The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-09-07
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
STATE OF WEST VIaGINIA.
BY the Governor.
a Proclamation

do hereby proclaim. announcing 10 1il9
voters If the State Of West Virginia.
,Inr on Tho Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November. IN the Echr pne
Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighteen
utrr, will be Suh'aI.trd for ratl icatl"h
or rejection an amendment 10 thr Con-
.'litutIVn "f said Stale as l"i'o"S' w.
W.t:
Proposed Amendment
That Article six Of said CONSTITUTION
as !, now is b" amended 10y adding lh"r"-
|" srct!uu fItly-"hr. which propose"
amendment is as follows:
Section fifty-"nc. TIL" Legislature
shall not appropriate any money out ct
the treasury except IN iLccuruincH Win
the following provisions:
Subsection A.
Every appropriation Dill snail We
either a budget hill, ar supplementary
appropriation h:il. rs hereinafter mon
TONED.
Subsection B.
First: Within ten days after the con-
vcning Of the legislature. unless SuCh
time shah b. .Xt"ndru ty Ihr l"E!S nature
for the session at which the buuGct -
To- be submitted. the board OF pupiic
works which shall consist OF thu GOV
crnor, secretary Of state, auditor. treas
urrr, attorney general. superintendent OIL
free schools and commissioner I'll asri-
culture shall submit I" the lrElSIalure'
two budtr,S. one for each Of the chsu-
ing fiscal years. Each budget Shall con-
tain Il complete plan of proposed rNprh-
dilurrS ana estimated revenues l"r tHt
particular fiscal year Ia when IL re-
lalrs: and Shall SHOW the estimator sur
plus or deficit OF revenues Al the thu VI
silch wear. Accompanying each DuGHrt
shall H., Il statement showing: u! TN.
revenues and expenditures tor ra'h ~
Ia" two fiscal years next preceding: w
H., current a%$"iS, liabilities, Reserves
And Sur;,iu~ or deficit If til" state: '")
tho Il, ht., and funds Of III" state: ~ an
estimate of the states 1ln"n'lilI Eoi'o'
tlun us Of Tn" beginning ana rnu "
each of the fiscal years covered by Inc
,wn budgets above provided: 80 any cX-
rlanallru the hoard of public worKS
;ury desire t. make as Ia the important
f"HtrurS nr any budget and any suSs"S-
tirrS ~ to methods for the reduction or
Increase Of the states revenue.
Second: Each budget shall y" dlE,uC1
into tive parts and thu first part snail
l.. designated "fi"vcriEn"nlaI Approprlh,
lions" and shall "1nhrar" an llctllLcu
,..timaI" If the appr"prlau tons: (l) luL
lhr lrgiSlatur" uS certified To th' Doll "a
81 public works in the manner hcfciha!
ter pr.Is!rd: IS If"r the Judiciary &c
nurtInro as provided hS law, certified
Ia the. governor by III" auditor; ~ 10
nay and discharge In" prilTlpal ana III
irrr.l Of any debt ii thu stat" ~ " est
NirEIuI:I hereafter created III cntll"ThitS
with ia, constitution. anu All ''t"H ei
,,.,rd in pursuance thereof: TAI TOR III"
salaries payable l.: tn" stat" under tne
constitution and laws If IN" state: ~
for thu AID al punlic schools III con,
frrlnity with The laws Of III" S'ai"; ~
for such other pas -"s"S as ar" sci !"Fti'
in tho constitution and laws I'"uc III
pursuance" thereof. -,
Third: Tin. second part shan DE- az,
Siuna,rd. 'r;"n"ral Appropriations anu
siall includ" all other estimates "l "p-
preparations. ., do-
liver rr the nr.sIdlug officer at cach
L,.usc If budgets and 4 bill for hll the
I:, prS,d aimr"pri;tl!"nS "l IN" hu46GtH
r!rarly li"ln.::rd and CLASSIFIED; ana ~
rr,S.iIng. officer nf Zach house Shail
rrorintly cause said hill L" be miro
durr,i therein. and such niIl ShaIl W.
ki!rSn nH the budget Eail: The n"hru
al public works. may hri"rr H'i;ti a.
ton thereon 10y III" lcEiSIalur" u? uc-
liv"ring such al amendment or SunPiG-
nr,.nt L. Tn" presiding officers OF hu.h
houses: am! such amendment or SupF!c
nrut shall thereby become Il part OF
said budget hiI as an addition Ia inc
tens nf said bill or rs Il m"dlh'Atlo-'
of ar "A substitute for any Item III Sald
.,jnrudmrnl rr supplement may AFFECT.
