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Show CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS each of the two houses voting In favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend sec. 3 of Article XIII of the constitution of the state of Utah as follows: Sec. 3. The Legislature shall provide by law a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property prop-erty in the State, according to its value in money, and shall pre-, scribe by law such regulations as shall secure 9 just valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation corpora-tion shall pay a tax in proportion propor-tion to the value of his, her, or its tangible property, provided that the Legislature may determine deter-mine the manner and extent of taxing transient live stock and live stock being fed for slaughter slaugh-ter to be used for human consumption. con-sumption. Intangible property may be exempted from taxation as property or it may be taxed in such manner and to such extent ex-tent as the Legislature may provide. pro-vide. Provided that if intangible property be taxed as property the rate thereof shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation. val-uation. When exempted from taxation as property, the taxable income therefrom shall be taxed under any tax based on incomes, but when taxed by the State of Utah as property, the income therefrom shall not- also be taxed. The Legislature may provide pro-vide for deductions, exemptions, andor offsets on any tax based upon income. The personal income in-come tax rates shall be graduated gradu-ated but the maximum rate shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon income shall exceed four per cent of net income. The rate limitations herein contained for taxes based on income and for taxes on intangible property proper-ty shall be effective until January Janu-ary 1, 1937, and thereafter until changed by law by a vote of the majority of the members elected to each house of the Legislature. All revenue received from taxes : on income or from taxes on intangible in-tangible property shall be allocated allo-cated to the support of the public school system as defined in Ar- ; tide X, Section 2 of this Consti- tution. Section 2. The secretary of 1 state is hereby directed to submit sub-mit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the 1 next general election in the 1 manner provided for in section 1 ' of article XXIII of the constitution constitu-tion of the state of Utah. CONSTITUTIONAL XT c AMENDMENT J j A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOS- ' ING TO AMEND SECTION 10, r. ARTICLE VIII, OF THE CONSTI- J TUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH, RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND DUTIES OF COUNTY ATTORNEYS AND FIX- t ING THE TERM THEREOF. t Be it resolved by the Legisla- f ture of the State of Utah, two- f thirds of all members elected to each house voting in favor there- -c af: , t Section 1. That it is proposed to amend section 10, article VIII, of the constitution of the state of c Utah to read: r Section 10. A county attorney I shall be elected by the qualified t voters of each county who shall i hold his office for a term of four I years. The powers and duties of 1 :ounty attorneys, and such oth- t Br attorneys for the state as the i legislature may provide, shall be prescribed by law. In all cases a where the attorney for any coun- C ly, or for the state, fails or refuses re-fuses to attend and prosecute o according to law, the court shall p have power to appoint an at- f torney pro tempore. c Section 2. The secretary of t state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the elec- s :ors of the state at the next gen- n ;ral election in the manner pro- fr ided by law. t Section 3. If adopted by the n ?lectors of the state this amend- 1 nent shall take effect the first t lay of 'January, 1947. -. e CONSTITUTIONAL XT , n AMENDMENT IN C O d JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOS-NG PROPOS-NG TO AMEND SECTION 20 OF c RTICLE VII OF THE CONSTI- 2 rUTION OF THE STATE OF JTAH RELATING TO COMPEN- SATION OF STATE OFFICERS Be it enacted by the legisla- ri ure of the State of Utah, two- g hirds of all members elected a o each of the two houses voting ti n favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to : imend sec. 20, article VII of the Y onstitution of the state of Utah o read: Sec. 20. The Governor, Secre-ary Secre-ary of Stale, Auditor, Treasurer, n attorney - General, Superintend- 5 mt of Public Instruction and s uch other State and district of- " icers as may be provided for by aw, shall receive for their serv-ces serv-ces monthly, a compensation as ixed by law. The compensation for said of- (! ficers as provided in all laws enacted en-acted pursuant to this Constitution, Constitu-tion, shall be in full for all services serv-ices renden-ri by said officers, respectively, re-spectively, in any official capacity capac-ity or employment during their respective terms of office. No such officer shall receive for the performance of any official duty any fee for his own use, but all fees fixed by law for the performance per-formance by either of them of any official duty, shall be collected col-lected in advance and deposited with the State Treasurer monthly month-ly to the credit of the State. The Legislature may provide for the payment of actual and necessary expenses of said officers while traveling in the State in the performance per-formance of official duty. Section 2. The Secretary of State is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors elec-tors of the state at the next general gen-eral election in the manner provided pro-vided by law. