Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-10-03
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10

BY PETTIBONE AND RANDALL
A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND
SECTION ] OF ARTICLE s OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO AND TO SUBMIT TO THE
ELECTORS OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO, FOR THEIR REJECTION OR
APPROVAL, AN AMENDMENT TO
/ SECTION l, ARTICLE 8. OF THE
/ CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO, LIMITING THE INDEBTED
/ NESS THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED
TO THE SUM OF ONE PER CENTUM
UPON THE ASSESSED VALUATION
OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN
THE STATE.
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE LEGIS-
LATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO:
Section ]. That Section l of Article
s of the Constitution of the State of
Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Sec. I. The Legislature shall not in |
any manner create any debt or debts,
liability or liabilities, which shall
singly, or in the aggregate, exclusive
of the debt of the Territory at the date
of its admission as a state, and exclu-
sive of debts or liabilities incurred sub
sequent to January !. 1911, for the pur-
POSE of completing the construction and
of the State Capitol Build
ing at Boise, Idaho exceed the sum IF
one per centum upon the assessed value
)f the taxable property in the State, ex- '
:ept in case of war to repel an invasion (
II suppress an instruction, unless the
same shall be authorized by law for
iOme single object or work to be dis
inctly specified therein, which law shall ]
provide ways and means, exclusive of I
oans for payment of the interest of
uch debt, or liability, as it falls due
nd also for the payment and discharge
f the principal of such debt, or liability,
within twenty (20) years of the time of N
Extracting thereof, and shall be ire
ealable until the principal and inter s
st thereon shall be paid and discharg- A
d. But no such law shall take effect,
ntil at a general election it shall vi
ave been submitted to the people,
nd shall have received a majority of T,
II the votes cast for and against it at II
lch elections and all moneys raised bv M
ne authority of such laws, shall be APP 4,
lied only to specified objects therein a,
.ated, or to the payment of the debt II
hereby created, and such law shall be N
lblished in at least one newspaper in of
lch county, or city, ard county, if one WI
9 published therein, throughout the Sc
tate for three months next preceding de
e election at which it is submitted to In,
e people. The Legislature may at any or
me after the approval of such law, by N,
e people, if no debts shall have been E.
in the pursuance thereof, de
peal the same %
Section 2. The question to be submit fin
d to the electors of the State of Idaho 40
the next general election shall be as E..
lows, tO-wit: an
@ Shall Section l, Article s of the TIL
institution of the State of Idaho be or
lended so as to limit the bonded in on
btedness of the State, exclusive of tin
e debt of the territory at the date of thu
admission as a State, and exclusive he
debts and liabilities incurred subse- try
ent to January l, 1911, for the pur- sin
Sc of the construction and furnishing l9l
the State Capitol at Boise, Idaho, to a or
n not greater than one per centum ALE
on the assessed value of the taxable anC
'perty in the State?'' Arr
Section g. The Secretary of State is s.,
'eby authorized to make publication
this constitutional amendment in
h equity of the State for at least six
consecutive weeks prior to the next
leral election in not less than one az
vspaper of the general circulation
'lished in such county.
'assed by Senate March 3, 1917.
'assed the House March 7, 1917.