The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1920-10-20

g. fund shall not be adequate to meet
!: !, the payment of the principal and in
S. legislature as #hereinbe fore provided,
fhe legislatuie may proyldA bylaW rer
70 meet the deficiency, or it may
it's, discretion, appropria ate to- such 5:
sinking fund moneys in the state sz
section s.. Any and and at pGavisions
Minnesota inconsistent with the pro-. II.
pealed, 50 far, But only IS 50 far, as the
same prohibit or limit the power Of -:
The legislature to. enact avs anth Or,
izing or permitting the. doing of the
things hereinbefore authorized 2 .c:* Il.
Z PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF @7s .3 u
-. .AMENpMENT,7s.::ss-. ..s= l== s,=. I'M
y The purpose of the proposed amend
mont is to establish and provide for the
construction and maintenance Of a .sys-&
: TEN Of roads and highways in the, state
of Minnesota to be known as 1'The
Trunle Highway System" K The effect of
the proposed amendment, If adopted, will
r. to establish and authorize the enact
mont of laws, providing. for the con-
structon, Improvement and NANTES
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-. Y
Gated in a manner to be prescribed by
law, but any such law must provide. that
in fixing a definite location of the vari-
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 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. H.
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 construc-
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 $1o,o0o,o 900, nor can the az
gregate of all outstanding unpaid bonds
ever exceed $75,ooo,ooo. Bonds cannot
be sold for less than par or bear inter-
est at 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
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 Wheelage 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 Iegisla-
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 its discretion, appropriate
to such Highway Sinking Fund, any
moneys in the state treasury not other
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Chapter 531, Session Laws of Minne-
sofa for the year 1919, proposes an
amendment to section 7 of article vi of
the constitution of the state of Mime
t'Section 7. There shall be estab-
lished in each organized county in
the state probate court, which shall
be a court of record, and be held at
such times and places as may BE- pre-
S Scri9ed by law -, It t, shall be held by
two years. He shall be a resident of
on e snd yesdd the fntra time Of his ef Ss
pensation shall be provided by law: He
hPR been his eecsd 6 6af bs whs r
stature may authorize the election,
by the electors of any county, of one
county, - whose ' powers roD duties, ' term
of office and compensation shall be
prescribed by law: A probate court
estates Of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9TH
err jurisdiction, except as prescribed
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 ct pro-
bate judges will, if the amendment Is
adopted, read as follows: ~, ga
<..s*<
"It 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 I
years Instead Of two. = g.. ~ =
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.
Chapter 532 Session Laws of the state {
of Minnesota for the year 1918, proposes
an amendment to Section of Article TX
of the constitution of said state. Said
section now reads as follows: ~ 49,.
*tSection 1. The power of taxation IL
4 shall never be surrendered, suspend
: ed or contracted away. Taxes shah z
be uniform upon the same: class of
r Subjects and shall be levied and COL f.
'lected for public purposes, but pub ~
!. lie burying grounds, public school e
houses, public hospitals, academies
colleges universities and all, seminar
les of learning, all churches, church
property and houses Of worship, in s
stitutions of purely public charity, IN
and fJ1h1ic I511ead