The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-10-18
Aug. 2-No,. 1.
Proposed Amendment to the
Constitution Ot .he state Of
SOnfh Da L nto

To the people of the Stat of south Dakota:
Inc NINTH Legislature VI the State ,f SouthDa-
kota at the session thereof begun aud held at
Pierre, the CAPT al, on the third day of J -nuary
A.D:lsDSt and concluded on the third day of March
A. D. 1898, proposed the following embodiment
t" ta' SSfST sE, q hs TSIss,s vs
Agreeing to an amendment to Sect ion l. Article
II, OF the Constitution Of the State OF South
Dakota, Entitled, Revenue and Finance and
Be II Resolved by the Senate of South Dakota,
the House OF Representatives Concurrine:
~ !: That at the next general election in
OF Article II OF the Constitution OF the Stats
south Dakota, which is hereby agreed to,
shall be submitted to the electors OF this state
That section l of Article IL of the Constitu-
tion be amended so as to read as follows:
Section The legislature shall provide for
an annual tax, sufficient to defray the estimated
ordinary expenses 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 for state and county ptir-
poses. And whenever il shall appear that ss,ck
ordinary expenses shall exceed the income az
the state Tor such year, the legislature shall
provide Tor lew ing a tax for the ensuing year
sufficient, with other sources of income To nav
the deficiency of the preceding year, together
with the estimated expenses of such ensuing
year. Ana for the purpose of pay ing the public
debt the legislature shall provide for lew ing a
tax annually, sufficient to paw the annual utter
est ana the principal of such debt within ten
years from the tual passage of the law creating
the dept; provided. that the annual tax for
the payment OF the interest aud principal of the
publlc debt shall not exceed in any one wear
two mills ON each dollar of the assessed valua
ton OF all taxable property in the state, as as
certaihed by the last assessment made for the
state aud county purposes.
Provided, that for the purpose of establish
ing installing. maintaining and operating a
nara uocr twinc and COrdage plant at the state
Pcnltentlary at Sioux Falls Sonth Dakota, the
logl stature shall provide for tax for the year
~, of not To exceed one and one.half mills on
each dollar of the assessed valuation of all tax
able property in the state, as ascertained by
the last assessment made for state and countJ
purposes.
The above proposed amendment will be voted
upon by the people at the general election TO be
held IN this state on Tuesday, the 9th day Cf
November, 4. u. 1906.
The proposed amendment will be printad
upon the ballot followed by the words:
shall the above amendment to the constitu.
ton IN relation 10 revenue and finance and the
establishment of hard fiber Irvine and cordage
plant az the state pententary at Sioux Falls
south Dakota, be approved and ratiaedf"
Immediately to the left of which shall I've
printed the words, YES" aud mo" each pre-
coded 10y square in which the elector can
place cross 10 indicate his vote. Electors do
string To vote Yes will place a cross before
TIE word Yes and those desiring To vote "No"
will place cross before the word ono"
Dated at Pierre, the capital, this LIST day OF
August, \. ID. 1905.
ID, WIPE,
Secretary of State.