Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-24 | Page 9 | Proposed Amendment to the Constitution-House Joint Resolution Number Eight

rnOPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COVSTI i TCTIUN HOL'SK JOiXT RESOLUTION . NLMHER EIGHT. A res-oUition propo.inii nn anitndn-.ent to S"o-ti.m S"o-ti.m 5. Article l.-i cf the Constitution of tn iia'.e of Utah, relating to uniform taxes and exemptions. Be it refeo'.v- bv the Legislature of the Sta' 'of Utah. tvo-thir.l ril the members elected . :o each he use nml-urnnft therein: Section 1. Tnnt it is proposed to amend i Section 3 of Arti.de XIII of the Constitution the Stfite of Utah so that me lame wiil rt-fid bs follows : Section The Legislature nhall provide by law a uniform and evjual rate of assessment and ta.xation on all property in the State, a t-cortliny t-cortliny to its value in money, and shall prescribe pre-scribe by per.eraj law such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of ad property, so that evcy person and corporation corpora-tion shall pay a trx in pnnortion to t'ii value of his, her or its property : Provided, trial, a ceduc'.ion of debits from eredi's may b auLhor-Lrr.l : Lrovid'-d further. The, the prop-. prop-. erty o: t':c "Uniicd S'.a'es, of the State, coun-; coun-; tics, c.lIo?. town, school ditric;?. municipal : corpora: ions and public libraries, lots with thi 1 b"J'.ldiny,-s rii er eon ued exclusively for eilh-r re-1 re-1 lipious worship or charitable purposes, and j places of burial not h- !d or ucl for Drivaie i or corporate binefit. shall be tempt from ta-' ta-' Riion. Ditcher, canals, reseroirs, pires I liumes owned una ued by individliais r cor-1 cor-1 rorcrions for irriaLnjT kinds owned by such I ire ividn.i!? or corpo.-at ions, or the individual members thereof, shall not be peparaly Uuted ! as loiip as they sbail be owned and used ex-! ex-! clusively for such purpose : Provi-ed further, , That niortc.ifre- uion both real and personal 1 property shi.H be exempt from taxation: Pro-i Pro-i vided further, Th;u the taxes of the indigent poor may be remittee or abated at such time j and in su-h manner as may be provided by ; law : Provided, further, Tht the Lcfrtslatnrt rr.ay provide lor the exemption from taxation 1 uf !io:T:e-, honu steads, and personal property, not to fn'trii t wo hu ndred ar. J ; . fly dollar tn value for homes and hor.. ads and n hundred duMars of persnnal priperty. Section 2. The Secretary of cta'e i5 directed : to cause this proposed amendment to bm published pub-lished as required by the Constitution and to ba submitted to the electors of the Stat at ' the next yrencral fiction in the manner pr-j pr-j vided by law. Sec; ion 3. If a roved by the electors of 'Lhe State, this proro-ed amendment eatl tke 1 etiect on he Tir.t d;.v of .January, 1919. j Approved March JJ, 1917. j I, HARDEN BF.NMON, Seerelary of fitnt , of the S;,ite of Utah, do hereby certify that 1 the above is a tu: i. true and correct copy of 1 a resolution prop-.f-.m an amendment to Section Sec-tion S, Article l l. of the Con .titution of the Srate of Utah, rehitina lo uniform taxed and exemptions. In witnnf whereof, I have hereunto set my j hand and .if fixed the Great Seal of the Staia I of Utah, tir 2ord dav of August, (Seal) ,iiARDIN BHNNION, ; Secretary of State.