The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1904-10-22
Of the Constitution Of the state Of Min

tuition. which is here sought to be amend
ed. reads as follows: 4s;. % 49,
Sec: 6: The permanent school and
vested in the purchase Of bonds Of any
county, school district, city, town or vii
lage Of this state but no such invest
m Sos shall be made until approved by the
law to regulate the investment of the
permanent school fund and the perma-
nent university fund of this state; nor
when the issue of which the same in part
would make the entire bonded indebted
ness exceed seven per cent of the assessed
valuation Of the taxable real property Of
or village issuing such bonds; nor shall
such loans or Indebtedness be made at
lower rate of interest than three per
Sa Pc! sneS yea2 fGr 1 foG Snsee
period than twenty (2o) years; and no
change of the town, school district. viii
Sse re city or s4Y y LINES lines sa r sboo
district, county, village or city in this
from S any liability for taxation to pay
It is proposed by said Chapter rs Of
Section 6 of Article of the Constitution
OF the State Of Minnesota so as to read
Sec: 8: The permanent school and
be invested in the bonds of any
or v,as s'"V Of tRi E'r'c State Guy but '0M NO
such Investment shall be made until
approved by the board of commission
S,s DESIGNATED by lay to reg%ate . the
and the permanent university fund Of
this state: nor shall such loan or invest
ment be made when the bonds to be is
bonded indebtedness exceed fifteen Q0
per cent of the assessed valuation of
the taxable real property of the county,
school district: city, town or village ;ea Is
or Indebtedness be made at a lower rate
of interest than three per cent per an
mum. nor for shorter period than i've
twenty (So) years, and no change of the
town, school district. city, village or of
county lines shall relieve the real prop
eyty Or c2 G this state at the
time of the issuing of such bonds from
any liability for taxation to pay such
The existing constitution provides
that the permanent school and univer.
sity fund of the State of Minnesota
may be invested in the bonds of any
county, school district, city, town or.
village, when the entire issue of which
the proposed forms a part will not
school district, city, town or village
exceed seven per cent of the assessed
valuation Of the taxable real property
in such county, school district, city,
town or village. The effect of the pro-
posed amendment, if adopted, will be
to authorize the investment OF the per-
manent school and university funds OF
the state in the bonds of any county,
school district, city, town or village OF
the State of Minnesota when the en-
tire issue, of which the proposed loan
is a part, will not make the indebted
ness of any such county, school dis
trict, city, town or village exceed fif-
teen per cent of the assessed valua'
ton.
BY an act of the legislature of the State
known as chapter 269 of the General
Laws Of 1903, the same being Senate File
173, It Is proposed to amend section I
of article Of the constitution of the
The section as now existing reads as
Sec l. mo person Shall be held to
the presentment or Indictment of grand
jury, except in cases Of Impeachment, or
in cases cognizable by justices OF the
peace or ariSng IN the army or sa navy
in time of war or public danger: and no
person for the same offense shall be put
twice in jeopardy of punishment. nor
to be witness against himself, nor be a.
prived of life, liberty or property with
out due process of law. All persons shall
before conviction be bailable by sufficient
when the proof is evident or the pre-
sumption great; and the. privilege. of the
writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus-
or invasion, the public safety may re-
It is proposed, by said act, to amend
said Section Z so as to read 1n as t fol1 Ss
answer for a criminal offense without
due process of law, and no person for
the same offense shall be put twice in
jeopardy Of punishment als,, nor shall be
Of life. liberty or property without due
ties. except for capital offenses when the
great: and the privilege Of the writ Of
habeas corpus shall not be suspended
vas1on the public safety may REQUIRE"
The effect of this amendment, If
adopted, will be to give the legislature
the power to determine the manner
and form of charging persons with the
commission of criminal acts. AS the
constitution now reads, the procedure
by which a person is held to answer
for criminal offense is by present
ment or indictment of a grand jury or
by criminal warrant issued by just.
ice of the peace. In place of such pre-.
sentiment or Indictment Of a grand
jury, or a warrant issued by a justice
of the peace, it is proposed to substi.
tute any procedure which the legisla.
ture may deem due process of law. In
other words, the legislature will have
the power to provide criminal pro.
cedure in conformity with the rights
guaranteed by the fundamental law,
by which person shall be held to &C.
count for a criminal offense. Such
procedure must conform with the re-
quirements of what is due process of
law under the Constitution of the
United States and the State of Mime
sofa. The proposed amendment may
be made the basis for an act of the