The Omaha guide., 1946-10-12
,EGEIARLE

(BALLOT TITLE)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
AN AMENDMENT to Section 6, Article VII, OF
so II YES the Constitution Of Nebraska, relating to free instruc-
II ton in the common schools, SO a to require that the
Sol NO legislature shall raise revenue for the schools from
= sources other than real property tax in : sum Of not
less than Forty Dollars $4,000 per pupil in average
daily attendance. and to provide for the distribution thereof among
the school districts Of the state.
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
That Article VII. Section 6. of the Constitution Of Nebraska
be amended to read as follows:
Education being essential to the rights and liberties OF the
people and to the welfare Of the state. the Legislature shall provide
for the free instruction in the common schools Of this state Of all
persons between the ages of five and twentyone years. and shall raise
revenue from sources other than a tax on real property. in a sum Of
not less than forty dollars ($40.OO) per year per pupil attending the
common schools of this state, the number Of pupils to be determined
as being the average daily school attendance for the previous school
year. The fund thus created shall be distributed annually among the
several school districts Of the state by the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction. This sum shall be distributed as follows: C) Twenty
five dollars (s2500) for each pupil in average daily attendance in the
schools, ~ two hundred dollars $4,000 to each school district
whose tax levy in mills for the previous year is the average or more
for school districts OF its class as provided by law, but in n o event
shall any portion Of this two hundred dollars (s2oo.Oo) make the
aid provided by this Section greater than onehalf the previous years
current operating costs. (( the remainder Of the sum shall %
distributed to school districts as the Legislature may direct to equal
lie educational opportunity in the state"
Secretary OF State
LEGAL NOTICE OF MEASURE TO 81 VOTED UPON
NOVEMBER 5, 1916
(BALLOT TITLE)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
AMENDMENT to Constitution Of Nebraska re-
500 r YES lating to and prohibiting denial OF employment. TO-
any person because Of membership or nonmember-
303 NO ship In or resignation or expulsion from a labor or
- ganization; prohibiting any contract to exclude per-
sons from employment because of membership or
non-membershp In a labor organization; defining Tabor organization"
as any organization Of any kind, 0 r any agency T employee represent
tation committee or plan, which exists for the purpose, IN whole or In
part, OF dealing with employers concerning grievances, labor dis
putes, wages. rates OF pay, hours OF employment, or conditions Of
work; providing that said amendment be selfexecuting.
TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
That the Constitution Of Nebraska be amended By the addition
Of the following article:
SECTION 1.
mo person shall be denied employment because Of membership
In Q = ahliation with, r resignation 0 r expulsion from a labor organ
ton; mol shall any individual or corporation or association " any
kind enter into any contract, written or ora, to exclude persons from
employment because Of membership in or non-membership Yin a labor
organization"
SECTION 2.
"The term tabor organization" means any organization OF any
kind. n any agency or employee representation committee Or plan,
which exists for the purpose. in whole or in part, OF dealing with
employers concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages. rates Of pay,
hours Of employment, or conditions Of work"
SECTION 3.
"This article Is sef-executing and shall supersede all provisions
In conflict Herewith; legislation may be enacted to facilitate its
operation but no law shall limit or restrict the provisions hereot.p
FRANK MARSH
Secretary of State