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    PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. ONE.
T: c following proposed amendment to
U-e cmas'.ttmun of me dials of Nebraska,
as aecria after set forth in full. Is sub
*W- "-d to tbs electors at tbe dials of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at the general
e.eetioa te tie held Tuesday. November
Rt A. f> »!•
“AN ACT for a Joint resolution propoa
tag anaeadsaeat te Esctdoa 1 and aec
tl»a 1# Ar - 1 of me Constitution of
•- e State of Nebraska, and supplement
ing Article entitled 'Amendments'
•» .1 Beet red and Unacted by Use i-egis
lettue of in* dials of Nebraska:
Sect.se t. Tttai at in* gei.eral election
far Stele and 'C-stall re officers to be
Reid ea me Tuesday succeed, rg the first
at / ..Jay is Nov cm ear, UU. u.« U'»Uf
previa; ns be pr ;• *»«-d and submitted ns
aaaaadseent u> bretiga 1 and ieetlea M
of Ar-. u 1 f tie Coantilutlea of the
Mil* of Neb-asks
fcect-en 2. st -.oa 1 of ArtlO S
-if •: e C-TAtl'.-i.oa at tne State of Ne
' -aueu te > amended to read as foi
tisi
kactiaa t. The W- at: we authority «
Ce au-a >..u he vested in a legislature
vw swung af a satiate aad heuae at r-pre
•estaiivua. but tie people rcaervs to
p-wer te propose laws. and
-• • - tarots ta the r nstttatloa. and to
aanct ar royw* the same at tba pails ta*
depeadeat <4 tha teg oia turn. and also ra
ar>« p e-r « their oaa opuon to ap
prove «r reject at the polls any act. Item.
; or part <4 as-y act psised by toe
l»<MUtiite
•acmes la. The firrf power reserved
by tba people te the initiative. Ten per
-ewt at tl- >*a. voters at tba state, so
dkMksM as ta Isdrti Ire per cent of
(ha .-gal raters In aach at two-fifins of
•he cooat tea of the elate, may propose
aay measure by petition. which shell
aaatasa toe fab test of Uie measure so
far t-vsef I*r that proposed Coa
«t ' . .oast Asnradwrot* shall re-iulra a
P- uaa at *:■• -a per cer.t of tha legal
voters 4 the State distributed as above
fa* - »• lr J e pet turn* .except for
rove • (pal at.4 srholly local legts-at! ml
aha t» filed with the Secretary of htata
■ r i he by fc.m sulmltlad to Uaa voter* at
*■ - first regular state election held not
J'ss tl. ta four months alter such filing.
Thv asanas heasunt. el"her In form or in
nwi'-atlal s-usurtv. snail not be *ub
r*. - tad ta the i-f-jplv by Initiative peuuon
• aHbar afitrmailvely or negatively >
aft sear tbaa anna lit three years If con
f f; { trausurea *ubm:tte# to tne people
st the atsas election Mud ha approved,
tha aaa receiving tha highest Dumber of
aff.-M. • ■>« votes shall thereby become
-anr as l* si conflicting j rov.s:ons Tha
*'!>•»' .; - .in.: tat ions *s to scope and
au tec matter <4 slat at ea enacted by the
lea - * -a -e sand ajp.y ta U-ose enacted
by tbs Iroftet; •
heel on IB Tha error.# power reserved
rsndsBt. It assy be ordered by
a peat ter per cent of the legal
vee-ts f the state, datr.Puled as ra
. . •-# • - 1 .-.a- te ; • • • n.- !;• :•
1 --- petitlee# against measures passed
by the te gist slurs shall be Bled with tha
lurreury at Huts within ninety day*
after tha fagiataturs enacting the same
ad - Wfaa sine d * or for a period longer
than ab.ety days, and elections thereon
st.a-1 he bad at the first regular slate
- •—!st held net leas than thirty days
after such filing
Section 1C. Tt» refereed am may be
ordered ---poo any art except acta making
apprsfHix-. «s for the -I(er.»es of the
state g»ven mset. aad stale institutions
exist T;g St t.a* time such act ts {tossed.
Vies Use rv fefwndurn ts ordered upon an
act ar any part ttcr«f It ahall s ispend
its up'rstlsa aatb tha aasaa la approved
by tt.e voters p-nvtdsd. that emergency
acta, ar acts for (ha laser sflsle preserva
<■ <a of tt.e put-tic peace, health, or safety
sr.aB cor'isiso IB effect ur.t . rejected hy
•- ••;- e 1 ; p • ire.
