| Show HONE WOULD WOOLD TAX PRODUCTS OF MINES Assessment of 25 an Acre Is Proposed on Mineral MineralS S i L. L Land INCLUDES THE NET OUTPUT Question to Bo Ho Referred to 10 Voters of or I the Limo State for Constitutional Amendment I S Tho The bill by Representative e Ilono hone providing a tax on mines and tho the net not proceeds of or mines mimics proposes an amendment amendment amend amend- ment ment to tho the state constitution The task ask of Imposing Imposing- adjusting and regulating regulating regu- regu lating the proposed tax will be In tho the hands lands of or the thc state board of or tion Following Following- Is a a. copy COP of or the tho Jill bill Section 1 There I-There There shall be submitted to tho the electors of the thc state of Utah the he following proposed amendment to the tho section 1 I article 13 of oC the tho constitution constitution constitution con con- of or the state of Utah to wit Section 2 That 2 That section 2 20 1 04 of or tho the nc I Revised cd Slat Statutes utes of ot the tho state of Utah 1898 b bo and t the e samo Is hereby amended 1 to read as follows Section 2 MI 2504 All mines and mining claims both placer and rock in place containing containing- or bearing gold silver copper copper copper cop cop- per lead head coal salt It or other valuable mineral deposits Is after purchases thereof from the tho United States States' shall Ijo bo taxed at 2 25 per aero acre for coal- coal bear hearing bearing n claims unless t the surface ground or some part thereof of ot such mine amine or mining claim Is used for oth other r than mining purposes and has a a. separate sep arate and independent value for other purposes in which case such said surface surface sur stir face ground or any part thereof so soused soused soused used for other than mining purposes shall be taxed at its value for such other othel purpose and all the thc machinery used In iii mining and all property and improvements upon or appurtenant to lo tomines 1 mines and mining claims which havea have havo I a 8 separate 31 and distinct Independent Independent Inde Inde- pendent of such mines or mining claims and tho the not net annual mutual proceeds oC of all aU mines and mining claims and also tho the net annual proceeds o of all alt coal sold coke cake made from rom coal bullion bullion bullion bul bul- lion and mutter matter made from front o ore c not taxed n. n OH zui mine products and all saline MO C 0 m sohl oJ commercIally commercial Jally ly ll d as a ap p personal prop property S SS S S Clause of or state 3 The Section 3 The secretary shall shaH cause tho ho foregoing amendment to bo be published in at at least ono ono newspaper neWspaper s nc news neWs- paper In every Wel county In the tho state where a newspaper is is' published for forto two o mon months hH preceding preceding- tho time next genI pen gen I eral era ol election cllon at al which 1 time the said aid saidI I amendment shall bo 0 submitted to tho the this state f tOt for l' l their approval rejection All official ballots used at such election shall have havo printed 01 or written thereon the tho words wOlds shall the thc proposed amendment to section t 1 nr- nr tide 13 3 of tho the constitution relating S to tho the taxation of oC mines bo be adopted 1 Yes No and shall otherwise bo be J pre pee pared a and nd submitted to the tho electors eJectors as us is or 0 may ho bo provided b by law Jaw Said ballot shall shaIl bo ho received and said hl votes vote bo be taken counted and cana canvassed ed and amI returned thereon In tho the same manner manner man man- ner ncr and in tho the same seine respects as Is and may bo be provided b by law Jaw and anti In inthe inthe the he case caso of election of or said officers A TS IX iN ORDER o Two Dills Bills la Passed h by House Hm and Others Ia Patched Up UI Amendments were the order of f the thc day at yesterdays yesterday's session of the tho hous louse house and only two bills were passed II H. I. I B. B No 45 by Representative Croft providing for fOl a change chango of or time when school chool hoard board clerks shall make their report and amid II B. B No 17 47 by Croft changing hanging the time of taking the tho city school chool census were passed m Representative o Hone Ilono introduced II 11 B B. No o. o 84 that thal provides that sheriffs and county assessors assessor's shall bo be elected for or a year four term A bill was in- in Introduced Introduced at the last session of or the providing that tho the term of county count be bo changed from rom t two tao 0 years to four years The Tho bill was defeated l because it was so as to extend the term of or office of- of lice fice ice of or those officials already alread elected rho ho present bill hili amends the section 45 revised statutes of oC Utah as 08 amended amend amend- ed by chapter chapt r III session laws of ot Utah 1901 as amended by chapter or of f tho the laws Jaws of 1003 1903 to read as follows l Four lur ur Years for Sheriffs Tho Time elective county count and precinct of- of except otherwise provided for forIn forin forn In n this title and except county assessors assessors assessors assess assess- ors and sheriffs and justices of the peace caco and constables In Ia cities clUes having havinga a population of moro than fifteen thousand housand and less than forty thousand shall ahall bo ho elected at a a. general genral gen- gen oral eral ral election to be bc held in November 1898 1808 and every even two years ears thereafter unless otherwise provided and shall take ako ollice at 12 o'clock meridian on the he first Monday In January next following following fol- fol lowing the tho date dato of oC their election Commissioners t shall hall bo elected as provided h by law All officers elected under tho provisions of ot this title shall shan I hold office until their successors aro are I elected or appointed and Qualified Qualified- Section 2 2 The Tho term of ollice of oC county assessor and of sheriff sherIf shall bo be boor i for fOi or four years cars beginning tho the first t Monday in ha January Januar 1909 II |
