Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-10-24

Senate Joint Resolution No. Is
By Judiciary Committee
Joint Resolution

OoiiN ANSooiotiOh
To amend Section of Article s of the
Constitution of the State of Idaho
and to submit to the Electors of the
State OF Idaho for their
rejection or approval, an
amendment to Section 1, Article s,
OF the Constitution of the State OF
Idaho, limiting the Indebtedness
that might be incurred to two mil
lion dollars.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLA-
TURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO:
Section /. That Section of Article
s of the constitution of the State of
Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. The legislature shall not in
any manner create any debt or debts.
liability or liabilities, which shall sngly
or in the aggregate, exclusive OF the
debt OF the territory at the date of its
admission as state, and exclusive of
debts or liabilities incurred subsequent
to January |, 1911, for the purpose of
completing the construction and furn-
ishing OF the state capitol at Boise,
Idaho, and exclusive of debt or debts,
liability or liabilities incurred by the
Eleventh Session OF the legislature of
the State OF Idaho, exceed in the aggre-
gate the sum OF two million dollars, ex-
cept in case OF war, to repel an inva-
sion, or suppress an instruction, I'M
less 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, eX-
elusive OF loans, for the payment of the
interest on such debt or liability as it
falls due, and also for the payment and
discharge OF the principal of such debt
or liability within twenty years of the
time of the contracting thereof, and
shall be irrepealable anti the principal
and interest thereon shall be paid and
discharged. But no such law Shall take
effect until at general election it shall
have been submitted to the people, and
shall have received majority of all the
votes cast for or against it at such cleo
ton, and all moneys raised by the au-
thority 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, if one
be published therein, throughout the
state for three months next proceeding
the election at which it is submitted to
the people. The legislature may ut any
time after the approval oil such law, by
the people, il no debts shall have been
contracted in pursuance thereof, re-
peal the same.
"Section 2. The question to be sub
mitted to the electors of the State of
Idaho at the next general election shall
be rs follows, to-wit:
Shall Section |, Article of the con-
stitution of the State of Idaho be
amended so rs to limit the bonded in
debtedncss OF the State, exclusive of
the debt of the territory
at the date Of its admission
as state, and exclusive OF debts and
liabilities incurred subsequent TO Janu-
airy first, 1911, for the purpose of the
construction and furnishing of the State
capitol Mt 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, to be
limited to the sum OF two million dol
lars?"
"Section 3. The secretary of state
is hereby authorized to make publica-
ton of this constitutional amendment
in each county OF the state for at least
six 80 consecutive weeks prior to the
next general election in not less than
one uD newspaper Of general circula-
ton published in such county,"