Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-11
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
16.
BY Judiciary Committee.
JOINT RESOLUTION

To amend Section ! of Article
of the Constitution of the State o
Idaho and to submit to the elector.
of the State of Idaho, for their re
lection or approval. an amendment tc
Section l. Article s. of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Idaho. limit
ing the Indebtedness that might be
/ incurred to two million dollars
Be 1t resolved by the Legislature
of the State of Idaho:
/ Section l. That Section OF
! Article of the Constitution of the
State of Idaho be amended to read
as follows:
Section 1. 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 /. 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
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
. he, al. I.,Tt4 -,
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 IT.
until the principal and |
interest thereon shall be paid and 1
But no such law shall |
take effect until at a general election /
it shall have been submitted TO the |
people. and shall have received a
majority of all the votes cast for or
against il 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
ished in at least one newspaper in
each County or City. and County if
one be published therein, through
,ut the State for three months next
the election at which it
IS submitted TO the people. The
legislature may at any time after the
approval of such law. by the people,
( no debts shall have been con-
racted in pursuance thereof. repeal
the same
Section 2 The question to be
TO the electors of the
tate of Idaho at the next general
lection shall be as follows. to-wit:
Shall Section /. Article of the
of the State of Idaho :
e amended so as to limit the bonded
Indebtedness of the State, exclusive |
T the debt If the Territory at the !;
ate of it's admission as State, and
of debts and liabilities in
urred subsequent to January first,
Oil, for the purpose OF the con- r
.ruction and furnishing of the State II
apitol at Boise. Idaho, and exclusive n
{ debts, liability or liabilities, in
arred by the Eleventh Session of the II
legislature OF the State of Idaho, to II
? limited to the sum of Two Million
II
Section 3. The Secretary of State II
hereby authorized to make publ H
ltion of this constitutional amend II
ent In each county of the State for II
!. least six (6) consecutive weeks n
rior to the next general election in H
ot less than one ID newspaper of II
sneral circulation published in such II
ountv. IL