Show Pro amendment to the senate joint joint resolution lumber eight t I 1 proposing pr osing an amendment to article 13 of 0 5 IF tho the constitution of the state of utah 7 ita h relating to t 0 find taxa pon be it resolved resolve ty y the Legisla legislature tui e of tle state sate afi of utah ah two thirds of all members elected to each cab of ho t wo I 1 bouses concurring therein oe section ion L 1 it is ia proposed tham to amend bild article 13 of the constitution of the state of utah aap iap so that the the same will read as ps follows fol loos 1 v the of taxation shall never be surrendered surrender deM suspended pr or contracted daj abay ayay i yay 11 taxes taxed elal shall be jae uniform upon the same class of pro property per ty within vi thin the territorial limits limit S af pf patho the authority levying le tile the fax and shall be levied and collected eted foil fo public purposes only 2 the legislature shall provide by lavfer an jineal nual tax sufficient with other sources of revenue to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the state for cats cati fiscal year pot for the purpose of paying the state debt if any there be tho tha Legi legislature shall Proy provide de fo bior levying p tux annually sufficient I 1 to pa pay ahe the annual interest and principal of such di debt aj tah twenty years from ohp th final passage of af the law er creating gating the debt 3 chere shall be exempt from taxa tj tion 04 property of the united states skates of the state couples cities towns school districts dist mulli cipal cot 1 orata ans and public public libraries aTies lots with vit il i the buildt buildings thereon and usel used I 1 exclusively for either religious worship or charitable pur purposes popes and places of burial not held br or used for private or corporate abne benefit fit diches ditches canals reservoir reservoirs pipes aej and d flumes blumes owned and used by individuals ai vidu alsor or corporations for irrigating lands owned om pu by such stich individuals or corporations corporation corp oratio qs or the members ther bof shall not be separately taxed so BO long as they shall ae be owned and used exclusively for such purpose provided that mortgages upon wreal real and personal shall be exam exempt P from taxation and that the taxes of the indigent poor ma may bo be re or abated at such time tiffie and in such manner as may be provided by law 4 arhe the legislature Legis lattire shall pot impose taxes taxes for the t he purpose of any county city town or other municipal corpora tion dut but may by bylaw law vest r n the corporate authorities thereof res respectively actively the power to assess andreol and collect act taxes for air alt purposes of such corporation 6 5 the surface ground of all mines and mining claims both placer and rock in place containing cont pining or bearing gold silver si 1 ver f copper lead iron ron or other valuable jepa agor after purchase thereof from tile the unity states shall be taxed at a not greater than ihan the pricelia price paid id the united d states unless the surface bl ground or some part thereof of such mine pr claim lq is sed for other than inning mining purposes ur pOses and has a reper ate aad independent value for such purposes ill ili which case said surface ground und or any part thereof so used around fro far pr other than mining purposes shall be taxed at its ts value vallie for such other I 1 purposes as provided liy by law and all mach r nachi hery in ili mining mini fig and all property 1 and surface improvements upon or appurtenant to minesa mines and mining minin arpir c claim k which have a value se a and independent of such mines or mining claims shall beta red as provided provid edby by law all land containing ponta ining coal granite sagne marble arble onyx 9 yx gas oil hydro car bons gypsum or 0 other valuable mineral deposit de josf other than those enumerated abaye a n this section after purchase thereof from fro the t e united states and all pro property perfy and surface improvements U upon 0 n or appurtenant to such lands which ch have a value sc se and independent of all such fauch lands shall be Ve taxed as provided by law in addition to the assessment of the surface grounds improvements prove ments and machinery of mines and mining claims all mines and mining claims producing net proceeds shall be taxed at a valba not to exceed three I 1 times such not net proceeds 6 an accurate statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public moneys shall be published annually in in i such h manner as the legislature may or ovide 9 7 the rate of taxation op on pro property petty for state purposes shall never axce exceed ed eight nulls mills on each dollar of valuation to be apportioned as follows not to exceed four and one half nulls mills on each dollar of valuation fo for general state purposes not to exceed three mills on each dollar of valuation for district school purposes not to exceed one half null mill on each dollar of valuation for high school purposes that part of the state tax apportioned to high school purposes shall constitute a fund to be called the 1 h gh school fund and shall be apportioned to the litle cities and school districts ma maintaining Inta inin high in the manner tj the agh legislature gi slature may provide and whenever the taxable property the state shall amount to four hundred million dollars the rate shall riot not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation unless a proposition to increase such rate specifying the rate proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied be first submitted to a vote of auch of tho the qualified elec electors electora tori of the state as in the year next prece proceed bd ing such puch ele election aion shall have paid a property tax asse assessed sed to them within the state and the majority of those voting theiron eon shall vote in favor th thereof ere f in such mannor manner as may be provided by law 8 the malting making of profit out of public moneys using the sa same the for 1 any purpose d not authorized by law awby by any public I 1 officer shall ber bd deemed a felony and shall be punished ai as provided by law but t part of such punishment shall te ant d disqualification I 1 s u to hold public office 9 no 1 eipper appropriation 0 shall be made ai or an any expenditure eapen IN awre authorized au by the whereby the expenditures of bf the state during any fiscal year shall exceed the total tax then provided for by law and applicable for such appropriation ro or expenditure unless we the ell legislature is lattire making such appropriation shall shall for labing levy ing a sufficient tax not exceeding the rates allowed in section tion 6 of this article jo to pay such lucli ap q dor or expenditure within such fiscal r cal yean this provision shall kotap not apply to appropriations bi or expenditures to suppress PP re si insurrections defend the he state I 1 t 0 or r assist in defending the united tt states t in time of war t 10 nabin nothing in this constitution on shall b be to td prevent the Legisla legislature tur from froid providing in i a stam stamp tax or a tax is based 0 on n income occupation lice f franchises r an c 1 1 d ja t a see sec 2 the secretary of sta is hereby ordered LO div this thia proposition to le be publisher in at i least one newspaper I 1 ip in every cou county efty in the state part w where ere a newspaper imprinted is printed and published ab for two months preceding the net general election sec 3 this proposition shall be submitted to the tho elector electors s of this state at the ne neat general election for approval io or disapproval alt AIL official of fical ballots used at such election ejection shall have pl printed rl ted or written thereon the words worda for r the amendment of article 13 of of the constitution relating to taxation I 1 yes yes no 1 and sh ly otherwise be prepared and submitted to the electors as t ily sa 10 otherwise aided toy by la law or and said ballot shall be receiver co counted tinted and canvassed and returns thereon be made iliade in the same manner an aal in all aj respects as n or may be provided aj ru i by by law law in inthe the case bf election of ct state officers see sec 4 tf f adopted adopt edby by the electors of the state this amendment shall taip effect january jangir 1 1917 A approved roved march 1915 TATE OP OF UTAH or OP S STATES OFFICE 1 I david secretary of state of the state of utah do hereby certify t that hattlie the foregoing is a fall true and correct copy lyof of SENATE SENAIE JOINT RE S LUI aO 10 NUMBER EIGHT pro posing ATt article icle 13 of the constitution of the state of utah etab relating tb fb revenue revenue and at taxation X ii tion ZIS os appears ot of record in in W my office 41 11 in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto set my hand aad affixed th the great seal of the state of utah this thas 22 day of august 1916 MATTSON secretary of state |