The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-10-16
SEVENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT

The seventh proposed amendment II
contained In Chapter $50 of the Law
OF Minnesota for she year 1913.
PURPOsEi The purpose OF said
amendment In 90 TX and limit the mum.
Der of State Senators.
Section 2 OF Article 4 of the Consti
tuition now reads as follows:
section Q. The number OF member,
who compose the Senate and House OF
Representatives shall be prescribed By
law. but the representatives in the Sen.
ate shall never exceed. one member fol
every 5000 inhabitants, and IA In,
House of Representatives one member
for every 2.e00 inhabitants. The rep.
apportioned equally r tRrongh sGai' tb p.
different sections of the State, In pro.
portion 20 the population thereof ex.
elusive OF Indians not taxable under
II is proposed to substitute therefor
the foIIowingi "'' @N
Section l.. That Section 2 Of
Article 4 OF the Constitutions Of the
State OF Minnesota be amended so
as 70 read as follows:
section 9. In the next and sue
ceedinR rcapportiouments OF Sem
ators and Representatives, the SEN .
ate shall be- composed of sixty
three (63) members and the House
Of Representatives shall be com
as may be prescribed by law. The
representation in both Houses shall
BE-, apportioned as nearly as practi-
tons OF the states In proportion to
the population thereof. exclusive
OF Indians not taxable under the
provisions Of law: Provided, how
into several legislative districts,
put no County or any OF the parts
thereof shall ever constitute or be
atorial Districts and not more than
seven I'D Senator'S shall ever be
apportioned to any one County
EFFECT, The object Of this amend
ment II 10 limit the state Senate "a
sixty-three members and TO prevens
any one county having more than
seven senators.
EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The eighth proposed amendment 10
contained in Chapter SOL OF the Law.
OF Minnesota for the year 1913.
PURPOsEi The purpose of INF.
amendment n 20 encourage the plant
ing, cultivation and protection of u,e-
fui forest trees and a n proposed Ia
ada nm entirely new section 10 ArtIeI.
o Of the Constitution, to be knows m
Section TIA, and which shall read ss
soIlostsi
Section 4 The following amend
ment TO Article Nine Isl OF the Com
stftutiof 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 liza OF said Article Nine
CO., that Is to say: ."'.~ =
"section Tia. For the purposs
OF encouraging the planting, cnltl-
walton and protection of useful for
est trees in this state, laws NAV he
enacted providing for the payment
by the State of an annual bounty
al not more than Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents (s25o) per acre. for 4
farm, In each case Of not more than
Ten (i0l years, and not exceeding
Ten (iOl acres, to any one, persoi,
who shall plant. cultivate and pro.
tect useful forest trees upon his
own land. 40 = -Ess
EFFECri This amendment. ~ ndops-
ed. win permit the Legislature Co ennet
laws providing for the payment by the
state OF q limited bounty for limited
term. 60 persons who shall plant, cuI-
tivnte and protect useful forest tree,
upon their own land.