Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-10-14

ts Article II 81 ths Censt L ution, g ~
lklnoyvn - sect1on i, 5and which shall
read as followss q 3 II 55as. 6 ss
Section ~. 10 secure sustained
yield Of timber for the use Of the pee:
PIE OF this state, tho proper omcial9
:ehall annually levy and collect taS
OF one-dfteenth OF one mill on &eacn
dollar Of taxable property within !, tins
state. the proceeds Of which shall b
used for the purchase Of land better
ADAPTED for forestry purposes than Tor
agriculture for the state at not over
$500 per acre. and for the production
and maintenance thereon Of forest ao-
cordlng to forestry principles.
Unexpended balances shall not lapse
poses.
THE timber produced thereon shall
be sold at q fair valuation and the rev.
onue therefrom or from other source
shall be paid into the state treasury,
except that ons-quarter Of the net rev.
enus shall be paid to the towns, or IL
unorganized. to the county. in which
the, land IL 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
curing or developing forestry land.
: Until otherwise directed by the leg.
1slature, 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 DO paid for any
tract until the attorney general shall
certify to the validity Of the title.
1T shall be competent for two suo-
cessive regular legislatures, by two
thirds vote Of each house, to repeal any
of these provisions"
EFFECT. This proposed amend.
ment, and the proposed amendment
hereafter mentioned should be read to.
Eether. They constitute the founda.
ton for a plan of State demonstration.
Az the constitution stands today, while
the legislature might pass laws pro.
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 Is to
COMPEL the taxing officers of the state
to annually levy and collect a tax Of
one-flfteenth 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 $3 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 ucceeding year and
shall be an addition thereto. 1t also
directs the sale, at a fair valuation, Of
the timber produced ON such land 80
purchased, the payment of three
from into the state treasury, and the
payment Of the remaining one-fourth
to the town, If organized, OF otherwise
to the county in which the land IL sit.
uated, and that the same shall there
be credited to the public school funds.
III after the land II purchased 1t II
found better adapted for any other pur.
pose than the production of timber,
authority IL 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
be under the direction Of the State For.
estTy Board. The title to all lands
purchased: must be approved by the
Attorney General before purchase IL
made. 1t IL further provided that two
have power By a two-thirds vote OF
each house to repeal any of the FORE
going provisions. That. In to say, IL
after q trial, such plan for any reason
Ii found to- be impractfeable or undes
sirable, and it 30 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 I'm the meth.
DDS heretofore I'm vogue in Minnesota,
In the making and revising of the Com
stitution. Heretofore an amendment
might only be made to the Constitution
or provision of that instrument elm.
mated by direct vote Of the electors.
TYndor fhfa nn6Y1a emit. - It he A6nnfa
ed, that power is not taken away and
also exists. But q new power, that of
repeal by the legislature, ~ to this
IL created. Such power,
however, would extend to NO other pro-
vision Of the Constitution and affords
IN easy method of change in case o1
necessity or advisability.