Article VII, § 12

§ 12. A debt or debts of the state may be authorized by law for the improvement of highways. Such highways shall be determined under general laws, which shall also provide for the equitable apportionment thereof, among the counties. The aggregate of the debts authorized by this section shall not at any one time exceed the sum of [fifty] one hundred millions of dollars. The payment of the annual interest on such debt, and the creation of a sinking fund of at least two per centum per annum to discharge the principal at maturity, shall be provided by general laws, whose force and effect shall not be diminished during the existence of any debt created thereunder. The legislature may, by general laws, require the county or town or both to pay to the sinking fund the proportionate part of the cost of any such highway within the boundaries of such county or town, and the proportionate part of the interest thereon, but no county shall, at any time, for any highway, be required to pay more than thirty-five hundredths of the cost of such highway, and no town more than fifteen hundredths. None of the provisions of [the fourth section of] this article shall apply to debts for the improvement of highways hereby authorized.

1911. S. No. 2033 (Int. 1562). S. J. 1820.

5. Maintenance of highways

No

§ 13. (Proposal to add the following new section:) moneys of the state shall hereafter be appropriated for the whole or any part of the expenses of maintenance and repairs of highways constructed wholly or partly by the state, either under the provisions of section twelve of this article or under any law, but such expenses shall be borne in such manner as the legislature may, by appropriate laws, direct, by the several counties, cities, towns and villages within which the portion of any such highway to be maintained or repaired is located; but if the expense of any such maintenance or repair is imposed by law upon a city, town or village, the board of supervisors shall provide by taxation upon the county at large for all moneys not raised in the municipalities within the county and the fund for such maintenance and repairs shall be in the custody of the county treasurer, subject to expenditure under the direction of the state highway commission or other

Article VIII, § 9

state board, body or officer, if any, succeeding to the powers and duties of such commission.

1913. S. No. 904 (Int. 813). (Same as A. No. 1296.)

S. J. 294.

A. No. 1296 (Int. 1197). (Same as S. No. 904.)

A. J. 559.

6. Improvement of interstate highway bridges and tunnels

§ 13. (Proposal to add the following new section :) A debt or debts of the state may be authorized by law for the improvement of interstate highway bridges and tunnels. The aggregate of the debts authorized by this section shall not at any one time exceed the sum of twenty-five millions of dollars. The payment of the annual interest on such debt and the creation of a sinking fund of at least two per centum per annum to discharge the principal at maturity shall be provided by general laws, whose force and effect shall not be diminished during the existence of any debt created thereunder. The legislature may, by general laws, require the county or town or both to pay to the sinking fund the proportionate part of the cost of any such interstate highway bridge and tunnel within the boundaries of such county or town, and the proportionate part of the interest thereon, but no county shall, at any time, for any interstate highway bridge and tunnel, be required to pay more than thirty-five hundredths of the cost of such interstate highway bridge and tunnel, and no town more than fifteen hundredths. None of the provisions of the fourth section of this article shall apply to debts for the improvement of interstate highway bridges and tunnels hereby authorized.

1914. A. No. 1116 (Int. 1042). A. J. 494.

ARTICLE VIII

§ 9. Neither the credit nor the money of the State shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any association, corporation or private undertaking. This section shall not, however, prevent the Legislature from making such provision for the education and support of the blind, the deaf and dumb, and juvenile delinquents, as to it may seem proper. Nor shall it apply to any fund or prop

Article VIII, § 9

erty now held, or which may hereafter be held, by the State for educational purposes.

AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BUT NOT SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE 1. Welfare and safety of workmen workmen's compensation

9. (Proposal to add the following:) Nor shall anything in this constitution contained prevent the legislature from making such provision, as to it may seem proper, for the security and protection of the lives, health and safety of workmen, for compensation for injuries to them caused by accidents, or otherwise, arising out of their employment, for insurance against accidents, sickness, invalidity and old age, and for the good and welfare of the state and the people of the state.

1911. A. No. 1995 (Int. 1638). To S.

A. J. 1628, 3777, 3784, 3804, 3891, 3941.

S. J. 2299.

9. (Proposal to add the following:) Nor shall anything in this constitution contained prevent the legislature from making such provision, as to it may seem proper, for the security and protection of the lives, health and safety of workmen, for compensation for injuries to them caused by accidents, or otherwise, arising out of their employment, for insurance against accidents, sickness, invalidity and old age.

1912. A. No. 49 (Int. 49). A. J. 32.

1913. A. No. 324 (Int. 320).

A. J. 103.

(For adopted amendment authorizing a workmen's compensation law, see Art. I, § 19, p. 15.).

For other proposed amendments authorizing a workmen's compensation law, see pp. 7, 16.)

§ 10. No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes. This section shall not prevent such county, city, town or village from making such provision for the aid or support of its poor as may be authorized by law. No county or city shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any manner

Article VIII, § 10

to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assessment-rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness; and all indebtedness in excess of such limitation, except such as may now exist, shall be absolutely void, except as herein otherwise provided. No county or city whose present indebtedness exceeds ten per centum of the assessed valuation of its real estate subject to taxation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any further amount until such indebtedness shall be reduced within such limit. This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained, or to be contained in the taxes for the year when such certificates or revenue bonds are issued and payable out of such taxes. Nor shall this section be construed to prevent the issue of bonds to provide for the supply of water; but the term of the bonds issued to provide the supply of water shall not exceed twenty years and a sinking fund shall be created on the issuing of the said bonds for their redemption, by raising annually a sum which will produce an amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds at their maturity. All certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, which are not retired within five years after their date of issue, and bonds issued to provide for the supply of water, and any debt hereafter incurred by any portion or part of a city, if there shall be any such debt, shall be included in ascertaining the power of the city to become otherwise indebted. Whenever hereafter the boundaries of any city shall become the same as those of a county, the power of the county to become indebted shall cease, but the debt of the county at that time existing shall not be included as a part of the city debt. The amount hereafter to be raised by tax for county or city purposes, in any county containing a city of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, or any such city of this State, in addition to providing for the principal and interest of existing debt, shall not in the aggregate exceed in any one year two per centum of the assessed valuation of the real and personal estate of such county or city, to be ascertained as prescribed in this section in respect to county or city debt.

Article VIII, § 10

AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE AND ADOPTED

§ 10. No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes. This section shall not prevent such county, city, town or village from making such provision for the aid or support of its poor as may be authorized by law. No county or city shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any manner to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assessment-rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness; and all indebtedness in excess of such limitation, except such as may now exist, shall be absolutely void, except as herein otherwise provided. No county or city whose present indebtedness exceeds ten per centum of the assessed valuation of its real estate subject to taxation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any further amount until such indebtedness shall be reduced within such limit. This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained, or to be contained in the taxes for the year when such certificates or revenue bonds are issued and payable out of such taxes. Nor shall this section be construed to prevent the issue of bonds to provide for the supply of water; but the term of the bonds issued to provide the supply of water shall not exceed twenty years, and a sinking fund shall be created on the issuing of the said bonds for their redemption, by raising annually a sum which will produce an amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds at their maturity. All certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, which are not retired within five years after their date of issue, and bonds issued to provide for the supply of water, and any debt hereafter incurred by any portion or part of a city, if there shall be any such debt, shall be included in ascertaining the power of the city to become otherwise indebted. Whenever [hereafter] the boundaries of any city are [shall become] the