The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-10-07
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
To be voted upon at the next General
Election. published in pursuance
OfChapter 157, General Laws
of 1872

WHEREAS, it is made the duty by
law of the Attorney General to pre-
pare a 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 Minnesota, to be
voted upon at the general election to
to be held in the year 1892.
FIRsT-An act proposing to amend
section 80 of article four (4) of the
Constitution Of the State of Mime
sofa, prohibiting special legislation.
The following amendment to
Section 33 of Article 4 of the Constitu-
tion of the State of Minnesota is here
by proposed, which section when so
amended shall read as follows:
Sec. 33. In all cases when general
law can be made applicable no special
law shall be enacted; and whether a
general law could have been made
applicable in any case is hereby declar-
ed judicial question, and as such
shall be judically determined without
regard to any legislative assertion
on that subject. The legislature
shall pass no local or special law
regulating the affairs of, or Incorporate
ing, erecting or changing the lines of
any county, city, village, township
ward or school district, or creating
the offices or prescribing the powers
and the duties of the officers of. or
fixing or relating to the compensation,
salary or fees of the same, or the
mode of election or appointment
thereto; authorizing the laying out,
opening, altering, vacating or
maintaining roads, highways, streets
or alleys; remitting fines, penalties
or forfeitures; regulating the powers,
duties and practice of justices of the
peace, magistrates and constables;
changing the names of persons,
places, lakes or rivers: for opening
and conducting of elections, or fixing
or changing the places of voting:
authorizing the adoption or legitima-
tion of children: changing the law
of descent or succession; comforting
rights upon minors, declaring any
named person of age, giving effect to
informal or invalid wills or deeds, or
affecting the estates of minors or
or persons under disability; locating
or changing county seats; regulating
the management of public schools,
the building or repairing of school
houses, and the raising of money for
such purposes; eXempting property
from taxation, or regulating the rate
Of interest on money; creating cOrpo-
ratiOnS, or amending, renewing, ex-
tending or explaining the charters
thereof; granting to any corporation,
or individual any special
Or exclusive privilege, immunity or
franchise whatever. or authorizing
public taxation for private purpose.
Provided, hOaUeUer, That the inhibi-
lions of local or special laws in this
section shall not be construed to
prevent the passage of general laws
IN any of the subjects enumerated.
The legislature may repeal any
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 ArticleI ----
Four a. of the Constitution ESsl
TO prohibit special legisla- No
jiOn." w
And each voter shall vote upon by
placing a crOss(X) opposite eyes," if
ne desires TO vote in the affirmative,
and opposite the word "no,," III he
desires to vote in the negative.
SECOND-The following amend
ment to Section (3) of Article nine (9)
If the Constitution of the State of |
is hereby proposed to the
people of said State for their approval |
Dr. rejection, that is to say, to add at |
Jhe end of said section the following
words:
''And there may be levied and |
collected annually a tax upon the |
gross earnings in this State of all |
'ailroads, sleeping, parlor and drawing
DOM car companies, or owners whose |
,arS run in or into this State: ON all |
and telephone companies,
II owners, whose lines are in or eX-
end into this State; on all express
companies, or owners, doing business
n this State; on all foreign Insurance
companies doing business in this
state; on all domestic insurance COM
,anies Of this State, or on either or
ny OF such companies. Or in lieu of |
UGH tax on the gross earnings of such
or either or any of them,
n annual license fee or tax imposed |
N them, or either or any of them:
'ut no tax upon the gross earnings of
ny corporation shall be construed
0 prevent the taxation, bylaw, of any
cal estate owned by said corporation
lot used in the business of the same.
md there may be levid and collected
q lieu of other taxation on mining
specific tax upon the
'roduct of all mines in the State, and
10 such tax shall be construed to
revent the taxation by law of any
cal estate belonging to the owners of
UGH mine not used in the business of
mining or in connection Herewith.
Section three ~ of Article nine (9)
t the State Constitution which it is
to amend as above, now
eads as follows:
SEC. 3. Laws shall be passed tax
1g all moneys, credits, investments
] bonds, stocks, joint stock compa-
les or otherwise, and also all real and
ersonal property, according to it's
rue value in money; but public bury
1g grounds, public school houses,
ublic hospitals, academies, colleges,
and all seminaries of
all churches, church proper
used for religious purposes, and
ouses of worship, institutions of
urely public charity, public property
Sed exclusively for any public
urDOSe and narSOna1 nrOpartv RI an