aaa or avers lianas, avrrl ana. or parts of
>' t t i ! - 4 delay the remalrder at
zj e pi» seas i- from oncoming operative
be-t oa ID Nothing In this section
Bd be caaaBwad ta dsptivs aay mem
ber eg the legiststur* at tha right to in
tro# -* stt measure. The whole number
-» ' - . M ■ - * . at
. Ust p-eceding the BUag of any
BMMaditsw ar rsifarnaaasn pitltlea ahall be
the brads aa which the number of legal
voters returned ta sgr, such petition shall
• : : • •• f • - e g ■ v -
eite- t ij mamma initi
ated by or referred ta tba paapie. All
such amaaaras shall 'become the law or a
par; of ts-e caaatltut--B sirs upprorod
fa* a majority of the v.-tes cast thereon,
pro d-d ;. e votes cast in favor of said
tnstsauve msaauro ar part at said Conetl
. : e-j.ail caasututa thirty-five per
• .Jl«n of the total vote cast at Bald
*-»e -UHL and tot otherwise, and shall
• xe • ff-ct upon pr clasaation by the
c».e-T. which abaU be made within
i t days at tha completion of the official
rssna Tba *ata apaa tettldllvs and
r-f-rervlata measures shall be returned
tmt canvassed la tha aaaw laanarr as Is
far-* • ■ -ed in tu» case of presidential
» t-rs The snethod of rubrr-itt rig aad
. . * nc arosr.dmenl* ta the constitution
. i-d by this sea non shall be xuppie
niseti rj is the mwbnd prescribed in the
srtli -* of this Constitution, entitled
•At. • dn»er:ts ‘ and the latter shall In no
case be construed t conflict herewith.
Th.s anver-dawast ahail be **.f-executing,
but i-giaiattmi may fa- enacted especially
te f», liiate it* operation. In submitting
• m » x;.d orders fur the initiative and
lb* referruddun the baemtary of Slate
»j-d s . other officer* shall be raided by
• * amendment and tha general laws
until ad* • mal legp-iaUoe sijt.il be espe
cially I - wdr# therefor; all propositions
- T ”*4 n pursuance hereof shall be
wuhst r# la a r. >a-partisan manner and
without aay Indication or suggestion aa
t*.e a»t that they have been approved
ar swdorwid by aay nalWIf i party or ar
ea .** . or. and provided further that
>• > tne t tie f measure* shall be printed
ou t*.e b- •«. and when two or more
wsrosuf** hi. ■# tne a,me title they shall
••'.nsecutlvely ta the order
4 r.' -g with tt.e i>-e-elary of State and
tir-g the name of the first petitioner.
Section A That Section 1 . of Art cl* J.
of tha Covstltutlsa af tha state of Ne
braska N- amer.ded to read as f-iilovrs:
Section 13. Tha style at all bills shall
be “Be it • • * - 4 i-v the peopl* of the
Jitata of Nebraska.” aad no haw shall
be enacted SBcegd o* bill. No bill shall
t-e po» i by the legislature un-ms by
. -seel of a majority of all the members
e. tel to even house of the iegialature
and the <u**Uon upon final pa Wage shall
ha taken iwadtatr'y upon Its last read
ing aad tha yeas aad nays shall ba aa
te *d upon the Journal.
Srrtiaa *. That at said election on tha
fu-aday su* ■. d.ng t..e first h .tiday In
N uvetnber. I >11. on the ballot of aach
elector voting thereat there shall be
printed or written the words "For pro
posed sawn lantat ta the aaast.it ution re
saw -g la the p*oj»ie the r.ght of direct
lagfakatlao through tag initiative and ref
i road sis." asm “Against pmposid aswtd
atswt ta tha rastssitutian raaanrlag to the
faeopr the rurt.i of direct legislation
(hswugh the Initiative aad referendum."
And tf a maturity of all voters at aui<)
dertlga al.aU be It. favor of sue* atnenU
saeat the turn* eha i be deemed to !•*
sdaC'ted 1 r-turr.s of sold eiectior.
upas the ad y*..a of this amendment
aswC be made to tha state canvasaine
board ar -I *v.d t.<ud shall canvass the
vote upon the amtwdmact herein la tt.e
aaaw 111111™^ m te prescribed la the ease
-4 pre* aer I...11 e-ei't rr If » majority of
iSe votes cam at tha election ba in favor
■t ta* prop.. »od amendment the govarwor,
• -> tea days after the result is nsnr
law ad. shah make aswckucstl'w deetar
14 tha aswoBdoamt to ba port of the con
uo af the slat* and when so Be
ared the ammdae-at hervin proposed
Shah be in lore* and »elf-executing.
Akpruvad March 14. 1#11
L Add m » Alt. friary of St.Ha. of
the Stat- of Net-raaka do hereby certify
that **• pcnpnead amendment
:« t* e <' e a: iution d the Stele of Xe
IrwU :a a —at and correct copy of the
ersc-aal enrolled and uaraaj but. aa
l-a—ed by i fie Thirty-oetood aeaaion of
»ae Ueytht-’-tare at the State of Nebraska,
a* apt-ear* It* aatd orletnal Mil on file
t* lb* eee.ee. and that *ald proptwed
amendment to submitted to the -maiifled
eo*tea of the elate at Nebraska for their
adaption er rctectlo* at the (enerai elec
tion to be held en T ueaday. the Sth day
at Beet tuber. A D l>!t
In Tee-itueuy Whereof. I have hereunto
am« ay bead and affined the O-eat Seal
at the state at Nebraska- Done at Lin -
coda, thta pit dar at Mav. in the year of
mar lard One Tt'HinM Nine Hundred
and ToradSk and of the Indete - der-ce at
the Celled State* the One H-jdred and
Th'.rty-atatn and ef this State the Forty
slsth ADDISOX WAIT.
