The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-11-02
BOONEIGOIJNFY
VOTERS WILL.
USE 3 SHEETS
Three Questions Are Presented
About the Constitutional
Amendment Quail Law
Proposed.
16 PROPOSITIONS ASKED
1900 Absentee Ballots Printed
Blanket Type Will Be
Used Here for the
First Time,

There have been three distinct ballots
prepared for citizens Of Boone County
Tor nse at the general election 10 be he,d
November z. 1922. The one Of greatest
Interest is the new style ballot known as
the -blankei ballot" which contain.
the tickets Of the four principal parties
in parallel columns on the same sheet of
paper. The blanket ballot is for the
use5of all voters who are within their
county of residence on election day.
For the use Of voters of Boone County
who are outside of the county on cleo.
tion day, special ballot has been print
ed which contains the names Of candi.
dates for principal offices, such as sena-
tor, superintendent Of schools, etc. The
lay does not provide, however, for the
absentee to vote either on Columbia
Township offices or to vote on consti.
tutional amendments. There have been
prepared 1000 of these special ballots,
and the absentee voter may use one in
any county in the state except the coun.
ty in which he lives.
In addition to the blanket ballot
every qualified voter in Boone County
will be handed a constitutional ballot
when he goes to the polls November Z.
On the Constitutional ballot will be
found twenty questions to be decided by
the voter. Three Of them have to do
with amendments to the constitution, six.
teen are designated propositions" and
the twentieth has to do with the propo-
sal to establish q closed season upon
quail in Boone County. The subjects
presented on the Constitutional ballot
are officially designated as follows:
Constitutional Amendment No. l: Pro-
posed Constitutional amendment increas-
ing the compensation Of members Of the
General Assembly from five dollars per
day for seventy days to ten dollars per
day for one hundred days.
Constitutional Amendment No. 2: Pro-
posed Constitutional amendment striking
from the qualifications for voting in this
state the requirement that voter must
be male" citizen Of the United States.
Constitutional amendment No. 8: Pro-
posed Constitutional amendment provid.
ing for the maintenance of the rodd sys-
,sem from potor vehicle license fees after
the principal and interest Of road bonds
is paid.
Proposioh Number 4: An Act Gre
aiing a Department Of Labor and con-
solidating 10 Aaid department the rights,
powers and Auties Of various boards,
commissions and officers. -
Proposition Number S: An Act Gre
afing a State Department of Budget with
power ts prepare an annual budget and
cxerise supervisory control Of eypendi-
lures Of public nbney.
Proposition Nhpber 6: An act abol-
ishing the office State inspector of
Oils and conferring the rights, powers
and duties thereof upSn the Supervisor
Of Public Welfare.
Proposition Number An Act aboi-
ishing the office Of Staif Beverage In
specior and confening tHe rights, pow.
ers and duties Of said office upon the
Supervisor Of Public Welfare.
Proposition Number 8: An Act crea-
ting the office Of Supervisor Of Public
Welfare and vesting in said office the
powers Of the Food and Drug Commis-
sioner.
Proposition Number 9: An Act Gre
aiing state department Of agriculture
and consolidating in said department the
rights, powers and duties Of various
boards, commissions and officers. f
Proposition Number 10: An Act abol-
ishing the thirty-eisht judicial circuits
and the Sturgeon Court Of Common