The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-02

sioux FAILS, Oak, Special Telegram, Sept
22.-The report of the standing committee
on revenue aud finance occupied the atten-
ton of the constitutional convention the
greater part of the day. Considerable discus
sion occurred on section two, which provides
for the taxation of railroads. The section as
reported by the committee reads as follows:
All taxes TO be raised In this state shall be uni
form on all real and personal property according
to its value in money, to be ascertained by such
rules OF appraisement as may be prescribed by
the legislature so that all property of corpora
tions aud individuals shall bear an equal proper
ton OF the burdens of taxation, and the legisla-
ture shall provide for the assessment and levy
ing Of taxes on all corporation property In the
same manner and to be performed by the same
person or persons. as shall by tsw be provideG
for the assessing and levying ~ taxes on indi-
vidual property.
The main point under discussion was,
whether railroad property should be assessed
by a state board or by local town and county
boards. The section was finally referred to
the committee for further consideration.
The report as adopted provides:
The legislature shall provide for an annual tax
to defray ordinary expenses not to exceed in any
one year two mills on the dollar; the levy for
annual tax to pay the principal and interest OF
the public debt not to exceed the same rate; that
the power TO tax corporations and corporate
property shall not be surrendered by any con-
tract 20 WHICH the stdte Shall DC " pdTtys Judb Al
banking property shall be taxed; that state
property shall be exemrt from taxation: that
the legislature shall by general law exempt from
taxation property used exclusively for a~gricult-
ural and horticultural societies, schools, re-
ligious, cemetery and charitable purposes and
personal property not exceeding 1900 for each
Individual: that the legislature shall, for the
announcement of tree planting. exempt from
taxation for eight years not to exceed one quar-
ter section OF land to the extent of $1,000; that
the making OF profit out of any public moneys
be deemed q felony, and punishable by law.
QUALIFICATIONS OF ELECTORS.
The schedule committee, to whom was re-
ferred section 8 Of the report of the COM
mittee on elections and right of suffrage, re-
ported the following, to be submitted. sep
arately:
Every person residing In this state who shall
be Of the are of twenty-one and over and not
legally disqualified, who shall have resided in
the United States one year, In the state six
months. in the county thirty days and In the
election precinct where he or she offers to vote
ten days next preceding any election, or shall be
q qualified elector under the laws OF the Terri
tory Of Dakota at the date OF the ratification of
this constitution by the people, and who shall be
declared his or her intention to become such
conformab1y to the naturalization laws OF the
United states, shall be a qualified elector at all
elections in this state.
Resolutions introduced and referred to ap-
propriate committees:
Prohibiting asfen non-residents from holding
title 10 more than $40 acres OF land; granting the
legislature the power 20 provide for the submis-