{Seat) Secretary of State.
OtOPOtlO CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. TWO.
Th* fnOsalid proposed amendment to
th* nuuMUM of u>e Stat* at Nebraska,
aa hereinafter act forth la fu-L la aub
■HM ta th* (brinn at th* State of Ne
braska. ta be voted turns at th* senerai
ebactian to be he-J Tuesday. Xovember
sen. A. D l»U
“A JOINT lUeSOt.CTION on proposing
aa uonfreat to Section 4 of Article
I at the Constitution of the Slate of
Beprnaka.
Be M Km rived ard Enacted by the Ldffi*
lature of the State at Kebraafca:
Soctioo 1. That at tho ronerai election
for state aad Mffialative officer* to bo hold
on the Tuesday following the first Mon- '
day in November. 1911. the following be
submitted as an amendment to Section 4
of Article 3 of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska:
Sec. 4. At the first election of mem-,
b:i of the legislature held after the'
•■■PUon of this amendment members of
the b-nute and House of Representatives.
■“*11 be elected for the term of two years,
li-tti senators and representatives shall
pay at the rate of six hun
dred dollars for each regular session of
the Legislature, during their term, and
ten cer.ts for every mile they shall travel
• n going to and returning from the place
•f meeting of tiie legislature, on the most
usual route. That neither members of
•he 1« cisUture nor employes shall re
ee.ve i - pay or perquisites other than
their salary and mileage. Each session,
escept special session, shall not be less
than * xty duvs. After the expiration of
twenty du>s of the session, no bills nor
joint resolutions of the nature of bills
*•'**•'■ l-e introduced, uniess the governor
ssage call the atten
' ' the legislature to the necessity of
psasing a law on the Subject-matter em
braced in the message, and the introduc
tl in of bills shall be restricted thereto.
Provided, that the general appropria
tion h:ii- may lie introduced up to and
In. hiding the fortieth day.
Sec. 2. That at said election on the
T-.- s.iiy succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1915. on the ballot of each
e.ector voting thereat there shall be
primed or written the words: "For pro
posed amendment to the constitution fix
ing the term of office and salary for
members of the legislature,” and
"Age: - «t proposed amendment to the
ej-v lotion fixtrg the term of office and
salary for members of the legislature."
A-id if a majority of all the voters at the
said election shall be in favor of such
amendment the same shall be deemed to
adopted. The returns of said election
upon the adoption of this amendment
•hall be made to the State Canvassing
Board and that Board shall canvass the
vote upon the amendment herein in the
same manner as is prescribed in the case
of j .i. ratal electors If a majority of
" e :.-s cast at the election be in favor
cf ti e proposed amendment the governor.
» • o ten days after the result is ascer
shall rr pr I imatioa declar
•»- the nme-dnient to ue part of the
c«'' ‘•tit: :: a of the state, and when so
de hired the some shall be in force.
A pproved Anril 10. 1911.”
' 1 - v • n ■ try of State, of
the s ,te of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
! — - Is a tru» and correct copy of the
rolled and engrossed bill, as
r issed by the T.drtv-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska.
«* t • ears fr tn said orle.na! bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment la submitted to the qualified
v of the s’ate of Nebraska for their
tion at the general elec
tton to be held or Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A D. 1915.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
a. • mjr hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lln
e '• this 5' :h dav of Mav. In the year of
' - lyird. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twe've and of the Independence of
the T’nitetJ c*nTes the One Hundred and
xth and of this St Forty
ADDISOX WAIT.
f Seal] Secretary of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. THREE.
The following proposed amendment to
” institution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinaftej- set forth In full. Is sub
mit:, d to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at the general
e • Chun to be held Tjesday. November
ith. A. D. MIL
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend Sec
tt n r. .tteen >19i of Article five ia) of
ti e Constitution ..f the State of Nebras
ka creating a Board of Commissioners
of State Institutions.
Be it Ur. t- 1 by the Legislature of the
State of Nebraska:
Section 1 That Section nineteen 19*.
of Article five • of the Constitution of
tie State nf Nebraska, be amended to
read as follows:
Section 19. The Governor shall, prior
• adjournment of the thirty-third
Session of the legislature, nominate and.
with the consent of two-thirds of the
members of the Senate m Executive Ses
».o.n. appoint three electors of the state,
not more ti.an two of whom shall belong
to the same political party and no two
o', w m shall reside at the time of their
app ir.tment in the same congressional
d.str.et. as members of a board to be
known as a "Board of Commissioners of
Slate Institutions.” Said members shall
hi Id office a* des mated by the Governor
for two. four ar.d six years respectively.
Subsequent appointments shall be made
as provided and. except to fill vacan
d of six years.
Th® Bond shall at ail times be subject
to the above restrictions and limitations.
The Board of Commissioners shall have
full power to manage, control nnd gov
ern subject or v to such limitations as
shall he established by law. the State
c .idlers’ H one. Hospitals for the Insane.
