Twin-City herald. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1927-1940, 1934-10-06
Proposed
Amendments
60 the
Constitution
Minnesota
To be submitted at 1884 General
Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
HARRY H. PETERSON
Attorney General
St. Paul, Minnesota, May 1, 1894
Honorable Mike HclEn,
Secretary of State,
HARRY H. PETERSON
Attorney General
Honorable Mike Holrn,
Secretary of State,


Secretary of State,
Dear Sir:
In compliance with the provisions Of
Section rs of Mason's Minnesota Sta
tutes of 1927. | herewith furnish you
statement of the purpose and effect OF
all proposed amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the State of Minnesota which
are to be submitted to the electors OF
said state at the general election in 1884,
in accordance with certain acts adopted
by the 1898 legislature
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. I.
By the adoption of Chapter 439, Laws
1888, the legislature has PROPOSED an
amendment to Section l. Article 16 OF
the State Constitution.
This section now reads as follows:
There is hereby created and estab-
lished a trunk highway system.
which shall be located, constructed,
reconstructed, improved and forever
maintained as public highways. h"
the State of Minnesota. The said
highways shall extend as nearly as
may be along the following described
routes, the more specific AMI definite
location of which shall he fixed and
determined by su"h boards. officers
or tribunals, and in such manner. as
shall he prescribed by law, but in fix
ing such specific and definite routes
there shall not he anv deviation from
the starting points or terminals set
forth in this bill. nor shall there be
any deviation in fixing such routes
from the various VILLAGES and cities
named herein. through which such
routes are to paEs
ROUTE NO. 1.
Beginning at point on the boundary
line between the states of MinnesotH, and
Iowa, southeastern at Albert "a and
thence extending in a northwe6terlv 'f-
rection to point in Albert Lea ami thence
nYtondinp N nOrthnrlv direction a
point and on the southorly limits Of the
city of st. Paul and then beginning at
point on the northerly limits Of the
city of st. Paul and thence extending in
a northerly direction to point on the
westerly limits of the city of Duluth and
then beginning al point on the norther-
ly limits of the city of Duluth and
thence extending in a northeasterlv di-
reetion to point on the boundary tine
between the state of Minnesota AMI the
province of Ontario. affordirg Albert
Lea, Owatonna. Faribault, NorthfeId.
Pennington. st. Paul, White Bear. For
est Lake. Wyoming, Rush City. Pine
City, Hinckley, Sandstone. Moose Lake.
Marais and intervening AMI 49,
communities a reasonable means Of COM
municaton, each with the other and 9th
er places within t"e state
ROUTE NO..
Beginning at noint on Route No. I
luth and thence extending in south
westerly direction along said Route No
to a point on said route at Carlton end
thence extending in a westerly direction
to a point on the east bank of the R~I
River of the North at Moorhead, afford
ing Duluth, Carlton, McGregor. AitlIin.
Brainerd, Motley, Staples. Wadona. Do
troit Moorhead. and intervening and al
jacent communities reasonable means
of communication, each with the Other
and other Dl2 cPS within the state.
ROUTE NO. 8.
Beginning at a noint on the BOUNDARY
line between the states of Minnesota "nh
Wisconsin. westerly Of La Crosse. Wis
westerly direction to a point on the east
erly limits of the CITY of st, Paul and
then beginning at point on the wester-
ly limits of the city OF Minneapolis and
thence extending in a n6rthw"stnrlv di-
rection to point on the east bank or
the Red River of the North nj H~""'i2n-
ridge. affordIng Ia Crescent. Wirona
Kellogg, Wabasha, Lake City. Red Wing.
Hastings. St. Paul, Minr eapols. Osseo,
Champlin. Anoka. Elk River, Big Lake.
st. Cloud, Albany, Sank Corter. Alexan-
dria, Elbow Lake, Fergus Falls. BreclS-
enridge and intervening and adjacent
communities reasonabis means OF
communication each with the other and
other places within the state.
ROUTE NO. a.
Beginning at a point on the boundary
line between the states of Minnesota and
Iowa, southwesterly of Jackson and
thence extending in northerly direction
to a point on Roate No g. southeaster-
ly of Sank Center and thence extending
in a northwesterly direction along said
Route No. to a point on said route at
Sank Center and thence extending in
a northerly direction to point at Inter
national Falls, affording Jackson. VIM
dom, Sanborn, Redwood Falls. Morton.
Olivia, Wilmar. Paynesville, Sank Cen
ter, Long Prairie. Wadena, Park Rapids,
Itasca State Park, Bemidji. Information
communities reasonable means of COM
munication, each with the other and
other places within the state.
ROUTE NO. 5.
Beginning at point on the boundary
line between the states of Minnesota and
Iowa. southerly of Blue Earth and thence
extending in a northeastern direction to
point on the southerly limits of the city
of Minneapolis and then beginning at
point on the northerly limits of the city
of Minneapolis and thence extending in
a northerly direction to a point in Swan
River on Route No. s, hereinafter de-
scribed. affording Blue Earth. Winnie
bago. Mankato, st. Peter, LIE Sueur, Jor-
dan, Shakopee. Minneapolis. Cambridge.
Mora, McGregor, Swan River and inter-
vening and adjacent communities a rea-
sonable means of communication. each
with the other and other places within
the state.
ROUTE NO. 6.
Beginning at point on the boundary
line between the states of Minnesota and
Iowa. southerly of Ash Creek. and thence
extending in a northerly direction to a
point on the boundary line between the
state of Minnesota and the province of
Manitoba. near ST. Vincent, affording
Luverne, Pipestone, Lake Benton. Ivan
hoe. Candy, Madison, Bellingham Odes-
sa. ortonville, Graceville, Dumont.
Wheaton. Breckenridge, Moorhead Krag-
mes. Georgetown, Perley. Hendrum. Ada.
Crookston, Warren, Donaldson. Hallock.
and intervening and adjacent communi-
ties a reasonable means of communica-
ton, each with the other and other
places within the state.
ROUTE NO. 7.
Beginning at point on Route No. :
at Winona and thence extending in a
westerly direction to a point on the
boundary line between the states of Min
nesota and South Dakota, westerly OF
Lake Benton. affording Winona. st.
Charles. Rochester, Kasson, Dodge Cen
ter. Claremont Owatonna, Waseca, Man
kato. st. Peter, New Ulm, Springfield.
Tracy, Lake Benton and intervening and
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