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Visited by the Catacombs.

DAu l uAOOi otdlo yOO W soy yoN
were in Europe?" he asked of the man
who was talking to drummer across
the aisle.
Eyes, sir"
Were you in Rome?"
II was there for a month, sir"
"Ah, am glad to have met you. ]
wanted to ask about Rome. You visit
ed the catacombs, of course?"
Didn't have to. They visited me-"
How do you mean?"
why, I never stirred out of the
motel that they weren't striking me for
aims. Never saw such an internal set
In all my born days."
Don't you mean the lazzaroni?"
"Of course. The catacombs and the
lazzaroni are the same thing, only 'cata.
combs is tie Italian Of it and the other
Is he English. If you haven't been
over I'd advise you to- go-if you can
raise the dudads. You don't know how
much a trip abroad will broaden and
liberalize your mind"
And the other sank back and hid
himself in corner, and he did not get
over looking pale for the next 80 miles,
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one receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall prevail
as to conflicting provisions.

one receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall prevail
as to conflicting provisions.
The style Of all legislative meas.
ures and amendments to the con-
stitution initiated by the people
under this section shall be: BE
it enacted by the People Of the
State of Minnesota"
The provisions 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, IL adopted, will be
three-fOId.
(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 1t now stands constitutional amends
ments can be proposed only by the leg
islature.
OBJ So, too, If adopted, the amends
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
proved by a majority of the electors
voting, thereon, provided the vote In
favor of the proposed law is not less
than thlrty-three per cent of the total
number of votes cast at 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 law so passed,
but the people cannot so pass any law
which is prohibited by the cons
sfitutiOn.
(c) So too, If adopted, the amend-
ment will permit the voters by proper
petition to require a vote on the ques-
ton of whether or not any law part
thereof, of certain classes of laws,
passed by the legislature shall be re-
peaied. II the petition asking for the
referendum Is signed by fifteen per
cent of the voters of the state, the NUM-
Der of whom is to be determined by
the number of votes cast for Governor
at the preceding election, the law Sc
referred to the voters will not take
effect pending the referendum vote
thereon. The vote required to repeal q
law passed by the legislature and the
classes of laws which cannot he 50
repealed are specified in Subdivision
&C" of the proposed amendment "a
~
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The Clever Wasp.

Wasps appear to be well-nigh as in
dustrious as ants or bees. One author.
ity has declared that the cardinal doc
trine Of the wasp is: eff any wasp will
not work, neither shall he eat"
Division Of labor is clearly seen In
the Wasp's nest. Some Of the workers
seem to be specially employed as for
ayers and soldiers, others appear ia
be told off as nurses and guardians,
while yet others are engaged as paper,
makers and masops.
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Said section now reads as follows,

Said section now reads as fOllOwsi
SECTION II; APPRoXAL OF BILLS
Every bill which shall have passed the
conformity to the rules of each house
and the joint rules of the two houses,
shall, before 1t becomes law, be pre-
sented to the governor of the state. II
he approves he shall sign and deposit
1t in the office of the secretary of state
for preservation, and notify the house
If not. he shall return it with his OBJ;
jections, to the house "a which it shall
have originated: when such objections
nal of the same, and the house shall
proceed to reconsider the bill. If,
after such reconsideration, two-thirds
BILL t It shall HAIRS Be sent sent tegeth e With the
objections, to the other house, by which
It shall likewise be reconsidered; and
house it shall become a law. But in
all such cases the votes of both houses
shall be determined by yeas and nays,
for or against the al bill III shall be entered
on the Journal of each house respec-
lively; If any bill shall not be, re-
days Sundays excepted) after it shall
have been presented to him, the same
shall be a law in like manner as if
by adjournment within that time pre-:
vents its return; in which case it shall
not be law. The governor may APP
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-
sented to the governor contains sew
eral items of appropriation of money
he may object to one or more of such
items. while approving of the other
shall append to the bill, at the time
of signing it, a statement Of the items
to which he objects, and 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 originated a copy of such state
ment, and the items objected to shall
be separately reconsidered. If, on re-
consideration, one or more Of such
items be approved by two-thirds of the
members elected to each house, the
same shall be a part of the law, not
withstanding the objections of the gov
ernor. All the provisions Of this sec
ton. in relation to bills not approved
by the governor, shall applv in cases
In which he shall withhold his approval
from any item or items contained in q
bill appropriating money"
1t is proposed TO amend that section
70 that 1t shall read as follows:
Section II. Every bill which
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yate persons or corporations own
ing land adjoining such lakes
shall not be destroyed or damaged
without their consent. unless COM
paid or secured. The priAcIpal OF
all funds arising from the sale Of
sach iron ore, or other minerals.
snail forever be preserved invio-
late and undimlniSned, but the in
come therefrom shall be used for
the construction. improvement
and maintenance Of the public
roads of the state. The principal
of such funds shall be loaned or
invested in the same manner, by
the same officers and upon the
time hereafter may be authorized
by the constitution and laws. for
the loaning or investment of the
permanent school and university
THE PURPOSE Of the proposed
amendment cannot be more clearly
stated than is expressed therein.
THE EFFECT of the amendment, If
adopted, would be to confer power on
the legislature to provide by law for
the mining of iron ore and other min
erals, which the state owns in it's SOW
ereign capacity and situate under the
bed of any meandered public lake or
river, subject to the restriction that
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 il conferred. 1T could
also provide for the drainage or di-
version of the waters of the lake or
river with reference to which it 80
Iegislates, 1t could also prescribe by
whom such minerals could be mined
md the compensation to be paid to the
state therefor. The p~Oceeds of the
sale of any such minerals would COM
stitute 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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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I.

