The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-10-25
FIRST PROPOSED AMEND
MENT.

The first proposed amendment is con-
t:ined I'm Chapter 500 of the Laws OF
sa:nnesota for the year 1900.
PURPOSE. BY this amendment it IL
Lnu.bt to authorize the payment by the
.,;e from the State Road and Bridge
lend of one-haIf of the cost of con-
s+ructIng or improving any road or
bridge therein, and is an amendment
OF Section 10 of Article of the Con-
Ah;Gsicn, which now reads as fOllOwss
Section 16. For the purpose of lend
ing aid in the construction and i'm
pravenent of public highways and
b dges. there is hereby created fund
e. be known as the state road and
brldge fund said fund shall include
al moneys accruing from the income
derived from investments in the in
trrnal Improvement land fund, or that
NJ y hereafter accrue to said fund. and
snail also include all funds accruing to
any state road and bridge fund, how
e> ct provided.
The legislature is authorized to add
u such fund, for the purpose of con-
structing or improving roads and
bridges of this state. by providing in
is discretion, for an annual tax levy
upon the property of this state of not
70 exceed in any year fourth ca
Of one mill on all the taxable property
ul;hin the state.
PROVIDED, that no county shall re-
ceive in any year more than three 80
...,r cent or less than one-half { u of one
per cent of the total fund thus
provided and expended during such
year: and provided further, that in no
case shall more than one-third C15) of
the cost of constructing or improving
any road or bridge be paid by the state
from such fund" and to substitute
therefor the following:
Section 16. For the purpose of lend
ing aid in the construction and i'm
rrovement of public highways and
bridges. there is hereby created fund,
tu be known as the state road and
erdge fund said fund shall include
Al moneys accruing from the income
derived from investments in the in
ternal Improvement land fund, or that
ray hereafter accrue to said fund, and
saau also include all funds accruing
10 any state road and bridge fund,
wever provided.
THE legislature is authorized to add
20 such fund for the purpose of con-
St-I.t ting or improving roads and
Il. d-es of this state, by providing, in
III. discretion, for an annual tax levy
Q5oa the property Of this state of not
u xceed in any year one-fourth (A)
OF one mil on all the taxable property
r.ithin the state.
PROVIDED. that no county shall re-
c-ive in any year more than three (S)
per cent or less than one-half ca of
enc % per cent of the total fund thus
provided and expended during such
year; and provided, further, that in no
case shall more than one-half (75) of
the cost of constructing or improving
any road or bridge be paid by the state
from such fund"
EFFECT. The present Constitution
authorizes the payment by the State.
out of such fund so created of ONE
THIRD G-3) of the cost of constructing
or improving any road or bridge there-
in. If this amendment Is adopted the
state could then pay ONE-HALF (1z) of
the cost of constructing any such road
or bridge, and the effect OF the amend
ment is thus to increase the amount
which the State may lawfully pay to-
ward such purpose.