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Newspaper
Lexington Intelligencer
Location
Lexington, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
3
A proposed Missouri constitutional amendment seeks to raise the pay for members of the General Assembly to one thousand dollars per year, payable February 1, and restricts other allowances. It outlines submission at the general election and details on amendments to Section 16 and related provisions, with procedures for municipal amendments and charter changes.
Constitutional Amendment No 2 proposes to let cities with populations over 100000 frame and amend their charters by electing a charter commission. It details petition thresholds, election timing, and process to submit the amendment to voters at the general municipal election.
Constitutional amendment proposes raising indebtedness caps for counties cities towns townships and school districts to fund public utilities including waterworks roads and sewer systems. It details authorization thresholds by population taxes rates and bonds with voter approval requirements and provisions for state wide or local elections.
The proposal amends the Missouri Constitution to permit a special road levy of up to five dollars per thousand of property value within road districts, subject to voter approval. It requires county courts to call elections when requested by at least ten qualified voters, authorizing a special election to decide the levy in the district.
Voter-approved amendment to section 11 of article 10 authorizing higher tax rates and extending property and service taxation powers for city, county, and state needs. It outlines proposed changes to levy and valuation rules, requiring adoption or rejection by voters in November.
Joint resolution proposes adding section 444 to article 4 of the Missouri Constitution. It authorizes the General Assembly to contract a debt not exceeding 80 million dollars to build hard surfaced roads, issue bonds, and levy an annual tax to pay principal and interest. Tax collection and distribution procedures to fund repayment are outlined, with responsibility shared by state and local tax officers and courts. The amendment requires voter approval in November 1920.
Senate Joint And Concurrent Resolution proposes amending Missouri constitution to require annual tax payments of not less than one half cent and not more than three cents per dollar valuation to fund pensions for deserving blind, with surplus and transfers to the public state fund as directed by law and eventual appropriation by the General Assembly. The amendment awaits ballot submission on election day in 1920.
Vague text outlines Senate joint resolution proposing amendment to article 10 section 12a to allow cities with populations under 1000 to incur indebtedness for water works ice and light plants. It details procedural steps for submission and voter qualification but theOCR rendering is severely garbled. The amendment aims to extend municipal borrowing powers for infrastructure projects.
The passage outlines conditions for exclusive ownership by purchase or economic arrangement and asserts the need to secure funds for debt service. It calls for annual taxes beyond existing charges to cover interest and principal, with a sinking fund to repay principal within twenty years from contracting, despite any contrary constitutional provisions.
A 1920 Missouri constitutional amendment proposes issuing one million dollars in bonds to create a soldiers settlement fund. The plan seeks to amend Article 4 Section 44 to authorize a revolving fund, with bonds bearing interest up to four and a half percent payable semiannually for thirteen years. The measure advances with joint Senate and House approval and a statewide vote scheduled for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
Constitutional amendment 11 proposes allowing qualified electors from the state who are absent due to military service to vote in general and special elections. It sets submission to voters on the first Monday after November 1990 and adds a new section authorizing a law to enable qualified absentee voters to participate.
The General Assembly proposes a constitutional amendment to increase the supreme court to nine judges and create three divisions of three judges each. Division two would hold exclusive cognizance of certain cases. other divisions share concurrent jurisdiction. Governor to appoint two additional judges serving until January 1, 1902, with ten-year terms for successors. The amendment would supersede inconsistent state laws upon adoption.
Amendment proposes dividing the St Louis Court of Appeals into two divisions of three judges each. It sets terms for division of judges and en banc assignment, creates three additional judges to be elected in 1922, and outlines selection terms through 193 Unicorn dates and election details.
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