Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1918-02-18
Normal School Bill
To Be Voted Upon

The following is copy of the pro.
posed constitutional amendment es-
tablishing and maintaining the
southern and eastern Oregon normal
schools submitted by the last legisla-
tlre to the people of Oregon, togeth-
er with the ballot title provided
therefor by the attorney general.
This amendment will be designated
as No. 800 yes, No. S91 no, at the
general election occurring November
5. 1918:
Establishing and Maintaining South
ern and Eastern Oregon Normal
Schools.
Purpose To amend Article IA
of the constitution of Oregon by add
ing Section 4 appropriating $685.
coo to establish Southern Oregon
Normal School at Ashland and $780,
coo to establish Eastern Oregon Nor
NAL School east of Cascade noun
tains; providing for maintenance of
each school respectively, from funds
procured by leyying 1-25 mill tax
upon each dollar of taxable property
within the state, for Southern Ore
gon Normal School, and a like tax
for Eastern Oregon Normal School.
All funds hereby appropriated shall
be expended by board of regents Of
normal schools"
The bill Is as follows:
"Be it resolved by the house Of
representatives and the senate, joint
ly concurring, that Article IA of the
constitution of the state of Oregon
shall be and is hereby amended by
adding thereto the following section,
which shall be designated as Section
4 of Article IA:
Section 4. In order to provide
adequate normal school instruction
for the teachers of the grade schools
in Oregon, two normal schools are
hereby established. One, to be
known as the Southern Oregon Nor
NAL School, shall be located at Ash
land, Jackson county, Oregon, and
the other, to be known as the East
ern Oregon Normal School, shall be
located at such place in a county Of
Oregon lying east Of the Cascade
mountains as the board of regents OF
normal schools may designate; pro-
vided, that should the location Sc
lected for said Eastern Oregon Nor
NAL School be one that the state does
not now own, there shall be, within
sixty days after the adoption of this
amendment, donated to the state Of
Oregon for the purpose of said East
ern Oregon Normal School, grounds
suitable, sufficient in size and ac-
ceptable to the said board of regents
of normal schools, and said board is
hereby authorized to accept such
grounds as the property of the state
of Oregon. Promptly following the
adoption of this amendment the said
board, with the authority conferred
pursuant to Chapter 22 of Title 80
of Lords Oregon Laws, is hereby di
rected to provide for the establish
ment and maintenance of the two
schools mentioned in this section and
to do all things authorized by law
necessary and advisable in order to
build, organize and conduct such in
This amendment is self
executing, and all provisions of this
in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed. To carry out the
provisions of this amendment, and
for the location, construction and
equipment of said normal schools,
there is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the general fund not
otherwise appropriated, the sum of
one hundred and twenty-five thou
said dollars ($125, ,000.00) or so
much thereof as may be necessary,
for each of said schools, to be ex-
pended by said board in the manner
provided by law. To provide two
funds for the support and mainten-
ance of said normal schools, includ-
ng the payment of salaries of teach
,rs and employees, to keep buildings,
grounds and other property thereof
n good condition, for the construc-
ion of bunldings and additions there
% If necessary, for the purchase of
library books, laboratory supplies
md apparatus, and for the payment |
If necessary incidental expenses, |
here is hereby levied an annual tax
If one-twenty-fifth of a mill upon
zach dollar of all taxable property
githin the state Of Oregon for each
If said funds. Such tax shall be col
ected and the funds arising there
rem shall be paid into the state
reasury and shall be known respec-
lively as the Southern Oregon Nor
nal School Fund and the Eastern
oregon Normal School Fund and
nall be paid out only on warrants