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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

FOURTH CONSTITUTIONAL 'FW
AMENDMENT. N
Joint and concurrent resolution submitting TO
the qualified voters Of tho state o. Mis-
souri, an amendment to the Constitution
thereof, concerning taxation
BE TT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE. THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CON.
CURRING THEREIN:
That at the general election to be held "A
the first Tuesday following the first Monday IN
November, 1918, the following amendment 70
the Constitution Of Missouri. concerning taxa
ton, shall DO submitted to the qualified voters
Of said state, to witi
Section 1. That article x Of the Consti-
tuition of Missouri be, and the same 10 hereby
amended. by adding thereto one new section,
to be known as section twenty-five t22s)'
Sec. ga A state tax Of ten cents on the
one hundred dollars assessed valuation shall
be levied and collected all objects and sub
jects Of taxation in the same manner mat the
state and county taxes are collected One-hslf
of all moneys derived from said levy shall be
placed to the credit Of the state road fund.
One-fourth shall be apportloned to the coun'
ties and the city of ST. Louis according to
their respective areas and one-fourth according
to population. II shall be the duty OF the
state auditor to make such spportionments and
certify the same to the state treasurer for
payment to the counties and the city Of 81.
Louis. Such fund when collected shall be
used by thu counties for the construction and
maintenance Of public roads, and BY tina city
Of ST. Louis for tho construction and mainte.
nance Of the streets and alleys therein; When,
ever the taxable property Of the state shall
amount to three billion dollars. the rate in this
act shall be reduced TO five cents on the one
hundred dollars valuations.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

yoint and concurrent resolution submitting -
the qualified veters Of Missouri an amend.
ment to the Constitution thereof contsSnins
revenue and taxation By inserting in SEQ
certain words,
Be IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REP
REsENTATIvES. THE SENATE CON
CURRING THEREIN:
this state on the Tuesday following the first
Monday in November, 1918 the following
amendment to the Constitution Of the stata Of
Missouri shall be submitted to the qualified
voters Of the state. to-wit:
Section ia Of article 10, Of the Consti-
tuition Of the state Of Missouri shall be amend
ed by inserting between the word same" and
the word provided" a. the same appesrs on
line ten thereof the following words: ''or for
the purpose Of aefrayins all or any part Of
the cost Of paving, macsdamising. grading or
otherwise improving the roadway OF any street:
AVENUE or alley within the corporate limits Of
such city." no that said section shall read a.
foilowg:
cur additional Indebtedness for water works
and light piants.--Any city IN tAis state CON
taining not more than thirty Thousand t3o,0o0)
nor less then two thousand t2.oool Inhabitants
wears thereof, voting at an election to b
hold for that purpose. be allowed to Decome
indebted in a larger amount thaa specified In
section twelve, Of article ten t1ol Of the
Constitution Of this state. not exceeding an
additional five tu) per centum Of the value d
the taxable property therein. for the purpose
of purchasing or constructing wnter-works
electric or other light plants. to be owned
exclusively by the city SO purchasing or con
atructing the same, for the purpose OF do
fraying all or any part of the cost OF paving
matchmaking. grading or otherwise improving
the roadway Of any street. avenue or allie,
within the corporate limits Of such city, PRO
yIDED, that any such city incurring sucl
Indebtedness requiring the assent Of the voter
as aforesaid shall have the power TO provid,
for, and before or ut the time Of mourning sacl
Indebtedness shall provide for. the collection O
an annual tax In addition to the other taxe
provided for By this Consultation, sufficient 2
nay the interest on such indebtedness as J
fails due, and also TO- constitute q sinkin!
fund for the payment Of the principal thereof
within twenty years from the time Of contract
inr the same any provision IN this Csnstitu
tion to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
EIGHTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Providing that all public revenues shan b
derived from taxation upon tho untmprovsd
Value Of land based upon assessments made
on and after June LIST, 1919, and from
taxes upon the manufacture and sale OF
Intoxicating liquors and tobacco, and on
incomes and inheritances; abolishihs all
constitutional limitations on the rates OF
taxation, and empowering the Legislature,
county courts and municipal authorities 70
fix the rate fer state and school. county
and municipal purposes, respectively, Gas
styling rights Of way Of public utilities
for purposes Of taxation, ana rspsaisne all
constitutional provisions In conflict hero
with.
Be IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI:
The Consultation Of Missouri shall Be and
TIA same IL hereby amended By adding the
Following Section to Article Z thereof:
All public revenues for state. county. mu-
nicipai. school and all other public purposes
shah be derived from taxes o. the value Of
land exclusive Of improvements and from such
taxes a. may be imposed by law On the manu-
faoture and sale Of Intoxicating liquors and
tobacco. and on incomes ana innesitances' Dut
license taxes a. may be necessary to proper
exercise Of the police power. Rights Of wsy
for public utilities shall be deemed property
In land and the value thereof shall be taxed
accordingly II not owned by the public. This
amendment shall govern all taxes for which
assessments shall be made on and after June
list, 1919, but not those assessed before that
date. Ali constitutional limitations Of rates
OF assessment aud taxation are hereby abol-
ished and the legislature il hereby empowered
to fix such rate Of taxation as shall produce
the revenue required for state and school p,r-
poses and in counties the County Court Of each
county and in Municipalities the corporate
authorfties Of each municipality shall have
power to detsrrnins the rate necessary to pro.
duce the revenue needed frsm time to time for
municipal purposesi PROVIDED, that any school
district in the state may increase the rate for
school purposes fixed BY the lesisiature By
sabmitting such increase to vote Of the peo-
ple Of such district. All provisions Of the
Constitutions conflicting herewith are repealed
% far - they % conflict
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

