The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-10-21
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
AMENDMENT.

FOHFOSE AMI EFFESi VI
AMENDMENT.
The purpose Of the proposed amend.
ment Is to establish and provide for tho
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, viii
be to establish and authorize the enact.
ment of laws, providing for the con.
structlon, Improvement and mainte-
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 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 irs
the amendment, nor shall there be de.
Walton in the fixing of the routes from
the various villages and cities named in
the amendment, and through which tho
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 trunk Highway
Fund" to be expended for the construe-
tion 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, ooo, 900, nor can the az
sresate of all outstanding unpaid bonds
ever exceed $75,ooo,ooo. 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 tax on motor vehicles, using
the public streets and highways, on a.
more onerous basis than other personals
property Is 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 wheeIaee tax may be inn
posed on sucil 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 iegisIa-
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 1t may, In Its discretion, appropriate
to such Highway Sinking Fund any
moneys In the state treasury not other
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Chapter 5s1, Session Laws of Mime
sofa for the year 1919, proposes am
amendment to section of article VI or
the constitution of the state OF Mime
sofa. Said section now reads as foilows-
SECTION T. There shall be estab-
lished in each organized county In
the state probate court, which shall
such times and places as may be pre-
scribed by law. 1t shall be held by
one Judge. who shall be elected by the
two years. He shall be resident Of
such county at the time OF his cleo
ton, and reside therein during his
pensation shall be provided by law. He
may appoint his own clerk where
none has been elected; but the leg
by the electors Of any county, of one
clerk or register of probate for such
county. whose powers. duties, term
prescribed by law. A probate court
shall have jurisdiction over the
S put and
er jurisdiction, except as prescribed
by this constitution"
The amendment simply proposes %
substitute the word "four" for the wore
1.-TWO" % that the sentence preserIbIWo
the duration of the term Of office Of pro.
bate judges will, II the amendment 10
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 II adopted, will be to make the
term Of office Of judge Of probate four
years instead Of two.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. s.
Chapter 5a2 Session Laws of the state
OF Minnesota for the year 1919, proposes
an amendment to Section l of Article TX
Of the constitution of said state. said
Sectlon now READS as folloWS:
Section 1: 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 col
lected for public purposes. but pub
lie burying grounds, public school
houses. public hospitals, academies,
colleges, universities and all seminar
les of learning, all churches, church
property, and houses of worship, In
situations Of purely public charity,
and public property used exclusively
for any public purpose, shall be ex-
exempted from taxation personal
property not exceeding in value 5000,
for each household, individual or head
Of family, as the legislature may de-
termine: Provided, that the legisla
ture may authorize municipal corpor-
atoms to levy and collect assess
ments for local improvements upon
property benefited thereby without re-
GARD. to a. cash valuation. and pro-
vided further, that nothing herein
contained shall be construed TO AFFECT
modify or repeal any existing law
providing for the taxation Of the