Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1892-10-05

| WHEREAS, it Is made the duty by law of
o Inc y AItofmeE General 10 prepare synopsis
| ton, notice is hereby given that the follow
ing amendments are submitted to the voters
OF the State OF Minnesota, to be voted upon
at the general election to be held in the year
1892.
FIRST--An act proposing to amend Section
SO of Article four az of the Constitution of The
Stete of Minnesota. prohibiting special legis-
latiOn.
The followi lg amendment to Section So of
Article of the Constitution of the State OF
Minnesota is hereby proposed, which section
when so amended shall read as follows
SEC. 33. In all cases when a genera law
can be made applicable no speciat LAW shall
be enacted; and whether a general law could
nave been made applicable in any case is
hereby declared a Judicial question, and us
| such shall be judiclally determined without
| regard to any legislative assertion on that
subject. Tie legislature shah pass no local
| or special law regulating the affairs of, or
| incorporating, erecting or changing the lines
OF any county, city, village, township, ward
or school district, or creating the Offices or
prescribing the powers and duties of the Of
iicerS Of Or fixing or relating to the compen-
"a'ion, salary or fees OF the same, or the
mode of election or appointment thereto;
authorizing the laying out, opening, altering.
NaratinS o. maintaining roads, highways,
streets or Alleys; RENTING fines, penalties,
| AZ i0fgcitnrt$; regulating the powers, duties
| .tni !.rilctie oil justices OF the peHc1 magis-
crates AID cons!&bics; changing the names
oi persons, pieces, likes or rivers; for OPEN
Ing and conducting Of elections. or fixing or
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te adoption or leg timatiol of children;
changing the law Of descent or succession;
comforting rights upon minors, declaring any
named person of age, giving effect to in
formal or inYalid,WilIs or deeds, or affecting
the estates of mino-s or persons under dis
ability; locating or changing county seats;
the building or repairing OF school houses,
and the raising of money for such purposes;
eXempting property from laIftto /, or regu-
lating the rate of interest on money; creating
corporations, or ne1Ting, reneWi ,g,eXtend-
ing or explaining the charters thereof; grant
Ing to any corporation, assoc alton or indi-
immunity or franchise whatever, OraCthOr-
ling public tt xarion for a. private purpose.
Progided, hoWeger, IheG tle inhibflions of
local or special laws in this section shall not
be construed to prevent the passage of gen.
eral laws o. any OF tle subjects enun Grated
me ,leS, stature nay repeal any existing
tend or modify any of the same.
The ballots to be used in voting
upon said amendment shall have
amendment to Article Four Olives -
of the Constitution to prohibit I6 ~ ~
special legislation" NJ
And each voter shall vote upon by placing
a cross tH}) opposite yes If he desires 10
vote in The affirmative, and opposite the
word mo-" if he desires to vote In the ne a.
tive.
SECOND--The following amendment 10
Section three 81 OF Article nine (9) of the |
Constitution Of the State of Minnesota is |
HClSUJ pIOpISSO W the people OS SAID state l
for their approval or rejection, that is to say, |
to add at the end of said section the follow
ing words: |
"And there may be levied and collected
annually tax upon the gross earnings in |
this State Of all railroads, sleeping, parlor
and drawing room ear companies, or owners
whose cars run in or into this State; on all !
telegraph and telephone companies or own
ers, Whose lines are in OF extend into this !
state; ON all express companies, or oN ners, |
doing business in this State; on all foreign
insurance companies doing business in this |
Sfae On s al domestic insurance az
CO mpanies. Or in lieu ' Of such tax on 1.-THE the
gross earnings of such companies, or either |
or any of them, an annual license fee Or tax |
but no tax upon the gross earnings of any
corporation shall be construed to prevent |
the taxGtion, by law, of any real estate |
owned by said corporation not used in the
business OF the same. And there mey be
levied and collected in lieu OF other taxation
on mining prope ;ty, a specific tax upon the
such tax shall be- construed to prevent the
taxation by law Of any real estate belonging
to the owners of such mine not used in the
business of mining or in connection there
With.'
Section three 49, OF Article nine C9I of the
State Constitution which 1t 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, ac-
cording to its true value in money; but pub
lie burying grounds public school houses,
public hospitals, academies, colleges, lniver-
stiles, and all seminaries CT learning, all
churches, church property used for religious
purposes, and houses of worship. institutions
of purely public charity, public property
used exclusively for any public purpose and
personal property to an amount not exceed
ing in value two hundred dollars for each
individual, shall, by general laws be exempt
from taxation,
The ballots used In voting upon said Sec
ton shall have printed thereon "Amend-
ment to Section three ~ Of Article nine (9) of
of sleeping car companies and other COM
panies YES-NO," and the voters in voting
upon such amendment shall erase, mark
across or scratch out one, D of said words
he shall scratch out the word
" no." IL he desires to vote In the negative,
he shall scratch out the word "yes."
EXPLANATION.
1t will be seen that the manner Of voting
upon these two proposed amendments Is en- |
tirely different. The reason for this Is that
the first amend ment was proposed under an
act of the legislature passed prior to the gen.
eral election law of 1891, and is to be voted
upon subject to the provisions of said gen |
eral election law. But the second proposed
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, and as above indicated.
The object of the first proposed amend
ment is to restrict special legislation.
The object of the second proposed amend
ment is to regulate the taxation of railroads, |
room and parlor car COM |
panies, telegraph and telephone companies, ,
nX press and insurance companies, by taxing
The gross earnings or by licensed fee; and
authorizing specific tax on mining prop
erty.
MOSES E. CLAPP.
July Z, 1879. Attorney General.