Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-07

sought to d an ent1fely new 0eCt10D
to Article TX of the Constitution, to be
known as Section Is, and which shall
read as follows,
Section Is. To secure a sustained
yield of timber for the use Of the peo-
PIE of this state, the proper officials
Of one-ffteenth Of one mill on each
dollar of taxable property within this
state, the proceeds Of which shall be
used for he purchase Of land better
dapte for forestry purposes tina Tor
agriculture for the state at not over
$500 per acre, and for the production
and maintenance thereon Of forest &C.
cording to forestry principles.
"Unexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute q fund for forestry pur-
poses.
"The timber produced thereon shall
be sold at a fair valuation and the rev.
n therefrom or from other source
shall be paid into the state treasury,
except that one-Quarter Of the net rev.
n u shall be paid to the towns, or IL
unorganized, to the county, in which
the and is situated, in aid Of public
schools and roads.
Should any tract acquired be found
better adapted for any other purpose
be sold n the proceeds used for 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
and purchase, manage and control the
lands and forests.
mo money shall be paid for n
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
OF these prOVis1Ons.'
EFFECT. This proposed amend.
ment, and the proposed amendment
hereafter mentioned should be read to-
gether. They constitute the und
ton for a plan of State refOrestration.
A. the constitution stands today, while
viding fund. 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. The
effect then Of this amendment Is to
COMPEL the taxing officers Of the state
to annually levy and collect a tax Of
One-ffftcenth Of one mill on each dollar
of taxable property in the state, to be
used as the legislature shall direct, for
the purchase for the state Of land
dapted to forestry purposes, but mt a
price not to exceed So per acre. All
unexpfred balances In the fund at the
end of each fiscal year shall not lapse,
but shall be carried over into the fund
thus raised for the succeeding year and
shall be an addition thereto. 1t also
the timber produced on such land 50
purchased, the payment of three
f0urths of the money received there
from into the state treasury, and the
aymen 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 funds.
II after the land is purchased 1t IL
found better adapted for any other pur-
pose than the production Of timber,
authority In 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 shall
estry Board. The title to all, lands
purchased must be approved by tho
Attorney General before purchase In
made. 1t IL further provided that two
successive regular legislatures shall
have power by a twO-thirds vote Of
going provisions. hat is to say, If
after a trial, such plan for any reason
IL found to be imprscticable or unde.
sirable, and it so ppe to two sue
cessive legislatures, any or all of tho
fore provisions of the amendment
may be repealed. The legislature does
not now possess such power and tho
same il Il distinct change In the meth.
DDS heretofore In vogue in Minnesota,
In the making and revising of the Con-
stitution. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
OF a provision of that instrument ellm-
mated by direct vote of the electors.
Under this amendment, If it be adopt
I'd, that power is not taken away and
also exists. But a new power, that Of
repeal by the legislature, as to this
amendme nt, is created. Such power,
however, would extend to no other pro-
vision OF the COnstitution and Affords
an easy method of change in case 81
necessity or adv1sability.