Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-09-20
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
40.
BY Pettibone and Randall.
A JOINT RESOLUTION,

To amend Section Of Article 9 OF
the Constitution of the State OF
Idaho and to submit TO the electors
of the State of Idaho for their re-
lection or approval, an amendment
to Section 4, Article. 3, OF the Com
stitutiOn of the State of Idaho, linn.
iting the Indebtedness that might
be incurred to the sum Of one per
centrum upon the assessed valua~
ton of the taxable property In the
State.
Be 1t resolved by the Legislature Of
the State of Idaho:
Section /. That Section j OF Ar
ticie 8 of the Constitution OF the
State Of Idaho be amended to read as
follows:
Section l. The Legislature shall
not In any manner create any debt or
debts, liability or liabilities, which
shall singly, or in the aggregate, ex-
elusive of the debt of the Territory
at the date of it's admission as a
State, and exclusive of debts or liabil-
tiles incurred subsequent to January
/, 1911, for the purpose Of complet-
ing the construction and furnishing
Of the State Capitol Building at Boise,
Idaho, exceed the sum of one per
centum upon the assessed value of
the taxable property in the State, ex-
cept in case of war to repel an inva-
sion or suppress an insurrection, un-
less the same shall be authorized by
law for some single object or work
tD be distinctly specified therein,
which law shall provide ways and
means, exclusive of loans, for pay
nhent Of the interest of such debt, or
liability, as Il falls due and also for
the payment and discharge of the
principal Of such debt, or liability,
within twenty 900 years of the
time of the contracting thereof, and
shall be irrepealable until the prins
eipal and interest thereon shall be
paid and discharged. But no such
Inv shall take effect, until at a gem
eral election 1t shall have been sub
rhitted to the people, and shall have
received a majority of all the votes
cast for and against 1t at such cleo
tion, and all moneys raised by the
authority of such laws, shall be ap-
piled only TO specified objects there
In stated, or to the payment of the
debt thereby created, and such law
shall be published in at least one
newspaper in each county, or city
and county, IL one be published there.
In, throughout the State for three
months next preceding the election
Dit which 1t is submitted to the peo-
! ME. The Legislature may at any
time after the approval of such law
by the people. II no debts shall have
been contracted in the pursuance
thereof, repeal the same.
Section The question to be sub.
Initted to the electors of the State OF
Idaho at the next general election
shall be as follows, to-wit:
Shall Section | !, Article 8, of tho
i Constitution of the State OF Idaho
Ne amended so as to limit the bonded
indebtedness of the State, exclusive
of the debt of the territory at the DAFT
Of its admission as a State, and exclu
aiye of debts and liabilities incurred
subsequent to January i, 1911, for thu
purpose OF the construction and fur
nishing of the State Capitol at Boise
Idaho to sum not greater than ont
per eeatnm upon the assessed value
i The taxable property In the slater
section 3. The Secretary of State
is hereby authorized to make pubiica
lion of this constitutional amend
inent In each county of the State FOL
DIT least six t6) consecutive weeks
prior to the next general election Ii
lot less than one I'D newspaper o.
the general circulation published il
such county.
Passed the Senate March 3, 1917.
Passed the House March z, 1917.