Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-15
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.


FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment Is con.
taIned In Chapter AT Of the Laws Of
1907. BY this amendment 1t Is sought to
repeal Sections one d), two (2), three
%(3), four ~ and seventeen (17) Of Article
nine ~ Of the Constitution (the latter
section being the amendment to said Ar
ticle nine {s), adopted In 1866, which
sections now read as folloWs:
this state shall be as nearly equal as may
be. and all property on which taxes are
to be levied shall have a cash valuation
and be euualized and uniform throughout
the state: Provided, that the legislature
may, by general law or. special act, au-
thorize municipal corporations to levy
assessments for local improvements upon
the property fronting upon such improves
ments or upon the property to be hene-.
flied by such improvements, or both,
without regard to cash valuation, and in
SUI CHI manner as the legislature may p.e-s
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 a
population 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 cor
porate 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 OF. penalty for any violation OF
fSsSY In
regard to the use OF water, or for any
water rate due for the same: and pros
vided further, that there may be by law
levied and collected tax upon all inner
itances, 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
uniform or 1t may be graded or progress
i've. but shall not exceed maximum tax
Of five per cent. RI g$s
..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 It
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 e. 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 or
principal Of bonds den ominated 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 q
majority Of the electors of the state vot-
ing upon the same.
80, a s%o~r
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 burytng grounds pub
+ lie school houses, public hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities, and. all
hseminaries Of learning, all churches,
church property used for religious pur-
poses, and houses Of worship. institu-
tons Of purely public charity. public
property used exclusively for any public
purpose, and personal property to an
amount not exceeding in value two hum
sdred dollars for each Individual, shall by
general laws. be exempt from taxa ton.
Section 4 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 90 that all. property employed In
banking shall always be subject to q tax
alton equal to that imposed on the prop-
serty Of individuals. s & a5
s'section II. The legislature may im-
pose, or provide for the imposition q, up-
on the property within this state Of any
ana al owners or operate whether corr
sporate or Individual, or otherwise, Of any
and all sleeping, parlor and drawing room
cars. or any or either OF tho same. which
run IA, into or through this state: also
upon the property within this state Of
any and III telegr phi and telephone con1-
panies. or owners. whose lines are a. o.
extend u, into OF through this state; also
upon the property within this stats of
an express companies. Or owners. OF any
Or either of the Same doing business e
{ this state: also upon the properly within
this state Of III domestic insurance CONE
panies Of this state Of any kind; also
wi this state ot any
and ~ foreign Insurance. ompanies doing
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