To limit the power of eminent domain be declaring that private property must be taken only for public use and no greater interest shall be taken than is necessary to accomplish the public use. The powers of eminent domain would be exercised solely for public use, except private ways of necessity, and for drains, flumes, or ditches on or across the lands of others for agricultural, domestic, or sanitary purposes consistent with Article I, section 16 of the state Constitution. Economic development could not be construed as public use.   Official Text and Analysis.