St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-04
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AN ACT proposing an amendment to section
one Of article nine of the constitution of
the state of Minnesota by adding provisO
authorizing the levy and collection of q
acies and gifts.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The following amendment to
section one Of article niue of the constitI-
tion of the state of Minnesota is hereby pro-
posed to the people of said state for their
approval or rejection, that is to say, to add
at the end of said section the folowin .
proviso: ''And provided further, that there
may be by law levied and collected a tax
upon all inheritances, devises, requests, leg
aCies and gifts of every kind and description
above fixed and specified sum- of any
and all natural persons and corporations.
Such tax above such exempted sum may be
uniform, OIL it may be graded or progressive,
but shall not exceed maximum tax Of five
PEI cent"
Sec. 2. This proposed amendment shall
be submitted to the people of said state for
their approval or rejection at the next gen.
eral election for the year eighteen hundred
ana nlnety-four, and each Of the legal voters
OF said state may, at said election vote by
ballot for or against said amendment, and
the returns thereof shall be made and GER
tined and such votes and the result thereof
declared in the manner provided by law Tor
returning, certifying and CanYaSsing votes
at general elections for the state officers
and declaring the, result thereof and if it
Sudu appear Ulefe1fOm tnat q majority of
the voters present and voting at said cleo
ton upon said amendment Eyes" or mo-
have voted in favor of the same, then with
in ten days after the result shall have peen
ascertained, the governor shall make procla-
nation thereof and said amendment shall
thereGpon take effect and be in full force as
part of the constitution of the state of Min
neSOta.
Sec. 8. The ballots used at said election on
said amendment shall have printed thereon
Amendment to section enc of article nine
of the constitution providing for a tax on
inheritanceS, deviseS, requests, legacies and
gifts, Yes-No," and each elector voting on
said amendment shall make a cross mark
thus: (N) in one Of the two spaces left for
the purpose upon the margin of the ballot
used at said election as provided in section
thirty-four of chapter four of the general
laws of one thousand eight hundred and
ninety The elector desiring to vote for
said amendment shall make cross mark
thus: (Nl in the space so left opposite the
word Yes" and the elector desiring to
vote against said amendment shall make a
cross mark thus: CX) in the space so left OPP
be counted on said amendment except those
having said cross mark CXl opposite one
only of said words eyes, or 'No."
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage
Approved April IL, 1898.
CHAPTER 2-a. F. No. 694.
AN ACT to provide a New Capitol for the
State of Minnesota:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
of Minnesota.
Section l. That the governor be and he
is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty
forthwith to appoint by and with the ad-
BILE persons, one from each congressional
district in the state, to act and be known as
state capitol commissioners, who shall
constitute a board to be known as the
''board of state capitol commissioners, -
whose duty shall be to secure the erection
of new state capitol, according to the pro-
the governor shall be, ex-officio, the pre-
siding officer of said board and shall have
the right and opportunity to express his
opinions and give his advice upon all meas
ures or questions that may come before said
board for consideration and determination.
but shall not be deemed member Of said