St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-30

earnings in this State of all rail-
roads, sleeping, paror and drawing
room car companies. or owners. whose
cars run in or into this State; on all telegraph
and telephone companies, or owners, whose
lines are In or extend luto this State; on ali
express companies. or owners, doing bust
ness III this State; on all foreign insurance
companies doing business in this State; on
all domestic insurance companies of this
State, or on either or any of such companies.
Or i'll lieu of such tax OH the gross earnings
OF such companies, or either or any of them,
an annual license fee or tax imposed on
them, or either or any of them; but no tax
upon the gross earnings of any corporation
shall be construed to prevent the taxation, by
law, of any real estate owned by said cOrpo-
ration not used in the business of the same.
And there may be levied and collected in lieu
of other taxation OH mining property,
specific tax upon the product of all mines in
this State, and no such tax shall be construed
TO prevent the taxation by law of any real
estate belonging 10 the owners of such mine
not used in the business of mining or in con-
nection Herewith
Section three (3) of article Coy of the State
Constitution, which it is proposed to amend
as above, now reads as follows:
SEC. 3. Laws shall be passed taxing all
moneys, credits, investments in bonds. stocks.
joint stock companies or otherwise, and also
all real and personal property, according 10
lis true value In money; but public burylng
grounds. public school houses public hospi
tails, academies. colleges. universities. and all
seminarieS or learning. ali churches, church
property used for religious purposes. and
houses of worship institutions of purely
public charity, pubic property used eX-
clusively for any public purpose. and per-
sonal property to an amount not exceeding
in value two hundred dollars for each in
dividual, shall, by general laws be EXEMPT
from taxation.
The ballots used in voting upon said sec
Il lri int mi
ment TO Section three (3) of Article nine t9)
OF the Constitution providing for the taxa
ton or sleeping car companies and other
companies: YES-NO,' and the voters. in
mark across or scratch out one ID of said
words yes or no" If he desires to vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch out the
word mo- If he desires to vote i'll the mega.
tive, he shall scratch cut the word yes"
ExpianatiOn.-Itw will be seen that the
manner of voting upon these two proposed
amendments is entirely different. The reason
for this is that The first amendent was pro-
posed under all act of The legislature passed
prior TO the general election law of 1891, and
is TO be voted upon subject to the provisions
of said general election law. But the second
proposed amendment is submitted under an
act of the legislature passed after the general
election law of 1891, ana in terms provides
how 1t shall be voted upon, and as above in
dicated. The object of the first proposed
amendment is to restrict special legislation.
The object of the second proposed amend
ment is to regulate the taxation of railroads,
sleeping. drawing room and parlor Car COM
panIes, telegraph and telephone companies.
express and insurance companies, by taxing
the gross earnings or by licensed fee; and
authorizing specific tax on mining prop
erty.
POLLS.
The said election will be hold in the sew
eral election districts of said city at the fol-
lowing places:
First Ward.
The First election district of the First ward,
al corner Waverly place and John street.
The Second election district of the First
ward, at No. 593 Bradley street.
The Third election district of the First
ward. at No. 573 Decatur street.
The Fourth election district of the First
ward. at 702 Mississippi street, 20 wv hall.
The Fifth election district of the First
ward. at No 5l1 Case street.
The Sixth election district of the First
ward. at northwest corner WhitalI and Payne
avenue.
The seventh election district of the First
ward, at corner Arcade and Magnolia streets,
No. 1851.
The Eighth election district of the First
ward, at No. 96O corner Case and Arcade
streets.
The Ninth election district of the First
ward, at No. LOS Payne avenue.
The Tenth election district Of the First
WulO, al NO. lUtS ny HS dNcIlUe, COIHcE SOOh
street.
Second Ward.
The First election district of the Second
ward, at No. 1857 Hastings avenue, near Earl
street.
The Second election district Of the Second
ward. at No. 2l0 Bates avenue.
The Third election district of the Second
ward, at No, 712 East seventh street.
The Fourth election district of the Second
ward, at east SIDE of Hope street. near Fran
els street.
The Firth election district of the Second
ward. at $50 East Seventh street.
The Sixth election district of the Secoud
ward, at No. 725 Minnehaha street.
The Seventh election district of the Second
ward, at No. 11e4 East Seventh street.
ward. at corner of Third and Tell streets
The Ninth election district of the Second
ward, at No. 1855 Saltwater avenue.
The Tenth election district of the Second
ward, at Burlington Heights Company's store,
Newport avenue,
The Eleventh election district of the Sec
ond ward at northeast corner Mendoza and
Fremont streets
Third Ward.
The First election district of the Third
ward, at Smith park, east side of Sipley street.
between Fifth and Sixth streets.
The Second election district of the Third
ward, at southwest corner of Olive and Sixth
streets.
The Third election district of the Third
ward, at east side of KittsOn street, corner
Sixth street, IN front OF No. 39S Kiltson
street.
The Fourth election district of the Third
ward, at east side of Kittson street, corner of
Eighth street.
The Fifth election district of the Third
ward, at northeast corner Of Pine and Eighth
streets.
The Sixth election district of the Third
ward, at west side of Sibley street. between
Sixth apd Seventh streets.
The Seventh election district of the Third
ward. at west side of Rosabel street, between
Eighth and Ninth streets.
The Eighth election district of the Third
ward, i'll front of No. sol Broadway street.
Fourth Ward.
The First election district OF the Fourth
ward, at Metropolitan hotel, No. lis West
Third street.
The Second election district of the Fourth
ward, at No. 345 st. Peter street, Capitol
apartments building.
The Third election district of the Fourth
ward, at north side of Fourth street near
Cedar street. Lot 10. block 10, st. Paul
Proper.
The Fourth election district of the Fourth
ward, at west side of Robert street. opposite
Ryan hotel.
The Fifth election district of the Fourth
ward, at Clifton hotel, No. Is East Fifth
street.
ward. at Armory hall, south side of Sixth
street, west of Exchange street.
The Seventh election district of the Fourth
ward, at No. 21l West Fifth street.
The Eighth election district of the Fourth
ward, at Hand building, No. 497 ST. Peter
street.
The Ninth election district of the Fourth
ward, at southeast corner Cedar and Tenth
streets
The Tenth election district of the Fourth
ward, at 55 Robert street.
The Eleventh election district of the Fourth
ward. at No. 5S2 Robert street.
The Twelfth election district of the Fourth
ward, at Colonnade building. norteast corner
of ST. Peter and Tenth streets
Fifth Ward.
The First election district of the Fifth
ward. at No $50 West Seventh street.
The second election district of the Fifth
ward, at No PIG West Seventh street.
The Third election district of the Fifth
ward. near corner West Seventh and Walnut
streets, southwest corner.
The Fourth election district of the Fifth
ward, at southeast corner of Smith avenue
and Sherman street.
The Fifth election district of the Fifth,
ward at No 3I4 West Seventh street