The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-10-30
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION.
Proposed by Initiative Petition
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

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 taxpny-
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 EabdivisIOB
proposing TO make and 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 a new section
thereto, to be known as section q, pro-
viding for the levy and collection OF
special taxes for road purposes, for the
issuance Of bonds in any sum for said
purposes upon petition Of t~aX-paying
voters, and authorizing the construction
and maintenance of highways partly,
without the governmental subdivision
paying for same.
Re Il 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 n, as follows:
Section q. Upon a petition signed by
hfty-One per cent Of ~tax-paying voters
Of the state or OF any city OF any class,
wnc,.er organized under special charter
Ut seneral 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 il
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 tax levy against all prop
erty in the governmental tax 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 IL
the petition therefor the authorities max.
ing the tax levy shall name the amount
to be raised and expended. Ths taxei
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
trlct and special Improvement taxes are
now levied and collected, according Il
the fact as TO whether the taxes are fOI
state highway Improvements or for one
Of the governmental subdivisions herein
above named. The words highway i'm
provements' used herein shall include
roads, drives, boulevards and streets. VIA
ducts and bridges over streams either
wholly within this state or over streams
which may form a boundary between Mis-
aouri and other states, 1t is inte~ded by
his amendment to confer the power upon
,he state and cities Of all classes. whether
1%rganized under a special charter or the
eneral law, and all villages, towns, coun-
les, township s., road, school and specia
Improvement districts, upon position OF
tax-paying voters as hereinbefore pro.
tided, to construct, purchase or acquir,
toads, drives, boulevards and bridges anl
.laducts, and to maintain. alter, lmprov,
aud %beautify the same. II in the opinion
VI the officials whose duty 1t shall be [,
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provement 1t would be better to issu,
nterest-bearing bonds instead Of levy.
Ing "A direct tax for said improvements
then the said above named authorities
shall issue bonds In amount sufficient [,
make the Improvement and IA the tim,
OF maturity and rate OF interest Of sale
bonds, and sign the same and presen
them to the secretary Of state OF IN,
state OF Missouri, who shall stamp sam,
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 Ia
sued them, and said officials may thel
sell same. No new boards or commits
sions shall be created by the general as
sembly to carry out the provisions Of thi
amendment, but the present tax-levyinl
and assessing authorities In the variou
governmental subdivisions named ahov
and the state board OF equalization shat
make the necessary assessments an
|, levies according as the tax may se 10
state or city, county, township or distrlc
purposes, to the end that no unnecessar,
additional expenses be imposed on tn
taxpayers by the creation Of additions
superhuous offices. The existing official
performing duties hereunder shall re
eeive the same compensation now pro
Sided for similar services under the gen
, tral revenue laws OF Missouri. All peti
, lions for state Improvements shall b
presented to the state board OF e%aualiza
ton, and petitions for city, county. vii
age, township or district improvement
! 10 the tax-levying officials OF said abov
uamed subdivisions. The above enumer
tted powers may be used by the state q
any OF the governmental subdivision
above named to construct, build, acuulr
and maintain highways, whether the sal
highways lie wholly within or partl
a villain and partly without the govern
I mental subdivision proposing to make IN
! improvements and pay therefor.
STATE OF MISSOURI.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
] Cornelius Roach, Secretary OF Stat
. Il the State Of Missouri, hereby certif
9 that the foregoing is a 'ull, true and com
s plete copy OF the eight joint and cor
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