The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-10-06
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
To be v0ted upon at the meet General
ELECTION. Published IN p,rsuoncet 70
/. Chapter Isl, General Lasvs of 1877

Chttpter 157, General LasOs Of 1857
WHEREAS, 1t Is made the duty by Inv Of the
amendments proposed to the constitution. notice
is hereby given that the following amendments
are submitted to the voters Of tho State u Mime.
soa 70 Pe voted upon at the general election to be
. FIR ;s An act proposing to amend Section "a
Of Minnesota, prohibiting special Legislation.
Article OF the Constitution Of the State Of Min.
nesota is hereby proposed. which section whom 70
amended shall read AB follows:
SEC. 83. In all cases when q general Inv chi,
be made applicable no special law shall be on
acted; and whether general law could have been
made applicable In any case is hereby declared a
determined without regard to any Legislative a.
sertion that subject The Legislature shall pass
no local or special law regulating the affairs Of
OF erecng or ehnngg the lines
school district or creating the offices or prescrib.
ing the powers and duties Of the officers OF, OF
fixing or relating to the compensation, salary OF
fees OF the same or the mode OF election or ap.
pointment thereto; authorizing the laying ont
opening, altering, vacating or maintaining roads
highways streets or alleys; remitting fines
duties and practice of justices of the peace magis
trates and constables; changing the names OF per.
sons, places, lakes or rivers for opening and con
Quoting of elections, or fixing or changing the
legitimaton of children; changing the law OF
descent or succession; comforting rights upon
minors, declaring any named person Of age, giving
fecting the estates of minors persons under dis
ability; locating or changing county seats; regu.
latng the management OF public schools, the
building or repairing of school houses, and the
raising OF money for such purposes; exemptine
property from taxation or regulating the rate OF
interest on money; creating corporations, OF
amending, renewing, extending or explaining the
oh tharpOf.
association or individual any special or exclusive
privilege, immunity or franchise whatever, OF
gJ RSSs S 5s e for Exs
or special laws in this section shall not be con-
strued to prevent the passage of general laws on
any Of the subjects enumerated
or local law, but shall not amend, extend OF
modify any Of the same.
The ballots to be used in voting upon
said amendment shall have printed
thereon:
Amendment to Article Four III of|YES -
the Substitution to prohibit special No
And each voter shall vote upon by placing a
cross XXI opposite .yes," if he desires to vote in
the affirmative, and opposite the word nc" if he
desires to vote in the negative.
ton three [s] of Article nine la] Of the Consttu-
ton Of the State Of Minnesota ls hereby proposed
to the people of said State for their approval or
rejection that is to say to add at the end of said
+ "And there may be levied and collected an
nually u tax upon the gross earnings in this State
of all railroads. sleeping, parlor 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 ex-
tend into this State; on all express companies, or
owners, doing business in 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
in lieu Of such tax on the gross earnings of such
m manic q mr. mr. n fhnrn -
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, a
specific tax upon the product of all mines in this
State, and no such tax shall be construed to pre-
vent the taxation by law of any real estate be-
longing to the owners of such mine not used in
the business Of mining or in connection there
with
Section three [3] Of Article nine [9] OF the State
Constitution which it is proposed to amend az
above, now reads as follows:
SEC. 8. Laws shall be passed taxing all
moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks,
Joint stock companies or otherwise, and also all
real and personal property, according to it's true
value in money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie schoo. houses, pu bic hospitals, academies,
colleges, universities, and all seminaries of learn
ing, all churches, church property used for re-
ligious purposes, aid houses of worship, institu-
lOu6 OF purely puDnC Cnurlty, puDnC property
used exclusively for any public purpose, and per-
sonal property to an amount not exceeding in
value two hundred dollars for each individ ual
shall, by general laws be exempt from taxation.
The ballots used in voting upon said section
shall have printed thereon Amendment to Sec.
ton three Isl of Article nine [9] of the Constitu-
ton providing for the taxation 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 ri of
said words ''ves' or mo-" If he desires to vote
in the affirmative he shall scratch out the word
moi If he desires to vote in the negative, he
shall scratch out the word ives"
EXPLANATION.
: It will be seen that the manner of voting upon
these two proposed amendments il entirely differ
ent. The reason for this is that the first amend
ment was proposed under an act of the legislature
passed prior to the general election law of 1891,
and ia to be voted upon subject to the provisions
of said general election law. But the second pro-
posed 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, as above ind icated.
The object of the first proposed amendment is
to restrict special legislation.
The object Of the eecond proposed amendment
ls to regulate the taxation of railroads, sleeping,
drawing room and parlor car companies, tele-
graph and telephone companies, express and in
surance companies. by taxing the gross earnings
or by licensed fee; and authorizing a specific
MOSES E. CLAPP,
July z, 1892 Attorney General.