Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1920-10-22

and shall not bear interest at a great
er rate than five per cent per annum:
fund shall not be adequate to meet
the payment of the principal and in
terest of the bonds authorized by the
legislature as hereinbefore provided,
the legislature may provide by law for
the taxation of all taxable property
fd the state ate d in an amount On it fq may IN
sinking fund moneys in the state
Section S. Any and ali provisions
of the constitution of the state Of
Minnesota inconsistent with the pro
pealed. so far, but only SO far. as the
same prohibit or limit the power OF
TIE legislature to enact laws auth9ro
taing or permitting the doing OF the
things hereinbefore authorized.
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
AMENDMENT.
The purpose of the proposed amend
ment is to establish and provide for the
construction and maintenance of a sys-
tenn of roads and highways in the state
of Minnesota to be known as The
Trunk Highway SYSTEM" The effect OF
the proposed amendment, if adopted, will
be to establish and authorize the enact
ment of laws, providing for the con-
/ improvements o"A
nance by the state of the high
ways described in a general way
in the amendment, which highways are
to be more specifically and definitely To-
Gated in a manner to be prescribed by
law, but any such law must provide that
in fixing a definite location Of the vari-
Gus routes there shall not be any de-
Walton from the starting point or ter
mini described in the routes set forth in
the amendment, nor shall there be a de.
Walton in the fixing Of the routes from
the various villages and cities named in
the amendment, and through which the
routes are to pass.
If the amendment is adopted, the leg
~isIature will be thereby authorized to
provide by law for the issuance and sale
of the bonds of the state to raise money
for the creation of a trunk Highway
Fund" 20 be expended for the construc-
ton of the roads embra led ir the trunk
highway system. The legislature cannot,
however, issue bonds in any one year ex-
ceeding in amount of the par value there
of the sum of $40, ooo, oco, nor can the ag-
gregate of all outstanding unpaid bonds
ever exceed SIS, ooo,o 900. Bonds cannot
be sold for less than par or bear inter-
est at a greater rate than five per cent
per annum.
The adoption of the amendment will
also confer on the legislature authority
to levy a tax on motor vehicles, using
the public streets and highways, on a
more onerous basis than other personal
property is taxed. The proceeds of such
tax will be credited to the Highway Sink
ina Fund, which is to be used to pay
| honAe icc,ad &C ahnvo. anv SiIrn1IS in
the Highway Sinking Fund not needed
for the retirement of bonds to be trans
ferred to the Trunk Highway Fund. Mo.
tor vehicles taxed by any law passed by
the legislature under the amendment,
will not be subject to any other tax, ex-
cept that a wheeIage tax may be i'm
posed on such vehicles by any borough,
city or village, If they see fit to do so.
In case the tax on motor vehicles Is
not sufficient to pay the principal and
interest of the bonds issued, the legisIa-
ture, in case Of the adoption of tho
vide by law for the taxation of all the
amount sufficient to meet the deficiency,
or 1t may, In it's discretion, appropriate
to such Highway Sinking Fund any
"OuSyS W IuS la !'S0SS'y W. Ss'S'
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Chapter ts 49, 3d. s Session 7ai Laws gre of Minn sn
amendment to section Z of article VI OF
the constitution of the state of Mime
sofa. Said section now reads as follows:
Section Z. There shall be estab-
lished in each organized county, IN
f be a st co9r { pr pfo reeord foa ana T be hel lat at
such times and places as may be pre-
scribed by law. It shall be held by
voters of the county for the term Of
two years. He shall be a resident OF
such county at the time Of his elf G;s
continuance in office. and his com
pensation shall be provided by law, He
noSe b 5pp0 been his eiec fwn 6 6tarf the wf lege
%islature may authorize the election,
by the electors of any county, OF one
of Office and compensation shall be
prescribed by law: 4 probate court
estates of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9TH
er Jurisdiction: except as prescribed
by this constitution"
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word "four' for the word
"two" so that the sentence prescribing
the duration Of the term of office of pro-
bate Judges will, if the amendment Is
adopted, read as follows:
at shall be held by one judge, who
shall be elected by the voters of the
county for the term Of four years."
The purpose of said amendment and its
effect, If adopted, will be to make the
term Of office Of judge Of probate four
years instead Of two. y
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.
of Minnesota for the year 1919, proposes
an amendment to Section l of Article TX
of the constitution of said state. Said
section now reads as follows:
Section l.; The power Of taxation
ed or contracted away: Taxes shall
subjects, and shall be levied and col
| lected for public purposes, but pub.
lie burying grounds, public school
houses, public hospitals, academies,
les Of learning, all churches. church
property. and houses of worship, in
stitutions Of purely public charity.
for any public purpose. shall be ex-
empt from taxation, and there may be
exempted from taxation perssoanaal
property eecS b not sKGeedii ngiJ IN value og S Se9Gi
of a family, as the legislature may de-
termine: Provided, that the legisla-
ture may authorize municipal corpor-
ments for local improvements upon
property benefited thereby without re-
gard to a cash valuation, and pro-