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Show PHnpOSED A M FI)M KVT TO THE :us i rrt "Tiox. si: ate Joi.vr it b: so 1. 1 Tin 1. i b t:H 1 II.HT, N rmpottisr an a mend tn en t to Article 13, of t lir t'lillStiUKioii or thf st.ne of l'l;ih, relating 10 rcViriiue and luxation. luxa-tion. Ho It vesolvt'l liy the 1 .eKisU' t n re uf the Slate nf l'luli. t wo-1 h i nl of all itiernhers el.-vlc.l to each ot the twu Louse- cnucuiTiiiK llterein: Srttiun 1. It Is jirojR.sed to amend .Arihle 1 of tlu- t'oii.-tiiution of l he Si a te of I'lah, so thai the suine will 1 e.ul ns follnu's: 1. The power of taxation shall never an 11 (Mulcieil. suspended, or cunt raft - ed away. All taxi-s shall he uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the iiuthorltv levying- the tax, and shall be levied anil colleeled fur public purposes only. 2. The I-etiishiture shall provide by law for an annual tax sufth ient, with other sources of revenue, to defray tha est i mated ordinary ex pen ses of I he State for each Fiscal year. Knr the purpose pur-pose of pa y i iikr the s'ta I e dehl, if any there ho, the Legislature shall providy for levyinK a tax annually, sufficient to ptiy the annual interest and principal of such debt, within twenty years from the final passaye of the law creating the debt. 3. There shall he exempt from taxation tax-ation property of the United States, of the Sla, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal corporations and public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively for either religious re-ligious worship or charitable purposes, and places of burial not held or vised for private or corporate benefit. Ditches, canals, reservoirs, pipes and flumes owned and used by Individuals or corpora lions for irrlp-a tliiK lands owned by such individuals, or corporations, corpor-ations, or the individual members t hereof, shall not be separately taxed so lony as they shall le owned and used exclusively for such purposes; provided, that mortKag-es upon real and personal property sha.ll he exempt from taxation; and that the taxes of the Indigent In-digent poor may lie remitted or abated abat-ed at such time and In such manner as may be provided by law. 4. The l.e& is la lure 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 col-lect taxes for all purposes of such corporation. cor-poration. 5. The surface ground ot all mines and mi nine- claims, both placer and rock in place, containing or bearing gold, silver, copper, lead. Iron or other vuluable metals, after purchase thereof there-of from the Tnited States, shall be taxed at a value not greater than the price paid the Uni ted .States therefor, yuless the surface ground, or some part thereof, of such mine or claim. Is used 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 by 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 separate and independent of such mines or mining claims, shall be taxed as provided by law. All lands containing coal, granite, stone, marble, onyx, gas, oil, hydro-carbons, gypsums, or other valuable mineral deposits, other than those enumerated above tn this section, after purchase thereof from the United States and all property prop-erty 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 I producing net proceeds shall b taxed at a vaJue 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 such manner as the Legislature may The rate of taxation on property for Sta te purposes shall never exceed eight mills on each dollar of valuation to be apportioned as follows: Not to exceed lour and one-half mills on each dollar of valuation for general State purposes; not to exceed three 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 State tax portioned to high school purposes pur-poses shall constitute a fund to be called the "high school fund" and shall be 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 Four Hundred Million Dollars, the rate shall not exceed five mills on each dollar dol-lar of valuation; unless a proposition to increase such rate, specifying the rate proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied, be first suomitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors elec-tors of the S'tate as, in the year next preceding such election, shall have paid a property lax assessed to them within the Slate, and the majority of thftse voting thereon shajl vote In favor thereof, in such manner as may be provided pro-vided by law. 8. The making of profit' out of public pub-lic moneys, using the same tor any purpose not authorized by law, by any public ofllcer, shall be deemed a felony, fel-ony, and shall be punished as provided by law, but part of such punishment shall be disqualification to hold public office. 9. No appropriation shall be made, or any expend i ture authorized by the Legislature, .whereby the expenditures of the State, during any fiscal year, shall exceed the total tax then provided pro-vided for by law, and applicable f oi sucJi appropriation or expenditure, unless un-less the Legislature making such appropriation, ap-propriation, shall provide for levying a sufficient tax. not exceeding the ratei' allowed In Section G of this article, U )ia.v such appropriation or expenditure within such fiscal year. This provisior shall not apply to appropriations or expenditures ex-penditures to suppress insurrections defend the State, or assist in defending the United States in time of war. 10. ' Nothing in this constitution shall be construed Lo prevent the Legislature Legisla-ture from providing a stamp tax. or e tax based on income, occupation licenses or franchises. Sec 2. The Secretary of State I: hereby ordered to give this proposttlor to be published in at least one newspaper newspa-per ln every county in the State when a newspaper Is printed and publisher for two months preceding the nexi gen eral election. SVe. :i. This proposition shall b submitted to the electors of this Stat at the next general election for then approval or disapproval. All officia ballots used at such election shall havt printed or written thereon the words "I"or the a mend me tit of A rtlcle 13 o; the Constitution, relating to taxation,' ' Yes." "No." and shall otherwise bi prepared and submitted to the elector; as may be otherwise provided by law and said ballot shall be received, count ed. and canvassoduand. returns thereoi e made In the same manner and In all espeets as in or may be provided by aw in the case of election of Slae officers, of-ficers, Sec Tf adopted by the eleetors f the State, this amendment shall taka effect .kwmiary 1 1917. Approved March 20th, 1915. |