The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-10-27
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The first proposed amendment is con-
taIned In Chapter ATT Of the Laws Of
1907. BY this amendment it is sought to
repeal Sections one ~, two (2), three
(3), four (4) and seventeen 17) Of Article
nine 10y of the Constitution (the latter
section being the amendment to said Ar
ticle nine (9), adopted in 1866, 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 be equalized and uniform throughout
the state: Provided, that the legislature
may, by general law or special act, au-
thorize municipal corpora tons to levy
assessments for local improvements upon
the property fronting upon such improve
ments, or upon the property to be bene-
flied by such improvements, or both,
without regard to cash valuation, and IN
such manner as the legislature may pre-
scribe: and provided further, that for the
purpose Of defraying the expenses of lay
ing water pipes and supplying any city or
municipality with water, the legislature
may, by general or special law, authorize
any such city or municipality, having
population of five thousand or mere, to
lew 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 cor
norate limits of said city for supplying
water to the citizens thereof without
regard to the cash value, of such prop
erty, 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 a tax upon all inher-
itances, devises, bequests, 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
i've. but shall not exceed 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
the state for each year, and whenever 1t
shall happen that such ordinary expenses
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 ensuing year sufficient, with other
sources of income, to pay the deficiency
Of the preceding year, together with the
estimated expenses of such ensuing year.
But no law levying a tax or making other
provisions for the payment of interest OF
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.
"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 its true value in
money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie school houses, public hospitals
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