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Show PRfU'tlfKI) AMEtM F.XT TO THE CON VI JTI TIO V SliXATK JOINT HEOl.l TIOX NU MBER LUiHT, Proposing' nn a m-ndn i ent to Article 13, of Hit- (.'on si it ii t ion of the Sf.it e uf i'f.-latiiifi to revenue anil tax.i- ti..n. He it resolvwl ),y ihe Igisl.t tu re if tlx- Si f ri;ih. twu-thirds of nil ineni'HM's Hi-iM-(i to e;u-h of Ihe two l.on.-s i'i)ii uiTinf thi-rf-in : S -' lion I. It is prrP'sed to amnd Article 1 :i of t Co nst it u tion of the Suite "f t"t;ih, .t i th:a the smne will i e ill as f o I lo ws : 1. 'I'll-- power of taxation shall never te surrendered, suspended, or eon tract -ed awuy. All taxt-s shall he uniform I upon tlif sanit- class of property within I tin territorial limits of the authority levying the tax. and shall he levied and cner-ied for puhllc purposes only. The Jxrtfislaiure shall provide hy , law for an annual tax sufficient, with i other sources of revenue, to defray the est i ma ted ord i na ry expenses of the State for each fiscal year-, i-'or the purpose pur-pose of payinK he State deht. if any there he. ih Legislature shall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient ti pay Die annual interest and principal of such deht, within twenty years from llie final passage of the law creating the deht. ! There sh;ill he exempt from tax ation properly of the United ftates. of ihe State, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and puhlie libraries, lots with the building's thereon used exclusively for either religious re-ligious worship or charitable purposes, and- places of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit. Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipe's and flumes owned and used by individuals or corporations for irrigating lands o wn ed by such individuals, or corpor-ations, corpor-ations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed so loiiK as they shall he owned and used exclusively fnr such purposes: provided, that mortgages upon re.il and persona) property shall be exempt from taxation: and that the taxes of the indigent in-digent poor may be remitted or abated abat-ed at such time and in such manner as may he provided by law. 4. The Legislature shall not impose im-pose taxes for the purpose of any county, city, town or other municipal corporation, hut may. by law. vest in the corporate authorities thereof, respectively, re-spectively, the power to assess and collect col-lect taxes for all purposes of such corporation. cor-poration. The surface ground of 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 States therefor, unless the surface ground, or some pari thereof, of such mine or claim, is usel for other than mining purposes, and has a separate and independent value for such other purposes; in which case said surface ground, or any part thereof, there-of, so used for other than mining purposes, pur-poses, shall be taxed at its value for such other purposes as provided hy law; and all machinery used in mining, min-ing, and all property and surface improvements im-provements upon or appurtenant to .mines and mining claims, which have a value separale and independent of such mines or mining claims, shall be taxed as provided by law. Ail lands containing coal, granite, stone, marble, onyx. gas. oil, hydro-carbons, gypsums, or other valuable mineral deposits, other than those enumerated above in this section, after purchase thereof from the United States arid all properly prop-erly and surface improvements upon or appurtenant 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 net proceeds shall be taxed at a value not to exceed three times such net proceeds. 6. An accurate statement of the receipts re-ceipts and expenditures of the public moneys shall be published annually in sin h manner as the Legislature may 7. 'I he rate of taxation on property for State purposes shall never t a ecd eight mills on each dollar of valuation to be :i ppor Honed as follows: Not to exceed four and one-hall' mills on each dollar of valuation for general State purposes; not to exceed threw mills on each dollar of valuation for district school purposes; not to exceed one-half mill on each dollar of valuation for high school purposes; that part of the Slate tax portioned to high school purposes pur-poses shall constitute a fund to be called the "high school fund" and shall lie apportioned to the cities and school districts maintaining high schools In the manner the Legislature may provide. pro-vide. And whenever the taxable property prop-erty within the State shall amount to Kour Hundred Million Dollars, the rate shall not exceed live mills on each dollar dol-lar of valuation; unless a proposition to j Increase such rate, specifying the rate proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first suomllted to a vote of such of the qualilied electors elec-tors of the Slate as. in the year next preceding such, election, shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the Stale, and the majority of those voting thereon shijl vote in favor thereof, in such manner as may be provided pro-vided I y law. 5. The making of profit out of public pub-lic moneys, using the same tor any purpose not authorized by law. by any public ol'licer. shall be deemed a felony, fel-ony, and shall be punished as provided l.v law. but part of such punishment shall be d istj ua 1 i Mention to hold public u Mice. !l. No approprlat Ion shall be made, or auv expenditure authorized by the Leg i si a In re. whereby Ihe expends t urea of the Stat e. during any Use a I year, shall exceed the total tax then provided pro-vided for by law, and applicable for such appropriation or expenditure, unless un-less the l.egisla I ure making such np-propi np-propi in t ion. shal 1 prov ide for levying a suf'licient tax. not exceeding the rates allowed in Section of this article, to Nny such appropriation or expenditure will. in such fiscal year. This provision shall not apply to appropriations or expenditures ex-penditures to suppress Insurrections, defend the State, or assist in defending the United Stales in time of war. 10. Nothing in this constitution shall he construed to prevent the Legislature Legisla-ture from providing a stamp tax. or a tax based tin income, occupation, licenses or franchises. See, The Secret:, ry of Slate U hereby ordered to give this proposition to he p". dished in at least one newspaper newspa-per in ev.-rv county in the State wheie a newspaper is printed and published for iwn months preceding the nex general gen-eral election. S c :;. This proposlt ion shall be submitted lo the electors of this State at the next general election for ihe;r approval or disapproval. All ofriVi.il ballots used at such election shall have irinled or written therenn the word. 'Tor I lie amendment of A it Vie 1 :t of the ("oust i l utiou. relating to taxation." yes." "Nn." ami shall otherwise be prepared and submitted to the electors as in a v be ot her wise provided by law, and sa id hallot shall be received, count -- d. and canvassed, and returns thereon e m:;,le In the same manner and In nil .t.vp,M is a in or muv be provVed by tw in the case of election of State of- " 4. u nd opted by the elector if tlie State, this amendment shail take I'lV, t January 1, .'.'17. Approved March :"th. 191a. |