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- CONSTITUTION OF MISSOURI, . AND REFERENDUM PROPOSITIONS ORDERED BY THE PETITION PIE = OF THE PEOPLE. FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- * MENT, Joint and concurrent resolution sub- mitting to the, qualified voters of Mi: weferendum:! fele 4 of the Constitut! = a new acction in lieu thereof. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring there That at the general election to be held in this state on the first Tuesday after the, first Monday| in November, 1914, rep there shall be’ submitted for adoption to } the qualified voters of the state the fol- lowing amendment to the Constitution. Bection 1. That section 57 of article 4 of the Constitution of the state of Mis- wourl is hereby repealed. Sec. 2. That in lieu of the said section 57 of article 4.of the Constitution of the state |- of Missouri hereby repealed there shall be enacted the following new section to be known as section 57 cf article 4, viz: Sec. 57. The legislative authority of tte state shall be vested in’a legislative as sembly consisting of a,senate and house of representatives, but the people werve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the Constitu- tion and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly, and also reserve power at their own option to approve or reject at the polls any act of the legislative as- sembly. The first power reserved by the people is the initiative, and not more than cight per cent of the legal voters in wach of at least two-thirds of the con- gressional districts in the state shall be | required to propose any measure by such petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the respective county clerks of the respective counties in which the ®igners thereof reside and vote not less ' than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon. With- in 30 days after said petitions are filed ‘with the respective county clerks of the respective counties said initiative peti- tions shall be, by said respective county qierks laid before the county courts the respective counties, and said petitions shall be examined by the Fespective county courts of the respective counties, and if the signatures thereto are found to be genuine signatures of voters of such counties, they shall, at least three months before the election at which they are to be voted upon, be certified By the respective county courts of the | Fespective counties to the secretary of @tate. The second power is the referen- ‘dum and it may be ordered (except as to , matters of taxation hereinafter men- | tioned, and as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, and laws making @ppropriations for the ourrent expenses of the state government for the mainte- nance of the state institutions and for the support of the public schools) either by petitions signed by five per cent of the legal voters in each of at least two-thinds of the congressional districts in the state, or by the legislative assembly as other bills are enacted. Referendum petitions shall be filed with the county clerks of the respective counties in which the sign- ers thereof reside and vote not more than 90 days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislative assembly which passed the bill on which the ref- | erendum is demanded. and within 30 days thereafter the clerks of the county courts u of the respective counties shall lay said petitions before the county courts of the respective counties—and within said time the county courts of the respective coun- ties shall examine and review said ref- erendum petitions, and, if the signatures | thereto are found to be the genuine sig- matures of voters of such counties, the respective county courts shall certify said petitions to the secretary of state within 120 days after the final adjournment of the session of the legislative assembly ‘which passed the bill on which referen- dum is demanded. ‘The veto power of the | governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the biennial regular @eneral elections except when the legis- lative assembly shall order a special elea- tion. Any measure referred to the people whall take effect and become the law ‘when it Is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise. ‘The style of all bills shall be: “Be it enacted by the people of the state of Missouri.” This section shall not be construed to deprive any member of the legislative assembly of the right to in- troduce amy measure. The whole num- wer of votes cast for justice of the su- preme court at the regular election last preceding the filing of any petition for the initiative, or for the referendum, @hall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign said pe- titions shall be counted. Petitions and orders for the initiative and for the ref- erendum shall be certified to and filed with the seoretary of state as aforesaid, ,and in submitting the same to the people the secretary of state and all other of- fs} shall be guided by the general ws and the act submitting this amend- ment until legislation shall be especially provided therefor. Whenever the word ‘‘ocounty” is used herein it shall be con- ried