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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-13
No. 9517

No. 95l7
ORDER FOR HEARING GUARDIANS AC
COUNT N PETITION
State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the Guardianship of
Marguerite Dumas, Alice Dumas. Roy
Dumas, Alexander Dumas: Fred Dumas
and Adelbert Dumas. minors.
On receiving and filing the &C
count of George A. Dumas as
Guardian of above named Wards,
and his petition praying for settle
ment and allowance of said account
and tor the discharge Of the surety on
his original bond as such Guardian.
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and said account examined at a
special Term of this Court, to be held
at the Court House in the City Of Min
neapolis, in said County, on Monday,
the 3Oth day of Octoer 1916, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon: and that all
persons interested in said matter appear
before said Court at said time and
place, then and there to show cause, if
any there be, why said account should
not be allowed and said surety dis
charged as prayed for in said petition.
And, 1t is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given
to said Wards and to all
persons interested therein, by publish
ing this Order once in each week, for
three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing in the Echo de POuest a
newspaper printed and published in
said County.
Dated at Minneapolis this Goth day of
September 1916.
BY the Court,
10 20 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
John j. McHale, Attorney
311 End Ave. So.
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said matter appear before this Court on
Monday the 3Oth. day Of October 1916
at 10 A. M. at the Probate Court in the
Court House at Minneapolis in said
County and then, or as soon thereafter
as said petition can be heard, show
cause, if any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
And it is Further Ordered, That
notice of such hearing be given by
publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to said
day of hearing in the Echo de pOuest
a newspaper printed and published 1 n
SAID county, and by mailing a copy OF
this order to all the heirs at-law of said
decedent when their address is known
or can be ascertained by due diligence,
at least fourteen (14) days before the
date Of said hearing, unless notice is
waived.
Dated at Minneapolis, this 3rd. day
of October 1916.
Blythe Court:
1920 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
L. H. Aim, S31 10Th Ave. So.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 1.

BY Chapter 379, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment of Section Two
(2) of Article Eight of the Constitu-
ton, by adding to said Section Two q
new paragraph.
Section Two as it now stands reads
as follows:
Section 2. SCHOOL AND SWAMP
LANDS-sCHoOL FUNDS FROM SAIL
OF-The proceeds Of such lands as are
Or hereafter may be granted by the
o1ited States for the use Of SCHOOLS
shall remain a perpetual school fund
to the state; and not more than one.
years. o%ne-third in five years, and one.
third in ten years; but the lands 9:
6rst: Provided, that no portion Of said
lands shall be sold otherwise than g!
public sale. The principal of all funds
arising from sale sales n or other drs P on
intrusted to this stats in C. town.
snip for educational purposes, shat
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one receiving the highest number
Of affirmative votes shall prevail
as to conflicting provisions.

