Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-27

sought to add N entirely rev seot1sn
70 Article TX Of he Conat.tu ,io,, to -
known n Section Is, and which shau
read n follows,
Section Is. To secure a sustained
yield IT timber for the use Of the pso-
PIE OF this state. the proper officials
seall annually levy and collect . tax
OK one-n1teentn OF one mill on each
dollar OF taxable property within this
state, the proceeds of which shall BE-
used for the purchase Of land better
adapted for forestry purposes than for
agriculture for the state at not over
$500 per acre. and for the production
and maintenance thereon Of forest ae-
cording to forestry principles.
"Unexpended 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.
snue shall be paid to the towns or II
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, It may
be sold and the proceeds used for a.
curing or developing forestry land.
Until otherwise directed by the leG.
lslature. which may supplement these
provisions with necessary enactmsntA
the state forestry board shall draw and
disburse the money hereby provided
ana 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 bo comnetaDt FOR Snl-
esssive regular legislatures, by q two
thirds 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-
ton for n plan of State reforestrat1on.
A the constitution stands today, while
the legislature might pass laws pro,
v1dinS funds to be used for the puE.
chase of lands, and the cultivation Of
the same for refOrestrattOn purpOseA
yet 1T Is not directed to do so. The
eject then of this amendment In to
COMPEL the taxing officers of the state
to annually levy and collect a tax Of
one-hfteenth 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 .
Dr1ce not to exceed % per acre. All
unexpired 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 eding year and
shall be an addition thereto. 1t also
directs the sale, at q fair valuation, Of
the timber produced ON such land -
purchased, the payment of three
fOurths of the money received there
from into the state treasury, and the
payment of the remaining ne-fourth
% thA q
to the county In which the land IL sit-
uated, and that the same shall there
be credited to the public school funds.
If after the land IL purchased 1t II
found better adapted for any other pur-
pose than the production of timber,
authority II contained in this amend
ment to sell 1t, but the proceeds must
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 II further provided that two
successive regular Legislatures shall
have power by two-thirds vote OF
each house to repeal any Of the fore
going provisions. That In to say, If
after trial, such plan for any reason
In found to he impracticnble unde-
sirable, and 1t so appears to two sue
ceSsive legislatures. any or all Of the
foregoing provisions Of the am endment
may be repealed. The legislature does
not now POSSESS such power and the
same in n distinct change I'm the meth
DDS heretofore In vogue In Minnesota,
In the making and revising of the Con-
stitutiOn. Heretofore an anne DIM emit
might only be made to the Constitution
Or a provision Of that instrument ellm-
mated by direct vote of the electors.
Under this amendment, II 1T 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, il created. Such power,
however, would extend to NO other pro-
vision Of the Constitut ton and affords
an easy method of change in case Of