to include or mean the city of Mt. Louis, and whenever the words ‘‘coun- ty court’ are used herein they shall be construed to include or mean the board @f election commissioners of said city, and whenever the words “county clerk’ er “clerk of the county court” are .used herein they shall be construed to in- elude or mean the secretary of sald board ef election commissioners. The powers reserved or contained in this section. as a shall’ not be used to pass a \w or constitutional amendment author- | ; | visions of this article, but said city shall | | | ance of bonds therefor; but Kansas City | also issue its bonds other day in November, A. 1914, the f lowing amendment to section 12 of a ticle X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state, to-wit: Section 1, Municipal indebtedness—limit of—how increased—exceptions as to St. Louis and Kansas City.—Section 12. of | article X of the Constitution of the’ state of Missouri shall be amended by insert- ing after the following words: ‘Provided, further, that in the city of Kansas City, the amount of bonds issued by said city; bearing date July [1], 7, 1895, for acquir- ing waterworks and all bonds hereafter issued in renewal of said bonds, or any portion thereof, shall not be included in the computation of the existing bonded | indebtedness of said city in determining | the amount of bonds authorized to be | issued by said city, with the assent of | two-thirds of the voters under the Pro- | be authorized at any time to issue bonds | with the assent aforesaid, to an amount, including outstanding indebtedness, other | than that above named, to the amount | of five per centum of the value of the | taxable property in said city, to be as- | certained as above specified” the follow- | lowing words: “Provided, further, that Kansas City may acquire by purchase, construction, water- | | condemnation — or |,works, gas works, electric light works, | | Street railways, telegraph and telephone | systems, heating plants or any other | plant or public service institution within or outside of the limits of said city, for use of the citizens in said city, and for | the purpose of paying therefor, in whole | or in part, may issue public utilities bonds, which public utilities bonds shall not be included in the liabilities or in- debtedness of the city limited by the prior provisions of this section; but the total amount of such public utilities bonds to be issued by Kansas City shall not exceed twenty. per centum of the value of the taxable property in said city to be ertained as above specified; the | principal of said public utilities bonds shall not constitute an obligation of the y enforcible out of the funds raised by taxation, but the principal of each issue of such bonds shall be payable out of the earnings or sale of the utility or plant for the acquisition or purchase of which such issue was made. The interest | ‘on such bonds and a sinking fund for the payment of the principal at ma- turity shall be paid out of the earnings or sule of the utility, or out of funds} raised by taxation, or both, as- shall be provided in the ordinance authorizing the | issuance of such bonds, Such city shall | have power to execute [ts mortgage or| | ; Mortgages on any such utility, or any addition thereto, or extension thereof, to secure the payment of such public utili- ties bonds, and in case of default in the payment of such public utilities bonds, | or interest thereon, sald bond holders, | or their representatives, may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction sitting | in Jackson “county, Missouri, and ‘said | court may, if said default continue, ap- | | point a receiver to take charge of such | property and such receiver shall operate | said property pending such proceeding in| such court and until a final decree of | foreclosure in such proceeding and for | a period of one year thereafter,. during | which period the city upon. pay- | ment to the bond holders of all indebted- | ness past due and court costs accrued | to the date of payment, retake said pron- erty. If said property is not thus re- | taken by the city within said period of redemption, said receiver shall deliver said property to such party as the court in such action may order, and thereupon all liability of the city on said bonds | shall cease and determine and its rights, | as owner, of said utility or plant, shall cease and determine; and thereafter said utility or plant shall be operated by the party named in said order of the court, or his successors or assigns, in con- formity with and subject to the pro- visions of the ordinance authorizing the acquisition or purchase or construction of said public utility or plant and the issu- shall not issue any such bonds without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof votirig on that proposition at an | eleotion to be held for that purpose; and Such proposition may be submitted at a special election or at a general election, in either of which events if two-thir of all the legal votes cast on such prop- osition: are in favor of the issue of said bonds, the city shall have authority te issue the same; and Kansas City may than public