Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI.
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.

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there shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of Missouri for adoption or rejec-
ton the following constitutional amend
ment, to-wit.
That section / of article XI Of the Com
stitution of the state Of Missouri be and
the same is hereby amended. by adding
TO sal section the following words. to-
wit; and may establish and maintain
free public schools for the gratuitous in
struction of all persons in this state be-
tween five and six years of age. n oyer
twenty years of age" so that said section
when SO amended shall read;
Section /. A general diffusion OF
knowledge and intelligence being essential
to the preservation of the rights and lib
critics of the people, the general assembly
shall establish and maintain free public
schools for the gratuitous instruction OF
all persons in this state between the ages
of six and twenty years, and may estab-
lish and maintain free public schools for
the gratuitous instruction Of all persons
in this state between five and six years
of age and over twenty years Of age
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
rpltting to the qualified voters OF the
state of Missouri an amendment TO the
Constitution thereof authorizing an IN
crease of Indebtedness In the county OF
st. Louis for the purpose of construct
ing sewers, or for the purpose OF pur-
chasing or constructing waterworks.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives concurring therein,
as follows:
At the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the flrst
Monday in November, A. d. 1912, an
amendment to the Constitution of Mis-
souri, shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the state, in the following words;
The county Of St. Louis with the assent
nf fwn-thir1E Of the VOTERS of the county
voting at al election to be held for that
purpose, may be allowed to become IN
debted in a larger amount h is specl-
fed and limited in section twelve CID OF
article ten (X) of the Constitution OF this
state, not exceeding an additional five
60 per centum on the value of the tax
able property within the county, for the
purpose of constructing district sewers in
districts within such counties, which dis
tricts shall be laid out by the county
court on petition OF two-thirds OF the
owners of real property within any such
proposed sewer district and which real
property within the district shall be sub
ject to an annual special tax levy in pro-
portion to area of lots and tracts, for the
purpose of paying the interest on such
district sewer Indebtedness each six
months, and also sufficient to pay the
principal of such Indebtedness for that
district within ten CO years from the
time of contracting the same, all to be
done in the manner to be provided by
law; or for the purpose of purchasing or
constructing WaCerWOTKS ZOE Inc GUILTY.
which shall be made use of by the county
for furnishing water and protection
against fires to cities, towns, companies
and others. under proper contracts, regu-
lations and rates, and under appropriate
management, to be approved by the coun-
ty court or by commissioners of water
works, as may be provided by law:
Provided, that any such county mourning
any such waterworks Indebtedness with
the assent of the voters as aforesaid, shall
have the power to provide, and at the
issuing of such Indebtedness shall con-
tract to provide and collect an annual tax,
in addition to the other taxes provided for
by the Constitution, sufficient to pay any
interest falling due on such WaterWorks
Indebtedness that cannot be paid-from the
net earnings and income of such county
waterworks, and the said waterworks in
debtedness when incurred and issued for
purchasing or constructing WaterWorks in
and for said county, shall be a secured
debt and a lien upon the said system OF
waterworks and waterworks property,
which debt and lien may be enforced by
proper suit in any court of competent
iurisdiction. but the county shall have the
power to provide, and at the issuing of
such Indebtedness shall contract to pro-
vide and collect, rem TIE haatn aI9y tiooIl
to the other taxes provided for by the
Constitution, an annual tax SUFFICIENT to
pay within twenty years from the date OF
the unpaid principal Of such WaterWorks
Indebtedness remaining after enforcing
the debt and lien against the said county
waterworks system and waterWorks prop
erty, any provision in the state Constitu-
tion to the contrary Notwithstanding.
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
joint and concurrent resolution sub
hitting to the qualified voters Of Mis-
souri, an amendment to section II, ar
ticie 10, of the Constitution thereof con-
corning taxation.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives %concurring therein.
That at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, A, ID, nineteen hun
dred and twelve, the following amend
ment to section II, of article 10 of the
Constitution of the state of Missouri,
shall be submitted to the qualified voters
of the state, to-Wit:
That section ii, article 10, CT the Con
stitution Of the state of Missouri be
amended by striking out the word sixty
in line 10 and inserting, in lieu thereof
the words, "one hundred" and by strik
of and inserting in lieu thereof the word
ninety so that when amended the sec
tion shall read as follows:
Section IL. Rates for local purposes
limits-how increased for school anc
erecting public buildings-St. Louis ma,
levy as if part of a county.-Taxes fol
! county, city, town apd school purposes
LHN ludJA DC III Oil y oAo JCS
OF taxation; but the valuation of property
therefor shall not exceed the valuation o.
the same property in such town, city OF
school district for state and county pur
poses. For county purposes the annua
rate on property, in counties having si1
million dollars or less. shall not, In tn,
aggregate, exceed fifty cents on the hun
bred dollars valuation; in counties having
Elk million dollars and under ten millioi
dollars, said rate shall not exceed fort,
cents on the hundred dollars valuation
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and under thirty million dollars. sail
rate shall not exceed fifty cents on th'
hundred dollars valuation; and In coun
ties having thirty million dollars or more
on the hundred dollars valuation. Fo
city and town purposes, the annual rat
on property in! cities and towns havini
thirty thousand Inhabitants or more shal
not, in the aggregate, exceed one hundret
cents on the one hundred dollars valua
ton; in cities and towns having less thai
thirty thousand and over ten thousand in
habitantn, said rate shall not exceed on
\ hundred cents on the hundred dollars val
uation; in cities and towns having les
than ten thousand and more than or
thousand Inhabitants, said rate shall no
exceed ninety cents on the hundred dol
lars valuation; and In towns having on
thousand inhabitants, or less. said rat
shall not exceed twenty-five cents on tn
hundred dollars valuation. For schoC
purposes~in districts composed of elite
which have one hundred thousand in
habitantS or more, the annual rate q
property shall not exceed sixty cents o
the hundred dollars valuation and tp .othe
districts forty cents on the hundred dol
lars valuation: Provided, the aforesai
annual rates for school purposes may b
Increased. in districts formed OF cite
and towns. to an amount not to excee
one dollar on the hundred dollars valua
tion, and in other districts to an amour
not to exceed sixty-ivc cents on the hun
bred dollars valuation. on the conditt0
that q majority Of the Noters who ar
taxpayers. voting at an election held I
dacidS the ui1estion. vote for said in