St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1904-10-28

Pursuant to the provisions Of Section
81 (a) Of Article 4 of the Constitution, the
legislature iday by an a Ct aRpro S,S 81 AP Pr
General Laws of 1903, present to the cleo,
tors Of the state for rejection or approval
the following, to wit:
owning or operating any line of railway
situated within, or partly Witnln, TINS
state, shall during the year 1905, and an.
nually thereafter pay into the treasury OF
ments upon all property within this state.
owned or operated for railway purposes
by such COMPANY, including equipment.
appurtenances, APPENDICES and iran
four az per cent of the gross earnings de.
rived from the operation of such line of
railway within this state; and the annual
payment of sucn sum shall be in full and
in lieu Of all other axes and assessments
upon the property and franchises so
taxed. HI lands acquired by public
grant shall be and remain exempt from
taxation until sold or contracted to be
sold, or conveyed, as provided in the re-
spective acts whereby such grants were
made or recognized.
derived from the operation Of such line Of
railway within this state az used IN sec
ton 1 of this act, is hereby declared and
shall be construed to mean, all earnings
on business OeSlnHlas ana elA31lS WIN
this state, and a proportion, based upon
the proportion of the mileage within the
state to the entire mileage over which
such business is done. Of earnings on an
interstate business passing throush' lH!o
or out of the state. ,
Sec. 8. All acts and parts OF acts not
inconsistent herewith regulating the pay
ment, collection, time of payment, en-
forcement or reports involving inc
OF railroad companies within this state.
p pa 1ent'0i Of s psasl''t taxes, are here
far Gy as Mi may be; and all acts and parts Of
acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed.
Sec. T.. Upon failure to pay the amount
of such x legally due upon the GATE
ment thereof. in addition to existing
remedies, collection may be enforced in
a civil action brought in the name of the
State Of Minnesota in the district court
of any county.
shall be heard to contest or continue
to contest the validity Of this act or my
as a condition precedent thereto. pay into
the treasury Of the State Of Minnesota,
the amount of taxes due or payable
from such railroad company under the
existing tax laws Of this state applicable
to such company.
Sec. g.. This act shall be submitted to
the people of this state for their approval
or rf fbs Ion at fo the mex general 3 e election e,naGtion
provisions refer to the method of print
ing the ballot and submitting this act
for ratification.)
This act provides for an increase in
the amount of taxes collected by the
state upon the property of the rail.
roads situated within the state from
three per cent of the gross earnings
derived from the operation of railways
within the state to a sum equal to four
per cent of the GROSS earnings derived
from the operation of such lines OF
railway within the state. The annual
payment of such sum shall be in full
and in lie uof all other taxes and as.
sessments upon the property SO taxed.
The lands acquired by public grant
shall be and remain as heretofore ex.
empt from taxation until sold or con.
tracted to be sold or conveyed, as pro.
vided in said acts where such grants
yer recognized.
Provision is made in this act where
by the disputed and unpaid taxes on
the gross earnings of any railway com
pany within the state may be collected
by a civil action brought in the name
of the State of Minnesota in any coun.
ty thereof. The right to maintain such
civil action is in addition to existing
remedies for the collection Of the per
centum tax upon the gross earnings OF
railroads within the state. The exist
ing remedy which the State of Mime.
sofa may use in enforcing the payment
by any railroad company within the
state of any disputed and unpaid taxes
upon it's gross earnings, is by destraint
of it's movable property by the State
Treasurer, and sale of sufficient there.
of to satisfy the states claim. This
new method of enforcing the collec.
zion Of such taxes, proposed by this
amendment, will, if adopted, enable
the state to secure a speedy and direct
judicial determination Of the liability
of any such railway company for dis
puted and unpaid items of gross earn.
ings taxes.
of the State Of Minnesota this act of
the legislature must be submitted to
the legal voters of the state, and will
become operative if adopted by a ma
jority of the electors voting at the
next general election.
II.
BY an act Of the legislature Of the
State Of Minnesota. anproved March I'D.
eral Laws of Minnesota of 1913. the
same being House File No. 4. it is pro-
posed to amend Section 6 of Article s
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