The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-13
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Chapter ISL, General Loavs of 1887

WHEREAS. it is made the duty by law of the
Attorney General to prepare synopsis of ali
amendments proposed to the constitution notice
is hereby given that the following amendments
are submitted to the voters of the State Of Mnne-
soa to be voted upon at the general election to be
FlRST-An act proposing to amend Section SO
OF Article four, q OF the Constitution of the State
OF ~ Minnesota prohibiting special legislation.
Article of the Constitution of the State of Min
nesota is hereby proposed, which section when SO
amended shall read as follows: - z
SEC. 80. In all cases when general law can
be made applicable no special law shall be en-
acted and whether general law could have been
made applicable in any case is hereby declared
Judicial question, and as such shall be judicially
determined without regard to any legislative as
serion on that subject The Legislature shall pass
no local or special law regulating the affairs of,
or incorporating, erecting changing the lines of
any county, city. village. township. ward or
school district or creating the offices or prescrib-
ing inc powers and duties Of the officers of, or
fees OF the same, or the mode of election or an
pointment thereto; authorizing the laying ont,
opening, altering, vacatng or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys; RENTING fines
penalties or forfeitures; regulating the powers
duties and practice of justices of the peace magis
trates and constables; changing the names of per
sons: places, lakes Or rivers for opening and con
Quoting OF elections, or fixing changing the
places of voting; authorizing the adoption or
legtimation of children; changing the law of
descent or succession; comforting rights upon
minors, declaring any named person of age. giving
effect TO informal or invalid wills or deeds or az
1ectlng the estates of minors or persons under dis
ABILITY; locating or changing county seats; regu-
iatng the management of public schools, the
building or repairing of school houses, and the
raising of money for such purposes; exempting
property from taxation or regulating the rate of
interest On money; creating corporations or
amending. renewing, extending explaining the
charters thereof; granting to any corporation,
ASSOCIATION Or Individual any special or exclusive
privilege, immunity or franchise whatever. or
authorizing public taxation for private purpose
Provided however, That the inhibitions of local
or special laws in this section shall not be con-
strued to prevent the passage of general laws on
any OF the subjects enumerated.
The legislature may repeal any existing special
or local law, but shall not amend, extend or
modify any of the same.
The ballots to be used in voting upon
said amendment shall have printed
thereon:
amendment to Article Four [4l oflYFS
legislation" No
And each voter shall vote upon by placing q
cross XXI opposite ::yes,' if he desires to vote in
the affirmative and opposite the word no if he
desires to vote in the negative
SECOND-The following amendment to Sec
ton three l3] of Article nine [a of the Consitu-
ton OF the State of Minnesota is hereby proposed
to the people of said State for their approval or
rejection that is to say: to add at the end of said
section the following words.
And there may be levied and collected an
nually tax upon the gross earnings in this Stale
OF all railroads. sleeping. parlor and drawing
or into This State; on all telegraph and telephone
companies, or owners, whose lines are in or ex-
tend into this State; on all express companies. OF
owners. doing business in this State; all foreign
Insurance companies doing business in this Stale;
on all domestic insurance companies of this
State, or on e ither or any Of such companies Or
in lieu of such tax on the gross earnings of such
companies, or either or any of them, an annual
license fee or tax imposed on them, either or
any OF them; but no tax npon the gross earnings
of any corporation shall be construed to prevent
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said corporation not used in the business of the
same. And there may be levied and collected in
lieu of other taxation mining property. a
specific tax upon the product of all mines in this
State, and no such tax shall be construed to pre-
vent the taxation by law of any real estate be-
long ing to The owners of such mine not used in
the business OF mining or in connection there
with.''
Section three [3l of Article nine [9l of the State
Constitution which it is proposed 10 amend as
above. now reads as follows:
SEC. 3. Laws shall be passed taxing all
moneys credits. investments in bonds. stocks,
joint stock companies OF otherwise. and also ali
real and personal property, according 10 lis true
value in money; but public hurying grounds. pub
lie school houses: pu bic hospitals academies,
colleges, universities and all semnaries OF learn
ing, all churches. church property used for re-
ligious purposes. al d houses of Worship iHstitu-
tons of purely public charity, public property
used exclusively for any public purpose. and per-
sOnal property TO an amount not exceeding in
value two hundred dollars for each individual.
shall by general laws be exempt from taxation.
The ballots used in voting upon said section
shall! have printed thereon amendment to Sec
ton three III of Article nine Isl of the Constitu
ton providing for the taxation of sleeping Car
companies and other companies: YES-NO''
and the voters in voting upon such amendment
shall erase. mark across scratch ont one III of
said words ''ves'' no" If he desires TO vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch out the word
''no;'' if he desires to vote in the negative, he
shall scratch out the word ''yes.''
EXPLANATION.
1t will be seen that the msn ner Of voting upon
these two proposed amendments is entirely differ
ent. The reason for This is that the first amend
ment was proposed under act of the legislature
passed prior to the general election law of 1891,
and is 10 be voted npon subject to the provisions
Of SAID general election law. But the second pro-
posed amendment is submitted under an act of
the legislature passed after the general election
law of 1891 and in terms provides how it shall be
voted upon. as above ind icaied
The object of the first proposed amendment is
to restrict special legislation.
The object of the second proposed amendment
is to regulate the taxation of railroads, sleeping,
drawing r"om and parlor car companies. tele-
graph and telephone companies, express and in
surance companies. by taxing the gross earnings
or by licensed fee; and authorizing n specific
tax on mining property.
MOSES E. CLAPP,
July Z, 1892. Attorney General