St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-28

"And there may be levied and collect
ed annually a tax upon the gross
earnings in this State of all rail
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 all
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 III lieu of sucn tax on 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 on mining property, q
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 to the owners of such mine
not used i'll the business of mining or in con-
nection herewith
Section three CD of article (9) 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 OF otherwise, and also
all real and personal property. according 10
It's true value in money; but public burying
grounds, public school houses, public hospi-
tails, academies. colleges. universities, and all
seminaries of learning. ali churches, church
property used for religious purposes. and
houses of worship, institutions of purely
public charity, public property used ex-
cluslyely 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.
hA h01I j
ton shall have printed thereon Amend
meEt 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
voting upon such amendment, shall erase.
mark across or scratch out one % of said
words yes or no" If he desires to vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch out the
word ''no:" If he desires to vote in the mega
tive, he shall scratch out the word yes"
ExpianatiOn.-1tw will be seen that the
manner of voting upon these two proposed
amendments is entirely ifferent. The reason
for this is that the first amendent was pro-
posed under al act of the legislature passed
prior to the general election law of 1891. and
is 10 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. and in terms provides
how il shall be voted upon, and as above in
dictated. 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 De 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 7o2 Mississippi street, A % wv hall
The Fifth election district of the First
ward, at NJ. 5li Case street
The Sixth election district of the First
ward. at northwest corner Whitall and Payne
avenue.
The seventh election district of the First
ward, at corner Arcade and Magnolia Streets
No. 1881.
The Eighth election district of the First
ward. at No. go, corner Case and Arcade
streets.
The Ninth election district of the First
ward, at No. loo Payne avenue.
The Tenth election district CT the First
ward, at No. 1919 Payne avenue. corner Cook
street.
Second Ward
The First election district of the Second
ward, at No. 1887 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. 1l2 East Seventh street.
The Fourth election district of The Second
ward, at east SIDE of Hope street. near Fran
els street.
The Fifth election district of the Second
ward, at $50 East Seventh street.
The sixth election district of the second
ward, at No. 725 Minnehaha street.
The Seventh election district of The Second
ward, at No. I1Q4 East Seventh street.
The Eighth election district of the Second
ward. at corner of Third and Tell streets.
The Ninth election district of the Second
ward, at No. 1856 Saltwater avenue.
The Tenth election district of the Second
ward, at Burlington Heights Company store
Newport aveEue.
The Eleventh election district of the Sec
ond ward, ut 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.
dS ISIOio SiSStiOA VI luG ulTu
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 Kittson
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 and 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. 59I 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.
Inc ruin election QlStrlct or the Fourth
ward. at Clifton hotel, No. Is East Fifth
street.
The Sixth election district of the Fourth
ward. at Armory hall, south side of Sixth
street, west of Exchange street.
The Seventh election district of the Fourth
ward, at No. 27I West Fifth ssreet
The Eighth election district of the Fourth
ward. at Hand building, No. 497 St. Peter
street. TFE
The Ninth election district7of the Fourth
ward, at southeast corner Cedar and Tenth
streets. "a
The Tenth election district of the Fourth
ward, at sis Robert street.
The Eleventh election district of the Fourth
ward. at No. So 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. 230 West Seventh street.
The second election district of the Fifth
ward, at No. PIG Vest Seventh street.
The Third election district of the Fifth
ward. near corner Vest Seventh and Walnut
streets, southwest corner
The Fourth election district of the Fifth
ward, at southeast corner of Smith avenue