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Lexington Intelligencer

Location

Lexington, Missouri, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1920

Page

4

Missouri Proposed Amendments on Legislature Pay and City Charter

Proposition to repeal section 44 and enact a new section 16 setting annual Assembly pay at 1000 dollars, with per diem limits and reimbursements. Also details for state and city charter amendments, election timing, submission to voters, and processes for charter change by charter commission or city petition, including how amendments become part of the charter and how they may be submitted in alternative sections.

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Missouri City Charter Amendment Proposed by Voters

Statewide ballot proposal to empower large Missouri cities to frame or amend charters by ordinance. If approved, a commission may be elected to draft a charter, with voter approval for the charter itself and for any alterations, under specified election timing and petition rules.

Constitutional Amendment No 3 expands city debt limits

Missouri voters would decide an amendment allowing cities towns and districts to incur higher indebtedness for public utilities and public works. It outlines two thirds approval, new sections, tax levies, and mechanisms including state and local limits, state money for St Louis projects, and court receivership for defaulted bonds.

Constitutional Amendment No 4 road levy proposal to 50c

Constitutional Amendment No 4 proposes a statewide vote to add a new section allowing each road district to levy up to fifty cents on the hundred dollars valuation for road purposes. It directs county courts to impose such levies if approved by qualified voters, with provisions for petitioned referendums and a joint resolution by the General Assembly.

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Constitutional Amendment No. 6 Amends Missouri Constitution

Constitutional amendment proposes section 1 of article 10 to allow higher annual tax rates for revenue and to permit funds for "repairing" public buildings. Concurrent resolution aims to place the amendment before voters on a future election date. Details describe tax valuation limits and rate adjustments affecting property assessments and city funding.

Missouri constitutional amendment on debt for roads and tax funding

Voters will decide an amendment to article 4 authorizing the General Assembly to contract state debt and issue bonds up to 960 000 for hard surfaced road construction within each county. The plan provides tax funding through a direct tax on all taxable property, with revenue directed to a highway fund and operating costs of the highway department. The measure outlines tax rate determination by the state auditor and tax roll transmission to county clerks and the city of St Louis for collection and distribution to the treasury.

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Missouri Senate Amends City Indebtedness Limit

Proposal to amend Missouri constitution allowing cities with up to 600 inhabitants to incur debt for waterworks and light plants. Senate and House approve. amendment sent to voters for ratification at the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1920. Section 1 changes section 8 of article 10 to require at least two thousand inhabitants for indebtedness and adjusts related provisions.

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Constitutional provision for sinking fund and debt repayment

The text outlines a constitutional requirement to provide an annual sinking fund to collect interest on indebtedness and to pay the principal within twenty years from contracting, ensuring funds are available regardless of contrary provisions. It emphasizes establishing a sinking fund for debt retirement from the time of contract.

Constitutional Amendment on Tax for Deserving Blind Pension Fund

Senate and House approve an amendment to Article 4 Section 4 to levy an annual tax of not more than one half of one cent or up to three cents per hundred dollars on property to fund pensions for the deserving blind. Any excess goes to the public school fund. tax collected like other state taxes.

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Serious Amendment for Missouri soldier settlement bonds

A proposed constitutional amendment in Missouri seeks to authorize state bonds over one million dollars to fund soldier settlement, employment, and rural homes. It outlines bond denominations, interest up to four and a half percent, and details on issuance, payment, coupons, and state guarantees.

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Missouri Amendment Proposes Three Division Supreme Court

The proposed amendment to Missouri’s Constitution would expand the Supreme Court to three divisions with three judges each. It outlines division duties, exclusive cognizance for division two, and governor appointment of two additional judges after adoption, with terms set to align to constitutional changes and elections.

Amendment on Soldier Voting Rights in Missouri Endorsed

The Missouri legislature adopts a resolution to amend the state constitution to allow absent service members to vote. The measure, approved by both houses, submits two sections for voter approval at the next general election. It repeals the previous ban on officers and soldiers voting while in regimental service.

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Amendment to expand St Louis Court of Appeals and split divisions

Constitutional Amendment No 12 seeks to increase the number of St Louis court of appeals judges to six, divide into two divisions of three, assign jurisdiction, and provide for appointive and elective transition with new judges added after adoption. It outlines division leadership, en banc options, and term timing starting January 1921 with governing provisions for transfers and deadlines.

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