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Show TAXATION MEASURES NOW-BEFORE HOUSE Three Bills Supplementing Income Tax Proposal Are Introduced. Three measures relating to taxation, including two resolutions providing for constitutional amendments relative to the taxation of mines and the uniform taxation of general property, were introduced in-troduced in the house of representatives yesterday by Representative Thomas Page of Salt Lake county. The three measures are designed as supplemental to and co-operative with his income tax bill, which is now on the house calendar for consideration. House joint resolution .No. 9, which is probably the most important of the three measures, relates to the assessment assess-ment of mining property. It calls for an amendment ot section 4, article 13, of the constitution of the state. It provides pro-vides that no special taxes or exemptions exemp-tions from taxation shall be applied to mines or mining claims in the state, but all mines and mining claims, including improvements thereon, shall be taxed as other real estate is taxed. Section 4 of the constitution as it now stands provides that all mining claims shall be taxed at the price paid the United States for the property and upon the net annual proceeds of the mines on the claims. The proposed amendment is designed to eliminate this protection to the mines in matter of taxation and to make all raining property taxable on the same basis as other real property of the state. It is contended by Representative Represent-ative Page that this change will bring the state an added revenue from the ' mines of some $200,000 to $300,000 a year. His second resolution known as house ; joint resolution No. 8, is an amendment j to section 3 of article 13 ox the con-I con-I stitution, designed to add a provision , that the legislature may provide for certain cer-tain exemptions from taxation on homes, ; homesteads and personal property not ! to exceed certain amounts. The amounts I of exemptions have not yet been deter-! deter-! mined, hence they are left blank for j determination when the measure reaches I committee. j The third measure is house bill 85. which repeal! the present law placing an annual license on corporations. ThiF is designed to eliminate the license tax in favor of the corporation tax imposed by the terms of the income tax bill. |