Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-29

anu highways.
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION.
Proposed by Initiative Petition.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
A proposition to authorize levy and
collection of special taxes for road pur-
poses, to issue bonds in any sum for
said purposes, upon petition of taxpay-
ing voters, providing for and authorize
Ing construction and maintenance of
highways, and authorizing governing
body of governmental subdivision or
dering construction, improvement, pur-
chase or maintenance of such highways
to either levy a direct tax for same or
to issue interest bearing bonds and sell
same, using proceeds thereof for such
purposes, whether such highways are
wholly or partly within and partly
without the governmental subdivision
proposing to make md pay for such
highways or improvements.
Proposed constitutional amendment con-
corning revenue and taxation, amending
article x of the Constitution Of the state
of Missouri by adding q new section
thereto, to be known as section 81, pro-
viding for the levy and collection Of
special taxes for road purposes, for the
issuance Of bonds in n sum for said
purposes upon petition OF tax-paying
voters, and authorizing the construction
and maintenance Of highways partly,
without the governmental subdivision
paying for same.
Be it enacted by the people Of the State
OF Missouri:
That article x of the Constitution Of
the state Of Missouri is hereby amended
by adding a new section thereto, to be
known as section q, as follows:
Section q. Upon a petition signed by
fifty-one per cent Of ~tax-paying voters
Of the state or Of any city of any class,
whether organized under special charter
or general law, or any town, village,
township, road or school district, or any
improvement district naming the pro-
posed highway improvement being filed
with the proper officials whose duty it
now Is to levy state or local taxes for
the territory embraced in the district pro-
posed to be taxed for the improvement,
the state board of equalization or the
proper local tax-levying authorities shall
order a special a. levy against all prop
erty in the governmental taxi subdivision
named by petitioners sufficient to raise
any amount necessary to make the pro-
posed highway improvement, not exceed
ing, however, the amount named for such
Improvement in the petition asking there
for, provided if no amount is named In
the petition therefor the authorities max
ing the tax levy shall name the amount
to be raised and expended. The taxes
herein provided for shall be levied and
collected in the same manner and at the
same time as general state, city, county
and local and township, school and dis
trict and special improvement taxes are
now levied and collected, according to
the fact as to whether the taxes are for
state highway improvements or for one
of the governmental subdivisions herein
above named. The words highway inn
provements"' used herein shall include
roads, drives, b~oulevards and streets, VIA
ducts and bridges over streams either
wholly within this state or over streams
which may form a boundary between Mis-
souri, and other states. 1t is intended by
this amendment to confer the power upon
the state and cities of all classes, whether
organized under a special charter or the
general law, and all villages. towns, coun-
ties, townships, road, school and special
Improvement districts, upon petition OF
t~aX-paying voters as hereinbefore pro-
vided, to construct, purchase or acquire
roads, drives, boulevards and bridges and
viaducts, and to maintain. alter, improve
and beautify the same. II in the opinion
Of the officials whose duty 1t shall be tc
make the tax levy for the proposed i'm
provement it would be better to issue
interest-bearing bonds instead of levy
ing a direct tax for said improvements
then the said above named authorities
shall issue bonds in amount sufficient tt
make the improvement and fix the time
of maturity and rate of interest of saie
bonds, and sign the same and presen'
them to the secretary Of state Of tht
state Of Missouri, who shall stamp samt
with the seal of the state Of Missouri
and deliver same to the state auditor
who shall register same and then de.
liver said bonds to the officials who is
sued them, and said officials may theI
sell same. No new boards or commits
sions shall be created by the general as
sembly to carry out the provisions of thii
amendment, but the present tax-levyini
and assessing authorities in the various
governmental subdivisions named abov,
, and the state board Of equalization shal
make the necessary assessments AM
, levies according as the tax may be TO
state or city, county, township or distric
purposes, to the end that no unnecessar,
additional expenses be imposed on tn
taxpayers by the creation Of addit1xua
. su~perf1uous offices. The existing official
performing duties hereunder shall re
ceive the same compensation now pro
vided for similar services under the gen
eral revenue avs Of Missouri. All petit
tons for state improvements shall b
: presented 10 the BLAt0 DOhru Oh equallzd
I tion, n petitions for city, county, vii
: lage, township or district improvement
4 to the tax-levying officials OF said abov
: named subdivisions. The above enumer
: ated powers may be used by the state o
any Of the governmental subdivision
above named to construct, build, acquir
Z and maintain highways, whether the sal
highways lie wholly within or partl
within and partly without the govern
7 mental subdivision proposing to make n
! improvements and pay therefor.
! STATE OF MISSOURI, y
DEPARTMENT. OF STATE.
!, Cornelius Roach. Secretary Of Stat
: Of the State Of Missouri. hereby certif
. that the foregoing is a full, true and com
3 plete copy of the eight joint and con
7 current resolutions Of the Forty-Sevent
q General Assembly Of the State Of Mis-
j, tsouri OF the proposed amendments to tn
Constitution Of the State Of Missouri
Of the four measures referred by pet
. ton; also, Of the three amendments {
y the Constitution proposed By initiativ
s petition, to be submitted to the qualifie
= voters OF the State Of Missouri at tn
general election to be held on Tuesday