The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-10-12
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution Of Missouri.

FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMRSLMENT |
Joint and Concurrent resolution submitting |
to the qualified voters of the state Of Mis- |
souri, an amendment to section IL. article 10 |
OF the constitution Of thState Of Missouri. |
relating to the limit Of indebtedness Ia |
counties aud other municipal corporations.
Be IL resoLUed bN the House Of Repre-
sentutiUes, the Senate concurrtng |
therein:
That at the general election to be held on |
Tuesday following the first Monday in Mo- |
vember A. ID. 1906. there shall be submitted |
to the qualified voters Of Missouri for adop- |
tion or rejection the following constitutional
amendment, to-wlt:
That section l2 ofartcle 10 Of tie constitu- |
tion Of the State ofMissouri be and the same |
Is hereby amended by inserting after the |
ward Jail" and before the word and +" IN the |
thirteenth line of said section IL, the follow |
ing words: "or for the grading, construc-
| tion. paving. or maintaining of paved. grav
ellcd m academized or rock roads and neces-
sary bridges and culverts thcrein;" so that
said section, when so amended, shall read:
Section r. No county, city, town. town
ship. school district or other polticaIcorpo
alton or subdivision OF the State shall be
allowed to become indebted in any manner or
! for any purpose to an amount exceeding in
| any year the income and revenue provided
! for such year. without the assent OF two
| thirds of the voters thereof voting at an
Z election to bc held for that purpose, ror in
cases requiring such assent shall any iu-
! dehtedness be allowed TO he incurred to an
amount including existing indebtc dness, in
the aggregate exceeding five per ,entun on
the value of the taxable property therein to
/ hn f.lit t,.1l 4 fh.. ha-
| fore the last assessment for state and county
| purposes, previous TO the mourning of such
Indebtedness: Provided, that with such
assent any county may lie allowed to be-
come indebted to a larger amount for the
! erection Of q court house or jail. or for the
grading. constructing paving. or maintain
ing of paved. gravelled, macadamized or rock
| roads and necessary bridges and culverts
| therein; and provided further that any
county, city. town. township school district
or other political corporation or subdivision
of the state, incurring any indebtedness. re-
quiring the assent OF the voters AS aforesaid
shall. before or at the time of doing so pro-
vide for the collection of an annual tax
sufficient to pay the interest ON such in
debtedness as it falls due. and also to cor
stitute "a sinking fund for the payment OF the
principal thereof, within twenty years from
the time of contracting the same: Provided,
further, that the provisions OF this section
shall not apply TO counties having cities that
now have or which may GREATER have one
hundred thousand or more inhabitants. nor
to cities that now have or may hereafter r have
. ovt three hundred thousand inhabitants -
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT-Joint and Concurrent resolution sub
mitting TO the qualified voters of the state of
| Mis an N he tate
stitution. concerning Sheriffs and Coroners.
Be ii resolred by the Senate, the House
of Representatives. concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held on
Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November, A. ID. 1906. the following amend
: ment to the constitution of the State of Mis-
souri,, concerning sheriffs and coroners, be
submitted to the qualified voters ofsaid state,
to-wit:
Amend by striking out all of section 10 of
article nine of the constitution OF the State
OF Missouri, and adopt in lieu thereof a new
section to be known as section ten, article
nine of of said constitution. and to be in
words and figures as follows:
Section 10. There shall be elected by the
qualified voters in each county on the first
Tuesday next following the first Monday in
November. A. d. 1905. and thereafter every
four years IA sheriff and coroner. They shall
serve four years and until their successors
| be duly elected and qualified, unless sooner
removed for malfeasance in office. Before
entering on the duties of their office, they
shall give security in the amount and in such
manner as shall be prescribed by law and
shall be eligible only four years in any one
period.
Whenever county shall be hereafter
established, the governor shall appoint a
sheriff and coroner therein, who shall con-
tinue in Office until the next succeeding
general election and until their successors
, shall be duly elected and qualified.
State of Missouri-s. s.
L. John f. Swanger, Secretary of State of
the State Missouri, hereby certify that the
foregoing is full, true and complete copy
OF the joint and concurrent resolutions
of the Forty-third General Assembly of
the State of Missouri-First Constitutional
Amendment, entitled:
Joint and concurrent resolution submit
} ting to the qualified voters of the State Of
/, Missouri, relating To the limit of indebted
ness in counties and other municipal corpora
tons"
: Second Constitutional Amendment, entitled:
Joint and concurrent resolution SUBMIT
ing TO the qualified voters of the State of
Missouri an amendment TO the state consti-
. tuition concerning sheriffs and coroners,"
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, hereunto
set my hand and aifiN the Great Seal of the
State of Missouri. Done at office in the City
of Jefferson this thirteenth day of September,
, A ID. 1906
(SEAL) JNO. E. sWANGER,
SECRETARY OF STATE.
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