I s: lute f .r he leaf. Institute for the
Bond. Industrial Schools. Institute for
Feeble Xlinded Children. Nebraska Indus
tr: .1 Home. Orthopedic Hospital, the
ie. re
f :■ itory an 1 penal institutions that
w < itablished and main
tained by the state of Nebraska. They
shall each give bonds, receive compensa
tion for service, perform all duties and
comply with all regulations that shall be
-h»d by law. The powers pos
sessed by the Governor and Board of
Rut I.e Lands nnd Buildings with refer
et.ee to the mar. igement and control of
the institutions herein named shall, on
duly 1. cease to exist In the GoV
■ • - ar.d the Board of Tubllc Lands and
Tlui'dings and Fin 11 become vested in a
Board of Commissioners of State institu
tions and the said Board is on July 1. 1913.
nnd without further process of law. au
thorlied and directed to assume and ex
ercise all the powers heretofore vested
• m exercised by the Governor or Board
f Public Lands and Buildings with ref
na of the state
r d herein, but nothing herein con
tained shall limit the general supervisory
i ex n g • owers rested In the Gover
nor by the laws or constitution of the
state, or such as are vested hy him in
anv committee appointed by him.
Section 2 That at the general election.
In November. 191J there shall be submit
ted to the electors of the state for their
approval or rejection the foregoing pro
posed amendments to the constitution In
•be f illowring form: On the ballot of each
elector voting for or against said pro
posed amendment hi all be printed or
wr:tt"n "For propos d amendment to the
Constitution creating a Board of Cpin
missi oners of State Institutions” and
"Against said proposed amendment to
the constitution creating a Board of
Commlm loners of State Institutions.”
Section 3. If «uch amendment to Sec
t >n nineteen fli» of Article five <5) of
the Constitution of the State of Nebraska
shall be approved by a majority of all
electors voting at such election said
• mendinept sh c institute Section nine- '
teen <19* of Article five (5) of the con
stif.it: ,n of the state of Nebraska.
Approved April 10. 1911.”
1. A 1 I s,m Wait. Secretary of State, of
the S’ ite of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
ric.ral enm >d ar.d engrossed bill, as
pi--..d by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as ap.pears it’® said original bill on file
in in is off: *e. and that said proposed
to the qualified
V ers of the siate of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to ire held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1911.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto
s®t mv hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this SOth dav of Ms”. In the year of
our laird. Or.® Thousand Nine Hundred
and Tw.-!»e. and or the Independence of
the Vnited Sta’e* the One Hundred and
T rty-slxth and of this State the Forty
sixth ADDISON WAIT.
[Seal) Secretary of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. FOUR.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth In full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at the general
election to be held Tuesday. November
5th. A. D. 1112.
"A JOINT RESOLUTION to propose
amendments to S -ction -five (5) of
Article si* (6) and Section thirteen (13)
of Artie.© sixteen (16) of the constitu
tion of the state of Nebraska as found
In the Compiled Statutes of Nebraska
for 1909 (Section thirteen (12) of
Article eighteen (18) of Cobbey's An
notated Statutes for 1909). relating to
time of electing Judges of the supreme
court, fixing the time of the general
election and providing for holding over,
of Incumbents until their successors
are elected and qualified.
Be It Resolved snd Enacted by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That Section Five (5) of
Article Six (6) of the Constitution of the
State of Nebraska be amended to read as
follows:
Section 5. That at the general election
to be held In the State of Nebraska in
the year ISIS, and each six years there
after, there shall be elected three (3)
judges of the Supreme Court, who shall
hold their office for the period of six (6)
years; that at the general election to be
held In the State of Nebraska In the year
1918. and each six years thereafter there
shall be elected three (3) judges of the
Supreme Court, who shall hold their office
for the period of six years; and at the
general election to be held in the State
of Nebraska in the year 1920 and each
six (6) years thereafter there shall be
elected a chief justice of the Supreme
Court, who shall hold his office for the
period of six (6) years. Provided, That
the member of the Supreme Court whose
term of office expires in January. 1914.
shall be chief justice of the Supreme
Court during that time until the expira
tion of his term of office.
Section 2. That Section Thirteen fl3)
of Article Sixteen (16) of the constitution
of the State of Nebraska as found in the
Compiled Statutes of Nebraska for 1909
(Section thirteen (13) of Article eighteen
(18) of Cobbey's Annotated Statutes for
1909) be amended to read as follows:
Section 13. The general election of this
state shall be held on the Tuesday suc
ceeding the first Monday in November
In the year 1914 and every’ two years
thereafter. All state, district, county,
precinct and township officers, by the
constitution or laws made elective by the
people, except school district officers, and
municipal officers in cities, villages and
towns, shall be elected at a general elec
tion to be held as aforesaid. Judges of
the supreme, district and county courts,
all elective county and precinct officers,
and all other elective officers, the time
for the election of whom is not herein
otherwise provided for. and which are
not included in the above exception,
shall be elected on the Tuesday succeed
ing the first Monday in November. 1913.
an-i thereafter at the general election
next preceding the t.me of the termina
tion for their respective terms of office.
Provided. That no office shall be vacated
thereby, but the incumbent thereof shall
hold over until his successor U duly
elected and qualified.
Section 3.' The form of ballot on the
amendments proposed herein shall be as
follows: "For proposed amend nents to
the constitution providing for general
election once in two years” and "Against
proposed amendments to the constitution
providing for general election once in
two years."
