The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-29
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION.
Proposed by Initiative Petition.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.


proposition to authorize levy ana
collection of special taxes for road pur-
poses, to issue bonds In any sum for
said purposes, upon petition Of taxpay-
Ing voters, prov iding for and authOrls-
ing construction and maintenance Of
highways, and authorizing governing
body Of governmental subdivision or
dering c0nxtructiop, 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, ukinE proceeds thereof for such
purposes, whether such highways are
wholly OF 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 X of the Constitution Of the state
of Missouri by adding new section
thereto, to be known as section ~, 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 tax-payin6
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 y 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-levyng 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 In
the petition therefor the authorities maxi
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 impro .ements 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 form "A bOupdarv Mic.
souri, and other states. 1t is inte"ded by
this amendment to confer the power upon
the state and cities Of all classes, whether
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 |
and to maintain, alter, improve
and beautify the same. II in the opinion |
of the officials whose duty it shall lie to
make the tax levy for the proposed i'm
provement it would be better to issue
interest bearing bonds instead of levy
Ing 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
them to the secretary of state of the
state Of Missouri who shall stamp same
with the, seal ef-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-
'ued them. and said officials may then
'ell same. No new boards or commits
lions shall be created by the general as
'embly to carry cut the provisions of this
but the present tax-levying
md assessing authorities in the various
subdivisions named above
md the state board Of equalization shall
make the necessary assessments and
ewes according as the tax may s,e for
tate or city, county. township or district
purposes, to the end that no unnecessary
additional expenses be imposed on the
axpayers by the creation Of additional