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Show Uses of Poverty. Poverty has spurred to splendid achievement many a youth who, reared in luxury and endowed with a fortune, would have accomplished nothing. The man who has made some costly sacrifice for love or duty's sake, or opposed a dauntless front to afflictions concerning which the only choice was as to the spirit in which they should be met and borne, is often of-ten happier than another whose rectitude recti-tude imposed no hardships, or who has never been called upon to battle with adversity. Tke woman whose pres ence in a sick room is a better tonic than any which the physician pre scribes, whom little children love, and to whom young girls go with theii perplexities, is frequently the one who years ago buried all personal ambi tion in the grave of husband or child, wrestled with her sorrow, conquered it, and learned thereafter to live in the joy of other lives. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO .THE CONSTITUTION. SEN ATE JO N I I RESOLUTION NUMBER EIGHT. PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT to Article 13 of the constitution of the i he State of Utah, relating to revenue and taxation. Be it resolved by the leg.slature of Lhe State of Utah, two thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses concurring therein: Section 1. It is proposed to amend Vrticle IS "f tlM Constitution of the State of Utah, o Jiat the same -ill read as follows: 1 The power of taxation shall never be surrendered, suspended, or contracted away. All taxes seill be uniform upon the same class of property prop-erty within the territorial limi'.i of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected for p-blic purposes pur-poses only. ... 2 The Legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sources of revenue, .o defray the estimated ordinary expanses of the -State for each fiscal yeir. For the purpose of paying the State debt, if ,nv there be, the Legislature shall orovide for levying a tax annually, ', Ji'f.cieiit to pay the annual interest ind principal of such debt, within . wenty years from tiie final passage of he law creating the debt. 3. There shall be exempt from tax-Uion tax-Uion property of the United States, of he Slate, counties, ciues.towns.schooi hstriets. municipal corporations and lUblic libraries, lots with the building.-hereon building.-hereon used exclusively for eithei eligious worship or charitable purposes, pur-poses, and places of burial not held ir used for private or corporate ben-fit. ben-fit. Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals indi-viduals or corporations for irrigating Minis owned by such individuals or orporations, or the individual members mem-bers thereof, shali not be separately axed so long as they shall be owned ind used exclusively for such purpose; -.rovieled that mortgages upon real and personal property shall be exempt "nun taxation: and that the taxes of ;he indigent poor may be remitted or abated at suofe time and in such manner man-ner as may be provided by law. 4. The Legislature shall not impose im-pose taxes for the purpose of any 1-ounty, city, town, or other municipal orporation, but may, by law, vest in he corporate authorities thereof, re ipectively, the power to assess and ollect taxes for all purposes of such orporation. 5. The surface ground of all mines and mining claims, both placer and neck in place, containing or bearing cold, silver, copper, lead, iron or other .aluable metals, after purchase thereof there-of from the United States, shall be axed at a value not greater than the' ,rice paid the United Slates therefor, mless the surface ground, or some art thereof, of such mine or claim, s used for other than mining pur-cosi-s, and has a separate and in-1. in-1. -pendent value for such other pur-coses; pur-coses; in which case said surface -,'round, or any part thereof, so used lor other than mining purposes, shall e taxed at its value for such other urposes as provided by law; and all auiehinery used in mining, and all iroperty and surface improvements ipon or appurtenant to mines and nining claims.whicli have a value sep-irate sep-irate and independent of such mines :nd mining claims, ohall be taxed as provided by law. All lands containing oal. granite, stone, marble, onyx, gas, iil. hydro-carbons, gypsum, or other valuable mineral deposits, other than those enumerated above in this section, sec-tion, after purchase thereof from the United States and all property and surface improvements upon or appurtenant ap-purtenant to such lands w hich have a value separate and independent of all such lands shall be taxed as provided by law. In addition to the assessment if tiie surface grounds, improvements and mac hinery of mines and mining claims, all mines and mining claims producing- net proceeds shall be taxed at a value not to exceed three times SUf Tii Sat statement of the receipts and expenditures of the public pub-lic Moneys shan be p'f,;1; ally in such manner as the Legislature m7 derate of taxation on property proper-ty for State purposes shall never exceed ex-ceed eight mills on each dollar f valuation val-uation to be apportioned as follow Not to exceed four and one-half mills 1 each dollar of valuation for gener al State purposes; not to exceed mice mills on each dollar of valuation for d stnet school purposes not to exceed one-half mill on each dollar of udu. tion for high school purposes, that part of the State tax apportioned to nth school purposes shall const.tu .U a fund to be called the 'high school fund" and shall be apportioned lo the cities and school districts maintaining high schools in the manner the Legis-Tature Legis-Tature may provide. And whenever the taxable property within t he b ate shali amount to Pour Hundred Mill on collars, the rate shall not exceed five mills on each dollar of valuation; unless un-less a proposition to increase such rate, specifying the rate proposed .ind the time during which tne same s.iaii be levied, be first submitted to a lot of such of the qualified electors of the Slate as, in tne year ne.vi pieceUoig such election, shall have paid a property prop-erty tax assessed to them wiin.n tne Slate, and the majority of those vot-I vot-I ing thereon shall vote in lavor uiere- of, in such manner as may be provid- I ed8byTheV'making of profit out of public moneys, using the same for any ! purpose not authorized by law, by any : public officer, shall be deemed a te - ony and shall be punished as provided provid-ed by law, but part of such punisli- ment shall be disquaiuicauou ic public office. 9 No appropriation shall lie made, or any expenditure authorized by the Legislature, whereby the expenditures of tiie State, during any f.seal year, shall exceed the total tax then provided provid-ed by law, and applicable for suc-u appropriation or expenditure, unless trie Legislature making suen appropriation, appro-priation, shall provide for levying a sufficient tax, not exceeding lhe rales allowed in Section u of tn.s article, to pay such appropriation or expenditure expendi-ture within such fiscal year. Hi.s provision pro-vision shall not apply to appropriations appropria-tions or expenditures to suppress insurrections, in-surrections, defend the Slate, or assist as-sist in defending the United states in time of war. 10. Nothing in this constitution shall be construed to prevent me Legislature Leg-islature from providing a stamp tax, or a tax based on inco;..e, occupation, licenses or franchises. Sec. 2. The' Secretary of Slate is hereby ordered to give this proposition proposi-tion to be published in at least o:,c newspaper in every county in t Instate In-state where a newspaper is printed and published for two months preceding preced-ing the next general election. Sec. 3 This propositin snail be submitted sub-mitted to the electors of this Sia:e at the next general election for their ap-roval ap-roval or disapproval. .11 oli.c.h! ballots used at such election shall have printed or written thereon the words, "For the'Simendnient of Article Artic-le 13 of the Constitution, relating lu taxation," "Yes," "No," and mihH otherwise be prepared and sulimitti-J to the electors as may be otherwise provided by law, and sa.d i biiio. s i!i bo received, counted, and canvass ! and returns thereon be made in the same manner and in all respeccs a in or may be provided by law in til-case til-case of election of State 7, ff.ee i ... Section 4. If adopted by the electors elect-ors of the State, this amendment shall take effect January 1, 1917. Approved March 20th, 1915. |