,s *w^M~ 'iTw ,.it ,w T"* INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS ,, grants ar appropriation* etrquJatloa of tlve days and new be introduced aaanaat aohool and unlveralty funds mi no bill shall ^reposed to "add "an ... Treatment of Funds.—Suitable vwmupd by. law. In except Prpf either branch, on laws shall be enacted the thla State-in the benda of any county, by legislature lien to Article 8 of the Cwrtltstt— signers 'a#y~peution the written/request of the governor, for the safe investment or the aehool diatriot, city, town or village of last provided in this section «%aU kc known aa Section and which. dij| dliring the twenty (40) days of for of all funds which have heretofore principal, be one-half tne percentage speolfled thla State. Thla amendment, if adopted, of tead aa followa: such sessions, except the attention of arisen or which may hereafter in Subdivisions A, 1 and of the legislature shall be callra to some "will permit In addition to the foregoing from the dlsposl*"9® sale or other this seottain. Important matter of general Interest "Section 1. The following amend* of lands, the (ST of the such or income from inveatmeMs, said achool and univeralty by a special message* from the governor." ment to Article eight in before of •u.?h lands accruing any way aay «ase shall funda to he inveated also la "Tb* perq^Uf* In Constitution of the State Min­ sale or in to the disposition thereof, interest-bearlng pe based vm the total number of nesota is hereby proposed first mortgage loans secured upon Improved bonds of the United States, their oast at and substitutes therefor the following! •etes for governor th« next legal voters of sala state for or of the State of Minnesota, Issued and cultivated farm landa of preceding election. All petitions approval or their rejection, which the *ft«r year one thousand eight hundred shall thla State. The present Constitution provided tor in this section "Sec. 1. TWO HOUSES—SESSIONS.—The amendment when so approved shall and sixty (1&60), or of such other of contain the signature of not less Legislature shall eonslst provides that no Investment shall be be known as Section seven (T) law, state as the legislature may, by of the senate and bouse of representatives, than one-half of the designated said Article eight (8) and shall made for a longer period than twenty 9.2? tim« to time direct. which shall m**t biennially percentage of the electors in not read as follows: Swamp Lands.—Division of pro££Si years, while the proposed amendment at the seat of government less than one-fourth of the counties swamp lands now held by a of the state. In initiating 'Such of the school and other of the state, at such time as shall extends the period to thirty yeara. the State, or tJtjLt may hereafter accrue ?er ubllc lands of the state as are betadapted be prescribed by law, but no session law or constitutional amendment, Amend- "tate, shall be appraised and sold for the production of shall exceed the term of ninety electors who have signed the first in the same manner and by the same (90) legislative days, and no bill ahall be qualified to sign the second timber than for agriculture, may officers, and the minimum price shall petitldn. The sufficiency of all be set apart as state school forests, shall be Introduced in either be the same, less one-third (%), as is petitions shall be decided by the or other state forests as the legislature branch, except on the written request provided by law for the appraisement SIXTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. secretary of state subject to review may provide, and the legislature of the governor, during the and sale of the school lands under the may provide for the management last twenty days of such session, by the court. If the secretary of provisions of title one (1) of Chapter Is is The sixth proposed amendment except the attention of the legislature state decides that any petition of the same on forestry principles. thirty-eight (38) of the General Statute* shall be called to some Important insufficient, he shall permit a reasonable The net revenue therefrom contained In Chapter 589 of the Laws of The principal of all funds derived 1 matter of general Interest by time for making corrections shall be used for the purpose for from sales of swamp lands, as Minnesota for the year 1913. a special message from the governor wrhich the lands were granted to or for filing additional signatures. aforesaid, shall forever be preserved In the state'." but the people reserve to the event of legal proceedings PURPOSE: The purpose of this l"yl°late and undiminished. One-half Vilf themselves direct power, as follows: in court to prevent giving (ts) of the proceeds of said principal amendment la to make the term of office effect to any such petition on EFFECT: The effect of this amend' shall be appropriated to the common acoount of Insufficiency, or any of the Judge of Probate four yeara. ment, If adopted, will authorise the school fund of the state. The remaining "a. CONSTITUTIONAL INITIATIVE.