The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-10-27
SEVENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT

The seventh proposed amendment ID
contained in Chapter $50 of the Laws
Of Minnesota for the year 1913
PURPOSE, The purpose OF said
amendment IL to fix and limit the mum.
ber of State Senators.
Section 3 of Article or the Consti.
tuition now reads as follows:
,vha e cn =. I'd the r number Of members
Representatives shall be prescribed by
law. but the representatives in the Sen.
ate shall never exceed one member for
every 5000 inhabitants. and in the
House of Representatives one member
for every 1000 inhabitants. The rep
resentation. in both houses shall be
different sections of the State, in pro-
portion to the population thereof ex.
elusive OF Indians not taxable under
q Il proposed to Substitute therefor
the following.
Section 1. That Section Of
Article 4 of the Constitution of the
state OF Minnesota be amended so
as to read as follows:
Section 2. In the next and sue
ceeding reapportionments OF SEM
ators and Representatives, the Sem
ate shall be composed of sixty
three t63) members and the House
of Representatives shall be COM
posed of such number of members
as may be prescribed by law. The
representation, In both Houses shall
be apportioned as nearly as practi-
cable. throughout the different SEQ.
ttons 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 constitute or be
part OF more than seven f7) Sem
atorial Districts and not more than
seven I'D Senators shall ever be
apporttoned to any one County,"
EFFECT, The object or this amend.
! ment II to limit the state Senate 20
sixfy-three members and to prevent
any one county having more tina.
seven senators.
EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The eighth proposed amendment il
contained In Chapter SOL OF the Laws
Of Minnesota for the year 1913
PURPOSES The purpose Or this
amendment 10 to encourage the plant.
ing, cultivation and protecfion Of use.
full forest trees and II In proposed e
add m entirely new section to Article
Of the COnstituffon, to be known ~
Section ia, and which shalI read ~
fOIlOwss
Section 1. The following amend
ment to Article Nine co 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
fs). that Is to say:
section TIA For the purpose
Of encouraging the planting, cultf-
walton and protection OF useful for
est trees In this state, laws may be
enacted providing for the payment
by the State Of an annual bounty
Of not more than Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents $3.50 per acre. for q
term, in each case OF not more than
Ten f10) years. and not exceeding
Ten t10) acres, to any one person
who shall plant, cultivate and pro.
tect useful forest trees upon hts
EFFECT This amendment, n aAopt.
ed, will permit the Legislature to enact
lavvs providing for fhe payment by shS
state or : limited bounty for . limited
term. TO persons who shall plant, ell
ffvate and protect usefuI forest frees
upon their own Lad.
NINTH PROPOgED AMENDMENT.
The ninth proposed amendment d
contained I'm CHAPTER 69z or the Laws q