BY Chapter 379, Laws 1915, the legis-
Iature proposed for adoption by the
Nectors, an amendment of Section Two
(2) of Article Eight Of the Constitu.
lion, by adding to said Section Two .
pew paragraph.
Section Two as 1t now stands reads
~ follows;
Section 2. SCHOOL AND SWAMP
LANDS-SCHOOL FUNDS FROM SALE
6F-The proceeds of such lands as are
or hereafter may be granted by the
United States for the use of schools
within each township in this, state
shall remain a perpetual school FUND
10 the state; and not more than one
third of said lands may be sold in two
years, one-third in five years. and one
third in ten years: but the lands OF
the greatest valuation shall be. sold
frst: Provided, that no portion OF said
lands shall be sold otherwise than at
nublfc sale. The princiral of ALL funds
er,sine fror, sales or other disposition
~ lands or other propertv. granted or
tntrusted to this state i'm each town.
xhip for educational purposes. OH
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electors an amendment of Section z,
Article 6, of the constitution.
The section now reads as follows,
Section Z. PROBATE COURTS
There shall be established in each or
ganized county in the state a probate
court, which shall be a court of rec.
ord, and be held at such times and
places as may be prescribed by law.
1t shall be held by one judge, who
county for the term of two years. He
shall be a resident of such county at
the time of his election, and reside
therein during his continuance in Of
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
county, of one clerk of register Of pro.
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-
sons under guardianship, but no other
jurisdiction, except as prescribed by
this constitution"
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word ''fOur' for tho
word ''two" so that the sentence pres
scribinE the duration of the term OF
Office will, if the amendment is adopt
ed, read as follows:
att 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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Mankato State Bank
MANkATO, MINI.

CAPITAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .$100, 900
Surplus and Undivided Profits. $1,000
FRED kRON, President.
GEO. 3. OWEN, Vice President.
M. D. FRITZ, Vice President.
e. SCHOYEN, Cashier.
7. c. NICHOLSON, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
Il. G. Harrington Mic Juliar
Geo. B. Owen A. G. Bierbauer
Fred Kron Il. Frank Pay
NJ. d. Fritz Charles Schwarbfs
VI. o. Sundt August Schultz
e. Schoyen
Money, in amounts from $1,000.0>
to 100000 to loan on farms at 6
per cent interest Five to ten years
with partial principal payments an
nually optional. No delays in getting
the money.
We sell travellers checks and our
own drafts on all parts Of the world.
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forever be preserved inviolate and un.
diminished; and the income arising
from the lease or sale of said school,
land shall be distributed to the dit
terent townships throughout the state.
In proportion to the number of schol-
AIRS in each township, between the ages
of five and twenty -one years; and shay
be faithfully applied to the specins
objects or the original grants or APP
preparations. Suitable laws shall he
Enacted by the legis iature for the safe
which have heretofore arisen or which
may hereafter arise from the sale or
pther disposition of such lands, or the
income from such lands accruing in
thereof in Understanding bonds of
lhe United States, or of the State of
minnesota issued after the year 1860,
pr OF such other state as the legisla-
rect All swamp lands now held by
the state, or that may hereafter accrue
70 the state, shall be appraised and
sold in the same manner and by the
tame officers, and the minimum price
shall be the same less third, as is
provided hied by law for the appraisement
Provisions of title one of chapter
thirty eight of the General Statutes;
The principal of all funds derived
said shall forever be preserved invio--
late and undiminished One-half Of
the proceeds Of said principal shall be
fund of the state; the remaining one
half shall be appropriated to the edu-
rational and charitable institutions of
the state in the relative ratio of cost
10 support said Institutions"
The paragraph which it is proposed
to add to said Section Two reads as
follows:
"a revolving fund Of not over
two hundred fifty thousand dol
lars ($250,000) may be set apart
from the fund derived from the
sale of school and swamp lands,
bitches and fire breaks in. through
and around unsold school and
swamp lands and in clearing such
lands, such fund to be replenished
as long as needed from the en-
HANGED value realized from the sale
of such lands SO benefited"
Under Section Two as it now stands
the proceeds of the sale of school and
swamp lands constitute the principal
of a trust fund, the income of which
Is used for the support of the schools.
of the state. Section Two as it now
stands provides that the principal of
such fund shall forever be preserved
inviolate and undiminished."
THE EFFECT of the proposed
amendment, if adopted, will be to mod
fly the provision last quoted to the
extent OF permitting the legislature to
set aside not to exceed $3.50, 900 of the
principal of the trust fund as a revOlv-
Ing fund to be used for the purposes
stated In the amendment proposed.
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THE PURPOSE of the amendment is
to authorize the investment of the per-
manent school and university funds in
Hfirst mortgage loans secured upon inn
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the amount of the loans so Sc
cured does not exceed so per cent of
the value of the land mortgaged.
THE EFFECT of tt e 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 well as In the bonds
of any county, school district, city,
town or village of this state. Under
Section Six ms it now reads bonds can
not be purchased unless they mature
at least five and not more than twenty
years after purchase. If the amend
ment is adopted, bonds and mortgages
may be purchased if they mature not
less than five nor more than thirty
years after purchase.
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Addressed to
lu|iuS A. SCill1la|l|
Secretary of State
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GEN.
ERAL, ST. PAUL.
April Z, 1915.
Honorable Julius A. Schmahl,
Secretary of State,
Tn

dOnOrnbEe julius a. SchmuhI,
Secretary of State,
Capitol.
DEAR SIR: Pursuant to your re.
quest and in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 46, Statutes 1913, !
herewith hand you statement of the
purposes and effect of all amendments
TO the Constitution proposed by the
legislature of 1915 and to be submit
ted to the electors at the next general
election; such statement also shows the
reading Of the existing sections and
tho way the same will read If the
amendments are adopted.
Yours truly,
LYNDON A. SMITH,
Attorney General
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BY Chapter 1872, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed an amendment to Sec
tion Two (2) Of Article Six of the Con.
stitution.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, &.

BY Chapter 3S3, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment Of Section
Eleven (1l1 of Article Four (4) Of the
Constitution.
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Section O. SUPREME COUR t
The supreme court shall consist OF
one chief justice and two associate JUS
tees, but the number of associate juss
not exceeding four, by the legislature,
by two-thirds vote, when 1t shall be
deemed necessary. 1t shall have origt
inal jurisdiction in such remedial cases
as may be prescribed by law and APP
pellate jurisdiction in all cases, both in
law and equity, but there shall be ne
trial by jury in said court. 1t shall
hold one or more terms in each year
as the Legislature may direct, at the
seat of government, and the legislature
may tes by eat6 shall vote b
held in each or any judicial district. It
shall be the duty of such court to APP
shall be chosen. by the qualified cleo
tors Of the state, one clerk of the SUI
preme court, who shall hold his office
Tor the term OF four yearss an and Until
fed; and the judges of the supreme
court, or majority of them, shall have
the power to fill any vacancy in the
office of clerk of the supreme court
until an election can be regularly had"
If the proposed amendment is adopt
ed the section will then read as fol.
lows:
Section 2. The supreme court
shall consist of one chief justice
and SIX associate justices. Five
shall constitute a quorum, and the
concurrence of at least four shall
be necessary to a decision. 1t
shall have original jurisdiction in
such remedial cases as may be pre-
scribed by law, and appellate juris-
diction in all cases, both in law and
equity, but there shall be no trial
by jury in said court. 1t shall hold
one or more terms in each year,
as the Legislature may direct, at
the seat of government, and the
legislature may provide, by two
thirds vote, that one term in each
year shall be held in each or any
judicial district. 1t shall be the
duty of such court to appoint re-
porter of it's decisions and a clerk
of the supreme court.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Su-
creme Court as now constituted con.
sists of a chief justice and four Assoc
ciate justices. The clerk of said court
is now elected. If the amendment il
adopted, two associate justices will ba
added to the court and the clerk will
be appointed by the court instead Of
being elected by the voters.
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II the proposed amendment Is adopt.
ed it will then read MS follows,

