Show rilO AMENDMENT TO TIR THE constitution JOINT II 11 NUMBER el IGHT Q I 1 I 1 T proposing an amendment to article 13 of the constitution of the state of utah relating to revenue and taxation bo be it resolved by tho the legislature of the state of 0 utah two thirds ot of all members elected to each of tile lie two houses concurring therein section 1 it Is proposed to amend article 13 ot of the constitution of the state of utah so that the same will read nf ag follows 1 the power of taxation shall never bo be surrendered suspended or contracted away all taxes shall hall bo be uniform upon tile sanio saino class of property within tho the territorial limits ot of the authority levying the tax and shall be levied and collected for pub lie purposes only 2 tile the legislature shall provide by law tor for an annual tax sufficient with other sources of revenue to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of tho the state tor for each fiscal year for the purpose of paying the state debt it if any there be the legislature shall provide tor for levying a tax annually sufficient to pay tho the annual interest and principal of such debt within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating tho the debt 3 2 there shall be exempt from taxation property of the united states of the state counties cities towns school districts municipal corporations and public libraries lots lota with the tha buildings thereon hereon used exclusively tor for either cither religious worship or pui purposes poses and places of burial riot not held or used tor for private or corporate benefit ditches canals reservoirs pipes and lomnes flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands owned by such individuals or of corporations or the individual members thereof shall riot not lie be separately taxed so long as they shall bo be owned and used exclusively tor for such buell purpose provided that mortgages upon real and personal property shall bo be exempt from taxation ta atlon and that the taxes of tile the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such time and it in such manner as may be provided by law 4 tho the legislature shall not impose taxes for the purpose of any county city town or other municipal 1 corporation but may by law vest in the corporate authorities cherof respectively ively the tha power to assess and collect taxes tor for all purposes 0 of such buell corporation 6 5 tile surface Hiir faco ground of all 1111 alnea leri and mining claims both placer and rock in lace containing or bearing gold e s copper lead iron or other valuably metals after purchase ln thereof fi aiom om the united states s shall tall be taxed jt at 1 i value not greater than tile price paid the united states tharo for unless the surface ground or sonio some part thereof of such mine or claim Is used for other than mining purposes and has a separate and independent value for or such auch other purposes in fit which case said baid surface ground or any part thereof so used tor for other than mining purposes shall ho be taxed at its value for such other the purposes as provided by law and all machinery used in mining and all property and surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines and mining claims which have a value separate and independent of such or mining claims shall bo be taxed as provided by law all lands containing coal granite stone marble onyx gas oil hydrocarbons hydro carbons gypsum or other valuable mineral deposits deposit other than those en enumerated above in fit tills this section after purchase thereof from the united states and all property and surface im improvements provo upon or appurtenant to lands which have a value separate and independent of all such lands lalicos shall bo be taxed as provided by law in addition to the assessment of tile surface grounds improvements and machinery of mines and mining claims all mine and mining claims producing net proceeds shall bo be taxed UL u a value riot not to exceed three times such net proceeds 5 an ali accurate statement of tile receipts and expenditures of the public moneys shall bo be published annually in such manner as the legislature may provide 7 tho rate of taxation on property fo tor state purposes shall never exceed eight mills on each dollar of valuation to bo be apportioned as follows not to exceed tour four and ono one halt mills on each dollar of for general state purposes not to exceed three mills on each dollar of valuation for or district school purposes purpose 3 I 1 i not to exceed one half mill on oil each cacti dollar ot of valuation tor for high school purposes that part of the state tax apportioned to high school purposes shall constitute a fund to bo be called tile tho high school fund and shall be it apportioned to the cities and school districts maintaining high schools in ill tho the manner tile tho legislature may provide and whenever the taxable I 1 0 property within tile tho state shall amount to four hundred million dollars tho the rate eliell riot not exceed five mills on oil each dollar of valuation unless a proposition to increase such rate specifying tile the rate proposed and the time during which the tha samo same shall be levied bo be first submitted to a ato of such buell of tile tho qualified electors of the state as in the year next prece proceeding eding such election shall have paid a property properly tax assessed to them within the alie state and the majority of 1 hoaf voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof in such nia manner tiner as may bo be provided by law iw 8 T the e making of profit out of public nio moneis using the same for or any ally purpose not authorized by law by any ally public officer shall be deemed a felony anti and shall bo be punished na as provided by law but part of 0 such punishment shall be disqualification to hold public office 9 0 no appropriation shall bo be made maclo or any ally expenditure authorized by tho the legislature whereby tho the expenditure of tho the state during ony any fiscal yea ceaf shall exceed the total tax thou then provided for by law anti and applicable for such appropriation or expenditure tinley unless the legislature making such apprel appropriation ria tion shall provide for levying a sufficient tux tax riot not exceeding the ra antes I 1 a allowed in section 6 of this article to pity pay such appropriation or expend aturo within such fiscal year arar tills this provision shall not apply to appropriations riat ria ions tiong or expenditures to suppress a insurrections defend tho the state or assist in fit defending def the united states in time of war 10 nothing in this constitution shall bo be construed to prevent tho the legislature from providing a stamp tax or a tax based on income occupation licen licensed seH or franchises see sec 2 tile tho secretary of state Is hereby ordered to give this propose proposition to bo be published kitcat in at least one newspaper in every county in fit the where a newspaper Is printed and published tor for two months preceding tho the next general election see sec 3 this proposition shall le submitted to tho the electors of this state at tho the next general election tor for their approval or disapproval all ballots used at such election shall have printed or written thereon the words for the amendment of article 13 of the constitution relating to taxation yes no and shall 0 lier wise be prepared and submitted to the electors as may be otherwise provided by law and said ballot shall lo bo counted and canvassed and returns thereon bo be made in tho the same manner and in all respects as in fit or may be provided by law in the case of election of state ambers oni cers see sec 4 if adopted b athe electors of the state tills this amendment shall take effect january 1 1917 approved march 1916 1915 |