The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-10-29

t in his official capacity and all postage
. and all other incidental expenses an
} perquisites; and no allowance or emolu
, ments, for any purpose whatever, shal
, be made to or received by the members
, or any member of, either house, or TO
their use, out OF the contingent fund o
l. otherwise except as herein expressly pro
vided; and no allowance or emoluments
for any purpose whatever, shall ever b.
; paid to any officer, agent. servant o
employee of either house of the genera
assembly. or of any committee thereof
except such per diem as may be pro
vided for by law, not to exceed fiv,
dollars.
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
| MENT.
| Joint and concurrent resolution pro.
viding for the anne nilmcnt of article \
OF the Constitution Of Missouri by add.
Ing new section to he known as Sec
tiOn 12b of said article, relating to the
limit of indebtedness Of certain cities
BE. it resolved by the Senate, the House
| OF Representatives concuring therein
| as follorS:
That at the general election to be held
on Tuesday next following the first Mon
day in November. A. d. 1914, the fol-
| lowing amendment to the Constitution OF
| the state of Missouri, relating to the
| limit Of Indebtedness of certain cities of
| the state of Missouri, shall be submitted
for adoption or rejection to the qualified
voters of the state of Missouri, to-wit:
| That article Y of the Constitution OF. the
state of Missouri be and the same is
hereby amended by [addngl new Sec
tion, to be known as section LIB OF ar
ticle X, and to read as follows:
Section LIB. Any city in this state
containing one hundred thousand inhab-
itants or over may become indebted in a
larger amount than specified in section IL
of article X of the Constitution of the
state of Missouri, not exceeding an AID
ditional five per centum on the value of
the taxable property therein, to be as
certained by the assessment next be-
fore the last assessment for state and
county purposes previous to the mourning
of such Indebtedness. for the purpose of
constructing or acquiring by purchase, or
otherwise, within it's corporate limits a
subway or subways, with land, ap-
proaches and other appurtenances necesc
sary for the construction and operation
thereof, to be owned exclusively by such
city for the transportation of persons,
baggage, express and freight, and for
pipes, wires and cables used for public
service purposes: Provided, that no in
debtedness authorized by this section
shall be incurred without the assent of
two-thirds of the qualified voters of such
city voting for or against such increase
of Indebtedness: and, pr0vided further,
that such city shall, before or at the
time of mourning any indebtedness au-
thorized by this section, provide for the
collection of an annual tax sufficient to
pay the interest on such Indebtedness as
it falls due; also to constitute a sinking
fund for the payment of the principal
thereof within thirty years from the time
of contracting the same, if payment of
such interest and principal be not pro-
vided for from the operation or lease
of such subway or subways.
SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT.
Joint and concurrent resolution sub
uniting to the qualified voters of the
Constitution thereof, authOrixinE the
qualified voters Of road districts to in
crease the rate Of taxation by levyinE
a special tux for road purposes.
Be 1t resolved BY the House of Repre-
scntdtipes the Senate concurring there
in, as follotOs::
That at the general election to be held
in this state on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. A, D. 1914, |
there shall be submitted to the qualified
voters of the state for adoption the fol-
lowing amendment TO the Constitution |
thereof:
Section /. That article 10 of the Con- |
stitution OF Missouri be and the same is |
hereby amended by adding thereto the |
following section to- be known as section |
%, article 10 Of the Constitution Of the |
state Of Missouri, which said section shall |
read as follows:
Section %. In addition to the taxes /
authorized to be- levied for county pur- |
poses under and by virtue of section II |
Of article 10 Of the Constitution Of this |
state, and In addition to the special levy |
for road and bridge purposes authorized |
by section 20 Of article 10, Of the Consti-
tuition Of this state. the qualified voters |
Of any road district. general or special. |
are hereby empowered annually to make /
special levy for road purposes only 4
not TO- exceed sixty-ive cents On the one
hundred dollars valuation. at an election
held for such purpose, ON the condition |
that majority OF the voters, who are
taxpayers voting at such election. vote
for such special levy. The taxes pros
vidsd for in this section 70 be collected
IN the same manner AZ stats and county
taxes are collected. ana placed to the
credit Of the respective road districts vot.
ing levy as authorized hersin
sEvENTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
NENT.
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