utilities bonds, for the payment, in whole or in part, for such public utilities, and such bonds other than public utility bonds shall constitute a direct obligation of the city, but the total amount of such, bonds other than publio utility bonds shall not exceed in the aggregate five per centum | on the taxable property therein, as here- | inbefore provided. Such utility may be| acquired by condemnation proceedings in the same manner that Kansas City may acquire real estate for public purposes, or in such other manner as may be pro- vided by law. But whenever any public utility is being operated by any person, firm or corporation under a grant or per- mit from Kansas City, and the owner and operator of such utility is complying with the provisions of the grant under which the. same is being operated, and with the laws and ordinances to which such utility and its owner are subject, and with all reasonable orders of any Public officer, committee, commission or other authority having the power to make such orders the city shall not have power to acquire such utility except as provided in such grant, or by agreement with the owner thereof. But the judgment of any court of competent jurisdiction that such owner or operator of such utility is not complying with such obligations, duties or orders shall authorize the acquisition by Kansas City of such utility, THIRD CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT. amendment te the Constitution thereof, concerning tax- ation. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That at the general election to be held on Tuesday next following the first Mon- day in November, 1914, the following amendment to the Constitution of Mis- i H aig £5ee? s 5 z i iy ff ' i : i] iE t iy zB tt | nual salary of one thousand dollars, In so that said | | seotion 16, of article 4, of, sald Constitu- | SIGHTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- | to be returned to the chairman of such | committee, and by him certified to the | | itants or over may become indebted in a time to, time be provided by law, not to exceed five dollars per day for the first seventy days of each session and after that not to exceed one dollar per day for the remainder of the session, ex- cept the first session held_ under this Constitution and during revising sessions when they may receive five dollars per day for. one hundred and twenty days and one dollar a day for the remainder of such session. In addition to per diem” and by inserting and adopting in place of said words so stricken out the follow- ing words: ‘‘The,members of the general assembly shall severally receive an an- addition to said salary,” tion when go amended shall be and read as follows: Section 16, The members of the gen- ind, r qualified voters of isaid state, to-wit: Section 1, That section 47 of article 4 of the Constitution of » Missiouri be amended by adding thereto the follow- ing nothing in this or the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the gen~ eral assembly from making provision by law for the granting and payment of pen- sions or allowances to blind, or from authorizing by law any counties, cities or. incorporated towns or. villages of this state to provide for the granting and payment of such pensions or allowances, words: “And provided, further, that the deserving MENT, Joint and concurrent resolution sub- mitting to the qualified voters of the eral assembly shall severally receive for | state of Missouri an amendment to sec- their services an annual salary of one thousand dollars and in addition to said salary, the members shall be entitled to receive traveling expenses or mileage ; tion 16, article IX of the Constitution thereof, concerning large cities fram- ing their own charters, Section 1, Large cities may frame thelr for any, remuler. and) esta ispealony not | own charters—how adopted and amended. greater than now provided by law; but expenses or mileage for any extra session — that may be called within one day after | the adjournment of a regular session. Committees of either house, or joint com- | mittees of both houses, appointed to ex- amine the institutions of the.state other than those at the seat of government, | I may receive their actual expenses, neces- | sarily incurred while in the performance | fied voters of the city, to-wit: of such duty; the items of such expenses | ‘state auditor, before the same, or any | part thereof, can be paid. Each member may receive at each regular session an. additional sum of thirty shall be in full for all stationery used in his official capacity and all postage, and all other incidental expenses and perquisites; and no allowance or emolu- ments, for any purpose whatever, shall be made to or received by the members, or any member of either house, or for their use, out of the contingent fund or otherwise, except as herein expressly pro- vided; and no allowance or emoluments, for any purpose whatever, shall ever be paid to any officer, agent, servant or employee of either house of the general assembly, or of any committee thereof, except such per diem as may be pro- vided for by law, not to exceed five dollars, FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AME