The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-10-04
Thursday, October 4, 1884

in value 5000, for each household.
individual or head OF family,
and household goods and farm
machinery, as the legislature may
determine:
Provided, that the legislature.
may authorize municipal corpora
lions to levy and collect assess
ments for local improvements up
on property benefited thereby
without regard to a cash valua-
ton, and provided further, that
nothing herein contained shall be-
construed to affect, modify or re-
peal any existing law providing
for the taxation of the gross earn
ings Of railroads"
The Purpose and Effect of the Pro-
posed Amendment
The purpose and effect OF this
amendment Is to grant to the IeoIs.
fature, In addition to the power now
granted by said section to exempt per-
sonal property, the authority to ex.-
empt from taxation, such households
farm machinery Of each farm, as IT
may see fit. BY the present Section
I Of Article the legislature Is grant,
ed the authority to exempt from tax
alton unspecified personal property
not exceeding in value $500 for each
household, individual, or head Of q
family.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 4.
BY the adoption of Chapter 443 Of
the Laws of 1888 the legislature has
proposed an amendment to Article 3.
of the State Constitution. This amend
ment will not add to or alter any ex--
listing section of the Constitution, but
will add a new section to be known
- Att
posed amendment reads as follows:
'.Any Of the public lands of the
state, including lands held in
trust for any purpose, may, with
the approval of commission con-
sisting Of the governor, the attor-
ney general and the state auditor,
be exchanged for lands Of the UNI
ted States and other privately
owned lands as the legislature
may provide, and the lands SO
acquired shall be subject to the
trust, if any, to which the lands
exchanged therefor were subject,
and the state shall reserve all
mineral and water and water pow
er rights in lands so transferred
by the state"
The Purpose and Effect Of the Pro-,
posed Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this
amendment Is to authorize the ieols-
Iature to provide for exchanging any
of the public lands OF the state for
lands of the United States and land
privately owned, such exchanges to
be made with the approval of COM
mission consisting of the governor,
the attorney general and the state
auditor. Such exchanges OF land can.
not now be made because the State
Constitution does not permit the leg
islature to authorize the sale of school
lands, state swamp lands and state
Internal Improvement lands except by
public sale. One Immediate purpose
In granting such authority 10 to
make 1t possible for the state to ac-
estry and other conservation pur-
poses by exchanging land outside Of
such conservation areas for lands OF
the United States and privately own
ed lands within such areas.
The amendment requires that all
mineral rights, water rights and wa
ter power rights in lands so trans
ferred by the state shall be reserved.
The land SO acquired will become sub
ject to the same trust, If any, az the
land disposed Of. For example, IF
school land Is given In exchange, the
land received will become school land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.
BY the adoption of Chapter 444 Of
the Laws of 1888, the legislature
proposed an amendment to Section 1
of Article of the State Constitution.
At present Section / of Article 9 reads
as follows:
'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,
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
public purpose, shall be exempt
from taxation, and there may be-
exempted from taxation personal
$500, for each household, individ-
ual or head Of a family, as the
legislature may determine: Pro-
vided, that the legislature may
authorize municipal corporations
to levy and collect assessments
for local improvements upon prop
erty benefited thereby without re-
provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be con-
strued to affect, modify or repeal
any existing law providing for
the taxation Of the gross earn
ings of railroads"
If amended as proposed by the Leg
islature, said section will read as fol-
lows:
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,
academies, colleges, universities,
and all seminaries Of learning, ALI
churches, church property and
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, individ.
ual or head Of q family as the
legislature may determine. Acad-
emies. colleges, universities, and
all seminaries Of learning shall be
construed to mean the property
actually and exclusively used In
the instruction and housing OF
the students thereof, and resi-.
dences on the campus actually oc.
cupied by instructors of such in.
situations. Provided, that the
legislature may authorize munich.
pal corporations to levy and col.
lect assessments for local improve
ments upon property BENEFITED
thereby without regard to cash.
valuation, and provided further.
that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to affect, mod.
ify or repeal any existing law pro.
viding for the taxation Of the
gross earnings Of railroad"
The Purpose and Effect Of the pro-.
posAd Amendments