St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-27

| Tor their approval or reJecuon-that1s to say
to ado at the end OF said section the follow
| ing words:
And there may be levied and collect
| ed annually a tax upon the gross
earnings i'll this State of all rail-
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
| ness1n 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 OH The gross earnings
| of snch 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
Snall De 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, a
! 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 III con-
| nection herewith
| Section three CD of article (O 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 or otherwise, and also
| all real and personal property, according to
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, pubic property used eX
ciusively for any public purpose, and per-
| sonal property to an amount not exceeding
| in value two hundred dollars for each in
dlv1dual. shall, by general laws be EXEMPT
\ from taxation.
The ballots used in voting upon said sec
| ton shall have printed thereon Amend
ment to Section three (3) of Article nine (9)
| OF the Constitution providing for the taxa
companies: YES-NO," and the voters, in
| voting upon such amendment. shall erase.
| marx 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 no" If he desires to vote i'll the mega
| tive, he shall scratch out the word yes
| ExplanatfOn.-Itw will be seen that the
| manner OF voting upon these two proposed
amendmentsis entirely different. The reason
Tor this is that the first amendent was pro-
| posed under all 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 i'll terms provides
how it shall be voted upon, and as above in
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
nIantInn nf col nj tr of IA fol
lowing places
First Ward.
The First election district of the First ward
at corner Wayerly place and John street.
The Second election district of the First
ward, at No SOB Bradley street.
The Third election district of the First
ward, at No. 573 Decatur street.
The Fourth election district of the First
ward, at 102 Mississippi street, 20 wv hall.
The Fifth election district of the First
ward, at No. 81 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. 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. 7l2 East Seventh street.
The Fourth election district of the Second
Hone n
CHS 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 l104 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's store,
Newport avenue,
The Eleventh election district of the Sec
ond ward, at northeast corner Mendoza and
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
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. 59l Broadway street.
Fourth Ward.
The First election district OF the Fourth
ward, at Metropolitan hotel No. Is 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.
The Fifth election district of the Fourth
ward, at Clifton hotel, No. Is East Fifth
street.
The Sixth election district of the Fourth
street, west of Exchange street.
The Seventh election district of the Fourth
ward, at No. 271 West Fifth street.
The Eighth election district of the Fourth
ward. at Hand building, No. 497 st. Peter
street.
The Ninth election district of the Fourth
ward, at southeast corner Cedar and enth
streets.
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. 219 West Seventh street.
The Third election district of the Fifth
ward near corner West Seventh and Walnut
streets, southwest corner.