The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-11-01

2cms1 ~ tme SOuSsstuseSm d tme baMee
Of Idaho were daiy autherixed by the
Legislative SessiOn Of 1905 TO be sub
m1tt1d 20 the electors Of the State at
the General Election % be held on
Tuesday the sixth day Of November,
lSOs.
The saune are SIX In number and as
follows, t0-wit;
1. That section 3 of article 8 OF the con
stitution of the State OF Idaho be amended
to read as follows;
No county, city. town, village or other sub
division of the State shall incur any indebt.
edness or liability in any manner or for
any purpose. exceeding in that year the
revenue and income provided for il for such
year, without the assent of a majority Of the
qualified electors thereof. voting at an cleo
ton to be held Tor that purpose, nor unless,
before or at the time OF mourning such in
debtedness provision shall be made for the
collection of an annual tax sufficient TO pay
the interest on such indebtedness as il falls
due, and also to constitute a sinking fund
for the payment of the principal thereof,
within twenty years from the time OF con-
tracing the same. Any Indebtedness or
liability incurred contrary to this provision
shall be void: PROVIDED, That this section
shall not be construed to apply TO the ordin-
airy and necessary expenses authorized by
the general laws Of the State.
q. That section of article of the con
to read as follows:
! No county, city. town, village. municipality
| or other subdivision OF the State shall ever
make donations to any railroad or other
works of internal improvement, unless propo-
sitions so TO do shall have been first sub
mitted to the qualified electors thereof at an
election BY authority OF law: PROVIDED, That
such donations of a county with the dona-
tons Of such subdivisions in the aggregate
| shall not exceed ten per cent OF the assessed
valuation Of such county: PROVIDED, FUR
| THEIR, That any city or county may, by a
/ twothirds vote, increase such Indebtedness
/ FIVE per cent in addition to such ten per cent
and no bonds or other evidences OF indebt-
ness so issued shall be valid unless the same
shall have Endorsed thereon a certificate
signed by the Secretary and Auditor OF State,
showing that the same is issued pursuant
to law.
4 That section 10 OF article IS of the con
stitution OF the State OF Idaho be amended
to read as follows: !.
The board of county commissioners shall
consist of three members, whose term oil
Office shall be tour years; the commissioners
for commissioner district No. ! and No. Z
in each county shall be elected at the regu.
lar election in 1908 for a term OF four years
and the commissioner for the commission
district No. 3 in each county shall be elected
at the same election for term OF two years
and their successors shall be elected for q
term of four years at regular elections there
after.
stitution Of the State of Idaho be amended
to read as follows:
The Legislature by general and uniform
laws shall provide for the election biennial
ly in each OF the several counties OF the State
Of such county, township and precinct ofiicer'
as NAV be provided by law and shall pre-
scribe their duties. For the purpose OF de
termining what officers shall be provided n
the different counties Of the State, the Legs
lature is empowered to classify the different
counties Of the State in proportion to tht
population in each, il necessary.
That section s of article OF the con
st,tution OF the State OF Idaho be amended
! to read as follows:
The power to tax corporations or corpo
J rate property. both real and personal. shal
never be relinquished OF suspended, and al
Generations in this State or doing business
. therein shall be subject to taxation Tor State
county. school, municipal. and other pur
! noses. on real and personal property owned
or used by them, and not by this constitutloi
exempted from taxation within the tefTitof1a
! limits OF the authority leyying the tau;
PROVIDED, That the Legislature may b
| Law exempt the right OF way, station, an'
, other necessary grounds, superstructures up
! on such right Of way, station and ether nee
exSarv grounds and all other immoVabl
J nroperty pertaining thereto, and used 10 con
. action Herewith, oil any steam or eiectrl
railroad and branches thereof, hereafter I
\ ~ constructed in this State, from any and a
charge or tax whatsoever tor a period M
preceding ten years after the eonStructlo
= "a such railroad or of such branch raiifoa
shall have begun;
yRoyIpEp, FURTHER, That no such e.
emptlon shall extend beyond the year 1890.
y D. That section Q OF article OF the eoi
stitution Of the state OF Idaho be aTDende
\ 10 read As follows:
= The rate OF taxation OF real and person
r property for State purposes shall never e.
4 ceed tea lIo) mills on each dollar OF asses
u ed valuation, unless proposition TO incrsai
n such rate. specifying the rate proposed a.
= the time during which the same sh&H
n I-S,sd xhzIl have been submitted to ii
= peopIe at a general election. and shah ma !
~ rreeiyed a majority Of all the votes cast
n and against II at such election
X STATE OF IDAHO,
" County OF Ada
IN I WILL II. GIBSON, Secretary OF Sta
q II The state OF Idaho. do hereby certify N
L he above and foregoing printed propos
:: sro-ndments are true and correct eoplesot [
lf .ane As OF record IN nv once and IN
N. custody, and are published IN acecfdah
a. In Witness Whereof, | have bereun
W set nv hand and ann
N the Great Seal OF
7, sK.t State. al Boise, Ida
10 this Isth day OF Septe
% viii H. GIBSON
Secretary Of State