Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-10-08

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of Understanding bonds of the state in
the sum of fifty millions of dollars
$3.50, 000, 0O0.0 0) for the purpose Of con-
%strueting and maintaining public roads
and highways.
FIFTEENTH PROPOSITION.
Proposed by Initiative Petition.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
A propositions to authorize levy and
collection of special taxes for road pur-
poses, to issue bonds in any sum for
said purposes, upon petition of tnxpay-
ing voters, providing for and authOriz-
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 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 a 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-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. ~.
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 81, 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 pro-
posed highway Improvement being filed
with the proper officials whose duty ii
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
dHy dIlOuuI l6CGSSdLJ " IIldhe IIlG pIO-
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 II
the petition therefor the authorities max
ing the tax levy shall name the amount
to be raised and expended. The take:
herean provided for shall be levied ant
collected in the same n and at thu
same time as general state, city, county
ard 1nNaI ond tnvunchfn cahnnl a nd die.
trict and special Improvement taxes are
now levied and collected, according tt
the fact as to whether the taxes are fol
state highway improvements or for on
of the governmental subdivisions herein
above named. The words highway i'm
: provements'' used herein shall includ,
roads, drives, boulevards and streets, via
ducts and bridges over streams eithe
wholly within this state orsover stream
! which may form a boundary between Mis-
! souri, and other states. 1t is intended b
I this amendment to confer the power upot
I the state and cities of all classes, whethe
2 organized under a special charter or tn
general law, and all villages, towns, coun
ties, townships, road, school and specia
improvement districts. upon petition G
ta%x-paying voters as h~ereinbefore pro
vided, to construct, purchase or acquir
e roads, drives, b%oulevards and bridges an
viaducts, and to maintain, alter, improv
and beautify the. same. If in the opinio
of the officials whose duty it shall be t
make the tax levy for the proposed i'm
! provement it would be better to issu
! interest bearing bonds instead Of levy
: ing a direct tax for said improvement
then the said above named authorize
shall issue bonds in amount sufficient I
make the Improvement and fix the tim
of maturity and rate of interest of sal
d bonds, and sign the same and preser
x them to the secretary Of state Of tn
S state of Missouri, who shall stamp sam
with the seal Of the state Of Nilsson
% and deliver same to the state audito
who shall register same and then de
liver said bonds to the officials who Is
J. sued them, and said officials may the
sell same. No new boards or commi!
sions shall be created by the general a.
sembly to carry out the provisions of tn
;, amendment, but the present ta~X-leVyir
" and assessing authorities in the warrior
governmental subdivisions named aboN
and the state board of equalization shs
make the necessary assessments ar
% levies according as the tax may be f
9 state or city, county, township or distri
/, purposes, to the end that no unnecessal
!. additional expenses be imposed on II
u taxpayers by the creation of addition
u superfiuous offices. The existing officia
performing duties hereunder h r.
wi ceive the same compensation. now pr
u vided' for similar services under the gel
te eral revenue laws, of Missouri. All pet
MS tons for state improvements shall
r presented to the state board of equaliz
v tion, and petitions for city, county, vi
s. lage, township or district improvement
oh to the tax-levying officials Of said abo'
r. named subdivisions. The above enume
r. ated powers may be used, by the state
any of the governmental subdivisio
above named to construct, build, acqui
ne and maintain highways, whether the sa
highways lie wholly within or part
within and partly without the COVER
~ mental subdivision proposing to make t
Y improvements and pay therefor.
q STATE OF MISSOURI,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
all /, Cornelius Roach, Secretary of Sta
IL Of the State of Missouri, hereby cert
He that the foregoing is a full, true and COZ
RS plete copy .of the eight joint and co
NJ current resolutions Of the Forty-seveH
DIS General Assembly Of the State of MI
IN, souri, of the proposed amendments to t
Constitution of the State Of Nilsson
all of the four measures referred by pc
lie ton; also, of the three amendments
Ity the Constitution proposed by initiati
IDS petition, to be submitted to the qualif
voters of the State Of Missouri at {
general election to be held on Tuesd;
is, the third day aof November, 1914 y
ty, In testimony whereof, I hereunto
es. my hand and afax the Great Seal OF I
IN State of Missouri. Done at office In |
10y City Of jefferson, this 3rd day OF So
tember, A. P, 1914.sa
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