Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-10-13


n 1i exceed in the aggregate, ten mil
non collars, par value, and provided.
bonds issued and unpaid Shall not at
any time exceed seventy five million
t6e sae par "a s Xaue hon The @ Of
ersditsd to tie trunk h fs S:H:e fu anl
Any bonds so issued and sold shall
be for a term not exceeding twenty
900 years. They shall not be sold for
less than par and accrued interest
er rate than five per cent per annum.
In case Of the trunk highway sinking
fund shall not be adequate to met
the payment of the principal and in
terest of the bonds authorized by the
legislature as hereinbefore pro. iled
the legislature may provide by L'w for
the taxation of all taxable pl operty
or the state in an amount sufficient
to meet the deficiency. or it may in
sinking fund moneys in the state
treasury not otherwise apirO .?riated
sfGtion s. Any and az pr9ys on ms
Minnesota inco:- WITT tn pro-
visions of this article are hereby
sse Fiji o or GnY f4e far t Of
the Legislature to enact laws author
izing or permitting the doing of the
thlnSS herelnDetOre 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 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-
struction, improvement and mainte-
nance by the state Of the high
ways described in general way
in the amendment, which highways
to be more specifically and definitely To-
Gated In 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 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
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 a trunk Highway
ton Of the roads embraced in the trunk
highway system. The legislature cannot,
however, issue bonds in any one year ex-
ceedng in amount Of the par value there
OF the sum Of SIC, 900 900, nor can the az
oreoate Of all outstanding unpaid bonds
ever exceed So, 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
! 1lso confer on the legislature authority
to levy a tax motor vehicles, using
1 the public streets and highways, on
| more onerous basis than other personal
property is taxed. The proceeds of such
! tax viii! 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
| tho legislature under the amendment,
| will not be subject to any other tax, ex-
! cept that a wheelaoe tax may be in-
! 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 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 sother.
wise appropriated.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
Chapter 5s1, Session Laws of Mime
s9ta for the year 1872 proposes an
the constitution of the state of Mime
sofa. Said section now reads as follows:
Section 7. There shall be estab-
1ished in each organized county in
the state probate court, which shall
such times and places as may be pre-
scribed by law. It shall be held by
Voters Of the equity for 't the term y of of
two years. He shall be a resident of
such county at the time of his cleo
continuance in office, and his COM
pensation shall be provided by law. He
may appoint his own clerk where
islature may authorize the election.
by the electors of any county. of one
county. whose powers, duties. term
f BY sw p 5eh sea eou ne
estates Of deceased persons and per-
sons under guardianship, but no 9TH
er 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 Of pro-
bate judges will, If the amendment Is
adopted, read as follows:
ut 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 It's
effect, If adopted, will be to make the
term Of office Of judge Of probate four
years instead Of two.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 3.
Chapter 532 Session Laws of the state
OF Minnesota for the year 1919, proposes
an am to Section Of Article
section now reads as follows:
Section l: The power of taxation
shall never be surrendered. suspend
ed or contracted away. Taxes shall
be uniform upon the same class Of
iected for public purposes, but pub
houses: public hospitals. academies,
les OF learning, all churches. church
stitutions Of purely public charity.
empt from taxa ton: and there may be
not i1 vaSe $685.
for each household. individual or head