The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-11-01
TO Article TX of the Constitution, to be
known as Section is, and which shall

20 Article TX of the Constitution, to be
known as Section is, and which shall
read as followss
Section Is. To secure a sustained
yield OF timber for the use Of the peo-
pie Of this state, the proper otnclalS
shall annually levy and collect ta1
of one-fifteenth Of one mill on eacn
dollar Of taxable property within this
state, the proceeds of which shall Dc
used for the purchase of land better
adapted for forestry purposes than Tor
agriculture for the state at not over
$500 per acre, and for the production
and maintenance thereon OF forest ac-
cording to forestry principles.
'tUnexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute fund for forestry puF-
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, or IL
unorganized, to the county, in which
the land is situated, in aid Of public
| schools and roads.
should any tract acquired be found
better adapted for any other purpose
/ than the production of timber, II may
/ be sold and the proceeds use4 TOT ac-
| curing or developing forestry land.
| Until otherwise directed by the leg
! islature which may supplement these
/ provisions with necessary enactments,
/ the state forestry board shall draw and
disburse the money hereby prevtded
/ and purchase, manage and control the
| lands and forests.
mo money shall be paid for any
tract until the attorney general shall
certify to the validity Of the title
1T shall be competent for two sue
cessive regular legislatures, by a two
thirds vote Of each house, to repeal any
i of these provisions.
EFFECT. This proposed amend-
ment, and the proposed amendment
i hereafter mentioned should be read to-
I gether. They constitute the feunda-
ton for plan of State refOrestratiOns
As the constitution stands to-day, while
| the legislature might pass laws pro-
/ viding funds to be used for the pur@
chase OF lands, and the cultivation or
| the same for REPRESENTATION purposes
/ yet nd as mot directed to do SO. The
| effect them OF this amendment fs to
COMPEL the taxing officers of the state
TO annually levy and collect tax or
@ne-fffteenth OF one mfll On each d0IlaE
! of taxable property Inn the state, to DO
used tho legislature SHALL direct, for
the purchase for the state of land
adapted to forestry purposes, but at
i Drice not TO exceed $3 per acre. All
unexpfred balances I'm the fund mt the
end of each fiscal year shall not lapse,
but shall be carried over into the fund
5 thus raised for the succeeding year and
shall be nm addition thereto. Ii also
directs the sale, at u fair valuation, on
the timber produced ON such land so
purchased, the payment of three
f0urths Of the money received there
from into the state treasury, and the
payment of the remainiI One-fOurth
90 the G@wn, ff organized, or otherwise
!. Co the county I'm which the land IL sit-
uated, and that the same shall there
be credited to the public scMOOl funds.
. mff hn nd IN mKMrRMmMm6 At Inn
found better adapted for amy other Pur-
pose than the production of timber
authority IL contained in fhf@ amend-
s ment to sell ff, but the proceeds must
be used for acquiring or developing
forestry land. Until the legislature
provides otherwise, all purchases shall
be under the direction OF the State For
estry Board. The title TO @Al land@
! purchased must be approved by the
. Attorney General before purchase In
made. 1t fs further provided that two
successive regular legislatures shall
have power by n two-fhfrds vote OF
. each house to repeal amy Of tho fore
, going provisions. That I'm 9@ S@y, IL
, after trial, such plan for amy reason
! fs found to be fmpracticable seR Rnde-
|. sirabIe, and it so appears to two sue
cessive legislatures, any or all Of the
foregoing provisions Of the ara endment
, May be repealed. The legislature does
I not now possess such power and the
! same IL a distinct change I'm the meth
2 DDS heretofore I'm vogue I'm Minnesota,
I'm the making and revising of tho Con-
situation. Heretofore an amendment
: might only be made to the Constitution
or provision OF that fmstRwan@@$ GfS@a-
: mated by direct vote OF the electors.
Z Under this amendment, III nc be adopt
ed. that power IL not taken away and
= also exists. But q new power, that OF
: repeal by the legislature, ms TO this
. amendment, IL created. Such power,
y however, would extend to mo other pro-
vision OF the Constitution and affords
: nm easy method of change I'm ease of
necessity or advfsabflity.