The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-15
A LONG BALLOT
SECRETARY OF STATE DETER
MINES ORDER or CONSTTTU-
TIONAL AMENDMENTS.

Pierre, Sept. 15.-State Secretary
Rood has prepared the official sam
pie ballots for the constitutional
amendments and referred laws TO be
voted upon at the November election,
and has given them the following or
der upon the ballot.
In the list of constitutional amend
ments:
No. i. An amendment to article
XIII of the constitution, which allows
the state to engage in road construc-
ton. or to open up the coal deposits
i'm the state lands. upon a vote of
two-thirds of the legislature for such
state development.
No. 2. Amending article XXI au-
thorizing interested communities to
engage in irrigation projects by as
sessment of the land TO be benefited.
No. 8. Amending article XI of the
constitution, in regard to revenues
of the state, allowing the classified
tion of property for assessment pur-
poses. and for the taxation of fran
chises and incomes, and eliminating
the direct tax on moneys and incomes
now required by the constitution.
No A. Amending article XIII of
the constitution authorizing the state
or any county or combination of
counties to establish a system of
rural credits for loans on farm prop
erty.
No. 5. To amend article Mi of
the constitution, authorizing the
1917 legislative session to provide
for a constitutional convention to
frame a new constitution to be sub
mitted to the voters of the state.
No. 6. To amend article VII of
the constitution to grant equal suf-
frage to all residents of the state of
a voting age.
No. Z. Adding article XXIV to
the constitution, as a prohibitory
amendment for statewide a%bolishing
of the liquor business.
No. s. To amend article VIII of
the constitution, to allow term leases
of more than five years on state
lands.
No. 9. To amend article XXI of
the constitution, to allow the legisla-
ture by a two-thirds vote TO fix the
salaries of state officials.
This ballot will be practically three
feet long, and the issues are placed
on in regular numerical position to
allow the voter to familiariZe himself
with any particular issue which he
desires to favor or oppose by its mum
Der, and making it easier for the
voters to select the issues he desires
to express his views upon.
Referred Laws.
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number five. and the ballot will not
be so long as that for the constitu-
tional amendments. The number ro-
tation of these issues upon hat bal
lot will be:
No. / is the reenactment of the
Richards primary act with amend
ments, practically placing back upon
the statutes the old party proposal
primary act which was repealed by
the last legislative session. This be-
ing one of the initiated laws.
No. . is a referred act. This law
seeks to stop the provisions of the
last legislature which provided that
to secure a liquor license would re-
] quire a majority vote of all the voters
on any question at the election where
SutD privilege Is dSheu. Al present
the law requires only a majority OF
the votes on the license issue.
No. 8 is the bank guarantee act.
practically as passed by the last legis-
lative session. and would make prac-
tically no change in the law as ii nov
exists. This being an initiated act.
No. 4 is another initiated act.
which provides for a bank guaranty
system i'm the state. which is radical
ly different from the present one. one
of the features being the creation OF
a large central fund instead of the
present system.
No. 5 is another referred act, in
which ii is sought TO stop the effect
of the new jury act of the last legis-
lative session. which allows a five
sixths verdict to be returned by jul
ries in civil actions, instead of re-
curing the vote of all twelve jurors
TO bring the verdict.
This ballot will not be as long as
the other, but each are of good size,
and the voter who cares TO cast his
vote on any of the issues will find
that he can select any of them by
number easily when he desires TO
vote.