Show I T o 0 PIlE TiE CONSTITUTION a JOINT 4 I N T I IJ 1 UI I EIGHT Ir I PROPOSING AN A AMENDMENT E D TO of or tho the article Artcle 13 of ot tho Constitution State Slate of ot Utah r relating to tl revenue and taxation Legislature of ot lie lio It I resolved by the tho the State tato of or Utah two thirds of all aI members elected to each of the two houses housos concurring Iii Section 1 1 It I IS is proposed t tc tc amend article 13 of ot the tho Constitution of ot the State of ot Utah so that that tho same sama will read as follows fOJO 8 1 The Tie power o ot 01 taxation shall never ever bo ho surrendered suspended or contracted contract contract- ed awa away All Al taxes shall bo be uniform upon the same amo class of or property wIthin with wIth- In n tho the territorial limits of ot tho the authority author author- I ity ly levying le tho tax an and shall shaH be levied and collected for lor public purposes only 2 The Legislature shall provide b blaw by byaw law aw for tor an nn annual tax sufficient wit with other sources of revenue to defray detray tho thoe e ordinary expenses of ol the tho for tor each fiscal year For the of paying the state debt If I any hero thero be bet th the Legislature shall provide for lor or le levying ng a n ta tax annually sufficient If ft pay the tho te annual l Interest and principal principal principal pal of ot such debt within twenty years from rom tho the final passage of the tho to law creating cre era tho the debt S 3 3 There shall shaH De be exempt Tom taxa taxa- tin lon property of tho the United States OCth of ot th he the stab tate tato counties countes cities school districts municipal corporations and public libraries lots Iota with wib buildings thereon hereon used exclusively tot lot either cither re re- worship or charitable purposes and places Of f burial not held or used for tor or private or corporate benefit benett Ditches Diches canals r reservoirs sor pipes and I flumes lumes owned ard ard used by Individuals or corporations for tor irrigating lands owned by such l Individuals or o corpora corpora- tons Ions or tho the Individual members thereof there there- of at shall not be separately taxed so solon lon long as n tho they shall shan be bo owned and used exclusively for tor such purpose provided that hat mortgages upon real and und persona personal f property shall bo be exempt from taxation taxa- taxa taxa- taxa I lon tion an and that the taxes of ol the indigent poor ton ma may be bo remitted or 01 abated at such I Imo timo and in iii such manner as may bo be provided by law Jaw 4 The Legislature shall not Impose I taxes axes for tor the purpose of ot an any county city Ity town or other othor municipal corporation corpora- corpora Ion tion ton but may by br law law vest est In the corporate corporate cor cor- authorities thereof I ly lr y the tho power to assess and collect taxes axes for tor all nl purposes of or uch corporation cor cor- j 6 5 The surface round ground of ot all aJ m mines I nes nesI j I and nd mining claims both bot placer and ock rock In place containing or bearing gold sold silver sUver copper Icar lead Iron or other I valuable metals after purchase there thero- of f from tram the tho United States snail sall be I taxed axed at a 3 value not greater than thun the tho I price paid the United States unless tho the surface ground round or some omo part I thereof hereof of ot such mine or claim Is used for tor or other than mining purposes and has a n separate and In independent value alue for or such other purposes In which case I Isaid said aid surface or any part there there- j i I of f f. f so ut used d for or other ln mar f mining purposes pur pur- I poses oses shall bo be taxed at Its Is value for tr i such uch otner purposes as os provided b by bylaw law I and nd all al machinery used In mining and andall all ni 11 property and surface Improvements pono pon or appu appurtenant to mines and ruin min I tug ing iS WhICh watch o nave a value separate and nd Independent of or such mines or mining ruin min lag ing Ins claims shall b bM b. b taxed as provided by law All Al lands coal granite stone marble onyx enyx gas oil 01 hydrocarbons hydro gypsum or other valuable able ablo mineral minerai deposits deposit other than those enumerated above In this section after purchase thereof from the tho United ted States and all ni property and surface Improvements upon or appurtenant to such Buch lands which havo have a value separate nail and Independent of all such ouch tuch lands snail shall bo ho taxed as ae provided b by law In hal ad- ad to tho assessment assessment of or grounds Improvements ments and of 01 mines an and mining claims all ni mines and mining claims producing net proceeds pro pro- I. I coeds shah be ba taxed at nt a value not to exceed three times such net proceeds I 6 An accurate statement of ot tile tho tle re receipts ro reo and expenditures of oC the publio publia I mone