows: -
Section l. The legislature shall pro-
! vide for al annual tax, sufficient to de-
fray the estimated ordinary expenses
Of the state for each year, not to exceed
in any mi year two mills on each dol
lar of the assessed valuation of all tax
able property in the state, to be ascer-
tanned by the last assessment made for
state and county purposes. Aud when
ever 1t shall appear that such ordinary
expenses shall exceed the iiieame ofthe
state fol such year, the Legislature shall
provide for levying q tax for the ensu-
ing year, sufficient, with other sources
OF income, to pay the deficiency of the
preceding year, together with the es-
tiInateu expenses ii such ensuing year.
And for the purpose ~ paying the pub
JIG debt, the Legislature shall proyides
for levy ing q tax annually, sufficient
to pay the annual interest and the
principal Of such debt within ten years
from the final passage Of the law Great
ing the debt; provided, that the annual
tax for the payment Of the interest and