Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-25
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO
IS.
BY Judiciary Committee.
IOINT RESOLUTION

To amend Section | of Article
of the Constitution of the State of
Idaho and to submit to the electors
of the State of Idaho, for their re-
lection or approval, an amendment to
Section I Article 8. of the Consti-
tuition of the State of idaho. limit
ing the Indebtedness that might be
incurred to two million dollars.
Be it resolved by. the Legislature
Of the State of Idaho:
Section /, That Section of
Article 8 of the Constitution of the
State of Idaho be amended to read
as follows:
Section I The Legislature shall
not in any manner create any debt or
debts. liability. or liabilities, which
shall singly or in the aggregate. eX-
elusive of the debt of the territory
at the date of its admission as a
State, and exclusive of debts or liza
bilities incurred subsequent to jan
uary 1 1911, for the purpose of
completing the construction and
furnishing of the State Capital at
Boise. Idaho, and exclusive of debt
or debts, liability or liabilities in
CURED by the Eleventh Session of the
Legislature of the State of Idaho.
exceed in the aggregate the sum of
Two Million Dollars, except in case
of war to repell an invasion, or
suppress an insurrection, unless the
same shall be authorized by law. for
some single object or work, to be
distinctly specified therein. which
law shall provide ways and means,
exclusive of loans, for the payment
oil ar n
bility as IL falls due, and also for the
payment and discharge of the prin-
cipal of such debt or liability within
twenty years of the time of the con-
tracing thereof and shall be ir-
repealable until the principal and
interest thereon shall be paid and
discharged. But no such law shall
take effect until at general election
il shall have been submitted to the
people. and shall have received a
majority of all the votes cast for or
against 1t at such election, and all
moneys raised by the authority of
such laws shall be applied only to
specified objects therein stated or to
the payment of the debt thereby
created. and such law shall be pub
lished in at least one newspaper in
each County or City, and County, II
one be published therein, through
out the State for three months next
the election at which IL
is submitted to the people. The |
legislature may at any time after the I
approval of such law. by the people, |
If no debts shall have been con- |
tracted in pursuance thereof, repeal
the same
Section 9. The question to be
submitted to the electors of the
State OF Idaho at the next general |
election shall be as follows, to-wit:
Shall Section /. Article s of the
of the State of Idaho
De amended so as to limit the bonded
of the State. exclusive /
If the debt II the Territory at the
late of its admission as a State, and
exclusive OF debts and liabilities in
cured subsequent to January first,
1911. for the purpose of the con-
,truction and furnishing of the State
yapitol at Boise, Idaho, and exclusive 4
VI debts. liability or liabilities. IN
cured by the Eleventh Session of the
legislature of the State of Idaho, TO
,e limited to the sum of Two Million
)ollars?'
"Section 3. The Secretary Of State
S hereby authorized TO make publl-
'atian OF this constitutional amend
nent in each county Of the State for
Il least six (6) consecutive weeks
,rior TO the next general election in
lot less than one Cd newspaper OF
General circulation published in such
,ountv.