Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-10-29

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| er rate than five per cent per annum.
In case of the trunk highway sinking
fund shall not be adequate to meet en
! terest of the bonds authorized by the
legislature as hereinbefore provided.
the taxation of all taxable property
of the state in an amount sufficient
It's mHs fe 1t to may SUCH
sinking fund moneys in the Ell, state tat
OF. the constitution Of the state of
Minnesota inconsistent with the pro
peai E SO far far but only 50 far. as the
/ same prohibit or limit the power of
ling G 'e 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 "Ths
Trunk Highway System" The effect Of
the proposed amendment, II adopted, will
be to establish and authorize the enact
ment of laws, providing for the con-
struction, Improvement and mainte-
! nance by the state of the high
ways described IN 2SHSTdl 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.
! IL the amendment Is adopted, the leg
IsIature will be thereby authorized to
i 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" to be expended for the construo"
| ton Of the roads embraced In 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 $40 900 900, nor can the au-
uresate 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 q
more onerous basis than other personal
I property 10 taxed. The proceeds of such
tax will be credited to the Highway Sink
Ing Fund, which Is to be used to pay
bonds Issued as above; any surplus 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 Inn
posed on such vehicles by any borough
oIty or village, II they see fit to do SO.
In case the tax on motor vehicles IL
not sufficient to pay the principal and
interest Of the bonds issued, the IesisIa-
ture, In case Of the adoption of the
amendment, will be empowered to pro-
vide by law for the taxation Of all the
taxable property Of the state In an
amount sufficient to meet the deficiency,
or It may, In It's discretion, appropriate
to such Highway Sinking Fund any
moneys In the state treasury not other
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. e.
Chapter 5s1, Session Laws of Mime
/ amendment to section 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 n
be a court Of record, and be held at
such times and places as may be pre-
one Judge, who ho shall f be elected by the
voters of the county for the term OF
! two years. He shall be res1denG OF
such county at the time OF his eleC-
ton, and reside therein during his
pensatfon shall be provided by law. He
may appoint his own clerk where
none has been elected; but the leg
! islature may authorize the election,
clerk or register of probate for such
+ Of office and compensation shall be
prescribed by law. probate court
estates of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9th.
by 1 tbs eonsteutf o6ePt as
The amendment simply proposes 20
substitute the word t'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:
"It shall be held by one Judge, who
ehalI be elected by the voters Of the
county for the term Of four years."
The purpose Of said amendment and Its
effect, II adopted, will be to make the
term Of office Of Judge Of probate four
years Instead Of two.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.
Chapter 532 Session Laws OF the state
Of Minnesota for the year 1919, proposes
an amendment to Section l OF Article *
| Of The constitution of said state. Said
section now reads as follows:
Section /. The power Of taxation
shall never be surrendered, suspend
ed or contracted away. Taxes shall
be uniform upon the same class Of
subjects, and shall be levied and coli
lected for public purposes, but pub;
lie burying grounds, public school
houses, public hospitals, academies,
colleges, universities and all seminar