MENT, Joint and concurrent resolution pro viding for the amendment of article X ot the Constitution of Mixsouri by add- ing a new section to be known tlon 12b of sald article, relating to the | Mmit of indebtedness of certain cities, Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives “Concurring as follows: That at the general election to be held| on Tuesday next following the first Mon- | day in November, A. D, 1914, the fol- lowing amendment to the Constitution of | the state of Missouri, relating to. the; shall be adopted; no member shall be entitled to traveling | ge it resolved by the House of Represen- tatives, the Senate concurring therein: That at the general election to be held | on the Tuesday next following the first Monday in November, A. D, 1914, the fol- lowing amendment to section 16 of article of the Constitution of the state of Missouri shall be submitted to the quali- Section 1, That section 16 of article IX | of the Constitution of the state of Mis- sourl be amended by striking out the last sentence thereof, which now reads as follows: | may be amended by a proposal therefor, lollars, which | made by the lawmaking authorities of | such cities, published for at least thirty | days in three newspapers of largest cir- | culation in such city, one of which shall | be a* newspaper printed in the German language, and accepted by three-fifths of | | the qualified voters of such city, voting | at a general or special election, and not otherwise; but such charter shall always | be in harmony with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the state,” and “Such charter, so adopted, in lieu thereof the following ‘Such charter, so adopted, may be amended by a proposal therefor made | by the lawmaking authorities of such | city, published for at least three weeks in two newspapers printed therein, which | haye a bona fide sale or circulation in | said city of at least two thousand copies of each issue in which said notice is published, one of which shall be a daily newspaper printed in the German lan- guage, and which has been published con- tinuously for fifty-two wéeks next be- | fore such publication, such publication to be made at least*once each week and on the same day of the week in each of | said three weeks, and the last publication | to be within tWo weeks of the date of such election, therein,| be accepted by three-fifths of the quali- fied voters of such city voting on such | proposition at a general or special elec- tion, and not otherwise; fifths of all the legal votes cast on such proposition are in favor of such amend- ment to the charter, Such amendment must and if three- such amendment such charter and all limit of indebtedness of certain cities of} amendments thereof shall always be in the state of Missouri, shall be.submitted for adoption or rejection to the qualified | tution and laws of, the state. voters of the state of Missouri, to-wit:| said ‘section, when amended, as follows and to be known as section 16: That article -X of the Constitution of the state of. Missouri be and the same is hereby amended by [adding] a new sec- tion, to be known as section 12b of ar- ticle X, and to read as follows: | Section 12b. Any city in. this state/ containing one hundred thousand inhab- harmony with and subject to the Consti- So that shall: read Section 16, Large cities may frame their own charters, how adopted and amended— Any city than one hundred thousand > inhabitants may frame a charter for its own govern- ment, consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of this state, by having a population of more larger amount than specified in section 12; causing a board of thirteen freeholders, of article X of the Constitution of the state of Missouri, not exceeding an ad- ditional five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be as- certained by the assessment next be- fore the last assessment for state and county purposes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness, for the purpose of constructing or acquiring by purchase, or otherwise, within its corporate limits a subway or subways, with land, ap- proaches and other appurtenances neces- sary for the construction and operation thereof, to be owned exclusively by such city for the transportation of persons, baggage, express and treight, and for Pipes, wires and cables used for public service purposes: Provided, that no in- debtedness. authorized by this section shall be incurred without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified voters of such city voting for or against such increase of indebtedness: and, provided further, that such city shall, before or at the time of incurring any indebtedness au- thorized by this section, provide for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due; also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof within thirty years from the time of contracting the same, if payment of such interest and principal be not pro- vided for from the operation or lease of such subway or subways, SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT. LJ ified veters ef road districts to in- crease the rate ef taxation by levying