The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-10-24
PROPOSED
Amendments
TO THE
Constitution
OF MINNESOTA
Hon. Peter f. Hanson,
Secretary of State.

Secretary of State.
Sir:
As required by Section 25 of the
Revised Laws. L have the honor to
advise you as to the purpose 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 is
contained in Chapter 1853 of the
Laws of 1905. BY this amendment it
is sought to repeal Sections one %,
two CD. three C3), four a. and sew
enteen 90 of Article nine 90 of
the Constitution (the latter section
being the amendment to said Article
nine 90 adopted in 1906 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 have a cash valua-
ton and be equalized and uniform
throughout the state: Provided that the
legislature may, by general law or spe-
c1al act, authorize municipal corpora
provements upon the property fronting
upon such improvements, 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
ulat1on of five thousand 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
tpr
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 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 taA sufficient to de-
fray the estimated ordinary expenses of
the state for each year. and whenever it
shall happen that such ordinary ex-
penses of the state for any
state for such year, the legislature shall
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 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 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
property, according to it's true value in
| 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
public charity, public property used ex-
clusively for any public purpose, land
personal property to an amount not ex-
ceeding in value two hundred dollars for
each individual. shall by general laws
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 a
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 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 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; 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
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 operators of any and all mines or of
mineral ores situated in this state; also
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
! 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 all
| 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 any such companies persons
or owners, transacted or 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 m1nner provided by the Or
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