Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-03
STATE OF MAINE
A PROCLAMATION ~ THE GOV.
ERNOR
State Highway, lntrAstats, Inter-
state and international Bridges

WHEREAS. the seventy ninth Lesis-
lature of the State of Maine BY re-.
olive passed bv concurrent vote q
h ana apn anS
fopgsed to the electors Of said state
ne following amendments to the State
Constitution, to wit:
First: Section Fourteen of Article
Nine of the constitution as amended
by Article thirty-five of the c0nstitu-
tion 10 HEREBY further amended BY
striking. out the words and maintain
adding after he word hishwsys il
the sixth lire thereof the words in.
trastate. Interstate and international
bridges SO that said section, as
Sec. l.AThe credit Of iii. stat.
shall not be directly or indirectly
shall not create any debt OF, debts:
!ss State: which shail sinsly: q ., r
and liabilities hereafter incurred at
any one time. exceed three hundred
thousand dollars. except for the pnr-
trastate, interstate and international
bridges. to suppress insurrection. to
repel invasion or for purposes OF war;
but this amendment shall not pc con- n.
been or may be deposited. with, this
state BY the government Of the Unit
ed states. or to any fund which the
state shall hold in trust for any In
Second. Section seventeen Of SAID
after the word 'exceedins: in the frst
and second lines thereof the wore
,S wo v ans nssr ana BY p sns
after the WORD 'exceeding' II the third r.
line thereof the word -four and IN,
sorting in place thereof the word 'nve
and BY striking out IN the s., htth t1ne
ways in the fifth line the words and
intra state, interstate and international
BRIDGES and by striking out after , the
thereof the word two and inserting
in place thereof the word ten, SO
that said section as amended, Snail
read as follows:
thorize the issuing of bonds not ex-
ceedinE ten million dollars In amount at
any one time, payable within forty'
one years, at rate OF interest no. eA-
ceedinE I'VE per n cent1m Rer af bonds
or their proceeds shall. be dey?ted
solely to the building of state hien;
ways, and intrastate, interstate ana
international bridges; provided: now
shall never, in the aggregate. exceed
ten million dollars: the expenditure OF
said money to be divided equitanlI
among the sevefal counties OF the
state
AND WHEREAS. it appears by the
return Of votes given in by the electors
tons. voting upon said amendments as
direct in the aforementioned re-
solve upon the eighth day of Septem-
her. nineteen hundred and nineteen
and canvaesed by the Governor ana
Council on September twenty-fourth.
that ma jority of said votes were IN
favor of these amendments. namely,
&c. 22s for and 5.lS opposed; = Mill
NOW THEREFORE,. l.. Carl =. Mill
ken. Governo. of the state OF Maine
acting in accordance with the Prov.
sions OF said resolve, DO proclaim that hat
a majority of the inhabitants OF me
State voting on the question are in "a
~ ~ Il Wi IN as wHERE6T. i have
caused the Seal Of the State to be
herernto affixed at Augusta this
twenty fourth day of September in the
wear of ''-r Lord one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen and IN the year
of the de2endence Of the Unitea
States of America the one nunored
rs seal i'''' CARL E. MILLIKEN.
BY the Governor.
Attest: FRANK w. BALL,
Secretary of State.
A true copy. n.y.,
Attest: FRANK W. Ball.
oct3dlt Secretary of State.