Section 3. Acceptance of Propositions in Enabling Act

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Acceptance of Propositions in Enabling Act

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%

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Amendment Source: 1974 Chap 409

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

Acceptance of Propositions in Enabling Act

The propositions contained in the act of Congress entitled “An Act to authorize the people of the Territory of Minnesota to form a Constitution and State Government preparatory to their admission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States," are hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed, and shall remain irrevocable without the consent of the United States; and it is hereby ordained that this State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same, by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title to said soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.

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