The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-19

idluTS THIS section VIII READ exactly Ine
same as Ii now reads except that the
last paragraph now appearing in this Sec
ton will be omitted therefrom, and in the
place of and instead of the paragraph so
omitted will appear a paragraph which
reads as follows
1.-THE legislature shall have author
tty to add new routes to such trunk
highway system. All new routes
added to the trunk highway system
by act of the legislature during the
session of 1888, are hereby ratified
and confirmed Provided. however,
that no such new routes shall be
added after the adoption of this
amendment. until and unless at least
seventy-five (75) per cent of the total
number of the miles of the routes
embraced in the trunk highway sys-
tenn heretofore created and estab-
lished either by Article 16 of the Con-
stitution of the State of Minnesota or
by the legislature under and pursuant
to said Article 16 shall have been con-
structed and permanently improved"
The Purpose and Effect of the Proposed
Amendment
The purpose and effect Of this amend
ment Is to ratify and confirm the estab.
Iishment of all new routes added to the
trunk highway system by the 1888 lepls-
iature, and to give the legislature un-
restricted authority to add new routes
to the trunk highway system after seven
ty-five (75) per cent of the total number
Of the miles of the routes established by
Article 16 of the State Constitution and
established by the legislature acting pur-
suant thereto prior to the time this
amendment was proposed, have been con.
struoted and permanently improved.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 2.
BY the adoption of Chapter AL of the
Laws of 1888, the legislature has pro-
posed an amendment to Section 10 of
Article of the State Constitution.
This section now reads as follows:
THE credit of the state shall never
be given or loaned in aid of any in
dividual, association or corporation,
except as hereinafter provided. Nor
shall there be any further issue of
bonds denominated Minnesota State
Railroad Bonds under what pur-
ports to be an amendment to section
ten Q0) of article nine 90 of the
Constitution, adopted April Is, 1858,
which is hereby expunged from the
Constitution, saving, excepting and
reserving to the state, nevertheless,
all rights, remedies and forfeitures ac-
cruing under said amendment. Pro-
vided, however, that for the purpose
of developing the agricultural re-
sources of the state, the state may
establish and maintain a system of
rural credits and thereby loan money
and extend credit to the people of
the state upon real estate security in
such manner and upon such terms and
COuOlIlOnS as may De prescribed by
law, and to issue and negotiate bonds
to provide money to be so loaned.
The limit of Indebtedness contained
in section of this article shall not
apply to the provisions of this Sec
ton, and the purposes for which the
credit of the state or the aforesaid
municipal subdivisions thereof may
be given or loaned as herein provided
are declared to be public purposes"
If amended as proposed by the legisla-
ture this section will read as follows:
''The credit of the state shall never
be given or loaned in aid of any in
dividual association or corporation,
except as hereinafter provided. Nor
shall there be any further issue of
bonds denominated Minnesota State
Railroad Bonds. under what purports
to be an amendment to Article 8,
Section 10 of the Constitution, adopt
ed April 18th, 1858. which is hereby
expunged from the Constitution, saw
ing, excepting and reserving to the
state, nevertheless, all rights, reme-
dies and forfeitures accruing under
said amendment. Provided, however,
that for the purpose of developing
the agricultural resources of the
state, the state may establish and
maintain system of rural credits
and thereby loan money and extend
credit to the people of the state upon
real estate security in such manner
and upon such terms and conditions
as may be prescribed by law, and to
issue and negotiate bonds to provide
money to be so loaned. The limit of
indebtedness contained in Section
of this article shall not apply to the
provisions of this section, and the
purposes for which the credit of the
state or the aforesaid municipal SUBJ
divisions thereof may be given or
loaned as herein provided are dec
Jared to be public purposes.
The legislature may authorize the
taxing of any lands, title to which is
acquired by the state through the
operation of such system of rural
credits, during the period such lands
are held by the state, and for the as
sessment thereof for benefits arising
from improvement, and may provide
for the payment of such taxes and
assessments out of the operation of
such system of rural credits. In lieu
of such taxation the legislature may
appropriate to the school districts,
towns, counties, cities, villages and
boroughs in which such lands are To-
Gated sums of money not exceeding
the amounts which would have been
realized by such governmental subdi-
visions from the assessments against
or taxation of such lands if privately
owned"
1t will be noted that the present Sec
ton 10 of Article remains unchanged
as the first paragraph of the proposed
amendment but that a second paragraph
is added to said section.
The Purpose and Effect of the Proposed
Amendment
The purpose of the proposed amend
ment Is to give the legislature the power
to do one of two things which 1t now
lacks the constitutional power to do,
namely: first, to authorize the taxing OF
any land, and the assessment OF bene-
fits for improvements against any land,
which the state has acquired and owns
or may acquire and own through the
operation of the system of rural credits
and to provide for the payment OF such
taxes and assessments out OF the funds
of the Rural Credit Department.; or, sec
ond, to appropriate to the counties.
towns, school districts, cities, villages and
boroughs In which are located lands ac-
CURED and owned by the state under
the rural credit acts sums OF money NOT
exceeding the amounts which would be
realized by said governmental subdivi-
sions from the taxation Of such lands
and from the assessment OF Dement'S
against such lands II owned by private
persons.
Under the Rural Credit Act the state
has become the owner of thousands OF
farms located in various counties OF the
state. As our State Constitution now
stands, such land, being owned by the
state, cannot be taxed. IL naturally fol-
lows that other land within the same tax
Ing district must pay higher taxes.
Likewise, the legislature does not now
have the power to appropriate to the
counties, towns, school districts, cities,
villages and boroughs any funds Of the
Rural Credit Department to reimburse
them for losses suffered by them be-
cause large areas of land acquired by the
state under the rural credit law thereby
have been removed from the tax rolls.
The effect OF the passing of this amend
ment, II the power thereby given Is
acted upon by the legislature, will be to
make dood to these local subdivisions,
In whole or in part, the loss they now
suffer because they cannot tax rural
credit land.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 8.
BY the adoption of Chapter 442 of the
Laws of 1888, the legislature has pro-
posed an amendment to Section l of Ar
ticle 9 of the State Constitution.
This section now reads as follows:
''The power of taxation shall never
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