The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-11-01
PROPOSED
Amendments
TO The
Constitution
OF MINNESOTA
Hon. Peter f. Hanson,
Secretary of State

Secretary of State.
As required by Section 20 of the
Revised Laws. L have the honor to
advise you as to the purpose and
effect of these amendments which
arc to be voted on by the people at
the coming election.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
me first proposed amendment Is
contained in Chapter 1GS of the
Laws of 1905. BY this amendment 1T
is sought to repeal Sections one %,
two (2), three CD, four a. and sew
enteen CD of Article nine co. Of
the Constitution (the latter section
being the amendment to said Article
nine co. adopted in 1896 which
sections now read as follows:
,":section 1; All taxes to be raised in
TINS state shall be as nearly equal as
are to be levied shall have a cash valua-
ton and be equalized and uniform
throughout the state: Provided, that the
cial act, authorize municipal corpora
tons to levy assessments for local i'm
provements upon the property fronting
property to be- Seneed by saea tine time
prOVements, or both, without regard to
Gas cash valuation, and in such manner as
I nrher tha for fhe apd Of
defraying. the expenses of laying water
pipes pipes and supplying any. city or munic-
1pallty with water. the legislature may,
such city or municipality, having a pop
ulat1on 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 empower such city to collect any
SUCH tax assessments or fines, or penal
YES TOR failure to pay the same, or any
nne 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 tax upon all inheritances,
devises,. requests, legacies and gifts of
every eyer Xxi KING ia and description above
natural persons and corporations. Such
tax above such exempted sum may be
uniform, or it MY 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
shall happen e that e zGch he ordinary Thsnsyef ext
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 rs the pre-
ceding year, together with the estimated
law levying a 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 a vote of the
people of the state, and adopted by
majority ma Of the electors of the state vot-
"section 3. Laws shall be passed tax
ing all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or
property, according to it's true value in
money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie school houses, public hospitals, acad-
inaries of learning, all churches, church
property used for religious purposes, and
houses of worship, Institutions Of purely
pn5iiic 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,
Section 4. Laws shall be passed for
taxing the notes and bills discounted or
purchased, moneys loaned, and all other
scription, of all banks and of all bank
ers, so th?t all property employed in
b cdtla sh Il 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 or either of the
state; also upon the property within this
state of any and all telegraph and tele-
phone companies: or owners, whose lines
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
nestle insurance companies of this state
of any kind; also upon the property with
in this state of any and all foreign in
this state of any kind: also upon the
property within this state of all owners
or epns Of any and all mines 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
provided, that this act shall not apply to
property owned by railroad companies,
their lands and other property; and
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
progressive, or both, and in providing
for such tax. or in providing for ascer7
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 tie proportionate bust
ness. earnings, mileage or quantity of
production or property now or hereafter
existing of any such companies, persons
or owners, transacted existing in this
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
corporation, person, firm or company ex-
cept in the manner provided by the or
binary methods of taxation"
And to Substifufea Therefor tho %n1.