The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-10-08
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND.
MENTS

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENTs.
To be Voted Upon at the General Election
(Published In Pursuance Of Chapter
1877 General Laws of 1870
~ WHEREAS, It is made the duty by law of the
Attorney General to prepare 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 Min.
nesota to be voted upon at the general election to
be held in the year 1892. - :, -
., iAnr act R to amend Section
OF Minnesota, prohibiting special legislation
The following amendment. to Section 80 Of
Article 4oI the Constitution Of the State of Min
amended shall read as follows: -
SEC: 80. In all cases when general law can
s De made applicable no special law shall be enact
made applicable In any case is hereby declared
judicial question. and as such shall be judiciaIly
determined without regard to any legislative as.
pass no local or special law regulating the affairs
Of, or incorporating, erecting or changing the
lines OF any county, city, village. township, ward
dsst or the
fixing or relating to the compensation, salary or
fees Of the same, or the mode OF election or an.
pointment thereto; authorizing the laying out,
opening, altering, vacating or maintaining roads,
highways, streets or alleys RENTING fines penal
ties or forfeitures regulating the powers duties
and practice Of justices Of the peace. magistrates
and constab!es; changing the names OF persons.
places lakes or rivers; for opening and conduct.
ing Of elections, or fixing or changing the places
OF voing; authorizing The adoption or legitimation
OF children; changing law of descent or success.
s:oa; comforting rights upon minors, declaring any
named erson Of age giving effect to informal or
invalid wills or deeds, or affecting the estates of
Oh nging county ats; regulating the manage
menL of public schools, the building or repairing
of school houses, and the raising of money for
such purposes; e1emptng property from taxation,
ing corporations, or amending, renewing extend
ing or explaining the charters thereof; granting to
any corporation association or individual any
special or exclusive privilege, immunity or fran
chise whatever, or authorizing public taxation for
private purpose: Provided ho,veyer, That the
inhbitions Of local or special laws in this section
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 amend
ment shall haev printed thereon:
amendment to Article Four (NiYEs
OF s1ct the ,s SGnstt1tion to pr0hb No
And each voter shall vote upon by placing a
cross !N 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 (3) of Article nine 90 Of the Constitut
ion OF the state Of Minnesota is hereby proposed
rejection that is to say to add at the end of said
section the following words:
"And there may be levied and collected annually
tax upon the gross earnings in this State of all
railroads. sleeping, paror and drawing room car
companies, or owners whose cars run in or into
this State; on all telegraph and telephone com
panies, or owners whose lines are in or extend
into this State; on all express companies or own
ers, doing business in this State; on all forcing
Insurance companies doing business in 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. 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 corporation not used in the business Of the
same. And there may be levied and collected in
lieu OF other taxation on mining property.
specific tax upon the product Of all mines in this
State: and no such tax shall be construed to
longing to the owners OF such mine not used in
WITH"
Section three (3) of Article (9) of the State Con-
stitution which it is proposed to amend as above,
now reads as follows:
SEC. 8. Laws shall be passed taxing all
joint stock companies or otherwise and also all
real and personal property according to its true
value in money; but public burying grounds,
colleges, universities and all semnaries of learn:
ing, all churches church property used for religi
GUS purposes, and houses of worship, institutions
OF purely public charity, public property used ex
cuslvely for any public purpose, and personal
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 Amendments to Sec
ton three ~ of Article nine t9) of the Constitu
ton providing for the taxation of sleeping car
companies and other companies: YES-NO" and
the voters in voting upon each amendment shall
erase, mark across or scratch out one (D of said
affirmative he shall scratch out the word no." if
he desires to vote in the negative he shall scratch
ont the work yes
EXPLANATION.
1t will be seen that the manner of voting upon
these two proposed amendments is entirely diff
ferent. The reason for this is that the first amend
ment was proposed under an act of the legislature
pas sed prior to the general election law of 1891,
and Il to be voted upon subject to the provision of
sa d general election law But the second propos
ed 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, and as above indicated
The subject of the first proposed amendment is
to restrict special legislation.
The subject of the second proposed amendment
drawing room and parlor car companies telegraph
and telephone companies, express and insurance
companies, by taxing the gross earnings or by a
licensed fee: and authorizing specific tax on
mining property.
MOSES E. CLAPP
July Z. 1892. Attorney General