The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 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 is an amendment
to section AZ Of article IN II pro
yides for pensions for disabled mem.
bers Of the police departments OF
towns In the state having 100000 H.
habitants or more. Said retired ana
punsioned policemen are to constitute t
a reserve corps subject to call in case .
of emergency. Funds for such pen /
siuns are TO be provided from the .
municipal revenues of the cities al
fected and not of the state at large /.
Amendment No also amends sec /
ton A of article ", and authorizes
boards OF education in cities OF lOO.-
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-
/ thurized 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 amends article
X bv adding a new section, numbered
81. II authorizes the leyying Of
5.cent tax on each hundred dollars Of
assessed valuation to provide a per.
manent fund for public roads and
highways
Amendment No. amends section
22 of article TX, and authorizes
change In the wording OF the charter
of the city OF st. Louis, by which II
is made possible to amend the st,
Louis city charter by accepting or re.
jcCting amendments. as they may be
proposed, separately and without pref
udice to other sections and amend.
mcnts.
Amendment No. 3 provides for the
erection and equipping of new state
capitol in jefferson City, and specifies
how the required funds therefor are
to he raised and repaid
Amendment No amends section
~ OF article X. which deals with the
legal limit of Indebtedness in couu.
ties and other municipal corporations,
and includes poorhouses with court
houses and iails In the wording of the
section.
Amendment No Z, amending section
lG of article ~, deals with the com
pcnsation Of members Of the General
Assembly. and provides that such
members shall receive ten dollars pei
day during a session OF 90 days, anC
one dollar per day for each day of the
session over 90 days. Certain excep
tons and allowances are specified.
, Amendment No. S amends section
= of article VIII 1t provides for thu
. use of voting machines at elections
!. Amendment No . amends section
a II Of article X. making changes II
d the rate of taxation for local pull
n poses.
10 Amendment No. 10, which was Pre-
< posed by iniatiyc petition, provide
h for the prohibition of the manufactur
IT end sale Of into icating liquors, g,
a. ccpt for medical mechanical an
a. scientific purposes, and speciflcall
excepting the manufacture and sal
Of wine for sacramento or religion
Up purposes.
Amendment No, II, also propose
~ initiative petition. provides for ii
to ,upport and maintenance of the Tn
ycrslty of the State of Missouri, 1
Guiding the college of agriculture al
the school of mines, by levying thrC
y. ruuts on each one hundred dolla
assessed valuation, the proceeds
1f. which are to go into the state trea
Is urv and to be paid out as may be pr
ey vilcd by law; provided that If Il
ng state tax on property is discontinue
such revenue for maintenance shs
n be secured by apportionment to Il
'lo counties Of the state and to the CT
10 Of St Louis.