Approved April 7. 1911."
I. Addison Wait. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have, hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln. this 20th day of May. in the year of
our Lord. One Thousind Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
[Seal] Seeretarv of State.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT NO. FIVE.
The following proposed amendment to
the constitution of the State of Nebraska,
as hereinafter set forth in full, is sub
mitted to the electors of the State of Ne
braska. to be voted upon at tbe general
election to be held Tuesday. November
oth. A. D. 1812.
"AN ACT for a Joint Resolution to pro
pose an amendment to the constitution
of the State of Nebraska.
Be it Resolved and Knueied by the Legis
lature of the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. That at the general election
for slate and legislative officers to be
held in the State of Nebraska on the first
Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in
November. 1812. tus following provision
be proposed and submitted to the electors
of the State of Nebraska:
Sec. 2. Any city having a popula
tion of more than five thousand (o.UoO)
inhabitants may frame a charter for its
own government, consistent with and
subject to the constitution and laws of
this state, by causing a convention of
fifteen freeholders, who shall have been
for at least five years qualified electors
thereof, to be elected by the qualified
voters of said city at any general or spe
cial election, whose duty it shall be
within four months after such election,
to prepare and propose a charter for such
city, which charter, when completed, with
a prefatory synopsis, shall be signed by
the officers and members of the conven
tion. or a majority thereof, and deliv
ered to the clerk of said city, who shall
publish the same in fun. with his official
certification, in the official paper of said
city, if there be one. and if there be no
official paper, then in at least one news
paper published and in general circula
tion in said city, three times, and a week
apart, and within not less than thirty
days after such publication it shall be
submitted to the qualified electors of said
city at a general or special election, and
if a majority of such qualified voters,
voting thereon, shall ratify the same. It
shall at the end of sixty day3 thereafter,
become the charter of said city, and
supersede any existing charter and all
amendments thereof. A duplicate cer
tificate shall be made, setting forth the
charter proposed and its ratification (to
gether with the vote for and against) and
duly certified by the City Clerk, and au
thenticated by the corporate seal of said
city and one copy thereof shall be filed
with the secretary of state and the other
deposited among the archives of the city,
and shail thereupon become and be the
charter of said city, and all amendments
to such charter, shall lie authenticated in
the same manner, and filed with the sec
retary of state, and deposited in the
archives of the city.
Sec. 3. But if said charter be re
jected. then within six months thereafter,
the Mayor and council or governing au
thorities of said city may cal! a special
election at which fifteen members of a
new charter convention shall be elected
to be called and held as above in such
city, and they shall proceed as above to
frame a charter which shall In like man
ner and to the like end be published and
submitted to a vote of said voters for
their approval or rejection. If again re
jected. the procedure herein designated
may be repeated until a charter is finally
approved by a majority of those voting
thereon, and certified (together with the
vote for and against) to the secretary of
state as aforesaid, and a copy thereof
deposited In the archives of the city,
whereupon it shall become the charter of
said city. Members of each of said char
ter conventions shall be elected at large;
and thev shall complete their labors
within sixty days after their respective
election.
The charter shall make proper pro
vision for continuing, amending or repeal
ing the ordinances of the city.
See. 4. Such charter so ratified and
adopted may be amended, or a charter
convention called, by a proposal therefor
made by the law-making body of such
city or by the qualified electors in num
ber not less than five per cent of the next
preceding gubernatorial vote in such city,
by petition filed with the council or gov
erning authorities. The council or gov
erning authorities shall submit the same
to a vote of the qualified electors at the
next general or special election not held
within thirty days after such petition is
filed. In submitting any such charter or
charter amendments, any alternative
article or section may be presented for
the choice of the voters and may be
voted on separately without prejudice to
others. Whenever the question of a
charter convention is carried by a ma
jority of those voting thereon, a charter
convention shall be called through a spe
cial election ordinance, and the same
shall be constituted and held and the
proposed charter submitted to a vote of
the qualified electors, approved or reject
ed, as provided in Section two hereof.
The City Clerk of said city shall publish
with his official certification, for three
times, a week apart in the official paper
of said city. If there be one. and if there
be no official paper, then in at least one
newspaper, published and in general cir
culation In said city, the full text of any
charter or charter amendment to be
voted on at any general or special alec
tion.
No charter or charter amendment
adopted under the provisions of this
amendment shall be amended or repealed
except by electoral vote. And no such
charter or charter amendment shall di
minish the tax rate for state purposes
fixed by act of the legislature, or inter
fere in any wise with the collection of
state taxes.
Sec. 5. That at said election In the
year 1912. on the ballot of each elector
voting thereat, there shall be printed or
written the words—"For proposed amend
ment to the Constitution allowing cities
of more than five thousand Inhabitants in
this state to frame their own city char
ter." and "Against proposed amendment
to constitution allowing cities of more
than five thousand inhabitants In this
state to frame their own charters." And
If a majority bf all voters at said elec
tion shall be for such amendment the
same shall be deemed to be adopted.
Approved March 29. 1111.”
