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Show (VOTERS OF UTAH: I f You will have the opportunity November 7th to vote on an amendment of Article 13 of the State Constitution, Con-stitution, relating to Revenue and Taxation. Many of you have been told that this amendment will increase taxes on net proceeds of mines and thereby reduce the taxes of those who do not own mining property. ii Will that be the result? If so, then why arc not your taxes lower NOW, as net proceeds of mines ln- H creased FIVE times between statehood and 1915 and THIS year arc almost i THREE times what WHS they were last year? Hj jEgi Have your taxes come DOWN as mine proceeds went UP? They have NOT. HJIPl Do you think your taxes will ever be reduced by giving the tax gatherers MORE TAXING POWER? Bi A Wouldn't you rather keep your present Constitution, which LIMITS the taxing powers? !tij Have your public officers ever failed to SPEND ALL THE TAXES THEY CAN COLLECT? H KjJ Do you know this amendment allows property to be CLASSIFIED and taxed at DIFFERENT RATES, Hi J without saying whose taxes will be raised and whose lowered? If, as you may have been told, !'(,' this is Intended to reduce taxes on homes, or household goods, or farms, WHY DOESN'T IT B SAY SO? Was it because they intend to do something they haven't told you about? Read the j 17 amendment and try to find the place where It says ANYBODY'S taxes will be LOWER. LB ' j ?& Look at Section 9 of the amendment. It says Legislative appropriations must not exceed the rates al- H l lowed In Section SIX, and Section Six says NOTHING about rates, which means there is NO HI la LIMIT. Your present Constitution fixes a limit. If this change were made intentionally it is an mm outrage; if it is a mistake, how many other mistakes arc there? HJJF9 Do you know the amendment WIPES OUT ENTIRELY that provision of the Constitution which says HjjSj taxes shall be UNIFORM and EQUAL on ALL property? WHY? So they can tax some of you fl-1 MORE than othersand this docscn't mean MINES, as mines arc treated separately In another H.9 Section. BfiyU Do you know the amendment also permits DOUBLE TAXATION of companies or corporations not pyfl only MINING companies, but ALL companies, Including YOUR company when they decide to 7!fl put that burden on you? E&yB Do you know this amendment proposes to take power from men ELECTED by YOU and give it to men HjfyH APPOINTED by SOMEBODY ELSE, thereby destroying your local self government as to taxation? Ikjfl Do you know the State Board of Equalization says Revenue and Taxation should be ENTIRELY ELIM- I NAT ED FROM THE CONSTITUTION, and that this same Board is the father of the amend- Hjflfj ment and of the new tax law which has caused so much trouble all over the State this year? HfflH "Y, know, na you know, tlint tnxrn nrc liipli too high on everlioIy--lecime the people of t lie Stnte have not Insisted on Httfl the enrcfiil expenditure of their public funds. The need of the times is not INTItUAKIH) TANKS but- IIKDIH'KI) KXI'UNM. M M TUIinS nil down the Hue, no thnt nil of us inny have hetter opportunities to prosper and investors he ciicoui.ikkI to put their BH money into Utah enterprises instead of being driven from the Stnte h. excessive tnx rates and the threat of vviuu. to loine. HyBI Wc do not tirade the cause of the mines in this Mntcnient. We ash vou to fytnet thnt Utah mines exist, or assume thnt they HiB ought to he taxed to the limit and beyond, if ou will. Then consider thin amendment as it affects VOl'ltSIM,!' 'Mid it. Un B jH I derstand it, if .vou can, and then vote for it If you arc SUKI3 it win framed for your hrnellt, ns you KNOW the Constitution BB HH I Hut if you do NOT understand it, if you nrc NOT sure it it intended to benefit nnd protect you, IMtOTIX'T YOl'llSHlATS MH J with your votes on Nov. 7th. HH If ndopted, this amendment will bu the SUl'ltKMi: LAW of Utah, nnd if you nrc in doubt, it in jour PltlVlLUOi:. yon; B RIGHT, your DUTV to H votis "NO" HH Utah Chapter, American Mining Congress H Ilotitoi. Biiililinj. Still LiikoCity, Utah H Th l statement I made because there has been a state-wide campaign conducted to prejudice Ihe public mind against Utah's mlnlnt Inda 1 try nnd. In connection therewith, to establish the Impression that the amendment affect ONIiY th tuition or mine Ttir Utah Chapter, H American Mining Congress, resent the attempt to errata auch an unjust prejudice, and challenge- all atatementa that the amendment conlem HK plate only Increased mine taxation. Additional Information ou the aubjret will be acnt to any Interested cltlien on request. I'HOPOKH AMENDMENT TO TIIK cYlNSTITVTION. 