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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.

BY Chapter 3S1, Laws 1915, the legis-
proposed for adoption by the
Electors, an amendment of Article Nine
TO- of the Constitution by adding
a new section, which reads al
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-
Bile 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 a new bed or
channel, provided, however. that
the vested riparian rights of prt-
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diminished; and the income arising
from the lease or sale Of said sehoe
land iansn+ sf fowns De a'i throughou to the 1ee state ate.
in proportion to the number Of schol-
nrs in each township, between the age.
Of Of fxe End tWea anglisG y {e liz an spe saat
propriations.- Suitable laws shall b
enacted by the legisiature ZOE OF tn the f1 sa5e
may hereafter arise from the sale or
other disposition Of such lands, or the
any way before the sale or disposition
the ffd,ts IN S 1atfrsst oh Of fEBe b state Of Of
or Of such other state as the legisla-
ture may by law from time to time tt-
rect. All swamp lands nov hela 10y
to the state, shall be appraised and
sold in the same manner and by she
same officers, and the minimum price
nnaI es t bS i lame fd 5est the ens appraisem M 1t
PR p9Syi sats :. Of 81 az eas 9f 81 s6a 1{ss
The principal Of ali funds derived
from sales of swamp lands as afore-
said shall forever be preserved bd inVl o.
t {ste pr ana %na of aaid pqinei pafI sRafl be-
appropriated to the common school
fund Of the state; the remaining one
half shall be appropriated to the edu..
cational and charitable institutions OF
the state in the relative ratio of cost
to support said institutions"
The paragraph which it IL proposed
to add to said Section Two reads AZ
follows:
"a revolving fund of not oyer
two hundred fifty thousand dol.
lars (s250,0o0). 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 ands and in clearing such
as long as needed from the en-
HANGED value realized from the sale
of such lands so benefited"
Under Section Two as 1t now stands
swamp lands constitute the principal
Of q trust fund, the income OF which
is used for the support Of the sch9ols,
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
ify the provision last quoted to the
extent of permitting the legislature to
set aside not to exceed $25O,000 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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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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= GAL -
Article 6, of the constitution.
The section now reads as follows,
There Se't shall be established in each Or
gained county in the state a probate
court, which shall be a court of rec
ord, and be held at such times and
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 h G1fr fbe wh Iegi,l nfne has nav bee nt6 e5efte
county, Of n clerk of register Of pro-
bate for such county, whose powers,
duties; term of office and compensation
court shall have jurisdiction over the
estates of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no other
jurisdiction, except as prescribed by
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word "fOur'' for the
word stwO' so that the sentence pre-
scribins the duration of the term of
office will, If the amendment is adopt
ed, read as follows:
cit shall be held by n judge,
who shal be elected by the voters
Of the county for the term of foul
years"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The
amendment, If adopted will AXE the
term of office Of the Judge of PrObato
four years instead of two.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 9.

BY Chapter 1874, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed an amendment of Sec.
ton Thirteen (13) 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 Jam
aged for public use, without just corn-
pensation therefor first paid or Sc.
cured"
If the amendment is adopted the Sec
ton will read as follows:
"Section 10. Private property
shall not be taken, destroyed or
damaged for public use, without
paid or secured, and such private
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 the land or
lands of the person or persons COM
structing the drainage ditch.
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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 ge%neralterm of said
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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one receiving the highest number
of affirmative votes shall prevail
as to conflicting provisions

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
State Of Minnesota"
h provisioas Of this section
may be enforced by appropriate
ton has been enacted, this section
shall be self
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 pro- Osed only by the leg
i%slature.
OBJ So, too, If adopted, the end
ment will permit electors to propose
laws for enactment and If rot 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 nD-
proved by a majority of the electt1.s
voting, thereon, provided the vote In
favor Of the proposed law is not less
than thirty-three per cent of the total
number Of votes. cast Mt such election,
the same becomes n 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 COM
stitutiOn.
(c) So too, If adopted, the amendl
mcnt will permit the voters by proper
petition to require n vote ON the qucs.
ton of whether OF not any law or part
thereof, of certain classes of laws.
passed by the legislature hall he re-
pealed. If the Petition asking for the
referendum is signed by fifteen per
cent of the voters of the Etate, the nuIn-
Der of whom II fa be determined by
the number of votes east for Governor
at the preceding: election, The law so
referred to III voters will not take
effect pending the referendum vote
thereon. The vote required to repeal q
law passed by the legislature sy1l the
classes of laws which cannot nc so
repealed are specified in Subdivision
"C' of the proposed amendment al
above printed.
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pin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of H. A.
Rieger Decedent.
On receiving and fling the petition
of L. II. Aim of Hennepin
County, Minnesota, a creditor, praying
that Letters of Administration on said
estate issue to G. j. Peahl of said
county and state;
1t is Ordered That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested in
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
Deep Phtlosophy.

Bystander-I suppose you would like
to take a ride without worrying about
tires and the Ike?
Motorist (fxing a puncture)-Yo1
bet I would.
Bystander-Well, here's a a ticket
-Chaparral.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
An Economist.

