The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-10-27
soueht to add an entirely new section

to Article TX of the Constitu tuition. to be
known AZ Section IS, and which shall
read as follows:
Section Is. To secure sustained
yield of timber for the use of the peo-
PIE or this state, the proper omciais
s 81 annually levy and collect e ea
dollar of taxable property within TINS
state, the proceeds of which shali De
used for the purchase of land better
adapted for forestry purposes than Ior
agriculture for the state at not over
$3.00 per acre, and for the production
and maintenance thereon of forest &C.
cording to forestry principles.
"Unexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute a fund for forestry pur-
poses.
THE timber produced thereon shall
be sold at fair valuation and the rev.
enue therefrom or from other source
shall be paid into the state treasury,
except that one-quarter of the net rev.
enue shall be paid to the towns OF II
unorganized, to the county, In wnlcn
the land is situated, in aid OF puplic
schools and roads.
Should any tract acquired be rouho
better adapted for any other purpose
than the production of timber, II may
be sold and the proceeds useu III
curing or developing forestry lahu
Until otherwise directed " the ies
islature, which may supplement ln
provisions with necessary enaclnlehle,,
the state forestry board shall draw anu
disburse the money hereby proyittSSa a
and purchase, manage and coh'roi INV
lands and forests.
NO money shall be paid for any
tract until the attorney genera sha'i
certify to the validity of the title
1T shall be competent for two sue
cessive regular legislatures, by two-
thirds vote of each house, to repeai ah'
or these provisions.
EFFECT. This proposed amend
| ment. and the proposed amendment
| hereafter mentioned should be read 10
| gether. They constitute the founda-
| tiOn for plan of state refOrestrntion'
| As the constitution stands today, whiIe
the legislature might pass lnNs PEO
| Wiling Iunas to be used for the pur.
chase OF lands, and the cultivation OF
| the same for REPRESENTATION purposes
| yet 1t is not directed to do so. Inc
effect then of this amendment Is 70
COMPEL the taxing officers OF the s."as
to annually levy and collect taA VI
one fifteenth of one mill ON eacn uOlar
| of taxable property in the state, 10 ne
used as the legislature shall direct, Tor
! the purchase for the state or iaho
! adapted to forestry purposes Du'
! price not to exceed $3 per acre. All
/ unexpired balances I'm the fund az the
end of each fiscal year shall not lapse,
| but shall be carried over into the fund
| thus raised for the succeeding year an"
shall be addition thereto. l. also
| directs the sale. at fair valuation, Oh
the timber produced on such land SO
| purchased, the payment of three
! fOurths of the money received thele-
! from into the state treasury, ana tne
| payment of the remaining One-fOurth
| to the town, If organized, or otherwise
to the county In which the land Is sit-
| mated, and that the same shall tnere
be credited to the public school funds.
| II after the land In purchased IL 10
| found better adapted for any other pur-
pose than the production OF timber
authority IL contained In this amend
ment to sell 1T, but the proceeds must
| be used for acquiring or developing
forestry land. Until the legislature
provides otherwise, all purchases snail
| be under the direction of the State For
estry Board. The title to all iands
purchased must be approved by the
Attorney General before purchase IL
made. 1t is further provided that two
successive regular legislatures shall
have power by twO-thirds vote OF
each house to repeal any of the fore
going provisions. That IL to say, II
after a trial, such plan for any reason
Is found to he impracticable or unde-
sirable, and 1t SO appears to two sue
foregoing provisions of the amendment
may be repealed. The Legislature does
not now possess such power and the
same IL a distinct change in the meth
DDS heretofore I'm vogue in Minnesota
i'm the making and revising of the Con-
stitutiOn. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
or n provision of that instrument elm
mated by direct vote of the electors
Under this amend-len' If 1t be adopt
ed, that power Is not taken away and
also exists. But a new power. that OF
repeal by the legislature, az to this
amendment, il created. Such power
however. would extend to other pro-
vision of the Constitution and affords
an easy method Of change In case Of
necessity or advisab;lity.