The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-10-20
PROPOSED
Amendments
TO The
Constitution
or MINNESOTA
Hon. Peter E. Hanson,
..., Secretary of State.

effect of these amendments which
are to be voted on by the people at
the coming election.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment Is
contained In Chapter 1853 of the
Laws of 1908. BY this amendment 1T
Is sought to repeal Sections one CD,
two ca, three (3), four a.. and sew
enteen (17) of Article nine co. of
the Constitution (the latter section
being the amendment to said Article
nine CO. adopted in 1906 which
sections now read as follows:
"section 1. All taxes to be raised in
this state shall be as nearly equal as
may be, and all property on which taxes
are are to be LEVIED shall have a cash yalua-
throughout the state: Provided, that the
legislature may, by general law or spe-
cial act, authorize municipal corpora
IONS to levy assessments for local i'm
proVementS upon the property fronting
upon such improvements, or upon the
property to be benefited by such i'm
proyements, or both, without regard to
cash valuation, and in such manner as
the legislature may prescribe: and pro-
vided further. that for the purpose of
defray1ng the expenses of laying water
iipality with water. the legislature may,
by general or special law, authorize any
SUCH city or municipality, having a pop
ulation of five thousand or more, to levy
an annual tax or assessment upon the
lineal foot of all lands fronting on any
water main or water pipe laid by such
city city, or municipality within corporate
to the citizens thereof without regard
to the cash value OF such property, and
to empower such city to collect any
ties for failure to pay the same, or any
fine or penalty for any violation of the
rules OF such city. or municipality in re-
sard TO the use OF water, or for any wa
ter rate due for the same: and provided
further, that there may be by law levied
and collected tax upon all Sinheritances,
devises,, bequests, legacies and gifts of
every kind and description above
fixed and specified sum, of any and all
natural persons and corporations. Such
tax above such exempted sum may be
uniform, or it may be graded or progress
siye, but shall not exceed a maximum
tax of five per cent.
.section 2. The legislature shall pro-
vide for an annual tax sufficient to de-
the state for each year, and whenever it
penses Of the state for any
yea year f shall LIE exceed the nsome Of the
provide for levying tax for the ensu-
ing year sufficient, with other sources Of
income, to pay the deficiency of the pre-
ceding year, together with the estimated
expenses Of such ensuing year. But no
law levying a tax or making other pro
visions for the payment Of interest or
sofa State Railroad Bonds shall take
effect or be in force until such law shall
have been submitted to- vote of the
majority of the electors of the state yot-
ing upon the same
Section 3. Laws shall be passed tax
ing all moneys, credits investments in
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or
otherwise, also all real and personal
property, according to it's true value in
money, me nsy. put public burying grounds, pub
emies, colleges, universities, and all SEM
inaries of learning, all churches church
property used for religious purposes, and
nbc c on nb Of purely
clus1vely for any public purpose, and
personal property to an amount not ex-
seeding n Xalpe tWo hundred dollars for
be exempt from taxation.
Section 4. Laws shall be passed for
taxing the notes and bills discounted or
property. effects, or dues of every de-
scription. Of all banks and of all bank
ers. Sc that all property employed in
banking shall always be subject to
property of individuals.
Section II. The legislature may i'm
pose. or provide, for the imposition of.
upon the property within this state of
corporate or individual, or otherwise, of
any and all sleeping. parlor and draw
Ing room cars, or any. OF either of the
state; also upon the property within this
state Of any and all telegraph and tele-
phone companies, or owners, whose lines
are in, or extend in. into or through
this state; also upon the property Within
this state Of all express companies, or
owners, or any or either Of the same,
doing business in this state; also upon
in or 70 Nf all
nestle insurance companies Of this state
of any kind; also upon the property with
in this state of any and all foreign in.
surance companies doing business in
this state of any kind: also upon the
property within this state of all owners
or operators of any and all mines or of
upon the property within this state of all
boom companies or owners, and of all
ship builders or owners doing business
in this state, or having a port therein
Crowded, that this act shall not apply to
property owned by railroad companies,
their lands and other property; and
upon the property of either or any OF
form as reasonably may be with the
taxes imposed upon similar property in
said state, or upon the earnings thereof
within this state. but may be graded or
progressive, or both, and in providing
for such tax. or in providing for ascer-
tanning the just and true value of such
property, it shall be competent for the
legislature, in either or all of such cases,
to impose such tax, upon any or ali
property thereof within this state, and
in either case by taking as the basis OF,
such imposition the proportionate bust
ness, earnings, mileage or quantity Of
production or property now or hereafter
existing of amy such companies, persons
state, in relation to the entire business,
mileage or quantity of production or
property OF such companies persons or
owners as aforesaid; or in such other
manner, or by such other method, as the
legislature may determine; but the pro-
ceeds of such taxes upon mining prop
erty shall be distributed between the
state and the various political subdivi-
sions thereof wherein the same is sit
uated. in the same proportion as the
proceeds of taxes upon real property are
distributed: Provided further, that moth
ing in this act contained shall operate
to authorize the assessment or taxation
Of any farm land or ordinary business
blocks or property owned by any such
cept in the manner provided by the or
binary methods of taxation
And to substitute therefor the fol.
Section l.. The power Of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended or con-
tracted away. Taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class of subjects, and
shall be levied and collected for public
purposes, but public burying grounds,
public school houses, public hospitals;
academies, colleges, universities, and all
seminaries of learning, all churches,
church property, and houses Of worship,
institutions of purely public charity and
public property used exclusively for any
public purpose, shall be exempt from tax
alton. and there may be exempted from
taxation personal property not exceeding
in value $500 for each household, indi-
yidual or head of a family, as the legis-
lature may determine: Provided. that
the legislature may authorize municipal
corporations to levy and collect assess
ments for local improvements upon prop
ertY benefited thereby WITHOUT regard to