Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-10-01
Proposed
Amendments
TO THE
Constitution
! Minnesota.
BY
1heLegis|ature.
! General Session,
/ 1907.
1heLegis|ature
St. Paul, Mimi, May list, 1908.

st. Paul, Mimi, May LIST, 1908.
Hon. Julius A. sehmahl, Secretary Of
t. = State
y Sir: A. required by Section IS Of the
Revised Laws, az 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.
taIned In Chapter ATT Of the Laws Of
1907. BY this amendment it Is sought to
repeal Sections one ~, two icy, three
/ (3), four (4) and seventeen (17) Of Article
nine 10y Of the Constitution (the latter
section being the amendment to said Ar
t;cIe nine 10y, adopted in 1886, which
( sections now read as follows:
\ 'Section l. All taxes to be raised in
athis state shall be as nearly equal as may
Nbe, and all property on which taxes are
to be levied shall have a cash valuation
Ia; nd be equalized and uniform throughout
1.-THE state: Provided, that the legislature
may, by general law or special act. au-
/ thor'ze municipal corporations 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
7rrpose of defraying the expenses Of lay.
!; 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 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
ls-1ch city or mum cipsiity within cor
7,rrate limits of said city for supplying
water to the citizens thereof without
ncgard to the cash value of such prop
srty, and to empower such city to collect
my such tax, assessments or fines, or
penalties for failure to pay the same or
S>y fine or penalty for any violation OF
t1,e rules of such city or municipality in
regard to the use of water, or for any
water rate due for the same: and pro-
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
rotural 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 LAX
a. five per cent.
A'section g. The legislature shall pro-
yiae for an annual tax sufficient to de-
f.av the estimated ordinary expenses Of
the state for each year, and whenever 1t
et,r happen that such ordinary expenses
,,f the state for any year shall exceed the
INCOME of the state for such year the
legislature shall provide for levying a tax
. fnr the ensuing year sufficient, with other
sources Of income, to pay the det1c ency
If the preceding year. together with the
stimated expenses OF such ensuing year
5,,,1+ no law levying a tax or making other
provisions for the payment of interest or
principal of bonds denominated Mime
a sota State Railroad Bonds shall take
rect or be in force until such law shall
Ii nave been submitted to vote OF the
ma iority of the electors of the state vot-
ing upon the same.
"Section g. Laws shall be passed tax
ing all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds stocks, joint stock companies, or
a otherwise, also all real and personal
property, according to it's true value in
4 money; but public burying grounds, pub
1hc school houses pubic hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities, and all
seminaries of learning, all churches,
I church property used for religious pur-
4 noses. and houses of worship, tnstitu-
tons of purely public charity, public
q rroperty used exclusively for any public
z purpose, and personal property to an
aamount not exceeding in value two hum
dred dollars for each Individual shall. by
J General laws be exempt from taxation
\ .Section A. Laws shall be passed for
i taxinp the notes and bills discounted or
Z nurchased. moneys loaned, and all other
\ property, effects. or dues of every de-
4 scription. of all banks and of all bank
! ers. 80 that all property employed in
banking shall always be subject to a tax
u alton equal to that imposed on the prop
erty of individuals.
"Section IT, The legislature may i'm
y nose or provide for the imposition OF, up
+ on the property within this state Of any
IS and all owners or operators, whether COR
rorate or Individual, or otherwise, OF any
i and all sleeping, parlor and drawing 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
b any and all telegraph and telephone COM
K panies, or owners whose lines are IN, OF
\ extend In, into or through this state: also
g,,pon the property within this state q
! III express companies. or owners or any
= or either Of tho same, doing business II
this state; also upon the property within
! this state of all domestic insurance COM
,.anies Of this state Of any kind; also
I L BON The property ssst!in this state OF anJ
ind all foreign insurance companies doinl
business in this state Of any kind: alee
3 upou the property within this state q CT