The style OF all legislative meas
%stitution initiated by the people
under his section shall be: BE
it enacted by the People of the
State of Minnesota"
The provisieas of this section
may be enforced by appropriate
legislation, but until such legisla-
ton has been enacted, this section
shall be self executing.
THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT of
this amendment, If adopted, will be
three-fold.
(a) 1t will permit the voters to pro-
pose amendments to the state constitu-
ton, for adoption, without action by
the legislature. Under the constitution
as it now stands constitutional amend
ments can be proposed only by the leg
islature. ,
CD So, too, If adopted, the : end
ment will permit electors to propose
laws for enactment and if not enacted
by the legislatures, the voters may by
sufficient petition. require the question
of the enactment of the proposed law
to be submitted to the voters. If ap-
proved by u majority of the electors
VOlAn63 aACFCOhS pIONAuCu eAC vONC Ah
favor of the proposed law In not less
than t~hfrty-three per cent of the total
number Of votes cast mt such election,
the same becomes a law with the same
force and effect as though passed by
the legislature. The governor will
have no power to veto a law SO passed,
but the people cannot SO pass any law
which is prohibited by the con-
stitution.
(c) So too, If adopted, the amend-
ment will permit the voters by proper
petition to require a vote OH the guess
ton of whether Or not any law or part
thereof, of certain classes of laws;
passed by the legislature shall be re-
pealed. If the Petition asking for the
referendum is signed by fifteen per
cent of the voters of the state, the NUM-
Der of whom il tG be determined by
the numbe of votes cast for Governor
at the preceding election, the law 50
referred to the voters will not take
effect pending the referendum vote
thereon. The vote required to repeal q
law passed by the legislature Sid the
classes of laws which cannot be SO
epeale are specified i'm Subdivision
G of the proposed amendment ~
above printed.
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BY Chapter 1873, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an =. r42c1n Rt,r Of A, s ef t ion
Constitution.
aid section now reads as follows,
BY se Go%hR Ri VETO 20 PoW REF!-
Every bill which shall have passed the
conformity to the rules Of eac house
and the joint rules of the w .louses,
shall, before it becomes q law, be pre-.
scented tnat to the e goy ySc1S sf OF the snd std denoa Is
it in the office of the secretary of state
for preservation, and notify the house
where it o~riginated OF the TACT. Bpt
jections, to the house in which it shall
have originated; when such objections
shall be entered at large on the jour;
proceed to reconsider the bill. II,
after such reconsideration, two-thirds
Of that house shall agree to pass the
o ottts Ii anai to I'll the se Other aof house, by Gt, Which,
II it be approved by two-thirds Of that
a a2o such 1t c shea1 t Rec Dofes a Of if 18th B bous es
and the names Of the persons voting
for or against the bill shall be entered
lively: If any bill shall not be re-
turned by the governor within three
days Sundays ~excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law in like manner, as it
he had signed it, unless the legislature,
by adjournment within that time, pre-;
not be a law. The governor may ap-
prove, sign and file in the Office Of the
secretary of state, within three days
after the adjournment Of the legisla.
ture, any act passed during the last
three days of the session, and the same
shall become a law. If any bill pre-
scented to the governor contains sew
he nay object to one or more of such
portion Of the bill. In such case, he
shall append to the bill, at the time
Of signing it, a statement. Of the items
to which he objects, IN the appropria-
ton so objected to shall not take eff
feet. If the legislature be in session,
he shall transmit to the house in which
the bill osig {b itdn a COPY Of such n st th.i
be separately reconsidered. If. on re-
consideration, one or more. of such
items be approved by t~wo-thirds of the
members elected to each house, the
same shall be a part Of the law, not
~withstanding the objections of the gov
rno All the provisions Of this Sec
ton, in relation to- bills not approved
in which he shall withhold his approval
from any item or items contained in a
bill appropriating money"
1t is proposed to amend that section
10 that it shall read as follows:
Section II. Every bill which
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.

By Chapter 3S1, Laws 1915, the legis
lature proposed for adoption by TIL
electors, an amendment of Article Min
TO- of the Constitution by addin:
thereto a new section, which reads a!
follows:
Section II. The legislature is
hereby authorized to provide by
law for the mining and sale of any
iron ore or other minerals which
the state owns, in it's sovereign ca
pacity, and as trustee, for the peo-
Die Of the state, which are situate
under the waters or bed of any
meandered public lake or river,
and for that purpose may provide
for the drainage Of any. such lake
waters thereof to a new bed OF
channel, provided, however, that
the vested riparian rights Of pri-
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required to file the same in the Probate
Court of said County of Henne-
pin for examination and allowance or
be forever barred.
IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That
the first Monday in February 1917 at
10 o'clock a. M. at a generalterm ofsaid
Probate Court, to be held at the Court
House in the City of Minneapolis in
said county, be and the same is hereby
appointed as the time and place when
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 6.

