Mexico Missouri message., 1918-10-24
Proposed Amendments to the
Constitution Of Missouri
FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.

a proposal
article 10 Of the Constitution of Missouri
relating TO revenue and taxation, and
enaoting a new section in lieu thereof tt
be known as section IL Of article 10 OF the
Constitution Of Missouri
DE 1T RESOLVED ny THE SENATE, THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, CON-
CCRRING THEREIN
That at the general election to be held in
this state on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November In the ycnr 1918, there
shall be submitted to the qualified voters Of
this state for adoption, the following proposed
amendment to the Constitution 20 repeal sec
tion IL Of article 10 Of the state Constitution
and TO ennct new section in lieu thereof as
follows:
Section l. That section II Of article 10
Of the Constitution Of Missouri is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 2. That in lieu of section IL Of arti-
Gle 10 Of the Constitution Of Missouri hereby
repealed there IS enacted the following new
section to be known ns section II. article TO-
viz:
Sec. II. Taxes for county, city, town and
school purposes may be levied on all subjects
md objects Of taxation; hut the valuation OF
property therefor shall not exceed the vnlua-
tion OF the same property in such town, city
or school district for state and county pur-
poses. For count" purposes the annual rate
on property In counties 30" ak million dol
lars or less, shall not, s" the aggregate, exceed
fifty cents tho hun''rcd dollars valuation;
ten million dollars. said rate shall not exceed
forty cents on the hundred dollars valuation:
in counties having ten million dollars nnd
under thirty million dollars, said rate slnll
not exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars
valuation; and in counties having thirty mill
lion dollars more, said rate shall not exceed
thirty-fve cents the hundred dollars valun-
tion. For city and town purposes the annual
rate on property in cities and towns having
thirty thousand Inhabitants more, shall not,
in the aggregate. exceed one hundred cents on
the one hundred dollars valuations in cities and
towns having less than thirty thousand and
over ten thousand inhabitants, said rates shall
not exceed sixty cents the hundred dollars
valuation; in cities and towns having lcas
than ten thousand and more than one thou
sand inhabitants, said rate shall not exceed
fifty cents the hundred dollars valuation;
and In towns having one thousand inhabitants,
or less, said rate shnll not exceed twenty fiye
cents on The hundred dollars valuation. For
school purposes in districts composed Of cities
which have one hundred thousand inhabitants
or MORE the annual rate on property shall not
exceed sixty cents the hundred dollnr7 val
uatlOn end in other districts shall not exceed
forty c,nts on fhc hundred dollars vnuntlon
PROVIT I'D, the aforesaid annual rates for
school Yrposes NAV hc increased. in all dis
tricts 70 an amount not to exceed one dollar
on the hundred dollars valuation, on the con-
ditlon that a majority Of the voters who are
taxpayers, votinr at nm election held TO de-
eide the question. vote for said increase. For
the purpose Of erecting public buildings In
counties, cities school districts, the rate OF
taxation herein limited may he Increased when
the rate Of such increase and purpose for
which * is intended shall have been submit
ted to vote of the people. and two-thirds OF
the qurifipd voters OF such county, city or
school district voting at such election, shall
vote therefor. The rate herein allowed to each
county yhall he asccrtancd by the amount Of
taxable property therein, according TO the last
assessment Tor state and county purposes. and
the rate allowed n each city or town by the
number Of Inhabitants, according TO the last
census taken undo" the authority nj tho state,
Of the United States; said restrictions ms to
rates shall apply "a taxes Of every kind and
description vhctHor general special, except
taxes to pay valid Indebtedness now existing
or bonds which NAV hr iSsred IN renewal Of
such Indebtedness; PROVTDED, tHat the city
Of st. Louis NAV levy for municipal purposes,
in addition In the municiDal rate Of tHTNtinn
above provided. n rate not exceeding the rate
which would hc allowed for county purposes If
said city We're part Of county.