The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-10-08

cuNu NCfAAnn II OF article 10 Of IN,
constitution Of Missouri reIstInr =.
revenue and taxation.
BE il resolved bv The Senoi. a.. IL.
eoneuTiHg therein:
mat at the general election Ia h.
held on the Tuesday next f-olloVinS
tne hrst Monday in November A n
lslU, the following amendment Id tbq
SSSUnHSuIution OF the state OF Missouri
shal be submitted to the 0naIi6s5
voters Of the state. to-wit: Tbsf Sc
tion II or article 10 Of the Constitutio,i
oi the state OF Missouri be amended IA,
strlklng out the word sixty" in line
seventeen OF said section and insertiT
IN lieu thereof the words Zone H.
ared and oy striking out the go,l
htty in line nineteen OF said sactIs
aha inserting in lieu thereof me wof d
ninety 50 that said section v,6.
amended shall read as Follows
Section II. Rates for local purnosr
-llmlts-hOw increased for scboo.
ana erecting public buildings TAKE
Tor county. city, town and school Uu,-
poses may be levied on am subiects AMI
ooJects or taxation; but the ValIaTou
OF property therefor shall NOT evcerI
the valuation OF the same -property in
suVn own, city or school district for
STATE anu county purposes. For coun-
" purposes the annual rate on pron-
cry, IN counties having six million
uullars or less, shall not, in the moo
5reSate exceed nifty cents on the D b..
HNHAANNAANAn MI comm L
having six million dollars and urd
zen mutton dollars, said rate shall u
exceed forty cents on the hundred dol
r M Nel9aJloni IN counties having ten.
ulllll9n dollars and under thirty mil
non dollars. said rate shall not exce,t
MY cents on the hundred dollars vsl.
uation; ana In counties having min,
ntllon doliars or more, said rate shall
not exceed thtrty-tive cents on I'M
hundred dollars valuation. For III,
anu town purpose the annual rate on
property IN cities me towns hayinr
thlrIy thousand inhabitants or more
b,,n5r ~ ln Ihe aggregate, exceed one
hundred cents on the hundred dollars
NaluauOn, in cities and town having
Tess than thirty thousand and over fpn
thousand IN habitants said rate shall
hUL exceed one hundred cents on the
huhured dollars valuation; in cities andI
towns having less than ten thousand
diu more tnan one thousand inhabit-
anus SAID rate shall not exceed ninety
Genus on the hundred dollars valuation:l
anu IN towns having one thousand in
habltants or less, said rate shall not
exceed twenty-five cents on The hun
dred dollars valuation; for school pur-
POSES ana districts, the annual rate on
property shall not exceed forty cents
on the hundred dollars vaiuation.
provided, the aforesaid annual rates
ior soh0oI purposes may be increased |
IN districts formed by cities and town.
TO an amount not to exceed one dolla.
on the hundred dollar valuation. and
m other districts to an amount not to
exceed siNty-h V cents on the hundred
dollars valuation. on the condition thai
a majority of the voters who are tax
payers, voting at an election held TO
decide the question, vote for said in-
crease. For the purpose of erectinp
pubic buildings in counties. cities o.
school districts. the rates OF taxation
herein limited ms be increased When
the rate Of such increase and the mr.
pose for which 1t is intended shall
been su omitted to a vote of tba
people, and two-thirds Of the qualified
voters OF such county, city. or school
district voting at such election. shall
vote therefor. The rate herein az
to each county shall be ascer-
tanned by the amount OF taxable prop
srty therein, according to the last as
'essment for state and county pur-
poses, and the rate allowed to each city
Or town by n number OF Inhabitants
according TO the last census taken
lnder the>authority Of the state. or of
he United States; said restriction as
% rates shall apply TO taxes OF every
kind and description, whether general
pr special, except taxes to pay valid in
i~ebtedness, now existing, or bonds
which may be issued in renewal OF
iuch Indebtedness.