1IOUSK JOINT ItlteOMTIO.V MfMllini SIX. A Joint Hesolutlon providing an amendment to Section 17. Article 7, of the Constitution of the Stnte or Utah relating to the duties or the Auditor nnd or tho Trensurer II It enacted by the legislature of the State or Utah Two-thirds or nil tho members elected to each or the two houses concurring con-curring therein Section 1 That It Is proposed to amend Section 17, Artlclo 7, or the constitution of the stnte of Utah, so that the same will read as follows 17 The auditor shall be nudltor of public accounts The public mone)s Khali be deposited by tho treasurer, under tho supervision of the board of examiners, nnd ns provided by law. Sec 1 The secretnr) or stato Is hereb) directed to submit this proposed pro-posed amendment to tho electors or the state at the next general election In the manner provided by law-Sec law-Sec S H adopted by the elector or the stnte, this nmendment shnll take crfect January I. 1917 Approved March 17, 1916. HTATB OF" UTAH, MKCHKTAHY OK HTATH'B OITICIJ. I, David Mattson, secretary of state of the stato of Utah, do hereby certify certi-fy that the foregoing Is n rull, true nnd correct copy or IIOUSB JOINT IIKSOIAJTION NUM1IKH SIX providing pro-viding an amendment to Section 17, Artirle 7, or the constitution or tho state of Utah, relating to tho duties of the auditor nnd of the treasurer, ns appears of record In my orrice. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Qrentl Heal of the Htate or Utah, this 22d da) or August, 1918 I DAVID MATTHON , Hccrotury of State I'lrst pub Hcpt 1, Inst Nov 3, 191)1 I'ltorosni) mi:dmi:xt to thi:' COKTITlTIO.. SliVATi: JOINT m:soi,tTioN m'miiku i:hjut. Proposing An Amendment to Article 13 or the Constitution or the State or Utah, relating to revenue and tnxatton He It resolved by the I.cgllnturo or the Hlato or I'tnh. two-third or nil member elected to eneh or tho two houses concurring therein' ' Hectlon 1 It Is proposed to amend Article 13 or tl)c constitution or the stnte or Utah, nt thnt the same will1 read as follows 1. Tho power of taxation shnll never bo surrendered, suspended or contracted nvvny All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within tho territorial limits of the authority lev)lng the tnx, nnd Klmtl bo levied and collected for pub-lie pub-lie purpose only 2. The legislature shall provide by law for an annunl tax sufficient, with other source of revenue, to defray the rsllmnted ordinary expenses of tho stato for each fiscal )cnr. Tor the purpono of pn)lng the state debt, U any there tic, the legislature shnll provide for levying n tnx annually, sufficient to pay the annunl Intirest and prlnclHil of such debt, within twinty )cnrs from the final imseago or the law treating the debt 3. There shall be exempt from tux-1 iitlon propert) of the United Htntis. of thn stnte, counties, cities, towns,1 school districts, munlilpnl corporations corpora-tions nnd public libraries, lot with the buildings thereon used exclusively for either religious worship oc chart-table chart-table purposes, and places nf burial not held or used for private or cor porntn benefit. Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipes and flumes owned nnd usid by Individuals In-dividuals or corporations for Irrigating Irrigat-ing lands owntd by such Individuals or corporations, or the Individual members thereof, shall not be separately separ-ately taxed so long us they shall be owned nnd used exclusively for such purpose, provided, thnt mortgages upon rent and personnl property shall bo exempt from taxation-, and thnt the taxes or the Indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such time nnd In such manner ns may bo provided by law. i. The legislature shall not Impose Im-pose tnxe for th purpose or nny county, city, town or othir municipal corporation, but mny, by law. vest In the corporate authorities thereof, re. spectlvely, the power to nssess add collect tuxes for nil purpose of such corporation. The surface ground of all mines nnd mining claims, both placer und roik In plate containing or bearing