Show AI AMENDMENT TO TUB THe I CONSTITUTION EX SENATE oJ J JOINT 0 I 1 NT p IU RESOLUTION tU lInn RIGhT EIGHT PROPOSING AN N A AMENDMENT tENT TO article 13 of at tho Constitution of at the State of or Utah relating to ta revenue and Kj ta taxation xa t i on Bo Be It resolved by tho the Legislature lature of or the tho State of ot Utah two thirds of ot all aU 1 members elected to each ench of oC the tho two 1 f houses houst concurring therein therein- S Section 1 It Is proposed to amend article 13 of at tile the Constitution of ot the State of ot Utah so that thal tho the same same- will trill read as ns follows 1 The Tho power of f taxation shall never 4 be surrendered suspended suspend ell or contracted contract ed ell away awny All taxes shall hall be uniform upon tho the same class of or property within with with- a in tho the territorial limits of the tho authority author r ity levying tho the tax and shall be levied and collected for Cor public purposes only 2 TIme The Legislature shall provide by A law for tor an annual tax sufficient with I Iother other Sources of revenue to defray detray time the estimated ordinary ordinal expenses of ot thai thell state for each fiscal year ear For Far the the- purpose of ot paying tho the state debt If It an any i there be tho the Le Legislature shall provide for far levying a 1 tax lax annually sufficient to pa pay the annual interest and pal of ot such debt within twenty years cau from fram the final passo passage e 01 or the law cro- cro atin the debt 3 There Thero shall bo be exempt from Crom taxation taxa taxa- tion property of ot the tho United States of Of the thc state counties cities towns school districts municipal corporations and andr public libraries lots lats with buildings thereon used exclusively for tor either cither re- re f 1 worship or charitable purposes fl antI and places of or burial not hold bold or used l l for tOl private or corporate benefit a F Ditches canals ca reservoirs pipes pines and m flumes owned aid ard I. used b by individuals r or corporations for to irrigating lands lands- ii owned b by 8 1 such h Individuals or on corpora corpora- lions or tho the individual members thereat there there- of at shall not nat be separately taxed so 80 long as they thoy shall be cw cd and used exclusively for Cor such purpose provided that mortS' mortS mortgages es upon real and personal personal A property shall hall b be exempt from taxa- taxa rl 0 tion and that the taxes of the tho Indigent P. P poor POI OI I may l l be e remitted l or aba abated tell u at t such lIuch mm i in ii as us may DO ce t provided b by law H 4 The Legislature shall not Impose S taxes for the purpose of or any luy count county city town or 01 other athor municipal corpora corpora- LIon but ma may b by law lawet vest et In the time corPorate corporate cor cor- thereof respective i ly h the power lower to assess and md collect taxes for tar all purposes of ot such cor car 5 G. Tho TIme surface ground around roun of ot all mines J and mining claims both placer and V rock In place containing or bearing gold silver copper lead head Iron or other e valuable metals after aCter purchase thereof there- there of ot from tram the United States shall be taxed at nt a value alue not greater than the price paid the United States Stales eletor S unless the surface ground or some part thereof of or such uch mine or claim Is used r for Cor other ather than mining purposes and amid has a separate and In Independent value for tor such other ather purposes In which caso aso said surface ground or any part t thereof there there- ere ere- of or so used to for other than tn mining purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses shall be tn taxed ed at Its v value lue Corsuch for Cor such other purposes as provided by bylaw law and all machinery used In mining and all alt property and surface Improvements upon or appurtenant to mines s and min mm ing claims which hare havo a value separate and independent of such mines or min big ing claims shall shaH b be taxed as provided pro C b by law All lands coal granite stone tone marble onyx gas oil aU o gypsum or other mineral deposits other othor than those enumerated enumerate above in this section after purchase thereof from tho United t States and all property and surface Improvements upon upal or appurtenant to such Inn lands s which ha have e n a value separate and independent cf or all auch lands shall be taxed as pro b by law In addition ad ad- ad- ad to 00 the tIme assessment of oC the time surface j grounds improvements and aind machinery t of ot mines moines and ancl mining claims clams all mines and mining claims claim producing DrO net proceeds proceeds proceeds pro- pro shall be taxed at a value not to exceed three times such net proc proceeds eds 6 G. An n accurate statement of or the re ro- ro and expenditures of ot