The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1920-10-30

| Section 5. Any and all provisions
Minnesota Inconsistent with the pro-
| VISIONS OF this article, are hereby re-
pealed, SO far, but only so far, as the
| SAME prohibit or limit the power Of
the legislature to enact laws author
ling or permitting the. doing. Of the
thlngS herelnbefOre authQrized.'
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
AMENDMENT.
The purpose of the proposed amend
! nent 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 1.-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-
| structon, 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 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 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 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 SO, ooo, 900, nor can the ag-
gregate 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 a tax on motor vehicles, using
the public streets and highways, on
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 a 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 tho
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. z.
so GhaP t 49, Session Laws Of Mnne3
amendment to section of article vi Of
the constitution of the state of Mnne-
sofa. Said section now reads as follows:
,, %ssction Z. =, There s1 be egtab.
be a court Of record. and si G be held f at
such times and places as may be pre-
4sGe S BY whc shalt s be es hf bS by
two years. He SHAH be a Resident Of
oa e ama es st the tra s Of du hS efd
pensation shall be provided by law: He
hs h eec}ed Snt the eg
islature may authorize the election,
by the electors of any county, of one
county, whose powers, duties, term
ar b1 sW shall aou b
estates of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9TH
er Jurisdiction, except as prescribed
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, If the amendment Is
adopted, read as follows:
at shall be held by one Judge, who
shall be elected by the voters Of tho
county for the term Of four years."
The purpose Of said amendment and It's
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 1 of Article *
Of the constitution of said state. Said
section 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-
empt from taxation, and there may be
exempted from taxation personal
property not exceeding in value $780,.
for each household, individual or head
of a family, as the legislature may de-
ter1nine: 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-