BY Chapter 1884, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed an amendment of Sec.
ton Thirteen OBJ of Article One CD
Of the Constitution.
The section as it now stands reads
as follows:
section 10. PRIVATE PROPERTY
FOR PUBLIC USE - Private property
shall not be taken, destroyed or dam
aged for public use, without just COM
pensation therefor first paid or Sc
cured"
If the amendment is dopted the Sec
ton will read as follows:
Section 10. Private property
shall not be taken, destroyed or
damaged for public use, without
just compensation therefor first
paid or secured, and such private
property may be taken, destroyed
or damaged for the purpose of pri-
vate as well as public drainage
upon just compensation therefor
being first paid or secured"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment IL to permit The taking of
private lands for the purpose of drain
age purposes where the drain or ditch
will be of no publ. benefit, but on the
contrary will only benefit he land or
lands of the person or persons COM
structing the drainage ditch.
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and where the said Probate Court will
examine and adjust said claims and de-
mands.
And it is Further Ordered. That no
tice of such hearing be given to all ere
ditors and persons interested In said
estate by forthwith pdblishingthls order
once in each week, for three successive
weeks in the Echo de POuest q news
paper printed and published IN said
county.
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A. Parker of said county and state;
And it appearing upon proper proof
by the affidavit of the, said Charles
A. Parker, made and filed herein, that
there are no debts against the estate of
the said George B. Parker deceased.
1T IS ORDERED, That three months
be and the same is hereby allowed from
and after the date of this order, in which
all persons having claims or demands
against the said deceased are
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Deep Philosophy.

Bystander-I suppose you would like
to take a ride without worrying about
tires and the Ike?
Motorist (fxing a puncture)-You
bet I would.
Bystander-Well, here's a car ticket
-Chaparral. =
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An Economist.

Judge-You let the burglar 60 to
arrest an automobiles?
Policeman-Yes. The autoist pays
a fine and adds to the resources of the
state; the burglar goes to prison and
the state has to pay for his keep
Life.
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section z. PROBATE COURTS
There shall be established in each or
ganized county, in the state a probate
ord, and be held at such times and
places as may be prescribed by law.
1t shall be held by one judge, who
shall be elected by the voters of the
county for the term Of two years. He
shall be a resident Of such county at
therein during his continuance In Of
flee; and mis- compensation shall be
provided by law. He may appoint his
own clerk where none has been ELECT
ed; but the legislature may authorize
the election. by the electors Of any
bate for such county, whose powers,
duties, term of office and compensation
shall be prescribed by law. A probate
court shall have jurisdiction over the
estates of deceased persons and per-
o n under guardianship. but no other
jurisdiction, except as prescribed by
this constitution"
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word "fOur'' for the
word "tyvo" so that the sentence pre-
scrfbfng the duration of the term of
oflic e will, if the amendment is adopt
ed, read as follows:
'It shall be held by one judge,
who shall be elected by the voters
of the county for the term of four
years."
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The
amendment. If adopted will make the
term of office of the Judge of PrObate
four years instead of two.
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by chapter $3.50, Laws 1919, the leSlS-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment Of Section One
Cd of Article Four CD of the Const1-
tuition.
Section One as 1T now stands, reads
as follows:
Section !. TWO HOUSES SEES.
SIONS = The legislature shall consist
lives S. Which WITCH shall did "D meet bienniaiiy at
the seat of government of the state,
at such time as shal be prescribed BY
law, but no session shall exceed the
new bill shall be introduced in either
branch except on the written request
Of the governor. during the last TWEEN"
tention OF the legislature shall be
called to some important matter of
general interest by. a special message
from the governor"
If the amendment is adopted, the
section will then read as follows,
s1 See; l: r TWO H q ST sbsH
consist Of the senate and house Of
representatives, which shall meet
biennially, at the seat Of govern
Shall be prescribed by law, but NO
session shall exceed the term of
ninety (90) Legislative days, and
no Dill snail be INTRODUCED III eiIueI
branch, except on the written re-
guest OF the governor, during the
last twenty days of such session.
except the attention Of the legls-
lature shall be called to some i'm
portant matter Of general inter-
est by a special message from the
governor; but the people reserve
to themselves direct power as FOL
lows:
(a) CONSTITUTIONAL 1N1T1A-
TIVE.-When at any time prior. to
the commencement of any session
of the legislature, there shall have
been filed with the secretary OF
s staea a petition tit the pre ePP1stitgtio an
electors Of the state. the secretary
of state shall transmit the
same to the legislature not later
than ten (10) days after the com
mencsment Of the session. II the
mitted to the electors by the legis-
lature at such session, or If It be
submitted in an amended form,
then, upon 2 further. petition or
petitions, each signed by eight, per
eentum Of the electors Of the state;
within six months after the ad-
journment of the legislature, the
mendmen proposed in the hrst
petition, or one or more amended
forms thereof, shall be submitted
70 the electors for their approval
special statewide election occur
ring not less than ninety, days
after the filing Of any such FUR.
Their petition. Any amendment
proposed by initiative petition and.
IN Its original or i'm an amended
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pin. In Probate Court.

