St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1906-11-02
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Amendments
70 The
OF MINNESOTA
Hon. Peter F.. Hanson,
! Secretary Of State.

Hon. Peter F.. Hanson,
! Secretary of State.
Sir:
AS required by Section Is of tho
Revised Laws, ] have the honor to
advise you ms to the and
effect of these amendments which
are to be voted ON by the people at
the coming election.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment IL
contained in Chapter 6 of the
Laws Of 1905. BY this amendment it
is sought to repeal Sections one (1),
two CO, three 81, four a. and sew
enteen 90 Of Article nine 90 OF
being the amendment to said Article
nine co. adopted in 1896 which
sections now read as fOllows:
Section l.: All taxes to be raised in
this state shall be as nearly equal as
may be, and all property on which taxes
are to be levied Shall lave a cash valua-
ton and be equalized and uniform
legislature may, by general law or spe-
cial act, authorize municipal corpora
tons to levy assessments for local inn
proyements upon the property fronting
opOAA ouSA vi upCll liIO
property to be benefited by such i'm
provements, or both, without regard to
cash valuation, and in such manner as
vided further. that for the purpose Of
defraying the expenses of laying water
pipes and supplying any, city or munic-
1pality with water, the legislature may,
by. general or special aw, authorize any
such city or municipality, having a pop
ulation of five thousand or more, to levy
1 1inp91 foot of all lands fJnntino IN anv
water main or water pipe laid by such
city Or municipality within corporate
limits liz is Of c;f said city tyot for sup?tR2lging " water at e1
to the cash value of such property, and
to empower such city to collect any
such tax, assessments or fines, or penal
fine or penalty for any violation of the
rules Of such city or municipality in re-
gard 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 a tax upon all inheritances,
devises, requests, legacies and gifts Of
every kind and description above a
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
siVe, 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-
fray the estimated ordinary expenses of
the state for each year., and whenever it
year shall exceed the income, of the
state for such year, the legislature shall
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
visions for the payment of interest or
principal of bonds denominated Mime
sofa State Railroad Bonds shall take
effect or be in force until such law shall
have been submitted to a vote Of the
people Of the state, and adopted by a
majority of the electors of the state vot-
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
money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie school houses, public hospitals. acad-
\ emies, colleges, universities, and all SEM
%inaries of learning, all churches, church
property used for religious purposes, and
houses of worship. institutions of purely
public charity, public property used ex-
personal property, to an amount not ex-
ceeding in value two hundred dollars for
each. Individual. shall by general laws,
be exempt from taxation; ear
taxing the notes and bills discounted or
purchased, moneys loaned, and all other
property, effects, or dues of every, de-
scription, of all banks and of all bank
ers, so that all property employed in
banking shall always be subject to a
taxation equal to that imposed on the
property of individuals.
Section IL. The legislature may i'm
pose, or provide for the imposition of,
upon the property within this state OF
any and all owners or operators, whether
corporate or individual, or otherwise, of
any and all sleeping. parlor and draw
ing room cars, or any or either of the
same, which run in, INTO or th tG 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
the property within this state OF all do
mestic insurance companies of this state
of any kind; also upon the property with
in this state of any and all foreign in
s%uranceE companies doing business IN
property within this state of all owners
or operators of any and all mines or OF
mineral ores situated in this state; also
boom companies or owners, and Of al
ship builders or owners doing business
in this state, or. having a port therein
provided, that this act shall not apply. tc
property owned by railroad companies
their lands and other property q and
upon the property of either or any o1
such companies or OWnerS,-a tax as uni.
form as reasonably may be with the
taxes imposed upon similar property ir
said state, or upon the earnings thereof
within this state. but may be graded OF
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 al
property thereof within this state, and
in either case. tby taking as the basis OF
such imposition the proDortionate bust.
ness, earnings, mileage or quantity Of
production or property now or herearte;
existing of any such companies, persons
or owners, transacted or existing in thi:
state, in, relation to the entire business
mileage or quantity of production OF
property Of such companies, persons OF
owners as aforesaid; or in such Other
manner, or by such other method, as thu
legislature may determines; but the pro
ceeds Of such taxes upon mining prop.
erty. shall be distributed between thu
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 taxatio1
of any farm land or ordinary bushes:
blocks or property owned by any sucf
corporation, person, firm or company ex
cept in the manner provided by the or
binary methods of taxation"
And to substitute therefor the fol