L Addison Walt. Secretary of State, of
the State of Nebraska do hereby certify
that the foregoing proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the State of Ne
braska Is a true and correct copy of the
original enrolled and engrossed bill, as
passed by the Thirty-second session of
the Legislature of the State of Nebraska,
as appears from said original bill on file
in this office, and that said proposed
amendment is submitted to the qualified
voters of the state of Nebraska for their
adoption or rejection at the general elec
tion to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day
of November. A. D. 1912.
In Testimony Whereof. I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lin
coln, this 20th day of May. in the year of
our laird. One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Twelve, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred and
Thirty-sixth and of this State the Forty
sixth. ADDISON WAIT.
ISwifi Secretary of State.
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What is life without them—
All the dreams?
Though we smile and flout them,
Still it seems
That the days are brighter
• In their glow
And our hearts are lighter
I're they go.
Dream by night or daytime
Make us glad;
All the golden playtime
We have had
With its songs of pleasure.
Caught its gleam
And its lilt and measure
From a dream
Dreams—they take us yonder.
Far and far.
Down the ways of wonder
Till we are
Holden of the fancies
That we weave
Of our necromancies*
Make-believe.
Half the joys of living
Are the dreams;
Day and night they're giving
Out their beams.
Day or night we choose them—
For their host
Proves we, if we lose them.
Lose the most. •
ON SNORING.
We read in the account of some
charges preferred against a judge
somewhere or other that he is accused
of going to sleep on the bench and of
waking himself up with a loud and
sudden snore. This statement appears
to excite not only levity but to bring
opprobrium upon the snorer.
It is because of such ill-timid hunor
as this that snoring is rapidly becom
ing a lost art In the world. Now-a
nights when people snore they do so
is surreptitiously as possible. They
snore apologetically—little whiffling,
subnormal snores that mean nothing
and accomplish nothing. It is no long
er possible, for instance, to be stroll
ing home along about 11 o'clock or
midnight, and pause in front of some
house just to enjoy the deep diapason
and the rhythmic regularity of the
snore of some old master. Ah, there
was a bassoon quality, an oboe timbre,
about some of the old-time snores
which we sadly miss today.
Pause and reflect, dear reader, that
our children will grow up and live in
practically a snoreless world. Con
template the change in human atti
tude toward what was once the me
lodious accompaniment of honest
sleep, when even the judicial ermine
does not stop the captious critics from
attempting to hold the snore In de
rision and silence it with contumely.
Does childhood give you any happier
memory than that of the old gentle
man who lived across the street, and
who took a nap every afternoon with
a red handkerchief over his face to
keep the flics out of his mouth, while
he not only snored In a varying bass
and baritone, but between snores the
exhaust of his breath was a shrill
whistle? W'h2t would you not give
today to be able to see and hear that
ancient and honqrable thirty-third de
gree snorer when he threw in the high
and cut out the mufflers? It «a-s epic;
it was classic, but it is gone from us
forever.
And that, judge who is derided and
may be disbarred because forsooth he
snored on the beech and awakened
himself with a snore! Would that we
•night have heard it! Fancy pictures
him, oblivious to the learned lawyer
who is arguing before him, oblivious
to jury, prisoner and all, his head
resting against the back of his chair,
his mouth open, and then all of a sud
den, that long-drawn, crescendo snore,
terminating in a gulping whoop which
almost tore his head off! Probably
it will go down in history as the last
tf the great snores of time.
A Man of Excuses.
“I just can't get John to go to
church," complained his wife. Five
rears ago he would not go because it
took the preacher too long to deliver
the sermon, and now he says he can
not go because it takes him all the
morning tt read the Sunday paper,”
CHOICE VARIETIES OF ROSE
GROWN IN MUD TEMPERATURE
Characteristics of Many Lovely Plants That May Be Success*
fully Raised—So-Called Hybrid Teas Deserve
Special Attention on Account of Their
Hardiness and Rare Beauty.
(By H. ERICHSEX.)
The roses enumerated are such as
I have grown on my own grounds
and know to be satisfactory in every
respect. Before I take up the indi
vidual roses, it might be well to make
a concise reference to the two grand
divisions of Queen Rosa's kingdom
and point out the difference between
the Tea and Monthly Roses and Hy
brid Perpetuals.
The former make constant growth
and new flower buds all through the
summer and are therefore very prop
erly termed ever-blooming. But the
appellation of the latter is a misnomer,
for they do not bloom perpetually, as
the name would indicate, producing
only one crop of flowers in June, with
an occasional blossom in autumn.
T nfortunately, the tea-roses are not
entirely hardy in our northern climate
and. if planted at all, require winter
protection. The Hybrid Perpetuals. on
the other hand, are perfectly hardy
and vigorous, and distinguished by
fine foliage and magnificent flowers,
both as regards size of bloom and
color, which explains why they con
tinue to be the most popular rosea.
There is, for instance, our old Hy
brid Perpetual friend General Jacque
minot, familiarly known as "Jack.”
which still holds first place among
the dark red roses and is simply a
mass of bloom when at its best.
