Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-11-04
Amendment TO the COnstitu-
ton of the State of South DakOt

The eleventh legislative assembly of
the state of South Dakota, begun and
day of January, 1903, and concluded
on the fifth day of March, 1909, pro-
posed the following amendment to the
constitution of the state, viz
That section 4 of article 13 of the
constitution OF the state of South Da-
kota be amended to read as follows:
Article XIII
Section 4. The debt of any county,
city, town, school district, civil town
ship or other subdivision, shall never
exceed five go per centum upon the
assessed valuation of the taxable pro-
perty therein for the year preceding
that in which said indebtedness is in
Cured.
In estimating the amour of the in
d~ebtedness which a municipality or
subdivision may incur, the amount of
Indebtedness contracted prior to the
adoption of the constitution shall be
included;
pal corporation, civil township. dist
riot, or other subdivision may incur an
additional Indebtedness not exceeding
V Seq of the taxable property
therein for the year preceding that in
which said indebtedness Is incurred,
for the Purpose Of ProTidlng water
uses, sewerage and other purposes;
and
Provided further. that independent
SSilooA WI W may iOl NbC baA
pose of erecting school buildings, in
cur an additional Indebtedness of five
(5)) per centum upon the assessed
therein for the year preceding that In
which said Indebtedness is Incurred;
and
Provided further. that in a city
where the population Is 5000 or more,
such city may incur an Indebtedness
not exceeding eight per .centum upon
the assessed valuation of the taxable
nrnnarfN fbarain for the war npYf
preceding that in which said indebted
ness Is incurred for the purpose of
constructing street electric
Provided further. that no county,
municipal corporation, civil township,
district or subdivision shall be in
cluded within such district or snbdi-
vision without a majority vote la faToT
thereof of the electors of the county,
municipal corporation, civil tow ship.
district or subdivision as the case may
be, which is proposed to be included
therein, and no such debt shall ever be
incurred for any of the in
lied by a vote in favor thereon by a
majority of the electors OF such coun-
ty, municipal corporation, civil town
ship. district or subdivision incurring
The proposed amendment will be
voted upon by the people at the gem
erai election to be held in this state
1910. The proposed amendment will
be printed upon the ballot followed by
the words: Shall the above amend
ment to the constitution in relation
TO the amount of debt OF counties.
cities, etc. be approved and ratified"
Immediately to the left OF which shall
be printed the words Yes" and No"
each preceded by a square in which
the elector can place a cross TO indi-
cate his vote. Electors desiring to
vote Yes" will place a cross before
the word Yes" n those desiring to
vote, Mo-, place a cross before the
word Me-
Dated at Pierre. the capital, this
SAMUEL G. POLICY.
Secretary of State.
Proposed Amendment 10 the Censtftu-
tion Of - state 81 south Daketa
To IN people of the state OF South
Dakota:
The eleventh legislative assembly Of
the state % Seuth Daksta beguR and