Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-11-03
MAY AMEND CONSTITUTION
MISSOURI VOTERS ARE TO HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY.
Eleven Constitutional Amendments to
Be Adopted or Rejected at EIee-
ton November 8, 1910.


At the general election on Tuesday,
November s, eleven proposed amend
ments to the constitution of Missouri
are to be presented to the voters Of
the state for adoption or rejection.
Briefly summarized, the meaning Of
the several amendments may be stat
ed as follows:
Amendment No. 1 is an amendment
to section At Of article w. 1t pro-
vides for pensions for disabled mem
bers of the police departments Of
towns in the state having 100000 in
habitants or more. Said retired and
pensioned policemen are to constitute
a reserve corps, subject to call in case
Of emergency. Funds for such PEN
sions are to be provided from the
municipal revenues Of the cities af-
fected, and not of the state at large.
Amendment No. 2 also amends Sec
tion AZ of article w., and authorizes
boards Of education in cities of 1907
600 or more inhabitants to create,
maintain and manage a fund out Of
the school moneys under their con
troll, with which to pension public
school teachers who have become ply
sically or mentally incapacitated for
further service. The fund thus au-
thorized Is not to be taken out of the
general school revenue of the state,
but from the school funds OF the cities
affected.
Amendment No. 3 amends article
x. by adding a new section, numbered
81. It authorizes the leyying Of a
scent tax on each hundred dollars of
assessed valuation to provide a per-
manent fund for public roads and
highways.
Amendment No. 4 amends section
~ Of article TX, and authorizes a
change In the wording of the charter
of the city of st. Louis, by which it
is made possible to amend the st.
Louis city charter by accepting or re.
jecting amendments, as they may be
proposed, separately and without pref
udice to other sections and amend.
ments.
Amendment No. 5 provides for the
erection and equipping Of a new state
capitol in Jefferson City, and specifies
how the required funds therefor are
to be raised and repaid.
Amendment No. 6 amends section
IL of article x, which deals with the
legal limit of Indebtedness in coun
ties and other municipal corporations
and includes poorhouses with court
houses and jails in the wording Of the
section.
Amendment No. Z, amending section
18 Of article w., deals with the com
pensstion Of members of the Genera
Assembly, and provides that sucl
members shall receive ten dollars pc
day during a session Of 80 days, ant
n dollar per day for each day Of tn,
session over 80 days. Certain excep
tons and allowances are specified.
Amendment No. S amends section
Of article VIII. 1t provides for tn,
use of voting machines at elections.
Amendment No. 9 amends section
IL of article x, making changes Il
the rate OF taxation for local pun
poses.
Amendment No. 10, which was pre-
posed by iniatiye petition, provide
for the prohibition Of the manufactur
and sale Of intoxicating liquors, e,
cept for medical, mechanical an
I scientific purposes, and specificall
excepting the manufacture and sal
of wine for sacramento or religion
purposes.
Amendment No. IL, also propose
by initiative petition, provides for tn
support and maintenance Of the I'm
versity Of the State of Missouri, II
GLIDING the college Of agriculture an
; the school Of mines, by levying thre
cents on each one hundred dollar
assessed valuation, the proceeds {
which are to go into the state trea
ury and to be paid out as may be pr
. vided by law; provided that If tt
state tax on property is discontinue
such evenue for maintenance sha
/, be secured by apportionment to Il
, counties of the state and to the Gil
!. Of st. Louis.
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