The Princeton union., 1914-10-15
SEVENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

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The seventh proposed amendment is
contained in Chapter 500 of the Laws
of Minnesota for the year 1913.
PURPOSE: The purpose of sa1d
amendment Is to fix and limit the num-
ber of State Senators.
Section 2 Of Article of the Constr.
tuition now reads as follows:
Section 2. The number of members
who compose the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVES shall be prescribed 11l,
law, but the representatives in the Sen,
ate shall never exceed one member for
every 5000 inhabitants, and in the
House fd2 se,oo of BeaRprnesentatives apn one member
resentation in both houses shall be
apportioned equally throughout the
different sections of the State, in pro-
elusive of Indians not taxable under
the provisions of law"
1t is proposed to substitute therefor
the following:
section 1. That Section of
A5fcle siaie 81 of the Constitution Of the
as to read as follows: ~
section 2. In the next and sue
ceed1ng reapportionments of SEN
ators and Representatives, the Sen
three (63) members and the House
of REPRESENTATIVES shall be COM
posed Of such number of members
as may pc prescribed by law. The
representation in both Houses shall
be- apportioned as nearly as practi-
cable, throughout the different sec
tions of the states in proportion to
the population thereof exclusive
of Indians not taxable under the
provisions of law. Provided, how
ever, that County may be divided
into several legislative districts
but no County or any Of the parts
thereof shall ever CONSTITUTES or be
part Of more than seven CD SEN
atorIal Districts and not more than
seven CD Senators shall ever be
apportioned to any one County"
EFFECT: The object Of this amend
ment is to limit the State Senate ia
sixty-three members and to prevent
any one county having more thon
seven senator's.
EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT
The eighth proposed amendmen+ is
contained in Chapter sol of the Laws
Of Minnesota for the year 1913
PURPOSE: The purpose of +h,.
amendment is to encourage the plant-
ing. cultivation and protection of use-
full forest trees and it is proposed to
adu an entlEeAy new section to Article
of the COnstitutfOn, to be known a.
Section 17A. and which shall read a.
follows:
"Section 1. The following amend
ment to Article Nine (9) of the Con
stitution Of the State Of Minnesota,
is hereby proposed to the people OF
the State of Minnesota, for their
approval or rejection, which amend
ment. when adopted shall be known
as Section Tia of said Article Nine
(9), that is to say:
"'Section TIA. For the purpose
of encouraging the planting, culti-
walton and protection of useful for
est trees in this state, laws NAV be
enacted providing for the payment
by the State of an annual bounty
of not more than Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents ($2.50) per acre, for a
term, in each case of not more than
Ten 10) years, and not exceeding
Ten 1O) acres, to any one person
who shall plant, cultivate and pro-
tect useful forest trees upon his
own land"
EFFECT: This amendment, if adopt-
ed. will permit the Legislature to enoct
laws providing for the payment by th.
state of a limited bounty for a Iim,t.d
term, to persons who shall plant, cul.
tivate and protect useful forest tra..
unOn their own land. .s'0-