The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-08
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

do hereby proclaim. announcing |" Inc
voters of lh" State If West virginia
that on the Tuesday next after tn" iirSt
Monday in November. III TIL y'f:r On"
Thousand Nm" Hundred and Eighteen
thor" Will l." submitted for rail i'At l"n
or r"j"rtinn AN Amendment 1" tn" con-
stitutI"n It sand Stat" a. follows. To-
W:t:
Proposed Amendment.
That Arti"!" SiN Of said '"hSii'uli"n
as II HOW IS l.. ;lIn,lidrd u! adding there
10 section fifl%-"n". which rr"r"S"d
amendment IS AZ follows:
Section rIfty-"nr. The Legislature
shall not appropriate any m"n"% "d1 ~
the treasury except III nrr"rdhn"" WIN
tho following provisions:
Subsection a.
Every appropriation hill anal nc
either Il budget hill. "r - "Hrri' m"nlar%
appropriation hil, ~ hereinafter M'n-
toned.
Subsection 8.
First: Within TN days after IN" con-
rciIinC or the legislature. unless Such
time shall b. extended 10y the lrriS uf'
for the session at which Ill" hu"Gr, =
IL h. submitted. the h"Afh III Cubic
works which shall consist If lhr GOV
crnor, secretary Of stat, auditor. treas
urrr. attorney general. sr!r"rrnt"nd'n 81
free schools and commissioner al "ST.'
culture. shalt submit |" IN" l"elS'h'nr''
two budgets. one for each If tn" rnSu-
lnc fiscal years. Each hudrrt snail con-
tain Il complies plan "f rr"pr:"d "Sl"'h-
ditur"s and 'Siima;''i r'''nu"S i"r ~"
partIculnr fiscal year +" wlnch II re-
latcs: and shall show IN" So .lilhL"'! sur
plus or deficit If revenues 1T the "nu -!
such year. .iCCumnmnEI"E 'a''h bihi,'
shall IL" II statement showing. ~ ti'
revenues mud expenditures ter t"'h ~
tn" tvs" fiscal years nHN' preceding; -
ihr current assets. Liabilities. reserves
and surplus or d"fi"il UI IL" STATE; ~
the debts and funds "f Il" STATE; Iil an
estimate or tho states financial '"hH'-
ton ~ nf the beg inning and "hd I'll
each Of The fiscal years covered by TIE
two budgets alroVc rr"Nl!"d: thl any *
pfanatinn tho board rf public works
may desire la max" ~ IT, the important
fcatru"s If any budget and amy Su;E"S-
tiuuS as 10 m"lh"'i> Tor TIN. r''!uCtl"n or
incrraS" oi til" >la:"'% r":rnu''.
Second: Each budget shall l." d!N idru
int" tw" parts and tn ir>t part Shh!I
BE-. DESIGNATED Governmental Appr"prlH-
ticns" and shall 'ml'rH"" an I"In!"'d
eStlrnnt" uf the appropriateness: tIl irr
IN" legislature rs certified to III" h"Hru
If public works IN the manner h'rcilihl-
t'.r PROV iI"d. '|It"r III" !'..!t'lArt a.
pa-tIncnt. ~ Ti"Ti'i"d hy LAW. c"f'';!''
H. tho governor h% 'he HUIat"f. 80 ="
pay ana iI~chara- ih" rriIu.Ip.h and III
trrrSi ii any G,hl ri Ir" stat" 81 West
virginia hereafter Tr'Htru III conformity
WITH Nv. constitution. AMI all laws N
4. ted III rUr: :iai''''' thereof: 60 Ter ~
si,irrl"., II,n!.. h.: thu StIl' ~ or ~"
constitution and laws "f th' stat: tt)
for The AID ut ruhiIc .-,h,",iS IN con-
f"rmIIN with rl;" laws "t III" S'a'": I -
for such "th"r purposes Hs' ar" So l"i' II
in The constitution irl'd Laws l"II" III
pursuance, thereof.
Third: TIN" second par shall be- "'-
siSnatrd ",i.u"ral Appropriations. an"
shall rnrIuj' al "th"r estimates "l af-
preparations.
rhr hrarI "r pubic. w"rhs shall de-
liver IL tn, presiding "ft.''r -; 'i"h
house Of budgets and Il nil I"r ali Ia
pr, p"SIri arrruprIali ~! III hlhis;''$
Clearly it"uz"d and "laSsiIi.'d: ana IN"
presiding officer If each h"uS" shall
promptly cHHs" said hHll t. "" ln'r"-
dur"d therein. and SuIh MI HhI!I ~
known AZ ihr budget ,l;ill. Tn" !"afL
Of public works. may l'i"r" i'nHI a..
Ton thereon by Tn" legislature by de-
llvcrinj: such AN amendment "r -%Hpi.l'-
mint To IN" presiding officers ~ N'ih
h"uS"s: and s:i"h 4m'nGnrni ar %!if!'..
mont shall thereby hrr"nr n part ~
sad budget bill as an addition !" lh'
tens rf SAID h.Ii "r as 81 'I"iiii'ht'"''
of rr Il SuhslIiut" Tor Any ii'm IF ~"
an,ru,ll. :ll or Suprl"incn; may hii''''.
TN l'IIslaIur" shall not aTHcnd IN"
budget htll :" aS I" Great" q ""l''l.
I,,i, ma, amend Ia" hill ny !u"r"HSir% "r
diminishing IN" items therein i''ailhS
iu tn" I"ri~lniUr". and by !nrr'ri%lr; q +"
items therein relating !" 'h' 1"" Il 81, , :
hiil 'Nrtfl rs h'''i' Ei"' ''' IT, IT,
not alter IN" HH'h XII! 'N''P' ~ ,-,
nnwcv"r. that tn" salary ar CoilF"li'"-
tinn of amy public #. ~ -iIHll not h'
inrrcHsrd nr diminished during his i'Fih
Of Office. and SUN h'Ii "n"n "!h ~
passed Ivy both houses snail h, = 'hM
immediately without further action l.!
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til" members present. anu IN" N'A"S ana
DAYS r"rnrd"d nu i'$ G'al passage. Elyh
supplementary appropriation lHli shall