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Of State School Commissioner Miller
next July; in effect providing that,
though candidates for state school
commissioner have been nominated on
the Republican, Democratic and other
tickets, whoever is elected to that Of.
fee will not be able to take II.
No. 29--To provide $4,000, 900
year for five years to build q system Of
intef-county roads, providing that for
this specific purpose the debt limit
Of the state (S750,0oOD be raised.
No. 30-To permit the insuring Of
public property in mutual insurance
companies and permits the state to
regulate insurance companies and
rates.
No. 31-To abolish the state board
Of public works and providing that the
work Of the board be performed by q
superintendent Of public works ap.
pointed by the governor for a one.
year term.
No. 32-To make clear the right of
the state to tax incomes and inner.
itances, with the proviso that half the
tax collected be returned to the coun.
ty, municipality and township where.
in It Is raised; to authorize excise and
franchise taxes and tax on gas, oil,
coal and other materials; to tax state
and other public bonds which we're
exempted few years ago; to retain
the uniform rule for taxing property;
to increase exemption Of personal
property from taxation from 5000 to
$500
No. 33-To authorize classification
Of corporations and state regulation of
the issue of bonds and stock and also
of the sale Of personal property; to
prevent any questioning of the valid
ity of the act creating the public serv.
ice commission.
No. 34-To provide double liability
of bank stockholders and the right to
regulate private banks.
No. 35--To authorize the state to
establish a printing plant and do its
own printing.
No. 36-To make women eligible to
appointment as superintendent and
members of boards of state and other
public institutions.
No. 37-To make mandatory the
passage of laws placing under civil
service all appointive officers in the
service of the state, the county or
municipality.
No. $50 make clear the right to
regulate poster and bill board adver-
tising.
No. 39-To provide submission of
future amendments to the constitu-
ton by the legislature on separate bal
lots without Endorsement by party con.
ventions; providing they will become
part Of the constitution II majority
of those voting favor them.
s.No. 4o.fo give muhiciparlties the
right to adopt any one of the three
following forms Of government:
u) They may, on vote of the elec-
tors, elect Is citizens to frame a char.
ter, which then would have to be sub.
mitted to the people for approval.
(2) They may adopt, by majority
vote, form of government provided
by the legislature.
(3) They may decide to be gov
erned as at present by the municipal
code framed by the legislature; to
give municipalities the right Of munic-
ipal ownership and operation Of all
public utilities, subject to limitations
to be fixed by the legislature on the
amount of taxes to be raised and debt
to be incurred permitting issuance Of
bonds to acquire public utilities in ex.
cess Of the debt limit, provided they
are made lien only on the property
Of the utility to give cities the right
to appropriate more private property
than Is needed for q civic center or q
park in order to protect the improve
ment.
No. 41-To retain laws not incon-
sistent with the new constitution and
make provision that the amendments
adopted 60 into effect Jan. l, with the
exception OF the initiative and refer
endum.
No. 42-To require the issuance Of
licenses to traffic In intoxicating II.
quors subject to restrictions to be pro-
vided by law in addition to those pro-
vided In the amendment. and to re-
place the present system under which
the traffic has been taxed and sub.
jected to regulative laws and ordi-
nances, but not licensed ito fix the fol.
lowing restrictions: license shall not
be granted an alien or person Of bad
character, to any one Interested In
the bus mess In another place, nor to
any licensee whose license has been
revoked after being twice convicted;
xhouo shan not ho vnNro than 0no an.