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Show nun mm PROPOSED Senate Pastes Resolution by Dern Providing for Better Bet-ter Equalization of Utah's Tax Burdens. AFTER failing three times t muster sufficient 'strength in the senate, and having ones failed of adoption in the house, a-resolution- proposing a conatW tutional amendment to amend . the state law governing taxation waa paesed In the upper house of tag Utah legislature today. Senator Oeorge H. Dm Introduced the reeolutlon, an exact duplloate of, the one presented yesterday by Senator Sen-ator Kinney and killed for lack of a two-thirds majority. Once before) the measure waa proposed and discarded dis-carded In the senate. WILL TAX ALL. The resolution provides that the people vote upon an amendment te equalize the distribution of the tax burden of the state. If thla l eventually done, all money, credits, phyalcal property and Intsnglble assets as-sets may be taxed, wherein they are) now exempted by reason of the Urn ttatlona of the present tax laws. The resolution waa adopted by the senate with only four dissenting votes, those of Senators Tenbs, Blandish, Knight and Jenkins. The latter presented a stubborn fight agalnat Introduction of the measure, but were defeated on the final roll call. , ' AW CONFIDENT. ' Sponsors of the constitutions! amendment expressed confidence that the resolution will now muster a necessary two-thirds In the house and will receive the Indorsement of the governor. Equalisation ef taxes has been aa Important problem before the last three legislatures, but the proposal for a constitutional amendment hast always met defeat at the end of the session. It Is a coincidence that the aenata rejected the resolution whan presented pre-sented by Benator Quinney. a Republican Repub-lican and administration worker, and accepted It at the hands of George 11. Dern. Democratlo minority leader of the upper house. CHANGES SHOWN. - The resolution, which la aa follows, shows proposed changea In the constitution con-stitution In boldface type: ' B it resolved by the legislature of the state of Utah, two-thirds of all the members elected to each houae concurring therein: "Bectlon 1. That It Is proposed to amend sections and 1 of article It of the constitution of the state of Utah so that such section will read as follows: "Sec. t. Te the end that the burden bur-den ef taxation may be equitable upon all property, the leoislsture ia empowered te divide all property, in-eluding in-eluding moneys and credits as well as physieel property, into elaaaea and to determine what class or elaaaea ef property shall be subject te taxation, and what property, if any, shall net be subject te taxation. Taaee shall be "uniform upon all property ef the aame elaaa and shall be levied and collected for publio purposes only. There may be imposed im-posed upon any and ail property, in-eluding in-eluding privileges, franchlaea and II-ceneee II-ceneee te de business in the etate, but thia ahall not be so construed aa to authorise the taxation of the stocks of any company or corpora tlon when the property of such com pany or corporation represented by such stocks has been taxed. The legislature is empowered te Impose taaee upon ifwemes, which taxes may be graduated and progressive, and reeseeiabie exemption may be provided, pro-vided, and a eredit may be allowed en income taxes for property taxes paid within the year provided, that nothing in this aeetien ehall permit classification ef mine r mining claims. Hec. 1. The 'property of the I'nlted States, of the state, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal mu-nicipal corporations and public libraries, li-braries, lota with the bulldines thereon there-on used exclusively for either religious re-ligious worship or charitable purposes, pur-poses, snd places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit, and mortgagee upon both fCnnTmied on pare S STATE CHARTER , i (Conlinued (ram page 1.1 I real and personal property shall be j ..mnt from taxation. Dltrhee. ea. nala. reservoirs, pipe and flume i owned and used by Individuals or corporations for Irrigating land owned by - much Individuals or cor poratlons. or tha Individual members thereof, shell not be separately taxed so long as they shall be owned and , used exclusively for surh purpose: a deduction of dabita from credite may be authorised and taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at aurh time and in such i munner as msy be provided by law., "fciec. 2. The aer.relery of stale I la directed to cause this proposed amendment to be published aa re- I quired by the constitution and to be aubmitted to the electors of the atate ! at the next general election in the ' manner provided by law. 'fee. 3. If approved by the elec- tore of the atate. this proposed i amendment shall take effect on the first day of January. 123." |