—When other ground, the burden of proof This la an amendment of Section 7 of one-half shall be appropriated Legislature to set apart for state at any time prior to shall be upon the person attacking tothe educational and charitable institutions Article 0 of the Constitution, which the commencement of any session •chool forests or other atate forest^ the petition. No law or amendment the State in the relative of now reads as follows: of the legislature, there shall have tp the constitution initiated and •tate public lands which are bette# ratio of cost to support said institutions," been filed with the secretary of by tut aPP^Ove0 electors as here­ "Section 7. There shall be established adapted for timber than toe agrlcul* state a petition proposing an shall be in brovloed, held unconstlon in each organized eounty in the 'nr* and to manage the same upon foa* amendment to the constitution account of the State a probate court, which shall be a and adda thereto the following! signed by two per centum of the initiative petiwp«4 *stry principles. court of reeord, and be held at sueh electors of the state, the secretary repeal of wf time and plaees as may be prescribed "A revolving fund of not over of state shall transmit the submliUd by referendum petition by law. It shajl be held by oae Judge, to Hie Two Hundred Tifty Thousand Dollars same to the. legislature not later be htta Kivalid for sueh insuffieleney. who shall be elected by the voters of (9250,000) may be stt apart than ten days after the commencement the county for the tevm of two yeara from the funds derived from the of the session. If the amendment He shall be a resident of sueh eoaaty tointh proposed AMHwnaiKnfT. sale of ishfial and swamp lands, to sp proposed be. not submitted "4U initiative laws and constitutional at the time of his election, and veelde be used in eonstrueting roads, to the electors by the legislature amendments shall b® so submitted therein during his eontinuaaee ia office ditches and Are breaks in, through The tenth proposed amendment la at such session, or if it be submitted tp the electors as to permit and his compensation shall be provided §nd around unsold school and contained In Chapter 59S of the Laws of in an amended form, th$n an affirmative or negative vote by law. He may appoint his own swamp lands, such fnpd to be replenished Minnesota for the year 1911. upon a further petition or petitions, upon eaeh measure -submitted. If clerk where none has been elected but as long as needed from each signed by eight per centum •efinf'-*4-- the legislature may authorise the election, the enhanced value realized from of the elector of the state, filed By thla amendment It ia propoaed to by the electors of any county, of the sale of such lands so benefited." with the secretary of state within one clerk or register of probate for add to Article 7 of the Conatltutlon m* six months after the adjournment same election, the one receiving the such county, whose powers, duties, entirely new section, providing for of the legislature, the amendment highest number of affirmative term of office and compensation shall EFFECT* The effect of this amendIf recall, which shall read as follows: proposed in the first petition, or one votes shall prevail as to conflicting be prescribed by law. A probate court adopted, will be to permit the or more amended forms thereof, provisions. shall have jurisdiction over the estatea 1. (T) Section That Article Seven shall be submitted to the electors State to Improve the school and swamp of deceased persons and persons under for their approval or rejection at of the Constitution of the State of "The style of all legislative measures guardianship, but no other jurisdiction, landa of the State out of moneys derived of the the next general or special statewide Minnesota shall be and the same iM and amendments to the constitution except as prescribed by this Constitution," fSfem the sale of auch lands, and n?r*py amended by adding thereto^ election, occurring not less initiated by the people under at the end of said Article, a new than ninety days after the filing this section shall be: 'Be it enacted to briny the State Into line with the of any such further petitions. Any which shall be numbered by the people of the State of conditions of the Swamp Land Grant as and subatltutea therefor the followlngt amendment proposed by initiative Minnesota.' ®®ction 10 of said Article Seven (7) to drainage of such lands, by providing petition and, in its original or in an and which shall read as follows: "Section 7. Probate Court— amended form, submitted to the "The provisions of this section a revolving fund therefor, pending the Judges to be Sleeted—Jurisdiction. STATE OF *S®ctlon 10. Every public official electors by the legislature or by a may be enforced by appropriate ultimate application of the avails of 'There shall be established in each Minnesota, elective or appointive, further petition, shall become a legislation, but until such legislation organized county in the state a probate such grant to the common school fund shall be subject to recall from office part of the constitution, if approved has been enacted, this section court, which shall be a court by a majority