The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1893-05-11
CHAPTER Is. F. NO. ia

CHAPTER Is. f. NO. ia.
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
tax on inheritances, devises, requests, leg
acieS and gifts.
Be it enacted by the I,sgislatura NJ tho
State of Minnesota
Section l. The following amendment to
section one of article niue of the constit:I-
posed to the people of said state for their
approval or rejection, that is to saw to add
at the end of said section the following
provlso: 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 liked and specified sum, of any
Such tax above such exempted sum may be
uniform, Oh it may be graded or progressive.
put snail :, not exceed a maximum tax of five
Sec. 2. This proposed amendment shall
De submitted to the people of said state for
their approval or rejection at the next gem
erai eiectlon for the year eighteen hundred
and ninety -four, and each of the legal voters
OF SAID state may, at said election, vote by
Dallot Tor or against said amendment and
the returns thereof shall be made and GER
tlneu, ana such votes and the result thereof
declared in the manner provided by law for
returning, certifying and Canvassing votes
at general elections for the state officers
ana declaring the result thereof, and if it
shau appear therefrom that q majority of
the voters present and voting Mt 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 Deen
ascerta1ned the governor shall make procla-
nation thereof, and said amendment shall
thereupon take effect and be in full force as
neSOta. H-
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, 4es-No," and each elector voting on
said amendment shall make a cross mark
thus: (X) 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
ninety-one.The elector desiring to vote for
said amendment shall make cross mark
thus: (Xl in the space so left opposite the
word ''Yes." and the elector desiring to
vote against said amendment shall make a
cross mark thus: 9 in the space so left op.
posfte the word 'sNo," and no ballots shall
be counted on said amendment except those
only Of said words eyes" or ssNo.'
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage.
Approved April II. 1893.
CHAPTER 24H f. No. 1914.
AN ACT to provide a New Capitol for the
State of Minnesota:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State
Section 1. That the governor be and he
is hereby authorized, and it is made his duty
forthwith to appoint by and with the adj
vice and consent Of the senate, seven suita-
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, I"
whose duty shall be to secure the erection
Of new state capitol, according to the pro-
visions Of this act: Provided, however, that
the governor shall be, ex-oficio, 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