Paul Neyron, by far the largest rose
In cultivation, and one of the most
prolific bloomers, is of a deep, clear
pink color and very desirable as a
garden rose. It is an exceptionally
strong grower, often making straight
shoots four to five feet high in one
season, each shoot bearing an im
mense flower. No collection of roses
would be complete without it
Most rosarians if called upon to des
ignate the finest flesh-cplored Hybrid
Perpetual would unhesitatingly name
Clio. The flowers are simply perfec
tion in form, and in color they are a
delicate satin blush with a light shad
ing of rosy pink at the center. As the
plant makes a vigorous growth, pos
sesses handsome foliage and is a fine
bloomer, it is one of the best roses
for the urban or suburban garden and
should not be omitted from any col
lection.
Baroness Rothschild is another rose
of value for the open ground. Owing
, to the toughness of its large, heavy
foliage, it is especially free from mil
dew and insect attacks. It is perfect
ly hardy and blooms twice and some
times thrice in a season.
Among the other Hybrid Perpetuals
that may be safely recommended to
beginners in rose culture are: Mrs.
John Laing, delicate pink, large fine
form, very fragrant; Magna Charta,
prized on account of its strong, up
right growth, and bright, healthy foli
age. as well as for its magnificent,
fragrant, full, globular, deep pink blos
soms; Ulrich Brunner, one of the
most abundant bloomers, with flowers
bright cherry-red and very fragrant: j
! Frau Karl Druschki, white, free flow
ering. with bright, heavy foliage and
strong, upright growth, and Prince
Camille de Rohan, large, moderately
full and best described as a blackish
crimson in color.
The production of new varieties of
roses of merit has been particularly
rapid in the past two decades, and
many novelties of exceptional value
have been introduced. Among them
the so-called Hybrid Teas deserve spe
Roses and ferns arranged together
display both to advantage.
clal attention because they are nearly
hardy, and among the most beautiful
of all roses.
They are a cross between the Hy
brid Perpetcals and the delicate Teas
and have inherited the vigor of the
former and the charming form and
fragrance of the latter. Probably the
best known of these roses is the in- :
comparable “La France.”
Maman Cochet, a large, full, clear
carmine rose, shaded with salmon yel
low, is also very free flowering and
lasts a long time when cut.
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria is also in
valuable as a cut flower. In color it
is a pearly white, softly tinted with
lemon in the center.
The color of Belle Siebrecht (also
offered under the name of Mrs. W. J.
Grant) is an imperial pink of the
richest shade. It is a vigorous grow
er, with large, glossy foliage of leath
ery texture.
Among other roses that are sure to
give satisfaction, I would include the
“Gruss aus Teplitz,” the Golden Sun.
Clothilde Soupert (Polvantha), pearl
white, with bright pink center; Min
iature. another fairy rose, perhaps the
smallest of all roses; Harrison's yel
low, an Austrian brier-rose of merit;
Madame Plantier (Hybrid Chine).
Rosa Rugosa. and the Crimson Ram
bler, and that pink rambler, the Dor
othy Perkins.
NEW JERSEY HEN HOUSE PLAN
(By A. K CLARK. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station.)
So many inquiries have come to me relating to this open front poultry
house, that I present herewith the working plans of the same. The plan here
given is for a house on a side hill, with the front one foot lower than the
back. It is especially adaptable for such a location. For a level spot, the
middle studs (by the windows) need to be only nine feet high instead of
ten. This gives the front roof a somewhat less pitch, but that is sufficient
if covered with paper. The nests shown are nearly ideal—dark and quiet,
yet very convenient.
_
WORK OF BORER
ON APPLE TREES
Little Insects May be Found In
Most Orchatis and are
Overlooked Until Damaie
is Done.
Apple tree borers may be found In
most orchards, and their presence is
usually overlooked until serious dam
age has been done. They can work
away in old trees for a long time with
out seriously afTecting them, but one
season's work in a young tree will
often prove fatal.
They work just under the bark, and
their presence may usually be de
tected by sunken areas, about an inch
or more in diameter, and by the fam
iliar sawdustlike castings at the base
of the tree. There is very little that
can be done in the way of prevention. I
although some people claim satisfac- ‘
I
tory results from painting the trees
with various substances, and from
applications of coal ashes at the base
of the tree.
None of these can be relied upon,
and the best recommendation offered!
is to examine each tree twice a year!
in May and September, and dig out
the borers with a pocketknife. a
strong flexible wire may be found use
ful where the pest has borrowed far in
to the wood. Some people recom
mend a knitting needle for this pur
pose. but a more flexible wire would
seem better adapted.
Excellent Farm Horses.
Iceland horses are being ueed ex- !
tensively in Denmark, as they make
excellent farm horses, being hardy and
resistant to fatigue. The Iceland horse
Is small, stoutly built and strong. They
are bred without selection and live
in an almost wild state, and from
three to four thousand are exported
yearly to Denmark. England and
Scotland.
Slaughter Sacred Cattle.
Sacred cattle are being slaughtered
and shipped to Paris to help out the
scarcity of beef. In Madagascar there
are herds, cousins to India's sacred
hump cattle, and the French, as pro
tectors of Madagascar, pronounce the
meat of these animals equal to beef.
Locate Pigeon Loft
Locate the pigeon loft away from
the rest of the poultry. They should
have a building with a tight roof and
cat prooL
Unhooking a Door.