JsiAt and concurrent rsselntiea submitting b
the qualified voters Of the stats Of Mis-
souri, an amendment to the censttutien
thereof requiring the county court, when
road district. general or special, to mahs :
special levy on the taxable property within
such road district, in addition to the levies
=. now authorized BY law. Of not 70 exceed
lars valuation, the proceeds Of such levy
TO be used for road purposes within saeh
district. ~
BE 1T RESOLVED NJ THE SENATE. TILE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CON-
CURRING THEREIN, AS FOLLOWS;
That at the general election to be held in
this state on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November A. d. 1913, there shall
be submitted to the qualified voters OF this
state for adoption, the following amendment to
the Constitution thereof;
Section l. That article 10 of the Con-
stitution OF Missouri be- and the same 10
hereby amended by adding thereto the Follow
ing section, to be known ns section %. article
10 Of the Constitution Of tho state OF Mis-
souri,. which said section shall read as follows:
Sec a. In addition to the taxes now
authorized to be levied for county purposes.
under and by virtue of section IL Of article 10
Of the Constitution Of this state. and In addi-
ton to the special levy for road and bridge
purposes authorized by section ~ OF article 10
Of the Constitution Of this state. II shall Be
the duty of the county court Of any county In
this state, when authorized annually 20 to do
by a majority Of the qualified voters Of any
road district, general or special. voting thereon
at an election held for such purpose. to make
a levy Of not to exceed seventy-five cents on
the one hundred dollars valuation on all prop
erty within such district to be collected In the
same manner as state and county taxes are
collected, and placed to the credit Of the road
district authorizing such special levy. It shall
be the duty Of the county court on petition
Of not less than ten qualified voters and tax
pnyers residing within any such road district,
tc submit the question of authorizing such spe-
dial levy to the qualified voters of such district
at a special election to be held for that pur.
pose, within twenty days after the ming OF
such petition.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