Judge-You let the burglar go ia
arrest an automobiles?
Policeman-ves. The autoist pays
q 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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vate persons or corporations own
ing land adjoining such lakes
shall not be DESTROYED or damaged
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
roads Of the state. The. principal
of such funds shall be loaned or
invested in the same amer, by
the same officers and upon the
time hereafter may be authorized
by the constitution and laws. for
the loaning or investment of the
funds Of the state"
THE PURPOSE of the proposed
amendment cannot be more clearly
stated than is expressed therein.
THE EFFECT of the amendment, II
the legislature to provide by law for
the mining of iron ore md other NINA
erals, which the state owns in it's low
erefgn capacity md situate under tho
bed of any ~meandered public lake or
FL. Srs SuDJCCl 10 tHc rcNtTlCtkOA lhA0
the rights of riparian owners on any
such lake OF river. shall not be de-
strOyed or injured without cOmpcnsa-
ton. If the legislature exercises the
power, in ease it IL conferred, 1T could
also provide for the drainage or df-
version of the waters of the lake or
river with reference to which 1T so
lcgislates; 1T could also prescribe by
whom such minerals could he mined
and the compensation to lie paid to the
state therefor. The proceeds of the
sale of any such minerals would con-
a fund to be loaned and invest
ed the same as the permanent school
and university funds, the income OF
such fund to he used in the cOnstruc-
ton, improvement and maintenance OF
public roads.
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Interesting Statistics.

interesting SIdtISIIcS,
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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THE PURPOSE of the amendment 10
to authorize the Investment Of the per-
manent school and university n In
"frst mortgage loans secured upon Inn
proved and cultivated farm lands
where the amount Of the loans so Sc
cured Ices not exceed 80 per cent Of
the value of the land m~OrtgaEed.
THE EFFECT Of the adoption of the
%rOposed 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 cam
not be purchased unless they mature
ut 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 thai five nor more than thirty
years after purchase.
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No. 1916

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,
te of the County of Hennepin and State
Minnesota, being grantedto Charles
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1916-10-20
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.

By Chapter 1856, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment Of Section One
~. Of Article Four a. Of the Consti-
tuition.
Section One AZ it now stands, reads
as follows:
,o os&setion l. / TWO W. .I HOUSES sEs, co sEst
Of the senate and house of representa-.
tives, which shall meet biennially at
the seat of government of the state,
law, but no session shall exceed the
term of ninety legislative days, and no
new bill shall be introduced in either
e branch except on the y w TT 1nst etq wens
ty days Of such session, except the at
tention Of the legislature shall %
called to some important matter OF
general interest by. a special message
from the governor"
If the amendment is adopted. h
section will then read as follows:
See: 1. Two H9usEs-sEs;
consist Of the senate and house ct
bbSf eennisIiT at the wa seaf 81 ofa gov mee.
ment Of the state, at such time as
shall be prescribed by law, but no
session ; shall 20 e * sssfivt the da term .n od
4xx14Oly Wv "~J ~AAN
no bill shall be Introduced in either
branch, except on the written re-
quest Of the governor, during the
last twenty days of such session,
except the attention of the legis-
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 INITIA-
fThd a Con- " he at any Of tl any p saesid to
Of the legislature, there shall have
beer filed with the secretary of
state a petition proposing an
amendment to the constitution,
signed by two per- ce NJ 7 OF the
same to the legislature not later
than ten (10) days after the COM
mehcement of the session. II the
amendment 80 proposed be not sub
mitted to the electors scseIan Dy IT rh e ltH 81 he
submitted in an amended form,
then, upon a further petition OF
petitions, each signed by eight per
eentum of the electors OF the state,
filed with the secretary Of state
journment of the legislature, the
amendment proposed In the first
petition, or one or more amended
forms thereof, shall be submitted
10 the electors for their approval
special statewide election occur
rms not less than ninety, days
after the filihg of any such fur
ther petition. Any amendment
proposed by initiative petition and,
- Its original or In an amended
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Said Section 2 now reads as follow.

lature proposed an amendment to Sec
ton Two (2) of Article six>of the Con-
StitutiOn.
Said Section 2 now reads as %follovsi
Section 2. SUPREME. co Tt
one chief justice and two associate JUS
tees, but the number OF associate JUS
tices may be increased to a number
by a two-thEds vote, when it shall be
deemed necessary. 1t shall have orig
inal jurisdiction in such remedial cases
peliate Jurisdiction in ali cases, both in
law and equity, but there shall be no
trial by jury in said court. It shall
seat of government, and the legislature
may provide. by a s,t tWo Sthr kh, vote t.:
h heI5 in nn each dsr on any IN e judicial k1A district frSat It It
shall be the duty of such court to ap-
point q reporter Of it's decisions. There
shall be +S chosen, by the e,.aI %al df d. elee-
preme court, who shall hold his office
Tor the term of four years, and until
his successor is duly elected and quail
court, or a majority of them, shall have
the power to- fill any vacancy in the
office of clerk of the supreme court
If the proposed amendment is adopt
ed the section will then read as fol-
lows:
shall consist Of one chief justice
and six associate justices. Five
shall constitute a quorum, and the
concurrence Of at least FOL 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. It shall hold
one or more terms in zach year,
as the legislature may direct, al
the seat of government, and tho
legislature may provide, by a two
thirds vote, hat one term in each
year shall be held in each or any
judicial district. It shall be the
duty Of such court to appoint a re-
porter of it's decisions and a clerk
of the supreme court"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Su-
preme 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 be
added to the court and the clerk will
be appointed by the court instead of
being elected by the voters.
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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.