of the electors voting by the electors of his official or shall be self-executing." of the State and the educational and of record, and be held at such time at said election, or by foursevenths electoral district as herein provided. charitable Institutions thereof. and places as may be prescribed by A petition demanding hi* of the electors voting on EFFECTi The efwt of this amendment, law. It shall be held by one judge, J®call setting forth the reasons the proposed amendment provided if adopted* will be to give to the who shall be elected by the voters therefor, signed by such number of not less than three-sevenths of the electors the privilege of submitting directly of the county for the term of four be electors in his district as shall electors voting at said election years. He shall be a resident of provided by law, which number voted for the proposed amendment. to the voters constitutional FOURTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT, such county at the time of his election, shall not be less than twenty per This section shall be construed as amendments, proposed legislation and and reside therein during his centum or more than thirty per a means in addition to Section one. The fourth proposed amendment is continuance in office and his compensation the right to suspend and annul laws centum of the total number of Article fourteen of the State Constitution contained in Chapter 587 of the Laws shall be provided by law. votes cast for governor in such for amending the same. enacted by the Legislature. He may appoint his own clerk district at the last preceding election, of Minnesota for the year 1913. where none has been elected but office shall be filed in the "b. STATUTORY INITIATIVE— PURPOSE: By this amendment It la the legislature may authorize the where petitions for nomination to When at any time prior to the commencement proposed to repeal the provisions of election by the electors of any such office are filed, or in such of any session of the SECOND PROPOSED AMENDMENT. county, of one clerk or register of other office as may be provided by Section 11 of Article 0 of the Constitution, legislature, there shall have been probate for such county, whose Submitted by the law, and the officer in whose office filed with the secretary of state a which section now reads as follows: The second proposed amendment is powers, duties, term of office and such nptition is filed, -l.a.: order a petition proposing a law, signed by compensation shall be prescribed contained in Chapter 585 of the Laws special election for su -call. If two per centum of the electors of by law. A probate court shall have such official shall ri within of Minnesota for the year 1913. "Section 11. There shall be published the state, the secretary of state Legislature at Its jurisdiction over the estates of deceased five days after such petition is filed, by the treasurer, in at least one newspaper shall transmit the same to the legislature PURPOSE The purpose and object persons and persons under the vacancy thereby created shall be printed at the seat of government, not later than ten days guardianship, but no other jurisdiction of this amendment 1s to add two Associate as may be provided !y law during the first week in January filled after the commencement of the session. except as prescribed by this General Session, but if he shall not so resign, such Justices to the Supreme Court to in each year, and in the next volume of If the law so proposed be not Constitution. special electicm, to be held within the acts of legislature, detailed statements passed by the legislature at such require the concurrence of five Justices twenty-five days after the filing of of all moneys drawn from the session, or if It be passed in an EFFECT: The present Constitution of the Supreme Court before any law the petition, shall be called to determine treasury during the preceding year, for amended form, then upon a further 1913, Together whether 'such official shall what purpose and to whom paid, and by provides that the office of Judge of Probate shall be declared unconstitutional by petition or petitions, each signed be recalled. On the ofiicial ballot what law authorized and also of all by six per centum of the electors shall be two years and If this such court, and make the office of Clerk at such election shall be printed, moneys received, and by what authority of the state, filed with the secretary amendment Is adopted the term of such of the Supreme Court appointive, and in not more than two hundred and from whom." With a Statement of state within six months after office will be four years. words, the reasons for demanding Is an amendment of Section 2 of Article the adjournment of the legislature, the recall of such official as set the law proposed In the first petition, 6 of the Constitution, which law reads EFFECT: The Constitution 'requires forth in the petition, and in not or one or more amended forms of the aa follows: the treasurer to publish yearly a detailed more than two hundred words such thereof, shall be submitted to the official's justification of his course "Sec. 2. The supreme