Mower County transcript., 1896-10-21


General Election to be held On
the 3rd day of November. A.. D.
1896.
At the general election to be held In tho
vember, A. ID. 1896. the following laws and
amendments proposed by the legislature OF
said state at the last session thereof, will
be submitted for adoption or rejection, viz:
An act will be submitted to the people of
the next general election, entitled:
can act relating to the taxation OF certain
lands owned by railroad companies IN this
state, and repeating laws and parts OF laws
relating to the taxation Of the same, and to
provide for the submission Of this act to
the R,soPe Of this state for their sl
So far as material the act Is as follows:
Sec. l: All lands in this state heretofore
or hereafter granted by the State Of Mime
sofa or the United States. or the Territory
of Minnesota, to any railroad company shall
be assessed and taxed as other lands are
taxed In this state, except such parts OF
right Of way. gravel pits. sidetracks, depots
and all buildings and structures which are
necessarily used In the actual management
panies.
Provided That said railroad companies
shall continue to pay taxes into the state
now provided by law. And that nothing in
this act contained shall be construed to re-
peal said laws except In so far as the same
relate to the tax upon said lands.
''Sec. 2. Such portion or portions Of any
act ] or acts. general or special, Of the State
acted: which provides or attempts to pro
vide for any exemption Of lands hereby de-
clared taxable. from taxation. or for any
a6es Of taxing said last t
any manner inconsistent with the pro-
q this act are he,Soy repe1aea
void so far as 1t applies to the lands Of any
particular railroad company in this state.
1t shall not be ground for declaring it void
or iinap3plis;able t3 to any other company not
The purpose Of this act Is to secure the
taxation OF unused railroad lands acquired
by railroad companies under federal and
deem it proper to call attention to the
fact that the electors Of this state will be
called upon to vote upon the following prop
osition: 'Shall there be a convention to re-
wise the state CONSTITUTIONS
III.
Attention is also called to the fact that an
act will be submitted to the electors of this
state at said ELECTION provdin,g tor the ap
Investment Of the inferno! improvement
land fund TO the road and bridge fund. The
act provides that such 1', moneys shall be be
building bridges on public roads.
Nv.
can act providing for an amendment to
section four ~ Of article five % Of the con-
Of the State Of f ESQ
In relation to pardons for criminal offenses
and creating board Of pardons:"
Section of article of the constitution
nf 70 de
"Section 4. The governor shall communl-
cate by message to each session OF the legis'
lature such information touching the state
deem expedient. He shall be commander
in-chief Of the military and naval forces.
and may call out such forces to execute the
writing, of the principal officer In each Of
the executive departments, upon any sub
tive offices: and he shall have power to
grant reprieves and pardons. after convlc.
tion, for offenses against the state, except
power. by and with the advice and consent
of the senate to appoint state librarian
and notaries public, and such other officers n r
power to appoint commissioners to take the
acknowledgment Of deeds, or other lnstru'
ments in writing. to be used in the state
passed by the Legislature, under such rules
and limitations as are in this constitution
prescribed He may on extraordinary occa-
sions convene both houses of the Legislature
He shall take care that the laws be faith
fully executed, fill any vacancy that may
occur in the office Of secretary of state.
such other state and district offices as may
be hereafter created by law. until the next
annual election. and until their successors
are chosen and qualified
1t is proposed to amend the said section
by striking therefrom the following words:
..'And he shall have power to- grant re-
prieves and pardons after conviction. for
offenses against the state" =
In place Of the words thus p-ooosed to be
stricken ont it is proposed to Insert the fol-
lowing words:
And he shall have power, in conjunction
= with the board Of pardons, of which the
governor shall be ex.ofticio member: and
the attorney general of the State e1 Min
,nesota and the chief justice of the supreme
court of the State of Minnesota, and whose
powers and duties shall be defined and regu-
lated by law, to grant reprieves and par
dons, after conviction. for offenses against
the state.'
proposed amendment will be to deprive the
governor of the power to alone grant par
dons and reprieyes. which he now enjoys,
Of the ser e the attorney geSera and
the chief justice of the supreme court.
The proposed amendment contemplates
enactment Of a suitable law defining and
regulating the powers and duties Of such
board of pardons in granting reprieves and
pardons
Gan act proposing an amendment to Sec
tion one ~ Of article seven H) Of the con-
sttution of the State of Minnesota which
relates to the elective franchise"
Section one of article Z Of the constltu-
tion of Minnesota now reads as follows: =:
''Section 1. Every male person Of the age
of twenty-one years or upwards, belonging
to either of the following classes, who shall
have resided In the United States one year,
and in this state for four months next pre-
ceding any election, shall be entitled to vote
at such election, In the election district OF
which he shall at the time have been for
ten days resident, for all officers that now
are, or hereafter may be-, elective by the
people.
First-Citizens of the United States.
Second-Pcrsons of foreign birth, who
shall have declared their intention to be.
come citizens, conformably to the laws of
the United States upon the subject of nat
uraliZatiOn.
Third-Persons of mixed white and Indian
blood. who have adopted the customs and
habits Of civilization ....&L
FOurth-Persons of Indian blood residing
In this state, who have adopted the Ian.
guage, custom and habits of civilization,
after an examination before any district
court of the state, in such manner as may
be provided by law, and shall have been
pronounced by said court capable Of enjoy.
Ing the rights of citizenship within the