a apecial tax fer road purposes. Be it resolved by the House of Repre- sentatives, the Scnate concurring there- in, as follows: That at the gerieral election to be held in this state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, A. D. 1914, there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for adoption the fol- lowing amendment to the Constitution thereof: Section 1. That article 10 of the Con- stitution of Missouri be and the same is hereby. amended by adding thereto the following section to be known as section 28, article 10 of the Constitution of the tate of Missouri, which said gection shall read as follows: Section 23. In addition to the taxes authorized to be levied for county pur- of article 10 of the Constitution of this state, and in addition to the special levy for road and bridge purposes authorized by section 22 of nea of the Consti- REFERENDUM ORDERED BY TRE poses under and by virtue of section 11 cievens ae Se eee ae who shall have been for at least five years elected by the qualified voters of such city at any general or special election; which board shall, within ninety days after such election, return to the chief magistrate of such city a draft of such charter, signed by the members of suoh board or a majority of them. thirty days thereafter, such proposed char- ter shall be submitted to the qualified voters of such city, at a general or special election, qualified voters voting thereat shall ratify the same, it shall, at the end of thirty days thereafter, such city, and supersede any existing charter and amendments thereof. pltcate certificate shall be made, setting forth the charter proposed and its rati- fication, which shall be signed by the chief magistrate of such city and au- thenticated by its corporate seal. of such certificates shall be deposited in the office of the the other, after office of the recorder of deeds for the county in which such city Hes, shall be deposited among the archives of such city, and all courts shall take judicial notice thereof. may be amended by a proposal therefor made by the lawmaking authorities of such city, weeks in two newspapers printed therein, which have a bona fide sale or circulation in said city of at least two thousand coples of each issue in which said no- tie ts publishe daily newspaper printed in the German language, and which has been published continuously fer fifty-two weeks next be- fore such publication, such publication to be made at least once each week and on the same day of the week In each of said three weeks; and thi lication to be within two weeks of the date of such election. must be accepted by three-fifths of the qualified voters of such city voting on such proposition at a general or a special election, and not otherwise; and if three- fifths: of all the legal votes cast on such Proposition are in favor of such amend- meht to the charter, such amendment shal be adopted; such charter and all amendments thereof shall always be in harmony with and subject to the Consti- tution and laws of the state. qualified voters thereof, to be Within and if four-sevenths of such become a charter of A du- One ecretary of state, and being recorded in the Such charter, so adopted, published for at least three one of whioh shall be a last pub- Such amendment NINTH PROPOSITION. PETITION OF THE PEOPLE. Senate bill No, 117, enacted by the -seventh General Assembly. em- im crews on mail, or express train, not ‘with a crew consisting of at ~ one engineer, one fireman, one conductor,, and one flagman, or to oper- até or permit to be operated in any such commerce, -traffic, transportation, or intercourse any passenger, mail or express train composed of six cars ur more not equipped with a crew consist- ing of at least one engineer, one fireman, one conductor, one flagman and one brakeman; provided this section, in so far as it requires a brakéman, in addl- tion to the engineer, firemen, conductor and flagman, on passenger, mall and ex- press .trairis, shall not apply to such trains carrying less than three coaches for the transportation of passengers. Section 2._ That it shall be unlawful for any ich person, persons, partnership, or corporation, while operating within this state, elther as owner, lessee, or receiver, any railroad or railway in whole or in part within the state to operate or permit to be operated in any such commerce, traffic, transportation, or intercourse,, described in section 1 of this act, any freight train’ composed of less than-forty cars, not equipped with @ crew consisting of at least one engineer, and one brakeman, or to operate or per- mit to be operated im any such com- merce, traffic, transportation or ‘inter- course, any freight train. composed of forty cars or more not equipped with a crew consisting of at least one engineer, one fireman, one conductor, one flagman, and two brakemen; provided, that noth- ing in this act contained shall apply to. relief or wrecking trains in any case where a sufficient number of men to com- ply with this act are not available for service on such rellef or wrecking trains, nor any train consisting of only a loco- motive when the crew of such train con- sists of at least one