1.-THE permanent school and uni
versity fund of this state may be
invested in the bonds of any coun-
ty, school district, city, town or
village of this state, and in first
mortgage loans secured upon i'm
proved and cultivated farm lands
of this state. But no such invest
ment or loan shall be made until
approved by the board Of commits
sioners designated by law to regu-
late the investment of the perma-
nent school fund and the perma-
nent university fund of this state;
nor shall such loan or investment
be made when the bonds to be is
sued or purchased would make the
entire bonded Indebtedness exceed
Is per cent of the assessed valua-
ton Of the taxable property of the
county, school district, city, town
or village issuing such bonds; nor
shall any farm loan, or Investment
be made when such investment or
the actual cash value of the farm
land mortgage to secure said in
veStment; nor shall such invest
mentS or loans be made at low
er rate of interest than 8 per cent
per annum, nor for a shorter period
than five years, nor for longer
period than thirty years, and no
change of the town, school dis
trict. city, village or of county
lines shall relieve the real prop
erty In such town, school district,
county, village or city in this state
at the time of issuing of such
bonds from any liability for taxa
ton to pay such bonds"
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 5.

BY Chapter 3S1, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment of Article Nine
go of the Constitution by adding
thereto new section, which reads as
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
oacity. and as trustee for the peo-
pie 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
or river. or the. diversion of. the
waters thereof to new bed or
channel, provided. however, that
the vested riparian rights Of pri.
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shall have passed the senate and
house Of Representatives, in con
formity to the rules or each house
and the JOINT rules Of the two
law, be presented to the governor
OF the state. II he approves he
shall sign and deposit it in the
once OF the secretary OF state for
where it originated Of the fact.
But if not. he shall return it, with
his objections; to the house in
which 1T shall have originated;
when such objections shall be en-
tered at large on the journal Of
the same, and the house shall pro-
coed to reconsider the bill. If.
after such reconsideration, two
pass the bill, it shall be sent. to-
gether with the objections, to the
other house, by which 1T shall like
wise be reconsidered; and II 1t be
approved by two-thlrds of that
house it shall become a law: But
IN all such cases the votes of both
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
". If any bill Shall not be re-
turned by the. governor within
three days Sundays exceptedl
after it shall have been presented
" MN, Tue odIhS NC Il Id " III
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
may approve. sign and file in the
office of the secretary of state,
within three days. after the adj
5ournment 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 or in
part, while approving of the other
portion of the bill. In such case
he shall append to the bill, at the
the items and parts of items to
which he objects, and the part of
any appropriation so objected to
shall not take effect, If the legis-
lature be in session, he shall trans
nit to the house in which the bill
originated a copy of such state
ment, and the items objected to in
whole or in part shall be separate
Grafton, one or more of such items
be approved by two-thirds of the
members elected to each house,
the same shall be part of the
law, Notwithstanding the objec-
tions of the governor. All the
provisions of this section. in rela-
ton to bills not approved by the
governor, shall apply in cases in
which he shall withhold his APP
prevail in whole or in part from
any item or items contained ia a
bill appropriating money"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Unde
the Constitution as it now is, the gov
ernOr may veto any item in an apprO
p riafiOn bill, but he cannot cut dow
the amount appropriated for any spe
ciflc purpose. The amendment, if adopt
ed, will give the governor power t
reduce the amount of an appropriate
for any given purpose, unless upO
to the legislature of
statement of the part of an item of n
bill to which he objects
the two houses, each by a twO-third
vote, approve the item as it was origin
ally passed.