Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-22
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION.
Proposed by Initiative Petition.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

A proposition to authorize levy and
collection of special taxes for road Dur-
poses, to issue bonds In any sum for
said purposes, upon petition of taXpay-
Ing voters, providing for and authOrIz-
Ing construction and maintenance OF
highways, and authorizing governing
body of governmental subdivision or
derinE 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 and pay for such
highways or improvements.
Proposed constitutional amendment con-
corning revenue and taxation, amending
article Y of the Constitution of the state
of Missouri by adding a new section
thereto, to be known as section %, pro-
viding for the levy and collection of
special taxes for road phSposes, 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.
Be it enacted by the people of the State
of Missouri:
Tina article X of the Constitution Of
the state of Missouri is hereby amended
known as section %, as follows:
Section %. 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
township. road or school district. or any
Improvement district naming the pro-
with the proper officials whose duty it
now is to levy state or local taxes for
the territory embraced in the district pro-
nnCh6 Tn hA fa~nh for the in nfAVaFDA ant
the state board of equalization or the
proper local taX-levying authorities shall
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
the petition therefor the authorities MAX
ing the tax levy shall name the amount
herein provided for shall be levied and
collected in the same manner and at the
and local and township, school and dis
trict and special Improvement taxes are
the fact as to whether the taxes are for
state highway improvements or for one
OF the goveTnmentai su6diXisions herein
provements'' used herein shall include
roads, drives, boulevaPds 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 StateSa IL 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
tax-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. If in the opinion
of the officials whose duty it shall be to
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 to
make the improvement and fix the time
of maturity and rate of interest of said
bonds, and sign the same and present
state of Missouri. who shall stamp same
with the seal of the state of Missouri
who shall register same and then de-
liver said bonds to the officials who is
sell same. No new boards or commits
sions shall be created by the general as
amendment, but the present tax-levying
and assessing authorities in the various
governmental subdivisions named above
and the state board of equalization shall
make the necessary assessments and
levies according as the tax may be for
state or city, county, township or district
purposes, to the end that no Unnecessary
additional expenses be imposed on the
superfluous offices. The existing officials
performing duties hereunder shall re-
oeive the same compensation now pro-
vided for similar services under the gem
eral revenue laws of Missouri. All petit
lions for state improvements shall be
to the state board of equaliZa-
ton. and petitions for city. county. viii
lage. township or district improvements
to the taX-levying officials of said above
named subdivisions. The above enumer-
ated powers may be used by the state or
any of the governmental subdivisions
above named to construct. build, acquire
and maintain whether the said
highways lie wholly within or partly
within and partly without the govern
subdivision proposing to make the
improvements and pay therefor.