Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-07-21

the Special Election August
2, 1921.
PROPOSITION NO.. Z.
There shall be submitted to the voters
Of the State Of Missouri at a special
election to be held on the first Tuesday
in August, one thousand nine hundred
and t~we1ty-one, The question;
SHALL THERE BE A CONVENTION
TO REVISE AND AMEND THE
CONSTITUTIONS"
PROPOSITION NO. 2.
Proposed constitutional amendment
enabling women to hold any office In this
state.
Joint and concurrent resolution submit
ting 10 the qualified voters of Mis-
sour an amendment to the Constitu-
ton thereof so as to enable women
TO hold any Office in this state.
Be It resolved by the Senate, the House
of Representatives there
in, as follows:
That at the special election to be held
in this state on August 2. 1921, there shall
be submitted to the qualified voters OF
the state TOR adoption the following
amendment to the Constitution thereof:
Section 1. No person shall be diSqual-
flied from holding Office in this state on
the Constitution Of Missouri requiring
that persons, to be eligible for. certain
offices, must nave been qualified voters
for a certain number Of years, shall not
apply to women who have the necessary
qualifications of citizenship until after
the nineteenth amendment to the. Con-
stitution Of the United States shall have
been in effect an equivalent number oil
years.
Approved March Il. 1921.
PROPOSITION NO. 3.
Proposed constitutional amendment
providing that the interest Of the sixty
million doliaF authorized road bond Issue
may be pad from motor vehicle license
fees.
Joint and ooncWrent resolution to amend
section A-a Of article ~ of the Con-
stitution Of Missouri by inserting the
words and interest" between the
words principal and of In line 1s
OF said section.
Be It resolved by the House of Represen-
~tatives, the Senate ~concurring there
N:
That at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 1922, or at a special
election to be called by the governor In
his discretion prior to such general cleo
ton, there shall be submitted to the cleo
tors Of the state, for their approval OF
rejection, an amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the state amending section 44-a
Of article " thereof by inserting between
the words principal and of" as the
same appear in line 10 of said section
44-a, the words land interest" 80 that
said section Ala, when amended, will
read as follows:
Section 44a. In addition to the excep-
tions made and created in section A, the
general assembly shall have the poweI
from time to time, for h purpose OF
constructing hard surfaced public roads,
In each county Of the state, to contract
or to authorize the contracting Of a debt
or liability on behalf Of the state, and ia
issue bonds or other evidences of In
debtedness thereof not exceeding, in the
aggregate, sixty millions OF dollars. such
bonds to bear interest at a rate not ex-
ceeding five per centum per annum, pay
able semi-Gnually, n maturing not
later than thirty years from the date
terest that will accrue thereon shall he
paid out of a fund to be provided by the
lev and collection Of n direct annual taX
Any motor vehicle registration fees OF
license fees or taxes, authorized by law,
except the property raX thereon. less the
cost and eETanse of collection AID the
cost OF maintaining tn state highway
department or commission, authorized by
law, shall after the Issuance of such
bonds. and go long as any bonds hereir
authorized are unpaid, be n stand ap-
propriated without legislative action fol
and to the payment of the principal and
interest OF the said bonds, and shall be
credited to a sinking und to be provided
for by law. 1t shall be HI duty of the
state auditor, annually, on or before the
first day Of July, to determine the rate
of taxation necessary to raise the amount
OF money needed for that year to pay the
principal and interest maturing in thu
next succeeding year, taking into consid
and the cost Of collection. The auditor
shall annually certify the rate of taxation
so determined to the clerk Of the count.
court of each county and to the asSesso'
or other officer In the city of st. Louii
whose duty ii may be to max up ant
certify the tax books wherein arc ex
tended the state taxes. 1t will be tn,
duty Of said clerks and the said asSessO
or other proper officer in the city of st
Louis to extend upon the a books tn
taxes to be collected and certify the sam,
to the collector of the revenue of theii
respective counties, and the city of st
Louis, who shall collect UGH taxes a
the same time and in the same manner
and by the same means as are now Of
may hereafter be provided by law for thu
collection of state and county taxes, anC
pay the same into the state treasury
The legislature hall enact such laws q,
may be necessary to carry into effect THU
amendment.
Approved March Is. 1924.