1916] OF THE SENATE. 139

Section 2. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
that the said foregoing section hereby proposed as an amend-
ment to the Constitution shall at the next ensuing general
election, being the presidential and congressional election, to
be held on the Tuesday next after the first Monday of Novem-
ber, nineteen hundred and sixteen, be submitted to the legal
and qualified voters of the State for their adoption or rejec-
tion, in conformity with the directions contained in Article
XIV of the Constitution of this State, and at the said election
the vote on said proposed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be placed the
following synopsis of said amendment under the caption of
"Constitutional Amendment Providing for a Budget. "

"This amendment provides that the Governor shall present
to the Legislature, soon after it is convened, a budget giving
a complete plan of proposed expenditures and estimated reve-
nues for the two succeeding fiscal years showing clearly any
surplus or deficit in State funds., In these estimates he shall
make provision for the interest and sinking funds of all State
debts, for all salaries as fixed by law, and for the public schools
as fixed by law. With regard to most other matters he may
revise the estimates presented to him either by State officers
or State-aided institutions. The Legislature may not increase
the estimates presented by the Governor or pass any additional
Appropriation Act, except by a three fifths vote, and must
make provision by tax for any such increase or additional ap-
propriation. The Legislature may not alter in an Appropria-
tion Act the provision made by law for the State debt, for
schools or for the judiciary, but may reduce all other items
in the Governor's estimates"; and the words "For the Con-
stitutional Amendment" and "Against the Constitutional
Amendment, " as now provided by law, and immediately after
said election due returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against the proposed amendment, and further
proceedings had in accordance with Article XIV of the Con-
stitution.

[Which was read the first time and referred to the Com-
mittee on Constitutional Amendments. ]

At 12 o'clock noon, on motion of Mr. Cooper, the Serrate
adjourned until Monday, January 31, at 8 o'clock P. M.