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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Amendment No. 1 0) RESOLUTION RELATING TO FILLING VACANCIES IN LEGISLATURE A Joint resolution proposing: an amendment to Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to vacancies in the legislature. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all members elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION I Sections to be amended. That it is proposed to amend Section 13 of Article VI of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same shall read as two-thir- follows : SECTION 13. Vacancies to be filled. Vacancies that may occur in either house of the legislature shall be filled in ouch manner as may be provided by law. SECTION 2 Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If approved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st da cf January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February 21, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 2 RESOLUTION RELATING TO REVENUE AND TAXATION A Joint reselution proposing an amendment to Sections 2 and 3 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the two - thirds of all State of Utah, members elected to each House concurring therein : 1. Sections to SECTION proposed emend. That it is proposed to amend Sections 2 and 3 of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: 2. Tangible property to be SECTION taxed how value ascertained properties exempt legislature to provide annual tax for State. All tangible property in the State, not exempt under the laws of the United States, or under this constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. The property of the United Stages, of the State, countie", cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for c:ther religious worship or chariteb'e purposes, end places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, shall be exempt from taxat!on. Water rirhis, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants, transmission lines, pines and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands within the state owned by such individuals cr corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed as long as they Bhall be owned and used exclusively for such purPower plants, power transmission poses. lines and other property, used for generating and delivering electrical power, a portion of which is used for furnishing power for pumping 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 of home3, homesteads, and personal property, not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars in value for homes and homesteads, and one hundred dollars for personal property. Property not to exceed $3,000 in value, owned by disabled 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 lcgisature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sources of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the State for each fiscal year. For the purpose of paying the Slate 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 cf such debt, within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt. SECTION 3. Assessment end taxation of tangible preperty regulation exemptions personal income tax rates dispositions cf revenues. The legislature shall provide by law a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation on all tangible property in the State, according to its value in money, and shall prescribe by law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of such property, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her, oh its tangible property, provided that the legislature may determine the manner and extent cf taxing transient live stock and live stock being fed for slaughter to be used for human consumption. Intangible property Tray be exempted from taxation as property or it may be taxed in such manner and to such extent as the legislature Provided that if intangible , may provide. 'property be taxed as 'property the late thereof shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation. When exempted from taxation as property, the taxable income therefrom shall be taxed under any tax based on incomes, but whan taxed by the State of Utah as property, the income therefrom shall not also be taxed. The legislature may provide for deductions, exemptions, andor offsets on any tax based The personal income tax upon incoma. rates shall be graduated but the maximum ra'e shall not exceed six per cent of net income. No excise tax rate based upon income shall exceed four par cent of net income. The rate limitations herein contained for taxes based on incoma and for taxes on intangible property shall be effective until January 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 property shall be allocated as follows: 75 per cent thereof to the state district school fund and 25 per cent thereof to the State general fund and the State levies for rate-dedu- ctions ; such purposes shall be reduced annually in proportion to the revenues so allocated; provided that any urplus above the revenue required for tl e State district school fund as provided in Section 7 of this Article shall be paid into the State general fund. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause tnis proposed amendmsnt to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the elcitors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State this proposed amendment shall take effect on . the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State ruary 25, 1930. Feb- Constitutional Amendment No. 3 RELATING TO STATE SCHOOL FUND AND MANNER OF DISTRIBUTING INTEREST OF SUCH FUND. A Joint resolution providing for amendments to house joint resolutions numbers three and eight passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 3, Article X, and Section 7, Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah relating to the State school fnnd and the manner of distributing the interest of such fund and other revenues of the several school districts of the State. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all the members elected to each House concurring therein : SECTION 1. Resolution proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 8 passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 3 of Article 10 of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the 6ame will read as follows : SECTION 3. Proceeds of lsnds and other property per cent of proceeds - perpetual fund. The proceeds of all lands that have been or may be granted by the United States to this State, for the support of the common schools ; the proceeds of ail property that may accrue to the State by escheat or forfeiture ; all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation incorporated under the laws of this State; the proceeds of the sale of timber, mineral or other property from school and State lands, other than those granted for specific purposes ; and five per centum of the net proceeds of the sale of public lands lying within the State, which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of this State into the Union, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called the State school fund, the interest of which only, shall be distributed among the several school districts according to the last preceding school