The legislature shall not amend thr
ruIrr1 bill 50 a. Ia create nrllC'''
but may amend the bill by increasing "r
diminishing IN" items theron l'Hht'hS
tn
il.tnS thrrr!u relating 10 til" Junieihr!.
hIII rxr',pt ~, lr"r"Inh"furr specified. Tnty
mt alter IT,. S:lid hill except 10 S'r
out nr rc,i,rr stems therein: rr"Nldru'
onwrv"r. HAT III" salary "r cohip'''s"
zion If a.,y public uf.crr snail not ht
'nrrc,srI ..- diminished during his term
of office: and such bill when ana rs
p,sSrL hy h.ih houses shall be Il Ia"
Immediate! without further action ~
Tn. governor.
rrrurth: Tho governor and such rep
r.sr,Ii,Iiy-.: Of III" boards. officers anu
commits s!nI~ nr ihr STAT" "Nl'"hulhc "'
npplylng for states money 49, nave "''i
dr,ij;nalcL hy the board IF public W"rMS
r,r ih,S rrIrrnSr shall ha|" IN" riEn'.
and when, rnlrir%,"d lay either h"us" Of
rhr legislature II shall h" their "ul9
~ nnpnar and he heard with respect |"
any budget bill during IN" "nnS!u.rh-
ton thereof. and 10 answer Inquiries
relative thereto.
srb- Section C.-Supplemc ntary Appro
priatton Bills.
Neither house shall consider Other ap-
rruprinti0ns until tn" budget "iIl ma
boon inn!ly acted ur"n ny hn!h nouH;;
and uu such "th"r arrr"rTiAtl"HS SII!i
h. ynlid ,.x..,ul III arrnrdaucr with IN"
provisions following: :,
I) Every such appropriation shaii
lac cmhudird in n S"raral" bill limited
to som" SinEl" work. "hI"r' or P"r;"'S'
therein stated and called herein Il sup
Elementary appropriation bill: l2) f:;trh
%uppd.ulrnrary appropriation hIii Sh"!i
rruN i'll" the T"v"nu" necessary 10 pay
In. AUGMENTATION thereby mad" ny II
my direct or ind r,.rt. L. II" laid and col
i.,.,.d a. shall h. directed in said NH
unless II appears from such budget that
Il.rr is sufficient revenue aNhiihhIc:
81 Eu Elementary appropriation hiii
shall h....lIr II law unless il he passed
u, each hnu.,,, hy Il vote az 4 majority al
,i,.. members present. and the years and
day; r,rnr,lrd on it's final passage. Each
Supulci1"utarS appropriation mi snail
ne D-,.S,uI. I'd t. the governor OF IN" state
ne prrvidrI in Hrrtion fourteen Of ar
tirln scy..n nf IN" constitution and there
nr,.r all the provisions Of said section
<lllll apply.
,nrstrtIrd as preventing tho legislature
from passing in time Of war an <sppru-
rrIali"n hall To provide Tor IN" men.
Of any obligation "i the star w.
Virginia within the protection sec
INV ten If nrtirl" one Of the ,stitu-
tiuu Of the United States.
Subsection D.-Geuernl p -sions-
tSr-I. If ,h,. "I;uJgrt Fill" Rll not
,, ,;,r1Iy nri.d uDt 3y thu.
L. iSla;ur" three days before "Np'r
aii"n If it% regular session. EoNfL-
nor. may. and il shall II" hiS ~ [" ~
SUI" Proclamation rHi"nGu IN" ScS-
sion for such further period may. III
-. ,,,i.,,.,nt Ia, r,.,.rssary thu pass
arc Of such bill: but II" rr mater
than such hill shall h" COZ lercd our
INK such rXt"nd"l S""SI"n cpt Il pf"-
LISlrn for TN" cost thereof
Second: Th" board ~ hllc WORKS
l"r thu purpus" of inakir up It's n.II
,.c,v cb,l h,y, tho puwr md II shall
i,s Jmty in rru,1irr T Il III" prop
-. cor, nrii,iols irrludiD :rrCin as ~
,rutIvr departments. nj! ircu'itr anu