The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-10-21
Proposed
Amendments
to the
Constitution
of the
State of Minnesota

tOCdCO Oh lV1lIl1ICSOl0
Submitted by the Legislature at its
General Session, 1881, to the People
of Minnesota at the General 1882
Election Together with Statements OF
Purpose and Effect
of each
Prepared by
HENRY N. BENSON
Attorney General of Minnesota
Addressed to
MIKE HOLM
Secretary of State
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
LEGAL DEPARTMENT..
HENRY N. BENSON,
Attorney General.
HON. MIKE HOLM,
Secretary OF State.
Pursuant to Mason's Minnesota Sta
tutes of 1927, section 46, herewith
transmit q statement of the purposes
to the constitution of the state OF
Minnesota which are to be submitted
to the electors of the state at the 1882
general election, in accordance with
certain acts adopted by the Legislature
ct the 1881 session thereof.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO.
BY the adoption of Laws 1881, chap.
ter 420, the legislature has proposed
an amendment to article 3, section i
of the constitution, relating to taxa
tion. This section now reads as FOL
lows:
'The power of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended
or contracted away. Taxes shall
be uniform upon the same class
of subjects, and shall be levied and
collected for public purposes, but
public burying grounds, public
school houses, public hospitals,
academies, colleges, universities,
and all seminaries of learning, all
churches church property and
houses of worship, institutions of
purely public charity, and public
property used exclusively for any
from taxation, and there may be
exempted from taxation personal
property not exceeding in value
5000, for each household, individ-
legislature may determine: Pro-
vided, that the legislature may
authorize municipal corporations
to levy and collect assessments
Tor local improvements upon
erty benefited thereby without re-
gard to a cash valuation, and pro-
vided further, that nothing here
in contained shall be construed to
affect, modify or repeal any exist
ing law providing for the taxa
ton of the gross earnings of rail-
roads"
If amended as proposed, this section
will read as follows:
1.-THE power of taxation shall
never be surrendered, suspended
or contracted away. Taxes shall
be uniform upon the same class
of subjects, and shall be levied
and collected for public purposes,
but public burying grounds, pub
lie school houses, public hospitals,
and all seminaries OF learning, all
houses Of worship, institutions of
purely public charity, and public
property used exclusively for any
public purpose, shall be exempt
from taxation, and there may be
exempted from taxation personal
property not exceeding in value
5000, for each household, indivi-
dual or head Of the family, as the
legislature may determine. The
legislature may enact any law re-
quired to make the taxation OF
national banking associations con-
form to the laws Of the United
upon incomes and on franchises
and privileges measured by in
come, including income, franchises
and privileges of railroad COM
panies, which may be classified,
and which taxes may be graduated
and progressive, and the legisla-
ture may prescribe reasonable
exemptions, and such taxes may
be in lieu, in whole or in part, OF
taxes on any class or classes of real
or personal property as the legis-
1ature may determine. 1t shall'not
be necessary to submit to vote
of the people any law imposing
tax upon the income, franchises
or privileges of railroad COM
panies. Any and all provisions of
the constitution of this State In
consistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed. Provided, that the legis-
lature may authorize municipal,
corporations to levy and collect
assessments for local improvements
upon property benefited thereby
without regard to cash valua-
ton, and provided further, that
nothing herein contained shall be
construed to affect, modify or re-
for the taxation of the gross earn
ings of railroads"
The Purpose Of the Proposed Amendment
The proposed amendment Is Intended,
FIRST, to give the legislature specific au-
thorlty to enact such laws respecting
the taxation of national banking asso-
Citations as will conform to the laws OF
II II.