census. SECTION 2. Resolution proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend house joint resolution number 8 passed by the legislature in 1929, proposing to amend Section 7, of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 7. Rate of taxation net to exceed distribution. The rate purpose of taxation on tangible property shall not exceed on each dollar of valuation, two and mills for general State of one mill for high purposes, school purposes, which shall constitute the high school fund ; said fund shall be apportioned in the manner the legislature shall provide, to the school districts maintaining high schools, and such levy for district school purposes which together with the interest on the permanent school fund and such other funds as may be available for district school purposes, will raise annually an amount which equals $25.00 for each person of school site in the state as shown by the last preceding school census ; the same to be distributed among the- school districts according to the last preceding school census ; and in addition an equalization fund which when added to other revenues provided for this purpose by the legislature shall be $5.00 for each person of school age as shown by the last preceding school census ; said equalization fund shall be apportioned to the school districts in Buch manner as the legislature shall provide. Said rates shall not be increased unless a proposition to increase the same specifying the rate or rates proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors of the State, as in the year next preceding such election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the State, and the majority of those thereon shall vote in favor thereof, invoting manner as may be provided by law. such SECTION 3. Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law, as one proposition in lieu of H. J. R. numbers 8 and 8, passed at the regular session of the 18th legislature. SECTION 4. To take effect when. If approved by the electors of the State the proposed amendment shall take effect on the first day of January, 1981. Filed with the Secretary of State Febtwo-thir- four-tent- two-tent- - ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 RESOLUTION TO RELATING THE TAXATION OF MINES AND MINING PROPERTY A joint resolution providing for an amendment to Section 4, Article 13, of the constitution of the State of Utah relating to the taxation of mines and mining property. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all the members elected to each house concurring : therein SECTION 1. Sections proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section 4, Article XIII, of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 4. Mines and claims to be assessed basis and multiple what to be assessed as tangible property. All metalliferous mines or mining claims, both placer and rock in place, shall be assessed as the legislature shall provide; provided, the basis and multiple now used in determining the value of metalliferous mines for taxation purposes and the additional assessed value of $5.00 per acre thereof shall not be changed before January 1, 1935, nor theredfter until otherwise vided by law. All other mines or mining two-thir- Governor Dem Predicts Unusual State Fair October 4 to 11 The Ut"h State Fair of 1930, which opens October 4 and runs to October 11, promises to be one of the most wonderful exhibitions ever seen in Utah, according to Honorable Geo. H. Dern, Governor of the State of Utah. No effort has been spared, he says, to improve the type of ' exhibition and entertainment offered. Special attention has been paid to securing judges in each class ef com . t petition. New buildings and physical improvements have been added and the prospects generally are very bright. Utah citizens, he continues further, should be proud of their State Fair and happy to attend it. It offers 'a, maximum amount of clean, wholesome entertainment and at the same time is a most dramatic education in the resources and possibilities of the State. claims and other valuable mineral depcsita, including lands containing coal or hydrocarbons and all machinery used in mining and b11 property or surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines cr mining claims, and the value of any surface use made of mining claims, or mining property for other than mining purposes, shall be assessed as other tangible property. SECTION 2, Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. In effect when. If approved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State February 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A RESOLUTION CREATING A STATE TAX COMMISSION A joint resolution proposing an amendment to Section 11 of Article 13 of the constitution of the State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of all members elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1 Sections proposed to amend. That it is proposed to amend Section 11 of Article XIII of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 11, Creation of State tax commission governor to apmembership terms duties county boards point be duties. There shall a State tax commission consisting of four members, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party. The members of the commission shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of tlie senate, for such terms of office as may be provided by law. The State tax commission shall administer and supervise tbe tax laws of the State. It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of property among the several counties. It shall have such other powers of original assessment as the legislature may provide. Under such regulations in such cases and within cuch limitations as the legislature may prescribe, it shall establish systems of public accounting, review proposed bond issues, revise the tax levies and budgets of local governmental units, nnd equalize the assessment and valuatiom of property within the counties. The duties imposed upon the State board of equalization by the constitution and laws of this State shall be performed by the State tax commission. In each county of this State there shall be a county board of equalization consisting of the board of county commissioners of said county. The county boards of equalization shall adjust and equalize tbe valuation and assessment of the real and personal properly within their respective counties, subject to such regulation and control by the State tax commission as may be prescribed by law. The State tax commission and the county boards of equalization shall each have such other powers as may be prescribed by the legislature. SECTION 2. Secretary cf State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If approved by tbe electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall. take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State Febtwo-thir- ruary 25, 1930. Constitutional Amendment No. 6 RELATING TO THE LOCATION 0 THE STATE PRI80N AND STATE INSTITUTIONS A joint resolution proposing sn amendment to Section 3, of Article XIX of the constitution of the Stave of Utah, relating to the location of the State Prison. Be it resclved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, of the members elected to each house concurring there two-thir- in: SECTION 1. Section proposed to amend. is proposed to amend Section 8 of That it Article XIX of the constitution of the State of Utah so that the same will read as follows: SECTION 3 Location of public institutions and disposition of lands. The public institutions of the State are hereby permanently located at the places hereinafter named, each to have the lands specifically granted to it by the United States, in the Act of Congress, approved July 16th, 1894, to be disposed of and used in such manner as the legislature may provide: First: The seat of government and the State fair at Salt Lake City. Second : The institutions for the deaf and dumb, and the blind, and the State reform school at Ogden City, in the county of Weber. Third: The Utah State hospital at Provo City, in the county of Utah. SECTION 2. Secretary of State to publish. The secretary of State is directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the constitution and to be submitted to the electors of the State at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. To take effect when. If' approved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January, 1931. Filed with the Secretary of State Feb- ruary 25, 1930. I, M. H. Welling, Secretary of State of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Constitutional Amendments Nos. 1, 2, 8, 4, 6, and 6 as proposed by the special session of the legislature of 1930 as the same appear of record in my office. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of tbe State of Utah, this 1st day of September, 1930. 77h6hji TtPJzJ . Cj Secretary of State. (SEAL) Ugh! Ugh! very manlyllke, walked over to the thermometer and stared at It for a second and said: My gosh, grandpa, lfs three Inches A . three-year-ol- d, below. f- - Fortune Purchased We read on the forehead of thoae who are surrounded by a foolish sells what she luxury that fortune Fontaine. La to give. is thought 'THE - UTAH - TAX SITTER' 1 Tax exemptions now given to certain classes of wealth would be removed if the people pass the constitutional amendments to be voted on at the November election. These amendments are designed to open the way for the legislature to tax the $210,000,000 annual income in Utah, that is now paying no direct tax. Revenue from this income would be used to reduce the tax load on the present taxpayers. These ehanges are being opposed by certain Interests. E1KE l'KI, AN EDITORIAL OF INTEREST Why should property which earns only 25 per cent of the income produced in this state pay all of the direct taxes for support of the state, the schools, counties and municipalities? This is a question placed squarely before the voters of Utah as a result of material recently announced by R. E. Hammond, member of the state board of equalization. The best data obtainable on the present distribution of the tax burden show dearly that Property in recent years earned only about $70,000,-00- 0 average annually while the income from personal services amounted to $210,000,000. This is based on information compiled from federal reports of various dealing with statistics kinds and was obtained by the Utah board of equalization from Dr. John C. Watson, director of the bureau of taxation and statistics of the Illinois Agricultural Association. Since Utah operates under the general property tax system all of the in direct 20,000,000 paid annually tlie support of the property taxes state and its subdivisions is obtained from taxing property. In other s of the income of words the state pays no direct tax for the support of the schools or the state 'oral governments. Furthermore tangible property is carrying 98.6 per cent of almost the yhoie load while innrr!bles are to escape with the playment of only about 1.4 per cent. In the face of such startling inequalities in the distribution of the tax bur-le- n it is no wonder that "me property has .been taxed to the breaking point. Tt is less wonder that the taxpayer riio has been carrying this load should want the tax svstem changed to distribute part of the burden to intangibles or to income. If the figures released by Mr. Hammond art anywho-- n near correct they show a condition that is intolerable and one which certainW demands some means of correction. If the constitutional amendments wul 'oen the wav for the legislature to wrrect this great injustice to tangible tihen thev should - evoive o v maierity of votes from tbe honest and fair minded voters of this riate when the eonc,i'ifntionnl amendments are placed before them next three-fourth- IMHlN WEEK IS COMING The national Board of Fire Underwriters reports that the fire loss during July was $34,847,750 $2,6G2,257 more than in July, 1929. The total loss for the first seven months of this year has been $277,187,521, as compared with $262,078,288 during the same period last year, an increase of more than $15,000,000. The discouraging fact is .that Ae re once more on our way toward a half billion dollar annual waste. For the past few years there has been a small but steady decrease in annual loss and it was hoped that the American people were at last becoming "fire conscious. Apparently the hope was unfounded. Carelessness and ignorance continue to destroy, through the medium of fire, thousands of irreplaceable lives and a gigantic amount of property each year. has been Tbe week of October set aside as Fire Prevention Week. Once more private and public organizations wil endeavor to instill in the public a knowledge of fire hazards, of the need for better building construction and the like. Once more we will have the opportunity to learn, under expert guidance, lessons that are of direct financial benefit to all of us. The issue is up to the public.-Ou- r gigantic' fire loss is a menace to prosperity, to home building, to industrial progress. It is a national disgrace that can be remedied only by unceasing vigilance in our homes and places of business. 1 1 A SORRY SPECTACLE To a person with a in his veins, it blood of sporting drop is a sorry spectacle to see a politician or a group of politicians pick out an industry or an indivdual for miblic crucifixion in the hope of thereby creating sentiment and votes for themselves or their pet schemes. This practice is resorted to every day in state and national poltics. Holding public office today has in the majority of cases degenerated into a mere political job. It is seldom looked upon as an honor, a privilege or a duty. It has to' a large extent become and a a profession. To use racka become has it term, gangster et. It is with a politictl situation of this kind that the average citizen and the average indusry struggling to build up business and maintain payrolls, to contend. It is high time that has Do you realize that a fifty cent sincere men and women and progresdeterHair Cut, will add more to your sive industrial leaders take a which inroads the stand mined against personal appearance than a fifty professional officialism is constantly dollar suit of clothes? Come reg- attempting to make on the rights and liberties of American citizens and ularly for your tonsorial work, to business. pro-'os- fair-minde- d ed log-rollin- g, muck-rackin- g scandal-distrib- uting YOUR ATTENTION! DAVE SMITHS SHOP BARBER ' I Superseded Telegraph In January. 18S2, tbe telephone was used for dispatching trains |