A cord is fastened to the hook aad
then yassed through a hole in the
door and tied to the knob outside.
Pulling the string will remove the
hook: slip the string off the hook and
the door cannot be opened from the
outside.
Money In Pigeons.
Pigeon keeping is remunerative and
Instructive work for the boys. They
like the work, which is one of the first
requisites of success.
The average man makes the mi»
take of overestimating his greatness.
Courtship is less expensive than
marriage, according to the figures on
gas bills.
Red Cross Ball Blue gives double value
for your money, goes twice as far as anj
other. Ask your grocer.
Even a wrisdom dispenser shouldn't
prolong the performance until people
get weary.
Mrs. Winsiovr*e» Soothing Syrup for Children
tecthiup, *ofteu9 the gums, reduces infhimuia
tiou. aliay=> pain, cures wiud colic, 25c a bottle.
Where's One?
“Pa. what’s an anomaly?"
“A summer resort that doesn't
guarantee its attractions.”
Eusiness Practice.
“The new actor in this company
certainly knows how to act on peo
ple’s feelings with fine touches."
“Yes; he used to be a dentist.”
To be sweet and clean, every wom
an should use Paxtine in sponge bath
ing. It eradicates perspiration and
all other body odors. At druggists,
25c a box or sent postpaid on receipt of
price by The Paxton Toilet Co., Bos
ton, Mass.
Why?
“George, don't you think, now that
your salary has been raised, we can
have an automobile?”
“Oh. I suppose we can have one, if
we wish, but why be so common?”
Consistent.'
"Your friend is very particular
about conformity in all things, isn’t
he?”
"Yes, indeed. When he went on his
last spree the family were in mourn
ing and he saw only black snakes."
New Idea for Dressmakers.
A New York woman has inaugurat
ed a new departure. She sent word
to a number dressmakers that Bhe
had so many dresses to make, of such
and such materials, and so many oth
ers to be altered, and named the al
terations to be made and asked for
bids. She will probably accept the
lowest bid. and this seems to open up
b new field in dressmaking. It will
also develop a new variety of shrewd
ness on the part of successful dress
makers—the ability to figure on bids.
Expect Eic, Sale of Red Cross Seals.
The campaign for selling Red Cross
seals thi3 year will -be carried on In
practically every state and territory in
the United States, and even in Porto
Rico, the Canal Zone, Hawaii and Phil
ippine islands. No less than 100,000
volunteer agents, including depart
ment, drug and other kinds of stores,
motion pictures, theaters, individuals,
and others, will be engaged in the
work. Before the sale is completed,
it is expected that at least 100,000,000
seals will have been printed and dis
tributed, besides several million post
ers, display cards and other forms of -.
advertising literature. \
Hot Weather Drink.
Philip Hale, one of Boston's latter
day philosophers, recommends barley
water as a more sensible drink for hot
weather than “ice-cold’’ blends of wa
ters, sirups, acids gulped at the mar
ble fountains. Mr. Hale's recipe for
his favorite tipple is as follows:
"For three pints of water you will
require a teacupful and a half of well
washed pearl barley, four lumps of
sugar and the thin rind and juice of
one lemon. Pour boiling water over
it, cover with a saucer and let it stand
till cold; then strain again and again
till clear, and pour into a jug."
A buttermilk fan adds:
"Then set the jug in a cool place
and forget it.”
What He Bought.
A Syracuse business man living in
one of the suburbs decided to give
up his spacious back yard to the rais
ing of currants as a profitable side
issue. So, wishing to absorb all the
information he could acquire on the
subject of the currant industry he
went down town one Saturday after
noon recently and returned with his
arms full of books.
"Well, Teddy,” inquired his enthusi
astic spouse, as he dumped the vol
umes on the table, "did you succeed
in getting what you wanted?"
"Sure, 1 did!" he replied, proudly,
pointing to the books. "1 bought a
whole year’s edition of a standard
work on current literature." — Ex
change.
HOW MANY OF US
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward Off Ailments?
A Ky. lady, speaking about food,
says: “I was accustomed to eating
all kinds of ordinary food until, for
some reason, indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
“After I had run down seriously
my attention was called to the neces
sity of some change in my diet, and
I discontinued my ordinary breakfast
and began using Grape-Nuts with a
good quantity of rich cream.
“In a few days my condition
changed in a remarkable way, and I
began to have a strength that I had
never been possessed of before, a
vigor of body and a poise of mind that
amazed me. It was entirely new ii
my experience.
“My former attacks of indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes,
and many times my condition was dis
tressing with blind 6pells of dizziness,
rush of blood to the head and neural
gic pains in the chest.
“Since usipg Grape-Nuts alone for
breakfast I have been free from these
troubles, except at times when I have
indulged in rich, greasy foods in quan
tity, then I would be warned by a
pain under the left shoulder blade, and
unless I heeded the warning the old
trouble would come back, but when I
finally got to know where these trou
bles originated I returned to my Grape
Nuts and cream and the pain and dis
turbance left very quickly.
“I am now in prime health as &
result of my use of Grape-Nuts.” Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
“There’s a reason,” and it is ex
plained in the little book, “The Road
to Wellville,” In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter t A met*
one appears tram time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fall of human
interest.