yeint and concurrent resolution submitting 70
ths qualified voters Of the state Of Mis-
seun an amendment 10 the 0onsttation
thereof. concerning the prohibited Of the
manufacture, sale and giving away Of In
toxicatiAg liquors within the stats Of Ms
souri, with penalties attached.
pn n RESOLVED By THE HOUSE, or REP.
RESENTATIvNH, THE SENATE CON-
CURRING THEREINi
That at the general election to be held on
the first Tuesday following the first Monday
IN November. 1918. the following amendment TO
the Constitution Of Missouri. concerning pro.
hibitiop, shall be submitted 20 the qualified
voters Of said state. to-wit;
Section 1. The manufacture Of intoxicat
ing liquors 10 hereby prohibited in this state:
except for medicinal, scientific or mechanical
purposes The sale Of Intoxicating liquors "a
also hereby prohibited in this state, except
for medicinal, scientific or mechanical pur-
poses The giving a. ny Of intoxicating liquor.
IL also hereby prohibited iii this state, except
for medicinal, scientific or mechanical pur'
poeos The manufacture or sale OF wine fos
religious or sacramentai purposes 10 also ex:
cepted. This Constitutional provision shall MOI
take effect until November 1. 1913.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
Proposed Amendments to tho
Constitution of Missouri by
the Initiative.
SEVENTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

SEVENTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
A proposition to establish In the state treas
ury a Homestead loan fund to be loaned 20
citizens Of the state Of Missouri for the
purpose Of purchasing homesteads anu
erecting permanent improvements thereon,
to be secured by q first lien on the homo.
stead and to bear three per CENT inter tSs
commencing one year from the cate OF .ae
loan; providing for the repayment thereof,
and empowering the Legislature to enact
necessary legislation to make effective tho
provisions hereof.
BE IT ENACTED ny THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE OF MISSOURI
The Constitution of the state shall be and
the same is hereby amended by adding the Ioi-
lowing Section to Article XIV thereof
Sec. 10. There Ia hereby established In the
State Treasury fund to be known as the
Homestead Loan Fund.
said Homestead Iosn Fund shall be lent to
citizens Of Missouri for The following purposes
and for no other purpose whatsoever; ~ 10
purchase homesteads; t2) to erect permanent
improvements on homesteads. Not more tnsn
three fourths Of the appraised value OF any
homestead shall DO lent thereon: PROVIDED.
however, that three-fourths Of the appraised
value Of the improvement may be added to the
three.fou Of the appraised value OF the
land to ascertain tho limit Of the loan. No
loan exceeding three thousand dollars shall be
made on one homestead. Every loan SHAH De
secured by nots and mortgage or deed of trust
constituting a first lien on the homestead, ex-
oept taxes and special assessments: and tins
improvements on the homestead shall be kept
safely insured against fire and windstorms OF
the full insurabie value thereof, and the poll
cies shall be assigned as additional security
for the loan. Every loan made from said fund
shall bear interest at three per cent per an
mum, beginning one year hfter date Of the
loan, which interest, together with one-twenti.
eth Of the principal. Ghali be paid at the end
Of the second year Nd at the end Of each YEAR
thereafter until the loan Is paid In full; PRO"
VIDED, however. that II the homestead on
which such loan is made shall cease to be used
as such by the owner thereof or his family,
then the unpaid portion Of such loan shall De
come payable in three equal installments faii-
ing due at the dates Of the next three INSTALL
ments Of the loan due by the original terms
thereof, with interest at six per cent Per
annum.
It shnll be the duty Of the Legislature az
its first meeting following the ratification OF
this amendment to enact such legislation a.
may give full force and effect to the provisions
thereof, and Of all state and local officers 70.
spectively to execute the Same under penalty d
forfeiture Of their office.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
NINTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

Authorship cities having = population Of mass
than one hundred thousand Inhabitants ~
provide by ordinance for the election q Q
charter commission to frame . new char
ter, and for the adoption thereof, and PRO-
viding the method BY which amendmsnts
may Be made thereto.
IT rs PROPOSED BY THE LEGAL NUMBER
OF QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE STATE
OF MISSOURI:
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-11-01
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution Of Missouri
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

yoint and concurrent resolution submitting 70
tho qualified voters Of the state Of Mis-.
souri, a proposal to repeal section IL o.
article 10 OK the Constitution Of Missouri,
relating to revenue and taxation, and
enacting a now section In lieu thereof TO
b known a. section II Of article 10 OF the
Constitution Of Missouri.
BE TT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE. THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CON-
CURRING THEREIN:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15
FLYING DUTCHMAN TRICK.