pin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of H. A.
Rieger Decedent.
On receiving and filing the petition
of L. II. Aim Of Hennepin
County, Minnesota, a creditor, praying
that Letters of Administration on said
estate issue to c. j. Peahl of said
county and state;
It is Ordered That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested in
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/. Dated at Minneapolis, this End day Of
October 1916.
By the Court:
1920 JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court
Chas. A. Parker, 626 E. 18th. st.
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No. 18776

No. 1916
ORDER FOR CREDITORS TO PRESENT
CLAIMS, Etc.
State of Minnesota. County of Hen
nepin. Probate Court.
In the matter of the Estate of George
B. Parker, Deceased.
Letters ~testamentary on the
Estate of George B. Parker deceased,
late of the County of Hennepin and State
of Minnesota, being granted to Charles
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5eai' l q rs gasssa saS ssnI n, c ane
and the Joint rules Of the two
1 hGus1ps b. gas.a; fedof fe II The 1e sogesso !:
shall sign and deposit it in the
office of the secretary of state for
preservation. and notify the house
But if not, he shall return it, with
R @hicS 10}if It sRaii f have inc .ori Ransf IL
when such objections shall be en-.
tered ter d. at at large arg +h on the he 5epp : OF Of
coed to reconsider the bill. If,
after such reconsideration, two
thirds of that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, to-
other house, by. which it shall like
approved by two-thirds of that
house it shall become a law But
houses shall be determined by
yeas and nays, and the names Of
the persons voting for or against
the bill shall be entered on the
journal OF each house respective
H. +2,rne # an n t bin s gnxarn not be %;t5 re-
three days Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented
to him, the same shall be a law in
like manner as if he had signed
it, unless the legislature by adj
journment within that time, pre-
vent it's return; in which case it
shall not be a law. The governor
may approve, sign and file in the
within three days after the adj
jOurnment of the legislature, any
act passed during the last three
days Of the session, and the same
shall become a law. If any bill
presented to the governor contains
several items of appropriation Of
more Of such items in whole OF in
portion of the bill. In. such case
he shall append to the bill, at the
time of signing it, a statement of
h items and parts of items to
which he objects, and the part OF
any. appropriation so objected to
shall not take effect: If h legis-
lature be in session, he shall transf
init to the house in which the bill
whole or in part shall be separate.
ly reconsidered. If, ON ~reconsid.
Grafton, n or more Of such items
be approved by tw%o-thirds of the
members elected to each house,
the same shall be a part of the
law, Notwithstanding the objec-
lions OF the governor; Al the
ton to bills not approved by tho
which he shall withhold his ap-
prevail in whole or in part from
any item or items contained in a
bill appropriating money"
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Interesting Statistics.

