The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-26
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
A Proclamation; BY the Governor.

STATE OF WEST NlRGlNlA
A Proclamation: BY the Governor.
|, John J. Cornwell. Governor of
the State of West Virginia, pursu-
ant to the constitution and laws of
said State. do hereby proclaim, an
u the voters of the state
of West Virginia, that on the Tues
day next after the first Monday in
in the year One Thousand
Nine Hundred and Eighteen, there
will be submitted for ratification or
rejection to an amendment to the Con-
stitution OF said State as follows, to-
wit:
Proposed Amendment.
That Article Six of said Constitu
ton as il now is to be amended by
adding thereto section fifty-one, which
proposed amendment is as follows:
Section fifty-one. The Legislature
shall not appropriate any money out
of the treasury except in accordance
with the following provisions:
Subsection A.
Every appropriation bill shall be
either a budget BILL or "a supplement
tary appropriation bill, as hereinafter
mentioned.
Subsection 3.
First. Within ten days after the
converting of the legislature, I'M
less such time shall be extended by
the legislature for the session at
which the budget is to be submitted,
the board Of public works, which shall
consist of the governor, secretary of
state, auditor treasurer, attorney gen.
eral, superintendent OF free schools
and commissioner of agriculture shall
submit to the legislature two budgets,
one for each of the ensuing fiscal
years. Each budget shall contain a
complete plan of proposed expendi-
lures and estimated revenues for the
particular fiscal year to which it rel
lates; and shall show the estimated
surplus or deficit of revenues at the
end of such year. Accompanying each
budget shall be statement showing
ID the revenues and expenditures for
each of the two fiscal years next pre-
ceding; (2) the current assets, liabil
ties, reserves and surplus or deficit OF
the state; CD the debts and funds OF
the state; (4) an estimate OF the states
financial condition as of the beginning
and end of each of the fiscal years
covered by the two budgets above pro-
vided; 60 any explanation the board
of public works may desire to make as
to the important features of any bud
get and any suggestions as to meth
DDS for the reduction or increase OF
the states revenue.
Second: Each budget shall be di
yided into two parts, and the first
part shall be designated Govern
mental Appropriation" and shall EN-
brace an itemized estimate of the ap
preparations: % for the legislature
as certified to the board Of public
works in the manner hereinafter pro
vided; (2) for the executive depart
ment; 90 for the judiciary depart
ment as provided by law, certified
to the governor by the auditor; ca to
pay and discharge the principal and
interest Of any debt of the State OF
West Virginia hereafter created in
conformity with the constitution, and
all laws ,enacted in pursuance there.
of; 60 for the salaries payable by
the state under the constitution and
laws OF the state; CO. for the aid of
public schools in conformity with the
laws Of the state; Cd for such other
purposes as are set forth in the con-
stitution and laws made in pursuance
thereof.
Third: The second part shall be
designated General Appropriation"
and shall include all other estimates
OF appropriations.
The Board Of Public Works shall
deliver to the presiding officer or
each house the budgets and bill for
all the proposed appropriation OF the
budgets clearly itemized and CLASH
fed; and the presiding officer OF each
nouse shall promptly cause said bill
to be introduced therein and such bill
shall be known as the Budget Bill"
The board Of public works, may before
final action thereon by the legislature,
amend or supplement either Of said