After the expenditure of thousands
of dollars in cleaning up Alexandra
and placing everything in 4 sanitary
condition, there are still people IN
orr midst VINO refuse to be tidy ana
are keeping the authorities on the
alert. Early yesterday morning
Sergeant Scott, Of the police force,
found a pail filled with garbage on
the sidewalk on King street, near
Roval. He endcavored to identify
the party who placed the filth on tee
street, and arrested two persons on
suspicion. Nothing, however, could
be proven and the susps-:s were as
missed by the Police Co1re.
The Gazette has seve"'l li.it5 call
ed attention to the fact that SANTA
ton is a matter in which every resi-
dent of the city should take hand.
After a city has once been cleansed
IL should be kept clean.
The Washington authorities are
now exercised over garbage IN that
CITY. AS one of the papers says MOTH
ing a more serious menace to health
during this torrid weather than gar
bage. It is disease breeding IN the
extreme. It's odor is obnoxious and
urhealthful. Garbage attracts lac
c.sease-spreading fly which carries
germs to our food.
Hundreds Of tons Of uncollected
garbage threaten Washington with
an epidemic unless remedial efforts
are made at once The garbage stu
alton daily is becoming worse instead
C better.
The collecting of garbage is not
altogether an attractive job. Bat when
the health of the city is imperiled
it is imperative. Men should be draft
ed for this work as they were for the
police department if they cannot DC
gotten otherwise.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15
DIES IN FRANCE.

AS will be seen elsewhere in the
Gazette, Alpheus Z. Robey, an Alex
andrian, who left his native city
nearly year ago as member of the
Alexandria Light Infantry, died on
the 25th ultimo in France. His death
was the result Of an accidental CUR
shot wound.
The death of young Robcy is the
first among the number Of AleXan.
drians who are now fighting in
France. Two other AleXandr!ans
have paid the debt of nature, one h1v.
ing died aboard a ship previous 10 us
arrival in France, and another yoang
patriot Of this city who was killed D.:
an airplanc accident while still II his
native country.
The particulars concerning ihe
death OF young Robey are lac:i ~
only the mere announcement of his
death By accident having been &C.
ceivcd by his parents.
Those to whom the deceasel w&s
near and dear have the sincere SYM
pathy Of the community.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15
THE HIGH COST OF EATING.

The old-fasnioncd housewife OF
Alexandria. who went to market with
a dollar bill in May, 1913, now carries
60 cents additional i'll the other
pocket, if she expects to carry away
as much in her basket rs she got FOR
the bill five years ago. This state
ment by the bureau OF labor stat!ctics
of the labor department is based on
an average of price increases III the
staple food articles within the period
mentioned. Three Of the twenty-five
articles considered show boost Of
more than 100 per cent. in the retail
price in that time, while the least in
crease, that for potatoes, WAS rs per
cent
A comparison made Of prices last
May with those of the year before IS
interesting. The advances for the
twelve monfs represented a five per
cent. increase for all the principa!
food articles, although seven showed
decline. These ranging from 81 per
cent. for potatoes 70 less than one per
cent. for coffee, included onions,
flour, sugar. beans and cheese be-
tween the two extremes. Evidences
that nothing can entirely set aside
the operation Of the law CT supply
and demand arc found in the higher
retail prices charged within the year
for many articles. These recent adj
vanccs in the retail prices Of substi-
tute articles indicate that the law Of
economics IS no more to be abrogated
By governmental fat than that the
tide should cease to flow in when or
dcred to do by Caau;e
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15
the war in the "most beautiful Capt.