No. 1876
ORDER FOR HEARING PETITION FOR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
State of Minnesota, County of Henne.
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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 forthwlth publishing this order
ono in each week, for three successive
weeks in the Echo de pOuest a news
paper printed and published IN said
county
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shall have passed the senate ana
f 1Saai o to tRs rsiss q each IN house e9a.
and the joint rules Of the two
houses, siaii. before t becomes :
law. be presented to the governor
81 shall he sign s1a's and Z DEPOSIT pc iapP It IN the hs
office of the secretary Of state for
preservation. and notify the house
where it originated Of the fact.
R bia II dh not; he shall III return fts it, 1t; With II
which it shall fave Originated:
when such objections shall be en-
tered at large on the journal Of
the same. and the house shall pro,
after such reconsiderstio S two %:
thirds of that house shall agree to
pass the bill, it shall be sent, to.
gether with the objections. to the
% Steer b house rse,o by TniSn 1t ana sha = Ike e.
house it shall become a law. But
IN all such cases the votes Of both
houses shall be determined by
the persons Voting for or against
the bill shall be entered on the
journal of EACH; house respective
~ +,rna + any bill s 1naarn not &c be re-,
t tSresa days Hy tn tsua sdGxssn0 exc w5{e53
to him, the same shall be a law in
like manner as If he had signed
it, unless the legislature by adj
shall not be a law: The governor
may approve, sign and file in the
office Of the secretary Of state,
j %'1f1n three e aay' le aitia tns a ady
act passed during the last three
days Of the session, and the sam9
shall become a law. If any bill
presented to the governor contaihs
Of such items in whole or in
part: while approying OF h other
portion Of the bill. In such case
time Of signing it, a statement Of
the items and parts Of items to
which he objects. and the part Of
n a n1} so objected to
i at n be tn tak ses shset: he IS 5h sas t asg1s.
init to the house in which the bill
originated a copy of such state-
ment, M the items objected to in
Whole or in part shall be s%eparats.
be approved by t~wo-thirds Of the
members elected to each house,
the same shall be a part Of the
law, notwithstanding the 9bjsc.
provisions Of this section, in rela-
ton to bills not approved by tho
governor, shall apply. in cases in
which he shall withhold his ap-
proval in whole or in part, from
any item or items contained in a
bill appropriating money"
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Undel
he Constitution as 1T now is, the gov
rnor ma veto any item In an appro'
bill, but he cannot cut dowl
The amount appropriated for any spe'
life purpose. The amendment, If adopt
ID, will give the governor power t.
'educe the amour of an appropriation
any given purpose, unless upol
to the legislature of 4
Of h part of an item of N
bill to vh1t& he objects
he two houses, each by a two-third'
7ote, approve the item al 1T was origin
lily passed.
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.

BY Chapter 1856, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by tha
electors an amendment of Section z,
Article 6, of the constitution.
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BY Chapter $50, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, a amendment of Section Six
co., of Article Eight go of the Con-
stitution.
Section Six as it now stands reads
as follows,
sCHoOL FUNDs - The permanent
school and university fund Of this state
may be invested in the bonds OF any
county, school district, city, town or
vestment shall be made until approved
by the board of commissioners desig-
mated by law to regulate the invest,
the permanent university fund Of this
state; nor shall such loan or invest
ment be made when the bonds, to be
entire bonded Indebtedness exceed n
teen per cen of the assessed valuation
of the taxable real property of the
county, school district, city, town or
such loans or indebtedness be made at
a lower rate Of interest than three per
cent per annum. nor for a shorter Pc
T perio fha th1 hye tW yeads; n gear rer q and iGns ne
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
of such bonds from any liability for
taxation to pay such n d
If the proposed amendment is adopts
ed it will then read as follows:
The permanent school and uni
invested in the bonds of n coun-
ty, school district. city. town or
village of this state, and in first
mortgage loans secured upon i'm
Of his state. But no such invest:
ment or loan shall be made until
approved by the board of commits
sioners DESIGNATED by law to regu-
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
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
loan would exceed 80 per cent of
the actual cash value Of the farm
land mortgage to secure said in
vestment; nor shall such invest
ments or loans be made at a low.
er rate Of interest than 8 per cent
per annum, nor for a shorter period
than five years, nor for a longer
period than thirty years, and no
f frie9, city, St t 4iiias ee"n Or s Of County a'ey
lines shall relieve he 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 AKA
ton to pay such bonds"
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4

BY Chapter 1892, Laws 1915, the legis.
lature proposed an amendment to Sec.
ton Two (2) Of Article Six>of the Con-
Stitution.
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By Chapter 1888, Laws 1915, the legis-
lature proposed for adoption by the
electors, an amendment OF Section
Constitution.