The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-10
ADVANTAGES OF
 NEW CONSTITUTION
SENATOR HOUSTON EMORY WRITES OF THE REASONS HE
 FAVORS TIT ADoPTlN
Points tt in Detail Many of the Best Features and Believes That it Will
 Help in the Upbuilding of the State.

reviewed the new constitution 25 written by the constitutional conyen- tion and which will be passed on next Saturday by the voters. and naa the following favorable comment to make as to why it should be adopted by the people in that special cleo tion
 Some three weeks ago l received copy of the new Constitution have devoted quite bit of my spare Im- to study of same knowing that if the people of this state adopted 1t on ueNt Saturday that we. as members of ths mex. legislature, would have some j01 before us. for q nun per Of ,he statu- tory laws will have to be shaped tl meet the constitutional requirements and feel that many of them should be changed.
 ] conscientiously believe that if the people of this state adopt this Con stitution we will have one of the pest constitutions of any state in the Union penciled some provisions thought good and have so many pen cil marks that it will he impossl0lt for me to refer to all of them How ever, I hope you. MT. Editor will give space to what l refer to.
 Article II on education Eluca tion is tine Mother of Civilization NO family, state or nation can sJ3stan- tially grow and prosper without for tifying its members with an adequate education The new Constitution is m improvement over the old in that it provides of a state board of edu- cation, composed of seven members wao serve without pay; a county board Of education, composed of five members who also servie without pay and who are elected by the people. Said county board is to elect and fix the compensation of the county superintendent This will take the chief executives of our public schools out of politics, which. most asure ily. is very great Improvement The new constitution fixes the minimum school term at six months; it pro- vides that tte electors. by majority vote, may have a county high school l and may levy tax for tho mainter-
 anee of same. It provides for nu- | ntcipal and school district public li- hraries
 i Article 5-Legislative Department:
 Initiative and Referendum. Under the provisions of this article the people reserve to themselves the pow or 10 propose laws and constitutional l amendments and enact or reJect at the polls individually Of the generally assembly amy laws or acts repugnant l 10 their welfare They aiso have the
 power to reject at the polls any en- 1 tire act or any item of an appropria tion bill Therefore, if the people are 1 imposed upon by legislation enacJ-
 ments they have all the recourse fn | the world they can ask for.
 l Local Legislati9n The abolition of local legislation by the general as- iaemaly win save this state thousands l upon thousands of dollars, I know 1 whereof | speak It took two-thir1s
 of the time during the last session Of ;, the legislature on local legislation
 alone Now, this does not mean that l there can be no local laws Localities , may provide for alI special and local
 laws they may need.
 Article Six. Article six provides
 that there shall be an insurance de 1 parment with an insurance c0mmiS- ! eioner The laW-making power may
 create an acturIal bureau to fix tn
 insurance rates and that such shall oe under the control of the insurance 1 commission. This certairly is a com ! mendahle relief a5 our insuranc,
 rates are fixed by an insurance trusi
 now and most of you who have had ] y0ur insurance policies renewed late ly know how these fellows have been
 twisting the pinch To get out of thC ] clutches of this insurance trust i.
 worth more than double the expense
 CT calling this convention
 Article l5: Taxation Under tho provisions Of the new constitution th'
 fax payers of this state hold the purst } strines Co the treasury for every c&- , pendi,ure and every dct imposition r must be sanctioned by them Ate , July lst 1920, the tax payers of thi state may have the pleasure of seein' all warrants issued on the state. coun 2 ties and municipalities worth i0
 cents on the dollar Section | read thus After July 1st, 1920 taIe } shall be paid only in United State
 currency, all warrants thereafter is
 sued by the state or by any county
 city OF town shall be numbered con : socutuely ani paid in the order O , their issue; and no warrant shall p'
 paid unless there are funds in tho
 treasury sufficient to pay those enri ] tlCd to priority Thus lt IS sect
 thst tho state. counties cities O
 towns win be put on cash basi z which vii save the tax payers Of Uni 2 state millions of dollars Now u I ? old constitution for state, county e 9 municipal officials to impose debt | upon the citizens Of the respe tiv' 2 named dylsons wthout even con f sultne thom and the lax payers mus