the war in the "most beautiful Capt.
tai City.
Affairs Of the American consulate
at Moscow have been taken over by
representatives of the foreign office
Of Sweden. American Consul Gen
eral Poole burned his code book dur
ing the night of August 5, and with
the consular representatives of Eng
land and Japan is now en- route to
Stockholm via Petrograd. American
civilians have not been molestcd, but
9 number of French and English
subjects are being held by the Boil
shevist authorities as hostages for
the lives of Soviet members in the
area occupied by the allies. The
messages reveal a series Of broken
promises on the part of the Russian
Foreign Minister, Tchiteherin.
Peasants in occupied districts of
Russia are resisting German armed
grain-seekers and are burying their
corn in forests rather than let it fall
into the hands of Huns.
Reports from Mount Notre Dame,
three kilometers sout of BaZoches,
on the Vesle, carry story-of new
Germon outrage against hospital.
A 3,00O-bed French hospital at that
point is situated under hill and out
of the direct fire, yet the Germans
according to reports received IN
Paris. killed most of the doctors and
nurses, as well as the 600 patinets,
with machine guns, brought up and
actually pointed through the windows
of the one-story wards. Then they
burned the hospital to the ground.
The Merchant Service Review, the
organ of the British mercantile ma
rine, has suggested that the spot
where the Lusitania was sunk should
be permanently marked by gigan-
tic buoy which would be visible for
miles around by day and Illuminated
with flaming letters by night. 1t is
suggested that it could be useful
reminder to passengers of other ma
tons of what German kultur under
militarism and Hohcnzollern direc-
ton is capable of doing.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15

fective measures of protection as the
result of certain unfortunate cases
recently reported.
The first step III the commissions
plan to prevent the recurrence Of such
instances is to issue a warning to the
parents Of young girls and particu-
larly to the girls themselves, to
be watchful of the acquaintancehips
they make with soldiers.
The unfortunate incidents reported
to the commission began, it says
with innocent flirtations coupled, per-
haps, with mistaken sense Of pa.
triotism on the part of the girls. Nc
young woman should approach O.
converse familiarly with a man il
uniform, the warning points out, un
less she is introduced by mutua
friend, or unless the soldier has beer
properly vouched for by the commun
ity organizations.
Bet young women should not re
frain from participating in well-or
dcred and wholesome entertainment
which have been organized in the wa
camp communities for the benefit o
the men in the service, the commits
sion appeals.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-08-15
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Five workmen were killed in a
fare-up of powder yesterday in three
dryer houss of the Trojan Powder
Co., near Allentown, Pa.
\ German submarine, approaching
the very gates of New York harbor
sank the oil tanker Frederick II
Kellogg off the Ambrose channel
Tuesday night. Thirty-iive members
Of the crew were brought to New
York yesterday. These survivors
were picked up By an American
steamship. Five members of the crew
who were in the engine room were
officially reported dead.
Six thousand demonstrants against
the high price of rice have destroyed
stores at Kyoto, Japan, forcing the
authorities to call out the troops.
Several members Of the crowd, which
was armed with swords and axes,
were wounded. The residence Of the
governor at Nagoya was surrounded
by $1,000 persons demanding relief.
che government is arranging for the
sale Of rice to the poor at cost.
The American Red Cross has been
notified from an authoritative source
that fear of long range lombard
ment of Paris need no longer be felt,
according to the Paris Journal.
Twenty divisions Of troops were
demanded of Germany's allies By
Gen. Ludendorff during the retreat
from the Marine, according to the
Democrat, which received the news
from German sources. Austria Hun
gary refused, but after Gen. Luden-
dorff had made threats Vienna sent
two divisions to the western front
Fer this reason the Austro-Swiss
frontier was closed recently.
United States Senator Jacob H.
Gallinger is seriously i'll in hospital
at Franklin. i. H. He is 81 years
old.
Austrian authorities have taken
extraordinary precautions to prevent
further Italian air raids over Vienna.
New antiGircraft batteries have been
installed ana lights have been ordered
dimmed at night. Austria has forbid
den the publication OF the messages
dropped By the Italian squadron and
has suppressed the name of the lead
er Of the squadron, the post DAN
nunzio.
Washington's public parks will
probably be permanently disfigured
by the so-cailed temporary" war
wcrk buildings. Just as the temper
airy Buildings erected in Paris at the
tine O. the Franco russian war in
1870 remain standing today, so will
the architectural monstrosnies in the
Mall and Potomac Park continue to
Ear valuable breathing space after