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Show PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION- SENATE JOINT f RESOLUTION NUMBER KHJU'f. ; PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT, to Article 13 of the constitution. of the : the State of Utah, relating to revenue , and taxation. Be it resolved by the legislature ot the State of Utah, two-thirds of all members elected to each of the two houses concurring therein: Section 1. It is proposed to amend rticle IS of J- Constitution of the State of Utah, -o Uiat the same -"ill read as follows: 1. The power of taxation Bhall never be surrendered, suspended, or contracted away. All taxes shnll be uniform upon the same class ot property prop-erty within the territorial limit? of the authority levying the tax, and .'Shall be levied and collected for public 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 ycr. For the purpose of paying the State debt, if any there be, the Legislature shall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient to pay the annual interest and principal of such debt, within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt. 3. There shall be exempt from taxation tax-ation property of the United Slates, of the State, counties, cities.towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for either religious worship or charitable purposes, pur-poses, and places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit. ben-efit. Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals indi-viduals or corporations for irrigating lands owned by such individuals or i-orporations, or the individual members mem-bers thereof, shall not be separately taxed so long as they shall be owned and ustfd exclusively for such purpose; provided that mortgages upon real and personal property shall be exempt from taxation; and that the taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at sue! 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 county, city, town, or other municipal corporation, but may, by law, vest in the corporate authorities thereof, respectively, re-spectively, the power to assess and collect taxes for all purposes of such corporation. 5. The surface ground ol all mines and mining claims, both placer and rock in place, containing or bearing gold, silver, copper, lead, iron or other valuable metals, after purchase thereof there-of from the I'nited States, shall be taxed at a value not greater than the price paid the United Slates therefor, unless the surface ground, or some part thereof, of such mine or claim, is used for other than mining purposes, pur-poses, and has a separate and independent in-dependent value for such other purposes; pur-poses; in which case said surface ground, or any part thereof, so used for other than mining purposes, shall be taxed at its value for such other purposes as provided by law; and all machinery used in mining, and all property and surface' improvements upon or appurtenant to mines and mining claims. which have a value separate sep-arate and independent of such mines and mining claims, .shall be taxed as provided by law. All lands containing coal, granite, stone, marble, ons x, gaa, oil, hydro-carbons, gypsum, or other valuable mineral deposits, other than Lhose 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 which have a value separate and independent of all such lands shall be taxed as provided by law. In addition to the assessment of the surface grounds, improvements and machinery of mines and mining claims, all mines and mining claims producing not proceeds shall be taxed at a value not lo exceed three tin,. such net proceeds. 6 An accurate statement of p receipts and expenditures of the pu. . lie moneys shall be published arm ally in such manner as the Legislate may provide. 7 The rate of taxation on prop, ty for State purposes shall never e, ceed eight mills on each dollar of Vh uation to be apportioned as follow- ! Not to exceed four and one-half tun ! on each dollar of valuation for ger.tr 1 al State purposes', not to exceed thiv mills on each dollar of valuation f. , district school purposes; not tc .exec, j one-half mill on each dollar of vak, ' tion for high school purposes, tlk ; part of the State tax apportioned t hibh school purposes shall const.tu-a const.tu-a fund to be called the "high sen., fund" and shall be apportioned to e cities and school districts maintain.:, high schools in the manner the Leg. lature may provide. And when,.,, the taxable property within the fc-shall fc-shall amount to Four Hundred M , . Dollars, the rate shall not exceed I, mills on each dollar of valuation; u: less a proposition to increase rate, specifying the rate proposed : the time during which the same s,:: be levied, be first submitted to a v-of v-of such of the qualified electors of t: State as, in the year next precea.-such precea.-such election, shall have paid a pr.,. erty tax assessed to tnem within t: State, and the majority of those v,: ing thereon shall vote in favor tier, of, in such manner as may be prow, ed by law. 8 The making of profit out , public moneys, using the same for a: uurpose not authorized by law by sr public officer, shall be deemed a 1-. ony and shall be punished as pro, , ed by law, but part of such pun:-ment pun:-ment shall be disqualification to h public office. I 9 No appropriation shall be nia: or any expenditure authorized by -Legislature, whereby the expenuitu:-of expenuitu:-of the State, during any fiscal shall exceed the total tax then pre. ed bv law, and applicable for s. appropriation or expenditure, ui.. the Legislature making ' such aj-p. priation, shall provide for levyiuz sufficient tax, not exceeding the r.r-allowed r.r-allowed in Section 6 of this article, pay such appropriation or ex;,.-:., lure - .thin such fiscal year. Tn.s ; : vision shall not apply to appro;,;,, tions or expenditures to suppress surrections, defend the State, or aist in defending the United fatai-s . lime of war. 10 Nothing in this constitu.: shall be construed to prevent me I.-, islature from providing a stamp t or a tax based on income, occupat. licenses or franchises. Sec. 2. The Secretary of Slate hereby ordered to give this pro; tion to be published in at least newspaper in every county in : state where a newspaper is pr.:. and published for two months pr- ing the next general election Sec. 3 This propositin shall be s I mined to the electors of this S;a.-.-, the next general election for tie : ; . roval or disapproval. All ol:. ballots used at sucn eiecLiu" -i have printed or written thereon : ! words, "For the amendment of Ar ; le 13 of the Constitution, relatii.-- taxation," "Yes," "No," and otherwise be prepared and subtr;.. to the electors as may be other., . I provided by law, and said ballot s... ! be received, counted, and canva:-i canva:-i and returns thereon be made in : ! same manner and in all res;, in or may be provided by law in case of election of State officers j Section 4. If adopted by the 1 ors of the State, this amendment s take effect January 1, 1917. t Approved March 20th, 1915. j State of Utah, Secretary of S... Office. I, David Mattson, Secretary of.-of of.-of the State of Utah, do hereby . t:fv that the foregoing is a full. and correct copy of SENATE J' 1 RESOLUTION NUMBER LI'-proposing LI'-proposing an amendment to ArtU.-. of the Constitution of the Stau Utah, relating to revenue and i-tion, i-tion, us appears of record in my fice. In Witness Whereof, I have h ' unto set my hand and aft x, i Great Seal of the State of Utah. : 2 2d dav of August, 1916. DAVID MATTSON. Secretary of S First pub. Sept. 2 last Nov. 4, . |