The Tomahawk., 1920-10-14
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
AMENDMENT.

| POHPOSE AMI w
AMENDMENT.
The purpose Of the proposed amend.
ment Is to establish and provide for the
| construction and maintenance OF sys-
| tenn Of roads and highways in the state
| of Minnesota to be known as "The
| Trunk Highway SYSTEM" The effect OF
the proposed anne ndment, If 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 general way
in the amendment, which highways are
to be more specifically and definitely To-
Gated In a manner to be prescribed oy
law, but any such law must provide fhat'
| 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 u"
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 the
| routes are to pass
| IT the amendment Is adopted, the leg
| islature 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 construc.
ton Of the roads embraced In the trunk
| highway system. The legislature cannot
however, issue bonds In any one year ex-
ceedino in amount Of the par value there
Of the sum of SIC, 900 900, nor can the az
areaate of all outstanding unpaid bonds
| ever exceed $4,000, 900. Bonds cannot
| for lace 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
| 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 wheelaoe tax may be I'M
| posed on such vehicles by any borough,
city or village, If they sec 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 legisla-
| ture, in case Of the adoption OF tho
| amendment, will be empowered to pro-
vide by law for the taxation OF all tho
taxable property Of the state In an
| amount sufficient to meet the deficiency
| or it may, In its discretion, appropriate
to such Highway Sinking Fund any
moneys in the state treasury not other.
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. z.
Chapter SCI, Session Laws of Mime
sofa for the yea, 1872 Proposes rf}c9s 3, an ~
the constitution Of the state of Mime
sofa. Said section now reads as follows:
"section T. There shall be estab-
lished in each organized county IN
the state probate court t, Which Sa ;1ai shall II
scribed by law. It shall be held by
sdg t %no eoaaty o for the
two years. He shall be resident of
such county at the time Of his eleG.
SENSATION shall il be provided by law: He
mo ay hRpoba BEEN h eieeed but the eg
islature may authorize the, election.
by the electors of any county OF one
county. whose powers, duties. term
Of office and compensation shall be
Ss1a by aX Rroe oHer eo te
estates Of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9th:
BY this constitution"
The amendment simply proposes to
substitute the word "four" for the word
1.-TWO" SO that the sentence prescribing
the duration Of the term Of office Of pro-
bate judges will, IL the amendment 10
adopted, read az 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 lee
effect, II adopted, Will be to make the
term Of office Of judge Of probate four
years instead Of two.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. ;.
Chapter 532 Session Laws Of the stats
Of Minnesota for the year 1913, proposes
Of the constitution OF said state. Said
section now reads as follows:
Section 1. The power Of taxation
shall Rs psss
be uniform upon the same class Of
| subjects, and shall be levied and COLI g
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-
| empt from taxation, and there may be
| exempted from taxation personal
property not exceeding in value $500,
for each household, individual or head
Of family. as the legislature may de-
termine: Provided, that the 1egisla-
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 /.
gross earnings OF ratiroads."
Coon sinued OLE Pnge So