St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-06

roads, sleeping, pariOr and drawing
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 ell foreign insurance
companies doing business i'll 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, 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,
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 in the business of mining or i'll con-
nectiOn herewith
Section three (3) of article (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 i'll bonds stocks,
joint stock companies or otherwise. and also
all real and personal property, according 10
its true value in money; but public burying
grounds, public school houses public hospi-
tails, academies, colleges universities. and all
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property used for religious purposes, and
houses of worship, institutions OF purely
public charity, public property used eX-
clusively 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
The ballots used in voting upon said sec
ton shall have printed thereon Amend
ment 10 Section three (5) of Article nine ~
n 4 nT a.
ton of sleeping car companies and other
companies; YES-NO," and the voters, in
voting upon such amendment. shall erase.
mark across or scratch out one Q) of said
words yes" or no If he desires to vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch out the
word mo- If he desires to vote in the mega
tive, he shall scratch out the word yes"
EXplanatiOn.-Itw will be seen that the
manner of voting upon these two proposed
amendments is entirely different. The reason
for this is that the first amendent was pro-
posed 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
proposed 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 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 be held in the sew
eral election districts of said city at the fol-
lowing places
First Ward.
The First election district of the First ward,
at 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 702 Mississippi street, % wv. hall
The Fifth election district of the First
ward, at No. 51 Case street.
The Sixth election district of the First
ward. at northwest corner WhitalI and Payne
avenue.
The Seventh election district of the First
ward, at corner Arcade and Magnolia Streets
No. 1851.
The Eighth election district of the First
ward, at No. $50, corner Case and Arcade
streets.
The Ninth election district of the First
ward at No. 1906 Payne avenue.
The Tenth election district OF the First
ward, at No 1049 Payne avenue, corner Cook
street.
Second Ward.
The First election district of the Second
ward at No. 1857 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. re 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, al $50 East Seventh street.
The Sixth election district of the Second
ward, at No. rs Minnehaha street.
The Seventh election district of the Second
ward, at No. 11e4 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. 1855 saltwater avenue.
The Tenth election district of the Second
ward, at Burlington Heights Company store,
Newport avenue
The Eleventh election district of the Sec
ond ward, at northeast corner Mendoza aud
Fremont streets.
Third ward.
The First election district OF the Third
ward, at Smith park, east side of Sibley street,
between Fifth and Sixth streets.
The Second election district of the Third
ward, at southwest corner of Olive and Sixth