gold, silver, coppr lead. Iron or other valuable metals, .tfter purthaso thereof there-of from the I'nlt.d Htate. shall I iHxed nt n value not greater than the price iniIiI tlie United Htatis therefor, unless the surfs, e ground, or some part thereof, of ui h mine or tlalm, Is used for othtr than mining pur-poses, pur-poses, and Iish a sepurate and lnde- ptndent vnlue ror su h other purpose, pur-pose, in which i use said mirfuce ground, or un) imrt thereof so used for othir than mining purposes, shall be taxed at Its vnlue for such other purpose a provldtd by law; and all machinery used In mining, nnd all property nnd surface Improvements upon or uppurtermnt to mines nnd mining claims, which have a value separate nnd Independent of auch mines or mining claims, shall bo. taxed as provided by uw. All lands con-turning con-turning coal, granite, stone, marble, onyx, gas, oil. hydro-carbons, gypsum f. n,h''.r valuable mineral deposits other than those enumerated abovo In this seitlon, nfter purchase thereof from the United States nnd nil prop-erty prop-erty nnd surface Improvement upon or appurtenant to such lands whloh .ni"!,1 ?luo ,l,e and Indcpcnd-ent Indcpcnd-ent of nil uch lands shall bn taxed a provided b) law. in nddltlon to the assesmnent or the surrnie grounds, improvenunt and machlntry or mine nml mining claims nil mine and mining i latins producing net pro-hr,.,,a11 pro-hr,.,,a11 "a"d n vuluo not to ixoeed thne time such net proieeds. 1-J.i.. "fllrate statement or the receipt nnd expenditure or the pub- nuam.",.nH,.',,"U" '", 1'uMlaheil ' un. nually , ,,, mniner tno , , latuii mn provide 7 The rate or taxation on nron-.r,y, nron-.r,y, tor, 1!H, I'urpnsea hnll never lx. ,i,rWl n ench dollar "f li ' v ,t0. ,,e 'Portioned n fol-h,Mf fol-h,Mf mmot to ex.L""1 f0l,r nna one-?n,r.m,ll".on one-?n,r.m,ll".on eopn dollar, of vuluatlon for general state purport, not to "x. uaTlon,rform!!1': ',,n.w!cL' "llr or vN i,,' ,'"""" '"'0", Pnrposcs; 2nch doiKr"1 ;,no-h,l'f mm on hih J?"",r of valual on ror high school purpose; that part ?. Lhlh hn' tax apportioned P to ti to "ihrj '"t'PMM shall const!. ml?Jt Un.'!. '" ho c" ed the high 3 To iho'c .,R"d "h,n" V nPPortlon. ;.. i . . . ctle and school dlntrlci maintaining high chool In th" man! ner the legislature may provide And whenever the taiablo promrtv wltl n he , tote .nll amount to r k dred ml Hon dollars, the rate shilii not ex.ied fue mill on each dollar of year next preceding such ,i, shall have paid a propeVt t.Vlc sessed to them within the iinit the majority of those votinV ,h..r ' shall vote In favor thererf n manner aa may be provided i i 1 8 Tho making of prof,t t ?" , public monejs, using the slm , nny purposo not authorize 1 i7 ,' r by any public officer, shall be owl!! n felony, nnd shall be nunishert provided by law. but pirt ,f u punishment Khali be dlsqiii it, ?H h to hold public office q "' atl 3 9. No appropriation shall I ,,, or nri) expenditure authorized ?,. legislature, whereby the cxncnJin,;' of the slate, during an) tit it lur" shnll exceed the totnl tax then rT vlded for by law. and nppl a " ; such appropriation or exncmiii,,. unless the legislature mak ng i?' npproprintlon, shall provide lr i.. 1 Ing n sufficient tax, not exc cjir ,V rate allowed In Hectlon 6 o, th . .. Hole, to pay such nppropriulcn . expenditure within luch ji nl J.. ' This provision shnll not apply to . proprlatlon or expenditures t .n!" press Insurrections, defend tl ,?., or assist In defending t!.e t ,,;, Stntcs In time of war. l nlt'1 10. Nothing In this comtituti shall bo construed to prevent the ii.' Islaturo from providing a tamp r. or n tnx based on Income, oivuraii' licenses or franchises ""Patlo Sec 2. The secretnr) or ,t4t. , hereby ordered to give this irono.' tlon to be published In nt lent o newspaper In every county in h! stnte where a newspaper is nrlni.c nnd published ror two months "Ktf ceding the next general election ?rc;..3'. .Thl? Proposition shall y. I submitted to tho electors or this ii.t. nt the next general election for thr approval or disapproval All official I ballot used nt such election Vhi ihnvo printed or written thereon trt words, "I or tho nmendment of Artlf . 