moneys t shall be bo published annually In such manner mannet as the Legislature may provide I 7 1 The Tho rate rato of or taxation on property I j for tor state purposes shall hal never exceed eight mills mis on each dollar of valuation 1 to be apportioned cd as t follows Not to exceed exceed four tour and one half rl mills on each ench dollar dolar ot of o valuation for general state purposes not to exceed three mills mils on I each dollar of or valuation for school district district dis dis- ls purposes not to exceed one half mill mil on ott each dollar dolar of ot valuation one hal for tor high I school chool purposes that part of or the tile state toto tax ax apportioned to high school chool i hiSh pur pur- poses shall constitute a fund fun tt to be I I railed called caled the high school chool fund and shall bo be o apportioned to the cities cites and school I I districts maintaining high schools in the I manner tho the Legislature may provide And whenever the property within tho the state shall amount to four hundred million milon dollars tho rate shall not exceed five thc mills on each dollar of ot valuation une unless a n proposition tu tt h. h lit hI in increase crea crease e such puch rate specifying the rate rata Proposed and tho time UmA during which h the tame same shall be levied he be first submitted to a yote vote of or such of ot the tho qualified elec tors tore of ot the state as In iii the year next preceding such uch election electon shall havo j I paid old a property tax assessed to them within tho the state and the majority of or those voting thereon shall vote In r. r fw- fw vor thereof In such manner as may b be io provided by law 8 8 The Tho making of ot profit out of pub pub- lie Jc moneys monos using tho thu came camo famO for tor any purpose not not- authorized oy ny taw zaw JaW by any public officer shall hll bo be deemed d a felony n I and shall haH bo be punished as provided provide by law aw but pe Lat o cf of such shaH shall be disqualification to hold public of of- lice fice 9 No 0 nii shall be mado made I or any e expenditure by the turo whereby the tho expenditures of ot the state during any fiscal year shall exceed tho the total tax then pro I I vided for Cor b by law an and applicable for tor such such appropriation or expenditure un un- un less the tho Legislature making making such ap appropriation I I shall provide for lor levying a n sufficient tn tax tax not exceeding tao tho rates 1 allowed In section 6 o of t this article to pay such appropriation Jr or expenditure within such fiscal year This provision provision provi provi- sion flon shall not not apply to appropriations or expenditures to suppress insurrections tons defend the state or assist In do de war fending the United States In time of or 10 Nothing In this constitution thail be construed to prevent tho Legislature I from provI providing a stamp tax or a tax bas based d on Income occupation licenses or franchises Sec 2 Tho The secretary of state Is hereby here y ordered to this proposition I to be published in least at ono one newspaper news paper in lit II every county In tho state where a newspaper Is 1 printed and ned pub for tor two months month preceding the then n next general election electon Sec 3 This proposition shall shU bo be submitted sub sub- to tho electors of ot this state at af atthe the next general election for tor their elector approval ap ap- ap or disapproval All Al official ballout bal bal- lout lots used at such Buch election shall have lints printed I or written thereon o tho words p For ie the tho hgr a amendment el rc of article rl ro 13 al or orthe the constitution relating to tu taxation Yes Ye fe No lo and shall ahall hal otherwise b Its le I prepared und and submitted to the electors I as may otherwise bo be le provided pro by law and said eald ballot balot shall be received d. d counted count count- e ed and canvassed and returns thereon be made in tho the same ame manner and In alt al respects as in or may bo be provided It by ly law in tho the case of el election of ot state of of- fleets fleet's Sec 4 4 If l adopted b bv bs tho the electors of 01 the te state this thin amendment shall shaH ta take o effect January 1 1 19 Approved March 20 1 1015 1915 STATE OF UTAH SECRETARY OF OP STATES STATE'S OFFICE 1 I. David Mattson secretary of stats state Itte of or the tho State of or Uta Utah ao ou certify that tho the foregoing Is I a rull true tro an ln und correct copy of ot Senate Joint tion oton No o. o S proposing S S proposing proposing- an amendment to tc article 13 12 of tho the constitution of ot tho thc State Stale Stutt of or Utah relating to revenue and taxation as appears of or record In la my m r roff off office ice In witness whereof 1 I have hereunto set my hand and and affixed the great acal ses' i of ot the State Stat of ot Utah auth this 2nd day of ot r AU August 1916 11 Ibeal DAVID MATTSON Secretary ot at Stat Stat |