court shall consist statement of the moneys drawn electors at the next general or special in office. Such official shall continue SEVENTH PROPOSED ADMENDMENT. of one chief justice and two associate state-wide election, occurring from the treasury during the preceding to perform the duties of his PURPOSES justices, but the number of the not less than ninety days after the year, giving the names of the persons office until the result of sueh election associate justices may be inoreased to ia filing of any such further petition The seventh proposed amendment shall be officially declared. to whom paid and the purposes for a number not exceeding four, by the or petitions, and if approved by a contained in Chapter 590 of the Laws No such petition shall be signed or legislature, by a two-thirds vote, when majority of the electors voting which It was expended. It also requires filed against any official until he of Minnesota for the year 1913. it shall be deemed necessary. It shall thereon, the same shall become law a like statement of the names shall have held office six months have c*riginal jurisdiction in such remedial and go into effect thirty days after PURPOSE: Ijpie purpose of said and no petition shall be signed or of the persons, and the sources, aa to such election, and shall supersede cases as may be prescribed by law, filed for the recall of aji^ judicial amendment Is to fix and limit the number and appellate jurisdiction in all cases, any amended form of such law money received, and In both casea a official within sixty days of the decision, both in law and equity, but there shall of State Senators. which may have been passed by statement of the law under which payments ruling or act complained of AND EFFECTS, be no trial by jury in said court. It the legislature. No law proposed Section 2 of Article 4 of the Constitution in the petition. Such additional were made, or money paid Into shall hold one or more terms in each by initiative petition and approved now reads as follows: legislation as may aid in the operation year, as the legislature may direct, at by the electors shall be subject to the treasury. The effect of this amendment, "Section 2. The number of members of this section and proceedings the veto of the governor. The authority the seat of government and the legislature who compose the Senate and House of If the name be adopted, will be thereunder shall be provided of the people to enact laws, may provide, by a two-thirds Representatives shall be prescribed by by law. At such election no person to repeal the section of the Constitution vote, that one term in each year «hall as provided ito this subdivision, law, but the representatives in the Senate shall be voted for, and the only be held in each or any judicial district. shall extend only to laws authorized mentioned and Insofar relieve the shall nevei exceed one member for proposition submitted shall be the by the provisions of the constitution. It shall be the duty of such court to treasurer from such publication and every 5,000 inhabitants, and in the recall of such official. Any person appoint a reporter of its decisions. House of Representatives one member recalled, as provided In this section, the State from the expense thereof. There shall be chosen, by the qualified for every 2,000 inhabitants. The representation shall be ineligible to fill the Prepared by Hon. electors of the State, one clerk of the This change in the Constitution, however, in both houses shall be vacancy caused by his recall." "c. THE REFERENDUM.—If supreme court, who shall hold his office apportioned equally throughout the would not prevent the Legislature within ninety days after the final for the term of four years, and until different sections of the State, in proportion adjournment of any session of the from directing by law that such, or a his successor is duly elected and qualified, PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose to the population thereof exclusive legislature, a referendum petition, and the judges of the supreme different publication, of the same oi of this amendment Is to enable a of Indians not taxable under signed by six per centum of the court, or a majority of them, shall hme the provisions of law." other Information, should be made by certain number of voters to petition electors of the state, shall be filed the power to fill any vacancy to the with the secretary, of state against Lyndon A. Smith, the treasurer. and cause to be submitted to a vote tho office of clerk of the supreme court until It la proposed to substitute therefoi any law, or any part of a law, an election can be regularly had." question of removing from office any passed by the legislature at such the following: session, such law, or such part of elective or appointive public official. and substitutes therefor the following! a law, shall be submitted to the "Section 1. That Section 2 of electors at the next general or spe»cial Article 4 of the Constitution of the FIFTlf PROPOSED AMENDMENT. "Sec. 2. The supreme court shall state-wide election, occurring State of Minnesota be amended so consist of one chief justice