The Harrison times., 1912-08-31

right TO act on matters of this kind
which affect themselves alone and can
have no effect whatever on the resi-.
dents of the country.
If this amendment is adopted bonds
can be issued to raise money only for
public improvements of a general ma
ture and for the use and benefit Of
the entire city or town.
The amendment provides that bonds
can be issued only for the following
purposes;
For the funding or refunding OF
any existing debt Of any city Of the
first or second class or such incorpo-
rated towns incurred prior to the adop-
ton Of this amendment; for the con
struction of public highways streets,
alleys and boulevards; for the pur-
chase and equipment Of parks and
Fairgrounds, either inside or outside
Of the city limits; for the construction
of drainage or sanitary sewers; for
the purchase and construction Of city
halls prisons, Libraries, hospitals, fire
stations, and equipment, yiaducts and
bridges and for any and all public
buildings, structures, or grounds that
may be required by said city for the
proper and economical administration
Of its government; and for the pur.
chase, requirement or construction Of
waterworks, lighting plants and street
railways; and for any public improve.
ment Of a general nature for the use
and benefit Of said city, except 70 aid
in the construction Of railroads or en-.
terprises operated by any private cor.
poraton"
For these purposes and no other
can bonds be issued under the propos.
ed amendment
Attention is also called particularly
to the fact that the people alone will
be responsible for the issuing Of bonds
under the amendment and that no
debt can be created unless the people
decree that it shall be created
at may be urged says a statement
given ont by the executive committee
in charge Of the submission Of the
amendment that the city officials
can saddle an issue Of bonds on the
unsuspocUug citizens Of any city or
town; but this Is not the case, No
mayor or town council can do IL; poll.
tiCians cannot do IT, business mems
organizations cannot do It; the people
alone, voting at the election held for
that purpose after being fully advised,
can do IT, Arkansas Is the only state
whose cities and towns do not possess
this power The result has been dis.
astrous. Our cities and towns have
Jagged behind those OF other states.
We lack good streets, sewers, water.
works, lights parks, hopsitals, city
halls, and other public buildings, prop
or fire protection, play grounds for
children--almost everything that goes
to make an upto.datc city The low
limit Of taxation at the present time
makes It impossible to acquire these
things, and then to acquire them by tax
alton would practically amount to con.
rScatIon, Neither would 1t be just
and fair for us to lay such burden
upon our own shoulders, for when
these improvements are made, many
will be attracted to our cities and
towns who viii enjoy the advantages
of such improvements, and who should
help to pay for them The only way
to get those improvements and the
only way to oQutObly distribute the
burden Of paying for them Is by Is'
suing bonds=as provided In proposed
Amendment No, IS
"Much Of the money raised by these
bonds will 90 back to the people for
labor and materials II IL not to be
sent away or sQuanderod-thc people
get the benefit Of every dollar"