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment amend-ment shall take effect the first day of January, 1947. CONSTITUTIONAL XT rj AMENDMENT IN O, . A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING PROPOS-ING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION SEC-TION 12 OF ARTICLE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO SALARIES OF THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS Be it enacted by the Legislature Legisla-ture of the State of 'Utah, two-thirds two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend sec. 12 of article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: Sec. 12. The Judges of the Supreme Su-preme and District Courts shall receive at stated times compensation compen-sation for their services, which shall not be diminished during the term for which they are selected. se-lected. Section 2. The Secretary of State is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors elec-tors of the state at the next general gen-eral election in the manner provided pro-vided by law. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment amend-ment shall take effect the first Jay of January, 1947. CONSTITUTIONAL XT Q AMENDMENT INC O i JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOS-:NG PROPOS-:NG AN AMENDMENT TO SEC-riON SEC-riON 3 OF ARTICLE XIX ' OF rHE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO LOCATION OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS Be it enacted by the Legislate Legisla-te of the State of Utah, two-hirds two-hirds of all members elected to ach of the two houses voting in avor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to imend sec. 3 of 'article XIX of he constitution of the state of Jtah, to read: Sec. 3. The public Institutions if the State are hereby perma-lently perma-lently located at the places lereinafter named, each to have he lands specifically granted to t by the United States, in the let of Congress approved July 6, 1894, to be disposed of and tsed in such manner as the leg-slature leg-slature may provide: First: The Seat of Government md the State Fair at Salt Lake :ity. Second: All other institutions f the state to be located at such ilaces as the legislature may irovide except as otherwise spe-ifically spe-ifically set forth in this consti-ution. consti-ution. Section 2. The secretary of tate is hereby directed to sub-nit sub-nit this proposed amendment d the electors of the state at he next general election in the nanner provided for in section of article XXIII of the consti-ution consti-ution of the state of Utah. Section 3. If adopted by the lectors of the state, this amend-icnt amend-icnt shall take effect the first ay of January, 1947. I, E. E. MONSON, Secretary o. tate of the State of Utah, DO IEREBY CERTIFY that the fore-oing fore-oing is a full, true and correct spy of the three constitutional mendments proposed by the ;gular session of the Twenty-ixth Twenty-ixth Legislature, 1945, and also full, true and correct copy of le five constitutional amend-tents amend-tents proposed by the First Spe-ial Spe-ial Session of the Twenty-Sixth egislature 1946, as appears of ?cord in my office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I ave hereunto set my hand and ffixed the Great Seal of the tate of Utah, at Salt Lake City, lis 17th day of August, 1945. SEAL) Secretary of Stat y , I CONSTITUTIONAL XT 4 AMENDMENT 1 ' A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING PROPOS-ING TO AMEND SECTION 2, OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTI-TUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO AND AUTHORIZING TAXATION TAXA-TION OF UNITED STATES PROPERTY IN UTAH. Be it resolved by the Legislature Legisla-ture of the State of Utah, two-thirds two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. That it is proposed to amend section 2, Article XIII, constitution of the state of Utah to read: Sec. 2. All tangible property in the state, not exempt under the laws of the United States, or under un-der this constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. The property of the state, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively ex-clusively for either religious worship wor-ship or charitable purposes, and places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, shall be exempt from taxation. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, res-ervoirs, power plants, pumping plants, transmission lines, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands within the state owned by such individuals or corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed as long as they shall be owned and used exclusively exclus-ively for such purposes. Power plants, power transmission lines and other property used for generating gen-erating and delivering electrical power, a portion of which is used for furnishing power for pumping pump-ing water for irrigation purposes on lands in the state of Utah, may be exempted from taxation to the extent that such property is used for such purposes. These exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe. The taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such times and in such manner as may be provided by law. The legislature may provide for the exemption from taxation o f ' homes, homesteads, and personal property, not to exceed $2,000 in value for homes and home-' home-' steads, and $300 for personal property. Property not to exceed $3,000 in value, owned by dis- ( abled persons who served in any , war in the military service of the United States or of the state of Utah and by the unmarried widows and minor orphans of ' such persons may be exempted as the legislature may provide. . The legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax suffi- , cient, with other sources of rev- , enues, to defray the estimated , ordinary expenses of the state . for each fiscal year. For the pur- . pose of paying the state debt, if any there be, the legislature , shall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient to pay the , annual interest and to pay the , principal of such debt, within , twenty years from the final pas- , sage of the law creating the j debt. , Section 2. The secretary of , state is directed to submit this , proposed amendment to the elec- , tors of the state at the next gen- I eral election in the manner pro- j vided by law. CONSTITUTIONAL XT q ! AMENDMENT IM O. Z , A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOS- ! ING TO AMEND ARTICLE III OF , THE CONSTITUTION OF THE , STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO t ORDINANCE FOR THE TAXA- ; TION OF LANDS AND EXEMPTIONS. c Be it enacted by the Legisla- t ture of the State of Utah, two- c thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: r Section 1. It is proposed to t amend Article III of the Consti- r tution of the state of Utah as fol- i lows: c The following ordinance shall t be irrevocable without the consent con-sent of the United States and the people of this state: r First Perfect toleration of re- c ligious sentiment is guaranteed. No inhabitant of this State shall ever be molested in person or t. property on account of his or her mode of religious worship: but t polygamous or plural marriages I are forever prohibited. 1 Second The people inhabiting 1 this State do affirm and declare S that thoy forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropri- I ateel public lands lying within I the boundaries hereof, and to all lands ling within said limits owned or held by any Indian or t Indian tribes, and that until the t title thereto shall have been extinguished ex-tinguished by the United States, the same shall be and remain subject to the disposition of the United States, and said Indian lands shall remain under the absolute ab-solute jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States. The lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing re-siding without this State shall never be taxed at a higher rate than the lands belonging to residents resi-dents of this State; but nothing in this ordinance shall preclude this state from taxing, as other lands are taxed, any lands owned or held by any Indian who has severed his tribal relations, re-lations, and has obtained from the United States or from any person, by patent or other grant, a title thereto, save and except such lands as have been or may be granted to any Indian or Indians In-dians under any act of Congress, containing a provision exempting exempt-ing the lands thus granted from taxation, which last mentioned lands shall be exempt from taxation tax-ation so, long, and to such extent, ex-tent, as is or may be provided in the act of Congress granting the same. Third All debts and liabilities of the Territory of Utah, incurred by authority of the Legislative Assembly thereof, are hereby assumed as-sumed and shall be paid by this State. Fourth The Legislature shall make laws for the establishment and maintenance of a system of public schools, which shall be open to all the children of the state and be free from sectarian control. Section 2. The secretary of state is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors elec-tors of the state at the next general gen-eral election in the manner provided pro-vided by law. Section 3. If adopted by the electors of the state this amendment amend-ment shall take effect the first day of January, 1947. CONSTITUTIONAL XT -AMENDMENT ViO. J A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING PROPOS-ING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION SEC-TION 7 OF ARTICLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH RELATING TO PROPORTION OF STATE CONTRIBUTION CON-TRIBUTION TO SUPPORT MINIMUM MINI-MUM SCHOOL PROGRAM IN PORTION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM Be it enacted by the Legislature Legisla-ture of State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section 1. It is proposed to amend sec. 7 of Article XIII of the constitution of the state of Utah so that the same shall read as follows: Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed ex-ceed on each dollar of valuation, two and four-tenths mills for i general State purposes, and such additional levy as the Legisla- , ture may provide for the State's 1 share of the support of a portion af the public school system as Jefined in Article X, Section 2 : 3f this Constitution, such portion ' :onsisting only of kindergarten ; schools, common schools and ligh schools. The State shall I contribute not more than 75 , 3f the total cost of operation and maintenance of a minimum j school program in the State as such program shall from time to : :ime be determined upon by the Legislature. . . Not more than 75 of the j State's portion of the revenue i necessary to finance the opera-:ion opera-:ion and maintenance of such minimum school program shall 3e raised by a State property tax evy and the remainder thereof , ihall be raised from other State i iources. The Legislature shall letermine by law the method ( )f allocation of the State's con- i ribution to the various school, ( listricts. Section 2. The secretary of ;tate is hereby directed to sub-nit sub-nit this proposed amendment to he electors of the state at the j lext general election in the I nanner provider1 for in section 1 i if article XXIII of the constitu- : ion of the state of Utah. I Section 3. If adopted by the Sectors of the state, this amend-nent amend-nent shall take effect the first t if January, 1947. t t CONSTITUTIONAL XT . i AMENDMENT INC 3 V JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOS- I NO AN AMENDMENT TO SEC- t HON 3 OF ARTICLE XIII OF 'HE CONSTITUTION OF THE t IT ATE OF UTAH RELATING TO I ALLOCATION O F REVENUES e IECEIVED FROM TAXES ON s NCOME AND ON INTANGIBLE f PROPERTY 1 Be it enacted by the Legisla- i ure of the State of Utah, two- f hirds of all members elected to |