1 13 of tho Constitution, relating to t. ntlon," "Vcs' "No," and shall 0thr. wlso be prepared and submitted to th. elector a mny bo othirw se provided provid-ed b) law, and said ballot ahill I. i received, counted, nnd canvassed. ri rcturni thereon be made In the sami manner nnd In nil respects ns la cr mny be provided by law in the caie election of stnte officer Sec. 4. If ndopted by the tlectsrt .of tho stnte, thl nmendment ha tako effect Jnnunry 1, 1917 1 Approved March 20, 1915 I HTATi: OK UTAH. Ibix'iiktahy or htatkh ohice I, David Mattnon, secretary or ttt or tin state of Utah, dc hereby cerllf I that tho foregoing Is n full, true snl correct copy or HKNATU JOINT ItE. OI.UTION NUMIIKIl i:iOIIT pr posing an nmendment to Article 11 rf tho constitution of the state of I'uh relating to revenue nnd taxation, m nppcnr or record In my olflce in witness whereof, I have hr. unto set my hand and nfflxed th Oreat Htal or the Htate ot I'tnh. th I 22d day of August, 191 A DAVID MATTHON. Secretary of State I'lrst puti Kept. 1, last Nov 3 1111 NoTiu; i'Nin:i ktTi:s m'nd Office, Halt Ijike Clt), Utah. Ktpt 1 1916 To Whom II Ma Concert Notlte Is hen by given that the its' lor Utah has riled In this offb e lliti lands, selected b) the snld statr ui der Hectlon C or the nit of tongmt npproved Jul) IS, H'Jt. ns Indemnltr school lands, vlx Herlnl 0III7C NWUKKU, Hie. 12. Twp It South llnnge II Kast, HK4HW4, Se 9 Twp, Id Hollth, Itango IS Kail, S't Uike meridian Copies of said llitt so far as they relate to snld tracts r descriptive sub-dlvlslons, have htea conspicuously posted In this office for Innpettlon liy nny person Interest-ed Interest-ed nnd by the public generally Dor Ing the period or publication or th notice, or nny time thereafter, and be. fore final npprovnl and certification under departmental regulations el April 2S, 1907, protests or conttrti ngalnst thn claim of the state to an of the tract or sub-dlvlslons hereinbefore, herein-before, described, o.n the ground that the same Is more valuable for mineral miner-al than ror agricultural purposes, wl' bn ntelved and noted for reort t thn general land office nt Wathlnf-ton, Wathlnf-ton, D, ('. Failure so to prnlrir r contest, within the time spt Ifled wi be considered stiff U lent i.ldrnrs rf the noii-mliieral tharatttr of I' trait und thn selcitlon then f be Ing uthtrtvlso rree from oljicllon, wii be approved to the stute (K1 l.n J III.AKKI.V, Register I'lrst pub. Hept 22, Inst Oi I .0, lit noiicT: vim Pr ni.ie vi iov- Conl llntr). (Heis. 2318 '.' It S Ijtnd orrice ut Halt Ijtkc Clt) l'U Hept 2, 1910. Notice Is htnl) glvei thnt I It leu Wuttls of 301 Me hlcnbu Apt , Halt l-ake City, count) or ( ' l-nke, stale of Utah, who, on the !! day or October, 19IS, riled In this of-flio of-flio coal declaratory state mint Serb. No. 016180, ror Lots t, 0 anl 7, Se C. Twp, 13 South, Itnnge 9 Mait. and NKU or Hi:M or Hec I. Twp. 1" Houth, Itango 8 Hast, Halt !ike mtr dlaii, has thl day riled In Ibis office application to purchase, Serial N Olfilfld, nld land under the provision of Hectlon 2318 to 2382, U H IlevlsH Htntutes. Any nnd nil persons claiming claim-ing adversely the land descrilxd. r desiring to object for uny reason t tho entry thtreof by nppllcunt, should rilo their afflduvlts of proteit In thlj ofrictt during the thlrt)-day pirlod ef publication Immediately lollowInK '" rirst prlnttd Issue or th's nolle aoi'1,1) II. IIIMCIU.Y. Iteglt r r W, benlor, 330 Judge llldg, Salt l-v City, Utuh, Attorney ror Applicant I'lrst pub. Hept, 29; Inst Ot! ti ' Noiici: rou PT'iu.k ii')''"- ( Publisher ) Department r the In-iBrlor, In-iBrlor, United States Ijiiiu Office t Halt Iko City, Utah, Hipt 2 J Notlte Is hereby given that James M Peterson, of HuniDslde, Utah ws on Mny 9, 1912, modo desert rntrr Serial No 0970C. for BKUNWs HliNBM. NUUNI3W. 8m J" 15 Houth, llnnge 13 Kast, Hilt U merldlun, ha filed nollte (f Int" tlon to mnko final proof, to estaM claim to the land above described for tho ilerk of the dlstrlrt court I'rke, Utah, on the 16th day t vember, 1910 Claimant names vvltnosse David Peterson. James di-on di-on nnd P, J. Peterson, all or Supv 2 side. Utah, and Murvln Olson of !' M Utah. OOUMJ II UI.AKIU.Y R'" B ter, . H I'lrst pub. Bopt 29, last Nov 1. "" H It Is estimated nt various pollllt headnunrtcr that the campalK1"' ' H Utah will cover a greater mileage r n automobile than lampalgneri In asj u other state In the union with the ! slide exception of Nevada In uisb g and Nevada the autumobll Is r R ud almost sxcluslvsl- by cal,M H |