and six as to read as follows: not less than ninety days after the The fifth proposed amendment is contained Attorney General associate justices. Five shall constitute filing of said petition. If a majority "Section 2. In the next and succeeding a quorum, and the concurrence in Chapter 588 of the Laws of of the vote cast thereon be reapportionments of Senators ELEVENTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT of at least four shall bs Minnesota for the year 1913. in the negative, such law, or such and Representatives, the Senate necessary to a decision, but no part of a law, shall thereby be repealed. shall be composed of sixtythree The eleventh proposed amendment is PURPOSE: The purpose of this of Minnesota. statute shall be declared unconstitutional Provided, that if a referendum (63) memberB and the House contained in Chapter 594 af the Law* unless five members of the amendment Is to permit the permanent petition Is signed by fifteen of Representatives shall be composed court shall concur In the decision. of Minnesota for the year 1913. school and university funds of this per centum of the electors of of such number of members It shall have original jurisdiction By. this amendment It la proposed to the state, the law or part of a law, as may be prescribed by law. The State to be Inveated in first mortgage in such remedial eases as may be against which such petition is filed representation in both Houses shall add an entirely new section to Article prescribed by law, and appellate loans upon Improved and cultivated shall be suspended pending the be apportioned as nearly as practicable, 0 of the Constitution, to be known as jurisdiction In all cases, both in Addressed to referendum vote thereon. farm lands of the State. Thla amendment throughout the different sections law and equity, but there shall be Section 18, which shall read aa followat of the states in proportion to would change Section 6 of Article no trial by jury in said court. It the population thereof, exclusive "Any law providing for a tax 8 of the Conatltutlon, which now reada shall hold one or mere terms in "Section 1. The following amendment of Indians not taxable under the levy or appropriating money for lufius A. Sdimahl each year, as the legislature may as follows: to Article 9 of the Constitution provisions of law. Provided, however, the current expenses of the state direct, at the seat of government, of the State of Minnesota ia that a County may be divided government or state institutions, "Sec. 6. The permanent school and and the legislature may provide, by hereby proposed to the people of into several legislative dietricts, any act of the legislature submitting university fund of this state may be a two-thirds vote, that one term the State for their approval or rejection, but no County or any of the parts a constitutional amendment or invested in the bonds of any county, in each year shall be held in each which amendment, If approved, thereof .shall ever constitute or be other question to the electors of school district, city, town or village of or any judicial district. It shall be shall be known as Section a part of more than seven (7) Senatorial the state, or any emergency law this state, but no such Investment shall the duty of such court to appoint a 18 of Article 9 of th« Constitution Districts and not more than necessary for the immediate preservation be made until approved by the board Secretary of State. reporter of its decisions, and a and shall read as follows.* seven (7) Senators shall ever be of the public peace, health of commissioners designated by law to clerk of the supreme court." apportioned to any one County." or safety, shall go into effect immediately regulate the investment of the permanent 'Section 18. Laws may be enacted upon its passage and ap- school fund and the permanent EFFECT I The present constitution EFFECT: The object of thla amendment faws, troval by the governor, and such providing for the taxation of university fund of this state nor shall except emergency laws, shall dogs on a basis other than the provides that the number of Associate such loan or Investment be made when Is to limit the State Senate to not be subject to a referendum value of the dog, and from the fund the bonds to be issued or purchased Justlcca of the Supreme Court shall not sixty-three members and to prevent vote. All other laws shall go Into derived from such tax, authorizing would make the entire bonded indebtedness effect ninety days after the adjournment. exceed four In number, while the any one county having more than payment of the damages sustained exceed fifteen (15) per cent of OFFICES of the: attorney gen­ of the legislature. A seven senators. by the owners of other domestic amendment, if adopted, will Increase the assessed valuation of the taxable bill proposing an emergency law animals by reason of injuries real property of the county, school district, the number to six. A majority of the eral, ST. PAUL. shall contain a preamble briefly setting caused by dogs.' city, town or village issuing such EIGHTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. Supreme