Show OBJECTIONS TO THE TIIE TAX AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION First Fiat Objection This ThI Amendment is and unjust because b aUle It violates th the tho rule In Article 13 18 Sections Section 2 and 3 3 which stator states that t all aU property In the tho State shall b be assessed cased and taxed at full fol value alue Answer Section 4 of Article 18 rf ot th the Constitution clearly violate viola the rule of Section Sections Sec Sec- tion 2 and 3 S. It sets eb et up an arbitrary rule that mines mine shall baU be assessed led at the price paid the Government for land for the value of 01 their machinery and Improvements Improvement and for their Ir net proceeds and therefore not DOt for tor their full value The proposed Amendment on th the other hand state that mine mina shall b be assessed at per acre and In addition thereto at a value based upon some same or multiple tub of their net proc proceeds eds and all aU other mines mine shall b be assessed at full value Th The Amendment Amend ent thus thua plainly states tates that cool coal marble cement mInes mined etc shall hall hereafter b be assessed at full fuU- value like all aU other property Metal mines shall hall b be assessed upon a value based hued on their net p proceeds s and thus they theor also aho may be assessed at full fuU value The conclusion must be Section 4 fo now violate violater the rule rul of Section Sections 2 and 8 but the proposed Amendment ment to Section 4 does doe not The Th mean mea measuring urine rod to determine the value lue of a metal mine should b be net proceeds ll ThU Is I. the retson reason ret rea son son for th the wording wordin in th the proposed Amend Amend- ment Second Objection But the Legislature Lea or orthe ortho ortho tho the S State Board of Equalization may asses metal tutor mine minet t it more than full tull value or atless at atless less than full value Answer The Attorney General of the th State to whom the Legislature and State Slate Board Boards must look for advice says My opinion U is that should this Amendment be adopted neither either the Le Legislature nor the State Board of or Equalization will have the rl right fight ht thereafter to 10 UI uses assess and tax mines mina at more than full lull value or at less Ices than full value but that mines must be assessed and taxed Ilk Uk all other property at et full value In lu accordance with the provision of Sections 2 and 3 8 of or Article 13 He further states state The Legislature will still neither b be obliged nor permitted under this Amendment to confer confer con con- fer upon the State Slate B Board ard of ot Equalization th the power to am assess ns and tax lax mines mina at I Irate a I arate arate rate and value to be de determined by them ut the Legislature will vill determine what tho the ax ra rate will wili m b be how net proceeds will b be determined de de- determined and what the multiple or sub mul tiple will be that Is to be applied to net pro pro- cee cords In order that mines may b be assessed at full fun value vl This pretended fear that th the Legislature or State will against mines mine even en tf If they had ad th the power U to unfounded We e are arc obliged In a democratic government M to trust our The assessor of Salt Lake county assesses third one of the th property of this State at full Cull value vl in accordance accordance accord accord- ance with his Judgment The Board of EqualIzation Equalization Equalization Equal Equal- now assesses In property each year with no a appeal allowed except to themselves and ana to the courts Mines Mina 1 have th the same ame protection Are these objections sufficient to again aln postpone post postpone t- t pone the adoption of or this Amendment T Each year since 1915 1916 mt mines ee have saved to th themselves from t ti public treasury How lIow much longer shall hall we walt t Mr Taxpayer vote YES for the Amendment JOINT O Or OF S SCHOOL BOARDS C AND HOUSE OF D LEGATES DELEGATES |