Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-07-21
JOINT AND CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION

Submitting to the qualified voters OF
the State Of Missouri. an amendment to
article ~, OF the Constitution OF the
State Of Missouri, authorizing the general
on behalf Of the State OF Missouri and to
Issue bonds to an amouAt not exceeding
SIS, 900, 900. 100 for the purpose of paying
State of Missouri, and to certain sur
vivors of such residents, who served hon
orably in the military or naval forces of
the United States Of America at any time
between the sixth day of April, nineteen
hundred and seventeen, and the eleventh
day Of November, nineteen hundred. and
eighteen, and provioing for the payment
Be 1t resolved by he Senate, the House
Of Representatives ~concurring therein:
That at the general election to be held
on the Tuesday next following the first
Monday in November, 1922, or at a spe-
cial election to be called by the governor
in his discretion prior to such general
election, there h be submitted to the
rejection, al amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the State Of Missouri, adding
to article " thereof, between section 44a
and section 40, a new section to be known
as section 44b, to read as follows:
Sec. ALB. In addition to the exceptions
made and created in sections A and Ala.
the General Assembly shall have power,
for the purpose Of paying to each bona
ide resident Of the State of Missouri who
served honorably in the military or naval
forces Of the United States of America at
any time between the sixth day of April,
nineteen hundred and seventeen, and the
eleventh day Of November. nineteen hun
bred and eighteen, a bonus of ten dollars
for each and every month, or major frac-
ton of a month, that such resident was
In active service, to contract or to au-
thorize the contracting Of a debt or liza
bility on behalf of the state. and to issue
bonds or other evidences of Indebtedness
thereof not exceeding in the aggregate,
fifteen millions of dollars; such bonds or
Jther evidences of Indebtedness to bear
interest at a rate not exceeding I'VE per
cent per annum, payable ~semi-annually,
and maturing not later than twenty years
from the date they bear. The said bonds
and the interest that will accrue thereon
shall be paid out of a fund TO be provided
by the levy and collection of a direct
annual tax upon all taxable property in
the state. 1t h be the 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 the
sideration available funds, delinquencies
and the cost of collection. The auditor
shall annually certify the rate OF taxation
SO determined to the clerk of the county
court of each county and to the assessor
or other officer In the city OF st. Louis
whose duty 1t may be to make up and
certify the tax books wherein are ex-
tended the safe taxes. 1t will be the
duty Of said clerks and the said assessor
or other proper officer in the city of st.
Louis to extend upon the tax books the
taxes to be collected and certify the anne
to the collector. OF the revenue of their
respective counties, and the city Of st.
Louis who shall collect such taxes at the
same time n in the same manner and
by the same as are now or may
hereafter be provided by law for the col:
lection Of state and county taxes, and
pay the same into the state treasury.
The legislature shall enact such laws as
nay be necessary to carry into effect this
amendment. The wife or husband, child,
mother or father, in the order named
and none other, of any deceased resident
who served honorably in the military or
shall be paid the sum or allowance that
such deceased resident would be entitled
TO receive hereunder il suah deceas Il
resident had lived; Provided, that re one
person entitled TO receive the bonus here
il provided shall receive ar amount ex-
ceeding two hundred and fifty dollars:
and, provided, that no person h a be
entitled to receive the bonus herein pro-
vided, who, being in the military or n-val
service of the United States OF America
subsequent to the sixth day Of April,
nineteen hundred and seventeen. refused
grounds to subject himself to military
l'scinline or to render unqualified serv-
ice; and provided further, that no person
shall be entitled to receive the bonus
herein provided who was not a bona fide
resident of the State of Missouri at least
during the twelve months prior to the
sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and
seventeen. or who has received q state
bonus from any other state in the Union.
STATE OF MISSOURI
DEPARTMENT OF STATE SS'
1, Charles U. Becker, Secretary Of State
Of the State of Missouri, hereby certify
that the foregoing is a full, true and com
plete copy Of the three Joint and conGur-
rent resolutions of the Fifty-ffrst General
Assembly of the State of Missouri, pro-
posing amendments to the Constitution
Of said state; also a proposition to hold
a Constitutional Convention, to be sub
mitted to the qualified voters OF the State
of Missouri at a special election to be
held on Tuesday, the second day of
August, 1921.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF 1 here
Of the State OF Missouri.
Done at office in the City of Jefferson
his 23rd day of June, A. D. 1921
CHARLES U. BECKER,
[HEALl Secretary Of state,