The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1906-10-20

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Hon. Peter F. Hanson:
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: As required by section Is of the
Revised Laws. I have the honor to
effect Of these amen dments WHICH
arc to be. voted ON. by the people at
the coming election
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The FIRST proposed amen Il ment Is
contained: In Chapter 16S of the
Laws Of. 1905. BY this anne ntlm emit 1T
IL sought to repeal Sections one o.,
two (2), three 3D. four@ a., and sew
enfeen I'D of Article nine (0) -of
the Constitution (the latter, section
heinz: the amend ment to said Article
nine t0) adopted - In 1896 which
sections now: read a. follows,
Section 1. ;All taxes to be raised in
may be, and all property on which taxes
are. to be levied shall have a cash valua-
ton and be- edualized and uniform
throughout the state: Provided, that the
clal act, authorize municipal corpora
tons to levy assessments for local inn
provements upon: the property fronting
property to be benefited by such i'm
+ provements, or both, without regard to
cash valuation. and in such manner as
yided further, that for. the purpose OF
defraying the expenses of laying water
Pipes and supplying any city or munic-
l l with water. the legislature may,
such city Or municipality, having a pop
ulatlon or 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 Or municipality within corporate
limits of said city for supplying water
to the. citizens thereof without regard
to the cash value of such property, and
to empower such city to collect any
such tax, assessments or fines, or penal
ties for failure to pay the same, or any
rules OF such city or municipality in re-
gard to the use of wa ter, 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,
deVlses. bequests,.S 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. :. =.
.r.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
shall happen that such ordinary ex=
geaSes Gf = tns : STATE for any
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 the4 estimated
eSn OF fx or gs Other But
/ visions for the payment of interest or
principal of bonds denomihated 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-
Section. J.. 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
Tlic-< school houses, public hospitals, acad-
eemies, colleges, universities, and all sem
property used for Religious purposes. and
| houses of worship, Institutions of purely
public charity, public property used ex-
clusively for any public purpose, and
ceeding IN value two hundred dollars for
be exempt from taxation. {
Section 4. Laws shall be- passed for
| taxing the notes and bills DISCOUNTED or
| purchased, moneys. loaned, and all other
| property, effects, orr dues of every 8. 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.zz =, -: =.
| pose, or provide for the Imposition. OF,
upon the property within this sta te.; OF
| any" and all owners or operators, whether
| corporate or Individual or otherwise, OF
Gle -I<Nvrs y
ing. room cars, or any or either, Of the
! same, which run In; into Or through this
! state; also upon. the property Withinstl his
state OF any and al telegraph andsdsle
/ are in; or extend in. into or through
| this state; also upon the property within
owners, or any. or either of the same,
doing business in this state;= also upon
the Spropelty within. this: state Of all do
nestle insurance companies of this state
| Of any: kind also upon the property with
Lin 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 owner.
Or oDerat- $. OF, any and all mines. or 81
! mineral @oues situated in this state; also
supon&the property within this state Of all
| ship builders: Of owners doing business
! in this state, or having "a port therein
/ Crowded that this act shall not apply to
property owned by railroad companies
/ uponz the; .Hprope rty of either or any OF
t such companies orSoWners,-za-t tax as uniz
form as#r easonabl " may be with the
said stat e. or upon the earnings thereof
within this state but ma " be- graded @ol
L sprogressive,. or both, and in providing
+ for uchs9tax or an Prov ding rascer.
i flaming the Just: and true value zofs5such
L property,sEit *shal be Com etent#f the
tslegislature. sin either or all of such cases
to ssinipose, sucll.=t pen any or: al