Court may now declare a law forth the facts constituting bonds nor shall such loans or indebtedness April 25, 1914. the emergency. A separate vote unconstitutional, but If this amendment be made at a lower rate of interest PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The preaent The eighth proposed amendment la shall be taken upon the preamble than three (3) per cent per annum, Is adopted, It will require the concurrence basis for taxing: dogs Is upon actual of such bill by a call of the yeas Honorable Jullua A. Schmahl, nor for a shorter period than five contained in Chapter 591 of the Laws If of five members. The office of value. The proposed amenti nent. and nays, and if the preamble be (5) years, nor for a longer period than of Minnesota for the year 1913. Secretary of State* adopted by a two-thirds vote of all clerk of the Supreme Court Is now elec twenty (20) years, and no change of adopted, will permit the Legislature t* Capitol. PURPOSE: The purpose of this the members of each house, it shall the town, school district, city, village tlve, but If this amendment Is adopted, enact laws changing this basis. It is be an emergency law. amendment is to encourage the planting, or of county lines shall relieve the real the clerk of the Supreme Court will be proposed to create a fund out of which 8IR: As required by Section 48, property in such town, school district, cultivation and protection of useful appointed by the court. "d. GENERAL PROVISIONS.— county, village or city in this state at owners of domestic animals may be re* General Statutes of the State of Minnesota forest trees and It Is proposed to All petitions provided for In this the time of the issuing of such bonds Imbursed for loss sustained by reason for the year 1913, I have the add an entirely new section to Artlcls section shall contain a title indicating from any liability for taxation to pay of Injuries caused by dogs. honor to furnish you herewith a statement the subject and purpose of such bonds." 0 of the Constitution, to be known as the proposed law or constitutional Yours respectfully, of the purposes and effects of the Section 17A, and which shall read aa amendment, or the law, or part of THIRD PROPOSED AMENDMENT. LYNDON A. SMITH, respective amendments proposed to the and aubatltute therefor the following follows: a law, to be referred, and if a Attorney General Constitution of the State of Minnesota change is proposed In an existing The third proposed amendment is "Section 6. The permanent school "Section 1. The following amendment constitutional provision or statute, !y the Legislature of 1913, and which contained in Chapter 588 of the Laws of and university fund of this state to Article Nine (9) of the Constitution In addition to referring to the same, are to be submitted to the electors of Minnesota for the year 1913. may be invested in the bonds of of the Stiate of Minnesota, it shall state the general effect or any county, school district, city, is hereby proposed to the people of •aid State at the general election In the proposed change, and also the PURPOSE! By thla amendment it in town or village Qf this state, ana the State of Minnesota, for their full text of the proposed law or 1914. Bought to authorise the State to construct in first mortgage loans secured approval or rejection, which amendment. amendment to the constitution or St. PauV May «, 191*.. roads, dltchea, Are breaks upon improved and cultivated farm when adopted, shall be known of the law, ar part of a law, to be FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT. land* of this state. But no such investment as Section 17a of said Article Nine Mr. Jullua A. Schmahl, referred. Any initiative or referendum through and around unaold atate achool pr loan shall be made until (9), that is to say: petition may be signed in Secretary of State. and awamp lands, and a *250,000 revolving The first proposed amendment Is contained approved by the board of commissioners separate parts, but each part shall fund, realised and kept up from designated by law to 'Section 17a. For the purpose In Chapter 584 of the Laws of conform to the provisions herein Dear Sir: Referring to proposed Cap* regulate the investment of the of encouraging the planting, cultivation contained. All petitions shall be the sale of auch lands, la to be aet apart Minnesota for the year 1913. atltutlonal Amendment No. 4 would sayi permanent school fund and. the and protection of useful forest signed and verified before a person for auch purpose. This la an PURPOSES By thla amendment it la permanent university fund of thie trees in this state, laws may be Aa state expert printer I have given thp authorized to administer an oath, ment of Section 2 of Article 8 of the state nor shall such loan or investment •ought to enable the electors to submit enacted providing for the payment and shall be in such form that a publications Involved in this proposed be made when the bonds to by the State of an annual bounty person signing a petition thereby Constitution, which law reada as follows by petition to the Legislature constitutional amendment special