The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-10-28
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

The first proposed amendment is con-
tafned In Chapter ATT of the Laws of
1907. BY this amendment 1t is sought to
repeal Sections one ~, two (2), three
(3), four az and seventeen (17) of Article
nine 10y of the Constitution (the latter
section being the amendment to said Ar
ticIe nine (o) adopted in 1866, which
sections now read as follows:
"Section 1. Ali 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 a cash valuation
and be equalized 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 improve
ments, or upon the property to be bene-
fitted by such improvements, or both,
without regard to cash valuation, and ia
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 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 mum cipality 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 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-
bot hn1 Nxy1 10
] levied and collected a 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
| 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 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 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 vote Of the
| people of the state, and adopted by q
majority of the electors Of the state vot-
| ing upon the same.
Section 8. Laws shall be passed tax.
ing all moneys, credits, investments in
| bonds. stocks, joint stock companies, OF
otherwise. also all real and persona
property according to it's true value ir
money; but public burying grounds, pub.
lie school houses, public hospitals
academies, colleges, universities, and al
/ seminaries 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 ar
amount not exceeding in value two hun
dred dollars for each individual, SHALL by
general laws. be exempt from taxation.
Section 4. Laws shall be passed fol
taxing the notes and bills discounted OF
purchased, 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 ii
banking shall always be subject to a tax.
/ alton equal to that imposed on the prop.
erty of individuals.
Section IL. The legislature may i'm.
pose, or provide for the imposition of, up.
on the property within this state of any
| and all owners or operators, whether cor
porate or individual, or otherwise, of any
and all sleeping, parlor and drawing room
cars, or any or either of the same. which
run in, into or through this state; alst
upon the property within this state o.
any and all telegraph and telephone com
| panies, or owners, whose lines are in, OF
extend in, into or through this state; alst
upon the property within this state o.
all express companies, or owners, or an,
or either Of the same, doing business II
this state; also upon the property within
| this state of all domestic insurance com
/ panies of this state Of any kind; alst
upon the property within this state Of an,
and all foreign insurance companies doini
| business In this state Of any kind: ais
J upon the property within this state Of q