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

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tsneyer.b surrender d,s1uspended@ orr con-
tracted away. Taxes shall Sbe uniform:
upon the,s same clas SIS Of ]. subjects and
purposes pubic BUS buryng grounds.
public school houses, public. hospitals
lsacademies, COLES s,.sunive rsities, and III
lehurch; proper y,and houses of Worship
nstlt lions OF purely public charity, ana
fpublic:property:used exclusively for any:
public purpose shall be exempt: from tax
alton, and there may be exempted from
| taxation personal property not exceeding
ins@value 5000 for each. household. tndi-
yidual or sheadSof a family, as the legls.s
lature may determine: Provided, that
the legislature may authorize municipal.
corp orations to levy and collect assess
Ements for local Improvements upon prop
q cash valuation: and provided further,
that nothing herein contained SHAH pc
construed to affect, modify or repeal
any existing. law providing Tor tne Taxa,
| ton Of the gross earnings Of railroads:
| The purpose and effect of this
anne ND III emit would be to greatly en-
lurgc the power of the. 1egtsla ture
with reference to the sahject:~ OF
| taxation Section one:s(11 as 1T now
stands provides that all taxes tm-
posed shnll be&equa1-as near as may
| be-on all forms OF property, and all
property upon which n tax IL: Inn
posed is reHuired to have N CASH
the state.
qufres the Legislature to levy the
t necessary taxes annually to defrssy
the ~expensea Of the state. That IL
| the duty of the legislature without
| any constitutional direction.
Section three an 1T now sta tls pro-
vides that all real and PERSONA
! property, 1nc1u ding MONEYS. CRED-
ITS and INVESTMENTS IN BONDS
AND STOCKS. shall be assenseA ac-
| cOrllinx. to their true value la
| money. ~.. ,-s-.
| Section four as 1T now stands pro-
vidcs that property In
| banking shall be subject to n tax
| equal to that Imposed ON other
property. This In only = rcpetltlcn
| of the requireme nts Of Sections one
and TIL ree,~ as no rational person
| would claim that banking capftaA
should be exempt from taxation.
Section seventeen as 1t now stands
| is not easy to understnnd, but II was
Intended by that section to relieve
| from the opera ton of ~ecttOns one
and three; above quoted, property
of the classes therein enumerated,
| so that Il gross earnings tax -eouln
he applied thereto instead OF direct
taxation.
Owing to the provisions of see
Co,,sttt"t,ce. .,..nx .men;lments
wa-e fro,,, time to time added so a.
| =. o...4 80. IN. To iu,uosed ON
specific kinds of property other-
wise than upon cash VALUATION
49,. -sa,,.. tI,e.a .xc-ntIon. rail-
s -. +cr... u,untes
,.hertt.nce
| taxes; and the gross earnings taxes
authorized by said section seven
taa;,
Several exemption" from ta&at1""
are "Iso proSlueu 'o , ~. ~. -.
~ In make
et,'. "esa..,,c. tn th.w.
| W. o,,a..,.,+ wt,tc1 ~ a i1nuted.
! nI1-~ I..o -, ar ~ the
sao+.", ..,an :, nant. .hoxe RE
ee...a 80 =. .t,,n1a and nIain. No
w. cS..ttaon =.
| $4,000 -. ..tno.s.a +he Inn.
s... ~, .ao~...rx for
| M - .S 49,.
- ,,.sr .r,hSfi.,on.. Tha
| s,a..o, ~ ....t.cn*t. Inherent An
~ T1,t. n-ono.aa .mera-
| 1919 ,ne, 49, ri. tnherent
r.. s.ane,,aaa o. cnu.
g.. -,t.,s t1.t +oIa. .h.II he
|: imn0s ~ sfnr-.nnh Ii. sD1FDOae1 ara
| .hal1 10 :nntfor,.. nm t1,e-same class
! az auhioct.. Shonld this amend
ment he adOnteI A,s1Ysa+sr,re.tertz-saf
every kind in the state would be
+ subject to taxation. according to
/ the method the legislature saw Mt
to. adout. provided only that the
ta~ xvaa levied for n public purpose
| aud wa. Uniform ON the same ella %
| of su1,Iects. Under this amendment
| ovarv TOW law We now have ON the
| sta t,,+.. hooks wouId continue to be
| va1fd hacanse under this amend.
nan+ ali 1in,ttafinna ON the power
! ne -, 1ao.sI.+ure would he takeu
-:
The adoption OF th1. am an, nsn
| 1890 .-,..a-..x
callea 1hhe - IN
anu the kIo ,aaa ...t.s.S.,
nient a"op onta.,s 1.,:+ h.,
IN saiu se 1,'.. r.,.,.a,,t1r.r,,
Inelr P,ase ,u'.t.on -"s.te. -.+So.-
~ H.,a. +Sts .n,en5n,enr the
poW 10 n1..,.t+aI .na 80 ror,,,
| "Ou1u NC -
of gross earnings tax "ouAd ne
valid. The gross earnings tax On
/ railroads would not. be affected BY:
this a amendment, aa the Constitution
| nr0xtIa.: t1,at - On mot he chaneel
1r;ti,l,,t' vote Of the neonIe. Rut