The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-10-23

Sir: AS required By Section IS of the
Revised Laws, as amended, ] have the
honor to furnish you herewith state
ment Of the purposes and effects of the
respective amendments proposed to the
Constitution of the state Of Minnesota by
the Legislature of 1907, and which are
to be submitted to the electors of said
State at the General Election of 1908.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment Is con-
talned In Chapter ATT of the Laws OF
1907. BY this amendment 1t Is sought to
repeal Sections one ~, two ~, three
i3), four (4) and seventeen CD OF Article
nine (e) Of the Constitution (the latter
section being the amendment to said Ar
tcIe nine (s), adopted In 1880, which
sections now read as follows:
Section 1. 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 cash valuation
and he eoualized and uniform throughout
the state: Provided, that the legislature
NAV, by general law or special act, au-
thorize municipal corporations TO levy
assessments for local improvements upon
the property fronting upon such improve
ments, or upon the property TO be pehe-
without regard to cash ValuatloA, ana III
such manner as the legislature may pre-
scribe: and provided further, that Tor Ine
purpose of defra ying the expenses OF lay-
ing water pipes and supplying any CITY OF
municipality with water, the legislature
NAV. by general or special law, authorize
any such city or municipality, having a
population of five thousand or more, 10
levy an annual tax or assessment upon
the lineal foot of all lands fronting on
any water main or water pipe lald py
such city or municipality within cor
porate limits Of said city for supplying
water to the citizens thereof without
regard tn the cash value of such prop
ertv. and to empower such city to collect
any such tax, assessments or fines, or
PENALTIES for failure to pay the same. or
any fine or penalty for any VIOLATION OF
the rules of such city or municipality IN
regard to the use of water, or for any
water rate due for the same: and pro-
yided further that there may be by law
levied and collected tax upon all inner
itances devises, requests, legacleS ana
gifts of every kind and description aEoVe
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
i've. but shall not exceed a maximum tax
of five per cent.
"Section 9 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 1t
shall happen that such ordinary expenses
of tbe state for any year shall exceed the
income of the state for such year the
legislature shall provide for levying tax
for the ensuing year Sufnclent, with other
sources of income, to pay the dehc'ency
of the preceding year, together with the
estimated expenses OF SUCH ensuing year.
TOW ma
provisions 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 a
majority Of the electors Of the state vot-
ing upon the same.
s.Section g. Laws shall be passed tax
ing all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or
otherwise, also all real and personal
soroperty, according to it's true value In
sneney; but public burying grounds, pub
tic school houses, public hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities, and all
seminaries Of learning, all churches,
church property used for religious pur-
noses and houses of worship, lnstitu-
tions Of purely public charity, public
property used exclusively for any public
purpose, and personal property to an
s,red dollars for each individual, shall. by
GENERAL laws be exempt from taxation.
section A. Laws shall be passed for
,axfne the notes and bills discounted or
nyrchased, 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 tax
alton equal to that imposed on the prop
.erty of individuals.
ssection IT. The legislature may inn
ryos~ or provide for the imposition Of up
ON The property within this state of any
and an owners or operators, whether cor
r,oYate 81 individual, or otherwise, Of any
and AN sleeping, parlor and drawing room
cars. or any or either Of the same. which
run I'M, into or through this state; also
upon the property within this state OF
any and all telegraph and telephone COM
sDas1ies. or owners, whose lines are in, or
EXTEND in, into or through this state; also
s,pon 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 81 all domestic insurance COM
NAMES of this state of any kind; also
a,pon the property within this state of any
and all foreign insurance companies doing
business in this state Of any kind; also
upon the property within this state Of ell