Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1892-10-21
T RoPosED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDM ENTS.
10 Be Voted Upon at the Next General
Election.

:lfubllshed in pursuance Of Chapter l57, GEN
eral Laws OF 1887.
s, WHEREAS. tits madeby law OF the Attorney
1ehefal e, prepares synopsis Of all amendments
proposed to tho constitutions, notice is hereby
gwen Eve. Inat the following amendments are sub
hfIted 70 Gne oters or ie II tstte OF Minnesota
to be. voted npon9alt HE sriIeraI election TO he
held in the year 1889 ~
flksI--A n: net proposing to amend Section SO
State Of Minnesota. prohibiting special legisla.
ton. 49, $50 Z 80 % -
The following amend mentssto Section. 80 of
Artaeie Of the Constitution Of the State OF Min
nesota Is hereby proposed, which section when
so amended shall read as follows: ~
oEc. ID. IN oil cases when general law con be
a may applicahe no special law shall be enacted:
aDie IN any case Is hereby declared judicial
question. and as such shall be iudlcally determ-
meg witnou! regard to any legislative assertion
local or special law regulating the affairs Of or
incorporating. erecting or changing the lines OF
any county: city village, township, ward or
sclo0l district, or creating the offices prescrib-
ing the powers and duties OF the officers of, or
nxlng OF relating tofthe compensation salary OF
ices OF the same or the mode OF election or an.
polntment thereto; authorizing the laying out,
opening, altering, yacating or maintaining roads
highWays, streets or alleys; renting fines, pen.
altles OF iorfeitures; regulating the powers, du-
ues ana practice oijustices of the peace, m agis-
trases ana constables; changing the names OF
=
conduct!ng OF elections, or fixing or changing the
places OF voting; authorizing the adoption OF
lesltlmation Of children; changing the law OF
descent OF succession; conferring rights upon
minors. declaring any named person Of age, Civ
ing effect to Informal or invalid wills or deeds or
aneetlng the estates OF minors or persons under
dlsahility; 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: exempt
ing property from taxation or regulating the
n Av,,,
OF amending, renewing, extending or explaining
the characters thereof; granting to any corpor-
alton, association or individual any special or
exclusive privilege, immunity Or franchise what
ever, or authorizing public taxation for q pri-
Vate purpose. Provided, however, That the in
hlbltlons OF local or special laws in this section
Shall not be construed to prevent the passage of
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 amendment shall have
prin ted thereon:
"Amendment to Article Four OLIVES !
e eu eng consstiation to prohibit No
And eachyoter shall vote upon by placing a
cross GA) opposite 'yes." if he desires to vote in
the affirmative, and opposite the word no." il
he desires to vote il the negative
SECOND-Thc following amendment to Section
three (S OF Article nine 10y of the Constitution of
sne state OF Minnesota is hereby proposed to the
fGiGc-
ton. that is to say to add at the end OF said sec
tiOn the following words:
And there may be levied or collected annually
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 Oh all telegraph Or telephone CON-
panles, or owners, whose lines in or extend
into this state; on all express companies or own
ers doing business in this state on all foreign in
surance companies OF this state, or OIL either or
any OF such companies. Or in lieu Of such tax on
the gross earnings OF such companies, or either
on any OF them, an annual license fee or tax i'm
posed on them. or either or any OF them; but no
tax upon the gross earnings OF any corporation
shail De construed to prevent the taxation, by
law, OF any real estate owned by said corporation
not used in the business OF the same. Aud there
may be lev led and collected in lieu OF other ia "a
tion on mining property. a specific tax upon the
tax shall be construed to prevent the taxation by
law OF any real estate belonging to the owners O.
such mine not used in the business of mining OF
i'll connection herewith
Section three (3) of Article nine (9) OF the State
Constitution which it is proposed to amend a!
above, now reads as follows:
SEC ). Laws shall be passed taxing all mon
eys' credits. Investments in bonds, stocks, join
stock companies Or otherwise. and also ali rea
ana PERSONAL property, according to it's tru
value in money; but public burying grounds pub
lie school houses. public hospitals, academies
colleges, universities and all seminaries of learn
| Ing all churches church property used for religi
| Gus purposes, and houses of worship, institution
! OF purely public charity public property used eX
| clusivey for any public purpose. and persona
| property to an amount not exceeding in valu
| 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 Commandment t.
Section three 81 OF Article nine (9) of the Const
| tuition providing for the taxation Of sleeping ca
| companies and other companies: YES-NO. IAN
| tile voters i'll voting upon such amendment sha
! erase, mark across or scratch out one QJ Of sal
words Eyes" or mo- Ii he desires to vote in t b
affirmative he shall scra ten out the word mo;
| ii he desires to vote in the negative, he sha
! scratch cut the word yes
| EXPLANATIONS
| 1t will be Seen that the manner OF voting upo
these two proposed amendments is entirely diffel
| ent. The reason for this is that the first ament
Elent was proposed under an act OF the iegala TUT
| Iassedcprior to the general election law OF 1850
! and is to be voted upon subject to the provision
| o: SAID general election lew. But the second pro
posed amendment is submitted under an act
the legislature passed after the general clectio
law OF 1891, and in terms provides how it shall b
! voted upon, and as above indicated,
| Tho object OF the first proposed amendment
| to restrict special legislation.
| The object OF the second proposed amendmer
is to regulate the taxation OF railroads. sleeping
| drawing room anI parlor car companies, tel
| graph and telephone companies, express an
! insurance companies. by taxing the gross carr
| ings or by q licensed fee; and authorising
specific tax on mining property.
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