Section 1.

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Summary: Section removed during wholesale revision of constitution

Election Date: November 5, 1974

Votes For Ratification: 815064

Votes Against Ratification: 311781

Percent for Ratification: 72%

Percent Against Ratification: 28%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1974 Chap 409

Effective Date Source: https://uwmadison.app.box.com/file/1685091026371

The state and (or) any of its political subdivisions, if and whenever authorized by the legislature, may contract debts and pledge the public credit for and engage in any work reasonably tending to prevent or abate forest fires, including the compulsory clearing and improvement of wild lands (whether belonging to the public or privately owned) and the assessment against such lands of the value of all benefits so conferred and the payment of damages so sustained in excess of such benefits.

Summary: New Article, authorizing state expenditures to prevent forest fires

Election Date: November 4, 1924

Votes For Ratification: 460,965

Votes Against Ratification: 143,518

Percent for Ratification: 76%

Percent Against Ratification: 24%

Notes:

Amendment Source: 1923 Chap 451

Effective Date Source: https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/2023/other/232070/1924.pdf