Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-21

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Section -. So TO secure y sustain 90
y1eld OF timber for tho use sof the pee.
PIE {; ;of THU. state. the proper ficia a1
of one-nfteenth ~ one Mil on sach:
dollar Of taxable property within this
state the proceeds OF which shall -
used for the purchase Of, land better
adapted for forestry purposes than for
$500 per acre. and for the production
ana maintenance thereon Of forest ao-
cording to forestry principles. Si:.' *
II '& Unexpended balances shall not lapse
but constitute fund for forestry pur.
poses. ~. : 49, r =: -, Z,
1.-THE timber produced thereon shall
be sold at fair valuation and the rsw-
onue therefrom or from other source
shall be paid into the state treasury.
except that one-Quarter Of the net rev.
%onus shall 10 paid to the towns, or IL
unorganized. to the county. In which
the land is situated. in aid Of public
Should any tract acquired be found
better adapted tor any other purpose
than the production of timber. it may
be: sold and the proceeds used for 40.
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 provided
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.
ut shall be competent for two suc>
cessive regular legislatures. by two.
thirds vote Of each house, to repeal any
OF these provisions
EFFECT. This proposed amend-
meat, and the proposed amendment
hereafter mentioned should be read to.
gether. They constitute the founda-
ton for a plan of State refOrestration.
A. the constitution stands today, while
the legislature might pass laws, pro-
viding funds to be used for the pure
chase Of lands, and the cultivation OF
the same for reforestration purposes,
yet 1t IL not directed to do 30. The
effect then of this amendment II to
COMPEL the taxing officers Of the state
to annually levy and collect q tax OF
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 q
price not to exceed Is Per acre. Al
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, ut a fair valuation, Of
the timber produced on such land 20
fourths Of the money received there's
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 funds.
If after the land In 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 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 In
made. 1t IL further provided that two
successive regular legislatures shall
have power by tw0-thirds vote Of
each house to repeal any OF the fore.
going provisions. That In to say, II
In found to be fmpracticable or unde.
slrable, and 1T SO 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 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, II it be adopt.
ed, that power IN not taken away and
also exists. But 4 new power, that Of
repeal BY the legislature, N 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
nooessity or Availability.