Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-28

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5s&s Section 50. 70 secure 3 sustalneA
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Ozone lite snth 81 one Mill On saeh
/ dollar Of taxable property within this
state, the proceeds Of. which shall b
used for the purchase q land bette1
adapted for forestry purposos than Tor
$500 per acre. and for the production
and maintenance thereon Of forest -.
.c0Fdingj to, forestry principles: .s.a. Ct
r. EssUnexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute. : fund Tor forestry pur-
: THE timber produced thereon shall
bessold ..t !. fair valuation ana the rsv-,
shall be paid into the state treasury.
except that ons-quarter, Of the net rev.
onuo shall - paid to the towns, or Il
unorEanized, to the county, in which
the, land IL situated. in aid Of public
schools and roads, = i1.:I.%"'; - - =
SHOULD any tract acquired be found
better: adapted for any other purpose
be sold and the proceeds used for as-
curing or developing forestry land.
until otherwise directed by the leg.
islature, which may supplement these
provisions with necessary enactmentss
the state forestry board shall draw and
dlsburse the money hereby provided
and. purchase, manage and control the
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 SUD-
cessive regular legislatures, by two
thirds vote Of each house, to repeal any
OF these prov1s1ons.'
EFFECT. This proposed amend-
ment, and the proposed amendment
hereafter mentioned should be read to-
gether. They constitute the founda-
ton for a plan of State REPRESENTATION.
Az the constitution stands today. while
the legislature might pass laws pro-
viding funds to be used for the pur-
chase Of lands, and the cultivation OF
the same for reforestration purposes,
yet 1t Is not directed to do SO. The
effect then of this amendment IL to
COMPEL the taxing officers of the state
to annually levy and collect n tax Of
one-ffteenth 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
adapted to forestry purposes, but at a
price not to exceed IS per acre. All
unexpired balances In the fund Mt 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
directs the sale, Mt a fair valuation, Of
the timber produced ON such land 80
purchased, the payment of three
fourths of the money received there's
from into the state treasury, and tho
payment Of the remaining One-fOurth
to the town, If organized, or otherwise
to the county i'm which the land is site
uated, and that the same shall there
be credited to the public school funds.
II after the land IL purchased 1t IL
pose than the production Of timber,
authority IL contained I'm this amends
ment to sell 1T, but the proceeds must
be used for acquiring or developing
fQrestFy land. Until the legislature
provides otherwise, all purchases shall
be under the direction of the State For
estry Board. The title to ali lands
purchased must be approved by the
Attorney General before purchase II
made. 1t IL further provided that two
successive regular Legislatures shall
have power by a tw0-thirds vote OF
each house to repeal any of the fore.
going provisions. That IL to say, IT
after trial, such plan for any reason
IL found to be impract1cable or undo.
sirable, and it 80 appears to two sue
eessive 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 IL a distinct change In the meth-
DDS heretofore In vogue in Minnesota,
In the making and revising Of the Com
stitutiOn. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
or q provision Of that instrument elim-
mated by direct vote Of the electors.
Under this amendment, If 1t be adopt-
ed, that power Is not taken away and
also exists. But q new power, that OF
repeal by the Legislature, a. to this
amendment, IL created. Such power
however, would extend to NO other pro-
vision of the Constitution and affords
IN easy method of change in case OF
aooessity or Availability.