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Show CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1 Proposing to Amend 8ectlon 1, Article XIV, of the Constitution of Utah Relating to State Indebted-nesi Indebted-nesi A concurrent resolution providing an amendment to Section 1, Article XIV, of the Constitution of the State f rtah, relating to state debt limitation. limita-tion. Bs it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members elected to each of the two houses concurring therein; Section 1. That it is proposed to amend Section 1, Article 14, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, ao that the same will read as follows : Sec. 1. To meet casual deficits or failures in revenue, and for neceasary expenditures lor public purposes, Including In-cluding the erection of public buildings, build-ings, and for the payment of all territorial ter-ritorial indebtedness assumed by the state, the state may contract debts, not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time, an amount equal to 2 per-centum per-centum of the value of the taxable property of the state, as shown by the last assessment tor state purposes, previous to the incurring of auch indebtedness. in-debtedness. But the state shall sever contract any indebtedness, except aa in the next section provided, in excess of such amount, and all moneys arising aris-ing from loans herein authorized, shall be applied solely to the purpose for which they were obtained. Sec. 2, The eecretary of state ia hereby directed to submit this proposed pro-posed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election elec-tion in the manner provided by law. Sec. 8. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect January 1, 1923. |