The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-14
Proclamation of the Adoption
Amendments TO The Constitution
OF The
State Of Minnesota
STATE OF MINNESOTA. ExEcuT1vE

STATE OF MINNESOTA. EXECUTIVE
Department.
of W Minessota The ev Legislature Of the State
amendment to section six Co. of article
eight CD of the Constitution of the State
educa fnn ena relating to school funds
8, 1903, did enact as follows -
Section l; The following amendment to
Constitution of the State Of Minnesota is
nereby proposed to the people of the State
OF Minnesota for their approval or rejec-
lion, dnat IS to say, said section shall be
sec. o. Inc permanent school and uni
yersity fund of this state may be invest
tr1ct, city,. town or village of this state
but no such investment shall be made ur-
til approved by the board of commits
s;loneTs DESIGNATED by law to regulate the
and the permanent university fund of this
state; nor shall such loan or investment
De made when the bonds to be issued or
purchased would make the entire bonded
indebtedness exceed fifteen (15) per cent
of the assessed valuation of the taxable
real property. of the county school dis
trict, city, town or village issuing such
bonds; nor shall such loans or indebted
ness be made at a lower rate of interest
snan three 90 per cent per annum, nor
for a shorter period than five (5) years,
nor for "a longer period than twenty Cos
years, and no change of the town, school
district, city, village or of county lines
shall relieve the real property in such
town, school district, county, village or
city IN this state at the time of the is
suing of such bonds from any liability for
taxation to pay such bonds.
sec. q rms proposed amendment shall
pc submitted to the people of this state
Tor their approval or rejection at the gen.
erai election occurring next after the pas
sage of this act. and the qualified electors
OF this state in their respective districts
may at such election vote for or against
SUCH amendment by ballot; and the re-
turns thereof shall be made and certified
within the time, and such votes canvass
eo and the result thereof declared in the
manner provided by law with reference
TO the election of state officers and if it
shall appear thereupon that majority of
an the electors voting at said election, as
provided in the next section, have voted in
FAVOR OF the same, then the governor shall
make proclamation thereof, and such
amendment amen shall take effect and be in
force as part of the Constitution"
And Whereas, Said legislature by "An
act proposing an amendment of section
seven 90 of article one % of the Con-
ing to criminal prosecutions and the
rights of the accused, approved April
IL, 1903; did enact as follows:
Section l. The following amendment to
section seven 90 of article one % of the
Constitution of the State of Minnesota is
hereby proposed to the people of the State
of Minnesota for their approval or rejec-
ton; that is to say, that section seven
CD of article one % shall be amended to
read as follows:
answer for criminal offense without due
process of law, and no person for the
same offense shall be put twice in jeopardy
OF punishment, nor shall be compelled in
any criminal case to be witness against
himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty
or property without due process of law.
All persons shall before conviction be
bailable by sufficient sureties, except for
capital offenses when the proof is evident
or the presumption great; and the privi-
lege of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended unless when in case Of
rebellion or invasion the public safety
may require.
be submitted to the people of this state
Tor their approval or rejection at the
general election occurring next after the
passage OF this act, and the qualified cleo
tors OF this state in their respective dis
tr1cts may at such election vote for or
against such amendment by ballot; and
certified within the time, and such votes
canvassed and the result thereof de-
clared in the manner provided by law
With reference to the election of state Of
fcers, and if it shall appear tfereupon
that majority of all the electors voting
at SAID election as provided in the next
same, then the governor shall make
proclamation thereof, and such amend
ment shall take effect and be in force as
a part of the Constitution"
And Whereas, 1t appears from the official
canvass of the votes cast for and against
each of the aforesaid constitutional
law, that a majority of all the electors
voting at said election upon each of the
said amendments, voted for their adop-
ton.
Now, therefore I, John A. Johnson, Gov
ernor of the State of Minpesota by vir-
tue of the power vested in ;faHsand in com
~pliance with the aforesa ia acts of the
Legislature of this State, do hereby pub
lish and proclaim that the proposed
amendment of section six CO. of article
eight 49,. and the proposed amendment
of section seven 90 of article one (1) of
the Constitution of the State of Minne-
sofa have each been ratified and adopted
IN the manner prescribed by the Con-
stitution and laws of this state
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the Great Seal
of the State to be hereto affixed. at the
Capitol in the City of Saint Paul, this 9Th
day of January, A. d. 1905.
JOHN A. JOHNSON,
49,. Governor.
Secretary of State.