The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1914-10-23
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION
Proposed by Initiative Petition
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMEN

a proposition TO authorize levy and
collection of special taxes for road
purposes, to issue bonds in any sum
Tor said purposes, upon petition Of
taxpaying voters providing for and
authorizing construction and mainte-
nance OF highways, and authorizing
governing body of governmental sub
division ordering construction, i'm
prOycment, purchase or maintenance
of such highways to either levy a di.
rect 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 propos-
ing TO make and pay for such high
ways or improvements.
Proposed Constitutional amendment
concerning revenue and taxation,
amending article x Of the Constitu-
ton of the state of Missouri by ad-
ding a new section thereto, to be
known as section 81, providing 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-paying voters,
and authorizing the construction and
maintenance partly, without the gov
ernmental 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 27. 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 proposed high
way 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
proposed TO be taxed for the improve
ment, the state board of equalization
or the proper local tax-levying au-
thorities shall order a special tax
levy against all property in the gov
ernmental tax subdivision named by
petitioners sufficient to raise any
amount necessary to make the pro-
posed highway improvement, not ex-
ceeding, however, the amount named
for such improvement in the petition
asking therefor, provided il no amount
is named in the petition therefor the
authorities making the tax levy shall
name the amount to be raised and ex-
pended. 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 district, 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 improvements" used herein
shall include roads, drives, boulevards
and streets, viaducts and bridges over
streams either wholly within this state
or over streams which may form q
boundary between Missouri and other
states. 1t is intended by this amend
ment 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, counties, townships, road,