Morris tribune., 1910-10-21

sougN4 70 ada an entirely new secrIOD
to Article TX of the Constitution, to be
known as Section 1s, and which shall
read as follows:
| Section 1S. To secure a sustained
| yield of timber for the use of the peo-
| pie of this state, the proper ottclals
| of one-fifteenth of one mill on eacn
dollar of taxable property within TINS
| state, the proceeds of which shall De
| used for the purchase of land betLeE
| adapted for forestry purposes than LOT
| agriculture for the state at not over
| $500 per acre, and for the productloA
and maintenance thereon OF toresE az
| cording to forestry principles
/ "Unexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute fund for forestry puE-
poses.
''The timber produced thereon shall
be sold at a 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, or IL
unorganized, to the county, In "nlEH
the land is situated, in aid of puollc
! schools and roads.
Should any tract acquired be found
better adapted for any other purpose
than the production of timber, It may
be sold and the proceeds used toF az
quiring or developing forestry lahu'
Until otherwise directed Ivy the leg
islature, which may supplement tnese
provisions with necessary enactments,
the state forestry board shall draw anu
disburse the money hereby prOVldeo
and purchase, manage and contrOA 'Ii0
lands and forests.
mo money shall be paid for any
tract until the attorney general Shall
certify to the validity of the title.
-Io l. Nofn ant n
cessive regular legislatures, by IWo-
thirds vote of each house, to repeaA any
of these provisions.
EFFECT. This proposed amenu
ment, and the proposed amendnletn' t
hereafter mentioned should be reau To-
gether. They constitute the foun0a"
tiOn for a plan of State refOreStratlon'
Az the constitution stands today, while
the Legislature might pass laws pro
v1ding funds to be used for the pU
chase of lands, and the cultivation VI
the same for refOrestratiOn purposes
yet it is not directed to do So Inc
effect then of this amendment IS ~
COMPEL the taxing officers or the sI"IS
to annually levy and collect TAX OA
One-ffteenth of one mill on each uOl"H
of taxable property in the state 10 DC
used as the legislature shall direct, 1Or
the purchase for the state or Aahu
adapted to forestry purposes, but AT q
price not to exceed S3 per acre. All
end of each fiscal year shall not lapse
but shall be carried over into the fund
thus raised for the succeeding year ana
shall be an addition thereto. II also
directs the sale, at fair valuation OF
the timber produced on such lanu So
purchased, the payment of three
fOurths of the money received there
from into the state treasury, and the
payment of the remaining One-fOurth
to the town, if organized, or otherwise
to the county in which the land is SIt-
uated, and that the same shall there
be credited to the public school tundS'
If after the land is purchased IL IS
found better adapted for any other pur-
pose than the production of TIMBER
authority is contained in this amend
ment to sell it, but the proceeds must
be used for acquiring or developing
forestry land. Until the legislature
provides otherwise, all purchases shall
be under the direction of the State For
estry Board. The title to all lands
purchased must be approved by the
Attorney General before purchase is
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 is to say, II
after a trial, such plan for any reason
is found to be impractfcable or unde-
sirabIe, and it SO appears to two sue
cessive legislatures, any or all of the
foregoing provisions of the amendment
may be repealed. The Legislature does
not now possess such power and the
same is a distinct change in the meth
DDS heretofore in vogue in Minnesota,
I'm the making and revising of the Con"
stitutiOn. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
or a provision of that instrument elm
mated by direct vote of the electors.
! Under this amendment, If it be adopt
ed, that power is not taken away and
also exists. But a new power, that OF
repeal by the legislature, as to this
amendment, is created. Such power,
however, would extend to no other pro-
vision of the Constitution and affords
an easy method of change in case OF
necessity or adYiSahilifY,