InGSTS6II0V 0IAISoITVos
The census bureau will issue the
first tables of the kind ever prepared
by the United States government
showing death rates and expectation
of life at all ages for the population
of the six New England states.
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ing land adjoining such lakes
shall not be destroyed or damaged q
without their consent; unless com.
paid or secured. The principal Of
all funds arising from the sale OF
such iron ore or other minerals,
late and undiminished, but the in
come therefrom shall be used for
the construction, improvement
and maintenance OF the Pupils
of such funds hail be loaned or
invested in the same manner by
the same officers and upon the
same terms as is, or from time to
time hereafter may be authorized
by the constitution and laws, for
the loaning or investment of the
permanent school and university
funds Of the state"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment cannot be more clearly
stated han is expressed therein.
THE EFFECT of the amendment, IL
the legislature to provide by law for
the mining of iron ore and other nina
erals, which the state owns In it's SOW
ereign capacity and situate under tho
bed Of any ~meandered public lake or
river, subject TO the restrlctlOn thAs
the rights of riparian owners on any
such lake or river, shall not be de-
strOyed or injured without cOmpensa.
ton. If the legislature exercises the
power, in case it is conferred, 1T could
also provide for the drainage or d.
version of the waters of the lake or
river with reference to which 1T SO
legislates: 1T could also prescribe by
whom such minerals could he mined
and the compensation to be paid to the
state therefor. The proceeds of tic
sale of any such minerals would COM
stitute a fund to be loaned and invest
ed the same as the permanent school
and university funds, the income of
such fund to be used in the cOnstruc-
ton, Improvement and maintenance Of
public roads
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PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Under
the Constitution as 1T now is, the gov
ernor may veto any item In an apprO.
priatiOn bill, but he cannot cut down
the amount appropriated for any spe-
ciac purpose. The amendment, If adOpt-
ed, will give the governor power to
reduce the amount of an appropriation
for any given purpose, unless upon
transmittal to the legislature Of q
statement of the part of an item of an
appropriation bill to whfoA he objects,
the two houses, each by a two-thirds
vote, approve the item as it was origin
ally passed.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.

lature proposed for adoption by the
electors an amendment of Section Z,
Article 6, of the constitution.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.

BY Chapter $50, Laws 1915, the legis-
electors, an amendment Of Section Six
co, of Article Eight (S) of the Con-
stitution.
Section Six as it now stands reads
as fOllOws:
Section 6. INVESTMENT OF
may be invested in the bonds Of any
county, school district, city, town or
village of this state, but no such in
vestment shall be made until approved
by the board of commissioners desig-
mated by law to regulate the invest,
ment Of the permanent school fund and
the permanent university fun Of this
state; nor shall such loan or invest
i ISSUE Is Sr " %bufehss asi Would w &akS the
entire bonded indebtedness exceed fit,
teen per cent of the assessed valuation
county, school district, city, town or
village issuing such bonds; nor shall
such loans or Indebtedness be made at
a lower rate of interest han three per
cent per annum nor for a shorter Pc
riod than five years nor for a longer
period thin twenty years., and no
change of the town, school district,
city, village or CT county lines shall
relieve the real property in such town,
school district, county, village or city
in this state at the time of the issuing
of such bonds from any liability for
taxation to pay such bonds"
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THE PURPOSE of the amendment IL
to authorize the investment Of the per-
manent school and university funds in
"frst mortgage loans secured upon inn
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the mount of the loans so Sc
cured does not exceed 80 per cent of
the value of the land mOrtgaged.
THE EFFECT of the adoption of the
proposed amendment will be to permit
the legislature to authorize the In
vestment of the permanent schOOl and
university funds in farm mortgages as
above stated, as we'll as in the bonds
of any county, school district, city,
town or village of this state. Under
Section Six as it now reads bonds can
not be purchased unless they mature
at least five and not more than venty
years after purchase. If the amend"
ment is adopted, bonds and mortgages
may he purchased If they mature NOT
less than five nor more than thirty
years after purchase.