The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-10-25
TO VOTE AGAINST
THE
Single Tax Amendments
Numbers q and 2
Scratch YES
Proposed by 1nitiativc
Petition
SMITH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
NENT.

PROVIDING for raj SING all rc,rnu, ~
tnS"s on land. inh"r,,nu,,.- aud irrnrhi~.-
for public ser, ir" abilities, c>cnrtint ir"m
iaNntinn nil p"r-"unl property aud ;u.
pro,"n,"n,- "n lindi ahuliyhini poli ,,,"-
mud occupation 'u>r- fer revenue MIR.
purses; abolishinG -" Institutional limita.
ton upon til" rates nf thsation Tor state.
county. s'h"", and municipal purposes
aud pro, ijinI that the laws rcnuln,,un The,
mnuuff",ur" AID sal" ~ in,u>icmiul lin.
u"r- shall ronn'u unaffected hereby.
Proposed amendment, by initiative petition, to
the Constitution Of Missouri, Submitting to the lreai
voters Of the state at Missouri Tor their appto, al or
lcleeion At the general election g be held on'hs
Tue sday neat follow ina the hTa Monday IN Nov.
cmhcr, A, u. lpl,. by sdd,ne n, scc,iont relating
to revenue and iaSai,on, to article y,
BE u rHacicdtr The s,otic ofth, State oCNnsssti.
Section !. Al properi, now subject to ,a,a,ion
.hall he classified Tor purposes OF taxation and iot
exemption from taxation. ~ follows:
Glass oar shall include allpctsonal property. Al
bonds and public securities oi the state and oi the
poli,ical sub divisions aud municipalities thereof,
now or hereafter issued, shall be exempt from al
,a,cs. state and local from and after the adoption ot
thiA amendment; and all other personal property
,haii he exempt from nil taxes. state and local in
the year l9it and thereafter P,or,aci. that moth.
IND In this amendment shall he construed Inning
OF DENYING the power Of the state to tan any form oi
franchise. privilege or inheritance.
tiasS tao shall INCLUDE all imp ovcmcnis In on
cmrt from taxation by law. In the years iyit ard
lYS all property In class two shall he exempt from
all tatrs state and local, to the cSen, OF fourth
81 the assessed value ot such propcry In the years
1910 and 1917, to the extent ot two toufihs; IN the
years 1918 and 1919 tn the cStcnt Of three fcuf,h,,
and In the year 100 and thereafter all property N
glass two shall he exempt from all taxes, state and
local P,oriJsd. Lssrgfy that IN the year lYls and
thereafter. the imptoy cmcnis To the csttnt al
HOW W In assesscd value on the honic,tead al
every householder, or head oi family. shall be "a.
emrt from all taxes. state and local.
Glass tb,,r shall include all lands In the state IN.
dependent Of the imrto, cmcnis thereon therein.
shah also include all franchises for punlic s,f,irr
utilities and no pru,cfiy in class three shall ever
be exempt from inNa,ion,
Section ?, Al property subject to taxation N
this state shall be assessed ior iaAcs It's and
actual value,
section T. No POLL tax shall be c,ird or collected
In Missouri, nor shall ANY ,aN whatsoever he ic,iod
or imposed on any person, firm, merchant. mana
taciurcr, trade labor. business, occur ion p,o-
fcssiOn, under the form or pft'ckt ot license for
revenue after December llst lplS hut no'hrs here
In shall he construed ~ ai,c ng the licensing OF any
business. occupation. profession place or thns, IN
the interest al the public peace health OF safety:
and nothine herein coninincd shal, I've construed
changing the present laws governing the trfulaiOn
of the manufacture and sale al icrmcntcd, yinous
and spirituous liquors,
section T. The existing constitutional Limitations
upon the rates of taxation TOT state. county. school
r,d municipal purpnscs shall have no force and
effect after January let, 1914.
Section s. The general assembly shall provide
the LEGISLATION neccs to secure toll and effective
compliance with the purposes and intent al this
amendment. Nothing In this amendment ,hull be
construed TO limit the initiative aud referendum
o~ers reserved by the people.