thought, and am of be is&ued or purchased would of not more than Two Dollars and states under oath, the date of hiis amendments and likewise to make fhe entire bonded indebtedness Fifty Cents ($2.50) per acre, for a opinion both theae publications are entirely signature, his residence, that he is "Section 2. The proceeds of such exceed 15 per cent of the assessed term, in each case of not more than propose legislation, and in the event a qualified elector, that he has not superfluous. The extensive annual lands as are or hereafter may be granted valuation of the taxable Ten (10) years, and not exceeding previously signed any part of such the Legislature falls to submit any publication "In a dally newspaper by the United States for the use of Prict, roperty of the county, school discity, petition, and that he has signed the Ten (40) acres, to any one person Such constitutional amendment or falls schools .within each township of this town or village issuing who shall plant, cultivate and protect published at the capital city" attract* petition with knowledge of the contents State shall remain a perpetual school such bonds nor shall any farm to enact any such proposed law, *hen useful forest trees upon his thereof. To each part of such absolutely no attention. The annual report fund to the State and not more than loan or investment be made when petition shall be attached the affidavit own land'." Such amendment or proposed law may of the state treasurer Is published one-third of said lands may be such investment or loan would exceed of the person before whom be submitted directly to the voters) sold in two (2) years, one-third 30 per cent of the actual cash the same was signed, which affidavit EFFECT: This amendment, if adopted, In book form, and to an extent that in five years, and one-third in ten value of the farm land mortgaged also, to permit the electors to cause shall contain a statement of the will permit the Legislature to enact makes It easy for every person specially (10) years but the lands of the greatest to secure said investment nor number of signers thereon, that •ny law or laws enacted by the Leglalature laws providing for the payment by the concerned to secure a copy. To eonform valuation shall be sold first provided, shall such investments or loans be each of the signatures attached to to be submitted to the electors that no portion of said lands shall be made at a lower rate of interest State of a limited bounty for a limited such part was made in the presence strictly with the law as It la at -1 sold otherwise than at public sale. The than three per cent per annum, j-L and if a majority of the votes cast of the affiant, that to the best term, to persons who ahall plant, cultivate present, meana the expenditure, ud«f principal of all funds arising from nor for a shorter period than five of his knowledge and belief each thereon be opposed to sueh law, the and protect useful foreat trees reasonably favorable printing contraeta, years, nor for a longer period than signature is the genuine signature sales or other disposition of lands or same shall be repealed. thirty years, and no change of the other property, granted or entrusted upon their own land. of approximately $8,000, a sum which of the person whose name it purports aa to this State in each township for educational town, school district, city, village This la amendment to Section 1 of to be, that he believes the can be used to excellent advantage purposes, shall forever be preserved or county lines shall relieve the persons who have signed such petition Article 4 of the Constitution, which law der conditions which ordinarily suggest to be electors, that they signed inviolate and undiminished an* real property in such town, school teads as follows! the income arising from the lease or district, county, village or city in the greatest care and economy upon tka such petition with knowledge of 3rS "Section 1. The legislature shall sale of said school lands shall be distributed this state at the time of issuing of NINTH PROPOSED AMENDMENT. the contents thereof, and that each part of those under whose dlrectloa tha the such bonds from any liability for .consist of Senate and House of person signed the same on the date to the different townships printing fund ia expended. |. The. ninth proposed amendment Is Representatives, which shall meet biennially stated opposite his name. The cireulation throughout the State, in proportion to taxation to pay such bonds. ..v|- at the seal of government of tho number of scholars in each township, of the petitions provided contained in Chapter 592 of the Laws of Toon respectfully, State, at as shall (or or of |tte sueh time be, prepcrihed herein, the prohibition between the ages of five and IUVKCTI The preaent Constitution Minnesota the for year 1913.1 J. T, by law, but no session shall ex- the ha "51 circulation thereof, may twenty-one years and shall be faithfully authorises the lnveatment of the per* PURPOSE: By this amendment It to of Ute term Ol i*0) h*»isl,.- rutfu'a u*d Oj law, .uu". in cii.se the applied to the specific objects '-x' jjJU v*'' 14 i&Lr**' &