engineer, one fire- man and one conductor, provided, further, that all local or way freight trains, doing local switching, loading or unloading local freight shall be equipped with a crew consisting of at least one conductor, one engineer, one fireman, one flagman, and two hrakemen. Se. 2 This ect shalt rmtt apply to branch or independent lines of than forty-five (45) miles in length. Sec. 4. Any person, persons, partner- ship, or corporation, while operating within said state, either as owner, lessee, or receiver, any railroad or rail- way {n whole or in part within said State, as stated in the foregoing sec- tion of this act, and violating any of the provisions of this act, shall, as to each train, or locomotive used, run or operate in violation of the provisions of this act be liable to the state of Missouri in a penaity of not less than one hundred, nor more than five hun- dred dollars for each offense, and such penalty shall be recovered, and suit therefor shall be brought in the name of the state of Missouri, by the attor- ney-general, or under his direction in any court of competent futisdiction, in any county in said state into of through which such railroad or railway may run or be operated, or by the prosecuting at- torney of any county in said state through, or into, or out of which such railroad or railway may run or Be oper- ated, or by the circuit attorney in the city of St. Louis; provided, the penalty prescribed in this section shall not apply during strikes of men in train service on the lines involved. Approved April 16, 1913, TENTH PROPOSITION, REFERENDUM ORDERED BY THE PETITION OF THE PEOPLE. House bill No. 19, enacted by Forty- seventh General Assembly. Amending the local option laws so as to make the counties the le units te determine whether or mot intoxicating liquors sRall be sold, furnished or given within their limits; taking away ma, municipalities of 2,500. population or more the right to vote separately fr. their renpective counties; sc ditio fer judges at and providing that dramshop licenses shall not be granted by the several county courts after filing of a petition for local ep- tiem election. HOUSE BILL NO. 19, An act to amend sections 7238, 7240, 7241, 7242, 7243 and 17244 of article III, of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the year 1909, entitled “Local option,” and to repeal section 7239 of said article, with an emergency clause. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section &. That section 7238, of article HH of chapter 63 of the Revised Stat- utes of Missouri for the year 1909 be amended by striking out the words “who shall reside outside the corporate limits" of any city or town having at the time of sueh petition, a population of 2,500 inhabitants or more” in the sec- ond, third and fourth lines of said sec- tion and by adding in the ninth line of said section between the word “sold” and the word “within” the words “fur- nished or given away;” and by striking out. the words “lying outside of such corporate limits of such city or town” in the tenth and eleventh lines of said section; and by striking out the words “who is a resident of any incorporated tewn having a population of 2,500 in- habitants or more, or’ in the seven- teenth, eighteenth and nineteenth lines of said section and by adding to said section the words, “provided, further, that one-half of the judges in each pre- cinct shall be for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors, and one-half of said judges against the sale of intoxicating liquors,” 80 as amended said section shall read as roen 7288 Uy ; 5 ipon application by petition signed one-tenth of the qualified any county, who are qualified te vote for members: of the legislature in any county of this state, the county court of such county shall order election to be held in such county at the usual voting precincts for holding any . one fireman, one conductor, one flagman,’ .by striking out the words “lying ¢ aide the ee, 4, nat section. 7240 of article Ii of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missourl for the year 1909 be amend- ed by striking out the words “or mu- nicipul body” in line five of said section so that said section shall read: Sec, 7240. Notice of auch election shall be given by. publication in some news- paper published in the county, ang such notice shall be published in such news- paper for four consecutive weeks, and the last insertion shall be within tefi days next before such election, and such other notice may be given as the county court ordering 4) election may think proper, in order"to give general publicity to the election, Sec. 4. That section 7241-of article IIE of chapter 63, of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the year 1909 be amend- ed by striking out the words “or mu- nicipal body” in the sixth and seventh lines of said section, so that as amend- ed said section shall read as follow! Sec. 7241. All persons voting at any election held under the provisions of this article. who are against the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall have writ- ten or printed on their ballots, “against the sale of intoxicating liquors,” and all those