Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-10-20

Revised Laws. 1 have the honor to
| advise you as to the purpose I'd
effect of these amendments WIN II
are to be voted on by the people al
the coming election.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment Is
contained in Chapter 1853 of the
Laws of 1908. BY this amendment il
is sought to repeal Sections one D
ttwo CD, three Oh, four a. and sew.
enteen GT) of Article mine 90 al
the Constitution (the latter section
being the amendment to said Art icIe
nine 90 adopted in 1896 which
sections now read as follows:
Section /. 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 have a cash valua-
ton and be eQuaiized and uniform
throughout the state: Provided, that the
legislature may, by general law or spe-
cial act, authorize municipal corpora
tons to levy assessments for local i'm
proVements upon the property fronting
upon such imprOVeme or upon the
property to be benefited by such i'm
prOVements. 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
defraying the expenses of laying water
pipes and supplying any city or munic-
ipality 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 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
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, it may be graded or progress
sive, but shall not exceed a maximum
tax of five per cent
Section .. 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
penses of the state for any
year shall exceed the income of the
state for such year, the legislature shall
provide for levying a tax for the ensu-
income, to pay the deficiency of the pre-
ceding year, together with the estimated
expenses of such ensuing year. But no
law levying tax or making other pro-
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 vote of the
people of the state, and adopted by
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
property according to it's true value in
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-
clusively for any public purpose, and
personal property to an amount not ex-
n SHAH bV
be exempt from taxation;
Section f. Laws shall be passed for
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
taxation equal to that imposed on the
property of Individuals
Section II. The legislature may i'm
pose, or provide for the imposition of,
upon the property within this state of
any and all owners or opera tors 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 through this
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 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
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
mineral ores situated in this state; also
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
provided, 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
such companies or owners,-a tax as uni
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
Tor sucA tax. or in providing for ascer- |
aiming the just and true value of such |
it shall be competent for the |
legislature in either or all of such cases, |
o impose such tax, upon any or all |
thereof within this state, and |
n 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 any such companies, persons |
,r owners. transacted or existing in this
state, in relation to the entire business, |
Mileage or quantity of production or
of such companies, persons or /
,wners as aforesaid; in such other |
Manner or by such other method as the |
legislature may determine; but the pro-
leeds of such taxes upon mining prop
rty shall be distributed between the
tate and the various political subdivi-
ions thereof wherein the same is sit.
lated in the same proportion as the
proceeds of taxes Upon real property are
distributed: Provided further, that moth
ng in this act contained shall operate
o authorize the assessment or taxation
f any farm land or ordinary business
locks or property owned by any such
person, firm or company ex-
ept in the manner provided by the Or
mary methods of taxation