Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-09-26
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 10

BY PETTIBONE AND RANDALL
; A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AMEND
SECTION l 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 S, 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
4 THE STATE.
/ BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE LEGIS- /
/ LATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO: |
Section !. That Section l of Article
Of the Constitution of the State of
Idaho be amended to read as follows:
Sec. l. 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 state, and exclu-
sive of debts or liabilities incurred sub )
sequent to January l, 1911, for the pur- Q
POSE of completing the construction and !
furnishing of the State Capitol Build =
ing at Boise, Idaho exceed the sum IF {
one per centum upon the assessed value L
Of the taxable property in the State, ex- a
eept IN case of war to repel an invasion '
Or suppress an instruction, unless the y
same shall be authorized by law for
some single object or work to be dis
inetly specified therein, which law shall ~
provide ways and means exclusive of ~
oans for payment of the interest of &c
uch debt, or liability, as it falls due
md also for the payment and discharge
+ the principal of such debt, or liability,
within twenty (20) years of the time of NJ
ontracting thereof, and shall be ire
ealable until the principal and inter O..
st thereon shall be paid and discharg o'
d. But no such law shall take effect, "a
ntil at general election il shall =.
ave been submitted to the people. vi
nd shall have received a majority of =
II the votes cast for and against it at -,
ich election; and all moneys raised by ~
ne authority of such laws, shall be ap- On
lied only to specified objects therein uu
ated, or to the payment of the debt a. az
hereby created, and such law shall be ~ ~
lbllshed in at least one newspaper in a, ~
lch county, or city, ard county, if one u
2 published therein, throughout the WI
tate for three months next preceding 9e
e election at which il is submitted TO ue'
e people The Legislature may at any lo'
me after the approval of such law, by gr'
e people, if no debts shall have been N
in the pursuance thereof, r.,
peal the same. ee'
Section 3 The question to be submit ~
d to the electors of the State of Idaho s 90
the next general election shall be as - -
llows, to-wit: e.
Shall Section l., Article of the tba
institution of the State of Idaho be nv
nended so as to limit the bonded in ON,
'btedness of the State, exclusive of Ain,
e debt of the territory at the date of tbo
; admission as a State, and exclusive he
debts and liabilities incurred subse- +rv
tent to January l, 1911, for the pur- sin,
sc of the construction and furnishing 1o1
the State Capitol at Boise, Idaho. to a On
m not greater than one per centum allie
on ."e "ssesseu value OF the taxable and
- SP III 'ng State' Arr
reby authorized to make publication
this constitutional amendment in
ch equity of the State for at least six
consecutive weeks prior to the next
neral election in not less than one a
wspaper of the general circulation
hlished in such county.
Passed by Senate March ,. 1917.
Passed the House March Z, 1917.