The Appeal., 1910-10-22
10 Article TX of the Constitution, to be
known as Section IS, and which shall

AnoWn as section Is, and which shall
| read as follows:
Section IS. To secure a sustained
yea or timber for the use of the peo-
snail annually levy and collect a tax
oL one-hfteenth Of one mill on each
uoliar OF taxable property within this
state the proceeds of which shall be
used FOR the purchase of land better
auapted for forestry purposes than for
aagniculture as r." for the state at not over
9o.Vo per acre, and for the production
ana maintenance thereon of forest ac-
'oiulng to forestry principles.
OneXpended balances shall not lapse
poses.
The timber produced thereon shall
pe sold at fair valuation and the rev.
enue therefrom or from other source
snall oe paid into the state treasury,
except that one quarter Of the net rev
shue snail be. paid to the towns, or II
uuhorgan1zed, to the county, in which
the land is situated. in aid of public
schools and roads
Should any tract acquired be found
netter adapted for any other purpose
tnan S the production of timber, it may
VIC solo ana the proceeds used Tor &C
curing or developing forestry land.
Until otherwise directed y the leg
lslature, which may supplement these
PROVISIONS with necessary enactments,
the state forestry board shall draw anu
dlsburse the money hereby provided
ana purchase, manage and control the
lands and forests.
NO money shall be paid for any
tract until the attorney general shall
certify to the validity of the title.
IL shall be competent for two sue
cesslVe regular legislatures, by two
tnlrds vote of each house, to repeal any
OF these provisions"
EFFECT. This proposed amend
,nent' and the proposed amendment
hereafter mentioned should be read to-
Eether. They constitute the f7unda-
.ion Tor II plan of State refOrestratiOn.
As the constitution stands today, while
tne legislature might pass laws pro-
vidlnE funds to be used for the pur-
caase or lands, and the cultivation or
YET 1T Is not directed to do so. The
erect then of this amendment is to
COMFEL the taxing officers of the state
~ annually levy and collect tax OF
one-h1teenth 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
"oupted TO forestry purposes, but ut Il
nrlce not to exceed $3 per acre. All
unexp1red balances in the fund ut the
emu or each fiscal year shall not lapse,
Dut shall be carried over into the fund
mus raised for the succeeding year and
snail be an addition thereto. L. also
d1rects the sale, ut Il fair valuation, of
the timber produced on such land 50
purchased, the payment of three
1ourths or 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
uateG, and that the same shall there
De credited to the public school funds.
III after the land is purchased it 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
De used for acquiring or developing
forestry land. Until the legislature
provides otherwise, all purchases shall
be under the direction of the State For
restry Hoard. 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
nave power by twO-thirils vote Of
each house to repeal any of the fore
going provisions. That is to say, If
after n trial, such plan for any reason
Is found to be impracticable or unde-
sirable, md 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 n distinct change in the meth
ods heretofore in vogue in Minnesota,
in the making and revising of the Con-
stitutfOn. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
or II 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 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 advisability.