Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-07
PROCLAMATION.
BY THE GOVERNOR.
Constitutional Amendment Devot-
ing Swamp Lands to Education
al and Charitable Purposes.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

EAECUTlfE DEPARTMENIsi
Whereas by can act proposing an amendment to
section two ( Of article eight (8) of the Ccnstiu
ton relating to the sale Of swamp lanes and the dis
position Of swamp lands and the disposition Of
moneys derived therefrom,' approved March 8,
1884, the legislature Of the State of Minnesota did
enact as follows:
Section /. The following amendment to the Con-
stituton Of this State is hereby proposed for publ
accordance with the provisions of section Of ar
tice fourteen lD of the Constitution of the State
that is to say that section two 3) of article eight
49, of the Constitution be and the same Is hereby
amended by adding to the end the following para.
graph: All swamp lands now held by the state, or
that may hereafter accrue to the State, shall be ap
praised and sold in the same manner and by the
same officers, and the minimum price shall be the
same less one-third G5), is provided by law for
the appraisement and sale of school lands under
the provisions of title one O of chapter thirty
eight (3S) of the General Statutes. The prin-
cipal of all funds derived from sales of swamp
lands as aforesaid shall forever be preserved invo-
late and undiminished. One-haf (N) Of the pro-
ceeds of said principal shall be appropriated to the
common school, fund Of the State; the remaining
one-half 90 shall be appropriated to the education
al and charitable institutions of the State In the
latve ratio of cost to support said institutions.
Sec. 2. This proposed amendment shall be SUBJ
mtted to the people for their approval rejection
at the next general election occurring after this act
shall take effect aud each of the legal voters of the
State in their respective districts may at such cleo
ton vote by ballot for or against such amendment,
anu IctuTu6 tucIcOA sldu no ludoo anu C0rtutu duU
such votes canvassed and the result thereof declared
in manner provided by law for returning certifying
and canvassings votes at general elections for State
officers and declaring the result thereof
and if it shall appear therefore (therefrom) that g.
majority Of the voters present and voting at such
election on said proposed amendment shall have rat
flied such amendment; then within ten Q0) days af-
ter that result has been declared, the Governor
shall make proclamation thereof, and such amend
ment shall therefrom take force and effect and be in
force as part of the constitution
And, whereas, from the returns of the votes cast
at said general election for and against said
amendment filed in the office of the secretary of
stats canvassed by the official board of canvassers
according to law 1t appears that 81 1903 votes
poed for and g. 440 against the adoption of the said
amendment. showing that 50 majority of voters
present and voting at such election said proposed
amendment have ratified such amendment"
Now, therefore, I, John 8. Pillsbury, by virtue of
the power vested in me Governor of the State Of
Minnesota do hereby, in accordance with the result
of the official Canvass and with the requirements of
said act, publish declare and proclaim that the said
FORTH has been approved, ratified and adopted in the
manner prescribed by the constitution and laws Of
the State and is valid to all ntents and purposes as
part of the Constitution Of the State of Minnesota
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand
...... and caused the Great Seal Of the State
to be affixed, at the cspitolin the city Of
A.: ~ st. Paul, this fourth day of January, A.
/: sHAh' : D. one thousand eight hundred and
'''''''''' eghty-two.
j. 8. PILLSBURY.
By the Governor:
F. Won BAUMBACH,
Secretary of State. 6-3