who are in favor of the sale of such intoxicating liquors shall have written or printed on their ballots, “for the sale of intoxicating Mquors;’’ pro- vided, that if the county, court ordering such election deem it expedient, they may order that both the above sentences may be written or printed on the tickets‘ to be uged and voted at maid election, with the further instruction printed on sald ballots, ‘erase the clause you do not want."" Sec. 5. That section 7242 of article III of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the year 1909 be amended by striking out the words ‘or munici- pal body’ in the sixth line of said sec- tion, and by striking” out the word “such election’ in line fifteen of s section and inserting in lieu thereof the words “the filing of the petition for such election,” and by striking out the words, “of the municipal body or’ in line nineteen of said section, and by striking out the words ‘the municipal - body or'’ in line twenty-one of said sec- tion, so that as amended said section shall read as follows: t Sec, 7242, If a majority of the votes cast at such election be ‘for the ‘sale of intoxicating liquors” such intoxicating liquors may be .seld under the pro- visions of existing laws regulating the sale thereof and the procuring of li- cense for that purpose; and ff & ma- jority of the votes cast at auch election be “against the sale of intoxicating liquors,” - the county court omering such election shall publish the result of such election once a week for four consecutive weeks in the same newspaper in which the notice of election was published;.and the provi- sions of this article shall take effect and be in force from and after the date of the last insertion of the publication last above referred to; and provided further, that no license to sell intoxicating liquors of any description prohibited by this ar- ticle, shall be granted during the time of publication last above mentioned; and provided further, that this article shall hot be so construed as to interfere with any license issued before the day of the filing of the petition for such election, but such license may run until the day of its expiration and shall not be renew- ed. The election in this article provided for, and the result thereof, may be con- tested in the same manner as is now pro- vided by law for the contest of the elec- tion of county officers in this state by any qualified voter of the county in which sald local option election shall be held by an action to contest as herein provided, ‘and which shall be brought against the county holding such election, Sec. 6. * That section 7243 of article III of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the year 1909 be amended of ‘ or town having, at the date or hai order of election, Population of 2,500 inhabitants or more, or city as the case may be’ in lines four, five, six and seven, so that when amended said seo- tion shall read as follows: Sec. 7243. If a majority of the votes cast at any election held under the Pro- visions of this article shall be “against the sale of intoxicating liquors,” it shall not be lawful for any person within the limits of such county to direetly or indi- rectly sell, give away or barter in any manner whatever any kind of intoxicating Nquors or beverage containing’ alcohol, in any quantity whatever, under the pen- alties hereinafter prescribed, Sec. 7.. That section 7244-of article IIt of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of f Missouri for the year 1909 be amended by striking out the words “or city as the case may be" in the fourth line of sald section; and by adding to said = tion the words “provided that in A 4 county in which an election has been held outside of the corporate limite of any city or town in such county, hav- ing at the time of such election a pepu- lation of 2,500 inhabitants or more, under the provisions of article III of chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri for the year 1909, the first electién under the provisions of this article, as amend- ed, may be held at any time after four years from the date of the election held in such county vutside of the corporate limits of any city or town having, at the time of such election, a Population of twenty-five hundred inhabitants or more,” so that when amended said sec- ie tion shall read as follows: Sec. 7244. Whenever an election in-this article provided for- has been held and decided, either for or against the sale of intoxicating liquors, then the ques- tion shall not be again submitted within four years next..thereafter in the same county and then only on a new petition and in: every respect conf provisions of. this article; provided that im any county in which an election has been held outside of the corporate limite ef any city or town in such county hav= ing, at the time of such election, a Popu- lation of 2,500 inhabitants or more, under the provisions of article III @f chapter 68 of the Revised Statutes of iri for the year 1909, the election under the provisions :of this cle, as am may be held at any time after four years the: Gate of the election held in wuch county outside of the limits of ELEVENTH PROPOSITION.