the public publio r moneys mones shall shaH be bo published annually In such manner as ns the thc Legislature may pr provide 7 Time The rate of at taxation on property for tor- state purposes shall hall never nevel exceed eight mills on an each dollar of ot valuation w to be apportioned as follows Not to exceed four faur and one half mills on each dollar of at valuation for tor general state state purposes not nat to ta exceed three mills on K Keach I each dollar of at valuation for Cor school dIe dis purposes not to exceed half one mill on an each dollar of valuation for tor high a school purposes that part hart of the state f- f I tax apportioned to hl high h school purposes purposes pur- pur poses shall constitute a fund tUn to be betz called the high school fund and be bo apportioned to the tho cities and school schaal V districts maintaining high schools in the tho manner tho the Legislature ma may provide And whenever er the taxable property c within the tho state shall amount to ta four tour hundred million dollars the thc rate shall not exceed n five mills mills' on each dollar of or valuation unless a proposition to increase Increase in- in In 1 crease such rate specifying the rato rater r proposed I and the time during which th same samo shall be bc levied b bo first submitted to ta a vote vOto of ot such of ot the tho qualified r tors of ot the tho state as in the year f next lext preceding such election shall haves havo paid a property tax assessed to thorn thom within time the state stace and the majority or of ot voting thereon therean shall vote ote in t favor fa- fa faor vor or thereof In such manner as may be be- p provided a by bJ law 8 8 The making malting of ot profit out aut of ot pub pub- 1 t Ho Un moneys money using tho the same samo mo for tor any any purpose not authorized R b by law b by any public officer shall be deemed a felony and shall shaH be punished as as provided by law but part t of oC such punishment o n shall I lice flee v u. u Lt S I 9 No appropriation shall be made or any epen expenditure authorized by the S whore whereby b the expenditures of or tho thc state during durin any fiscal year year j j shall exceed the total tatal tax tac then pro 1 idOL for by law In and nl applicable tor such appropriation or expenditure unless un un- less tho the Legislature making such M ap-M shaH shaD f for levying al- al a a. a sufficient tax lax not e exceeding the rates rates rates' allowed in section 6 of ot this article to taJ pa pay such appropriation or expenditures within such fiscal year ear This provision provi- provi slon sion shall not apply to appropriations or expenditures to suppress 7 lions defend the state or assist In defending de- de tending fending the United States In time of of 1 war 10 Nathin Nothing In this timis constitution shall be construed to ta prevent the Legislature from pro providing a stamp tax or a ta tax or based bled on an income occupation licenses IT f f Ii 1 I Sec See 2 Time Tho secretary of or state Is I I i w hereby ordered to ilvo lve this proposition to be published in at least leant t one ono news j I paper In every county in the state a 1 newspaper Is printed and pub pub- published for two months month preceding preceding- tho the next general election jj i Sec 3 This proposition shall be sub sub- I milted to the tho electors of this state a at ti tithe the next general election tar for or their approval approval ap- ap or disapproval II All official bal bal T lots lota used at such lIuch election electon shall have printed or written thereon tho the words l' l For Far tho the amendment of words 13 of Ork the constitution n relating to taxation Yes No and shall otherwise b be prepared and submitted to tho the electors electors' I as may otherwise bo be provided pra by law law and said ballot balot shall be received count count- count j cd ed and canvassed and returns thereon be made mado in the same samo manner and In all nU respects as In or ma may be provided bY law In the case caso of ot election electon of at state o of of- See Sot 4 If I adopted b bv b tho the electors tors of at time the state this shall take effect January 1 1 1917 Approved March arch 20 20 1915 15 STATE OF UTAH SECRETARY OF 01 STATES STATE'S OFFICE I I. I Da David Mattson atson secretary of or stat tt of the State of ot Utah Utah do hereby certify 1 that the foregoing Is Ie a it a full rUl true and correct copy of or Senate enate enato Joint resolution tion No proposing 8 8 proposing an amendment to to- article artcle IS 15 of ot the tho constitution of lImo tho to 81 State of ot Utah relating to revenue re and and taxation as s appears of ot record in my l office fl In witness whereof I ha have hae e hereunto set bet tet my hand and affixed the tho great seal of tho time State of or Utah this day or of of 1916 5 e caU l DAVID MATTSON s Secretary ot of Stat |