The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-20
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
10 be coted upon at the 5aaert General
Election. (Pubkshed IN pursuance TO
Chapter 157, General Ldacs OF 1887

WHEREAS. it is made the duty by law of the
Attorney General to prepare Il synopsis OF all
amendments proposed TO the constitution, notice
is hereby given that the following amendments
are submitted to the voters of the State Of Mime
so1a, 10 DC voted upon at the general election to be
held in the year 1892. r.
FIRST-An act proposing to amend Section 33
OF Article four, OF the Constitution of the State
of Minnesota, prohibiting special legislation.
The following amendment to Section 50 of
Article OF the Constitution OF the State of Min
nesota is is hereby proposed which section when
amended shall read rs follows:
. SEC. 80. In all cases when general law can
be made applicable no special law shall be s
acted; and whether general law could have been
made applicable in any case is hereby declared d
judicial question, and as such shall be judcially
determined without regard to any Legislative as
sertion on that ject. The Legislature shall pass
no local or special law regulating the affairs Of
incorporating, erecting changing the lines of
any county, city. village. township, ward Or
ing the powers and duties of the officers Of Or
fixing or relating to the compensation. salary or
tees OF the same. or the mode OF election ap-
pontment thereto; authorizing the laying ont,
opening, altering, yacating maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys; RENTING fines
penalties or forfeitures; regulating the powers,
duties and practice of justices of the peace. magis-
trales and const0bles: changing the names of per-
sons places, lakes Or rivers for opening and con
Quoting OF elections. or fixing or changing the
places of voting; authorizing the adoption or
legtlnation Of children changing the law of
descent Or succession; comforting rights upon
minors, declaring any named person OF age, giving
effect 10 informal Or invalid wills Or deeds, or af-
fecting the estates Of minors persons under>ds-
ability; locating Or changing county seats; regu-
latlng the management OF public schools. the
building repairing of school houses. and the
raising Of money for such purposes; eXempting
property from taxation. or regulating the rate Of
interest money; creating corporations. Or
amending. renewing, extending or expla lining the
charters thereof; granting to any Corporation,
ASSOCIATION or individual any special or exclusive
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 Oh
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 ~ ofIYFS -
legisGton.' INO
And each voter shall vote upon by placing a
the affirmative and opposite the word no if he
desires to vote in the negative.
ehGOND-Ihe Following amendment to Sec
ton three III of Article nine [al of the Constitu-
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 a tax upon the gross earnings in this State
of all railroads: sleeping, parlOr and drawing
room car companies. or owners whose run in
or into this State; on all telegraph and telephone
companies. or owners, whose lines are in
tend into this State; on all express companies or
owners, doing business in 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
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 upon the gross earnings
of any corporation shall be construed TO prevent
the taxation. by law, of any real estate owned by
said corporation not used in the business of the
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lieu of other taxation mining property. G.
specific tax upon the product Of ali mines in this
State. and no such tax shall be construed to pre-
vent the taxation by law of any real estate be-
longin to the owners of such mine not used in.
the business OF mining or in connection there
Wth.''
Section three [3] of Article nine (9 of the State,
Constitution which it is proposed to amend as
above now reads as follows
SEC. g. Laws shall be passed taxing all
moneys, credits, investments in bonds. stocks,
joint stock companies or otherwise. and also all
rea and personal property, according TO its true
value in money; but public burying grounds pub
lie school houses, pu bile hospitals. academies,
colleges universities and all seminaries of learn
ing, all churches, church property used for
ligious purposes: ard houses of worship. inStiu-
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
tlOH luIee Vi ATtlCe HlHe l9l ol CONSTITUTE
1ion providing for the taxation of sleeping car
companies and other companies: IES-NO.'
and the voters in voting upon such amendment
shall erase, mark across or scratch out III of
said words ''ves'' or no If he desires to vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch ont the word
mo- if he desires to vote in the negative, he
shall scratch ont the word ''yes.''
EXPLANATION.
1t will be seen that the manner of voting upon
these two proposed amendments is entirely differ,
ent. The reason for this is that the first amend
ment was proposed under an 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 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 icated
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 room and parlor car companies. tee-
graph and telephone companies express and in
surance companies. by taxing the gross earnings
or by a licensed fee; and authorizing a specific
tax on mining property.
MOSES E. CLAPP,
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