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Show Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Section 9, Article VI, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, Relating to the Compensation of the Members f the Legislature. A Joint Resolution Proposing an manner provided by law. Amendment to Section 4, of Article Sec. 3. If adopted by the electors 14, of the Constitution of the State of the State, this amendment shall f Utah, Fixing ihe Limit of Intake effect January 1st, A. D. 1913. of Counties, Cities, debtedness State of Utah, ) and School Districts. Towns I Office of the Secretary ss. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of of State. ) a the State of Utah, of All Be it Resolved by the Legislature I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of the Members Elected to Each of the s of All of the State of Utah, of do State the State of Utah, hereby the Members Elected to Each of the Two Houses Concurring therein. certify that the foregoing is a full, Two Houses voting In favor thereof: Section 1. That it Is proposed to true and correct copy of a resolution amend Section 9, Article VI, of the Section 1. It is proposed to amend proposing an amendment to Section Section 4, of Article 14, of the ConConstitution of Utah, so that the same t of Artcle XI of the Constitution stitution will read as follows: of the State of Utah, so that of the State of Utah, relating to coun9. Until otherwise provided by law, the same will read as follows: cities and and providing ties, towns, the members of the Legislature ehall 4. When authorized to create for the creating of new counties. receive Eight Dollars ($8 00) per day as provided in Section 3 of I IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have and ten cents per mile for the distance no county shall become Article, (this hereunto set my hand and affixed the necessarily traveled going to and reindebted to an amount, including exat Great Seal of of State the Utah, turning from the place of meeting on exceeding two per Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of isting indebtedness, the most usual route, and shall recentum. No city, town, school district, 1912, August, ceive no other pay or perquisite. or other municipal corporation, shall C. S. TINGEY. (Seal) Sec. 2. The Secretary of State? Is become indebted to an amount, includSecretary of State hereby directed to submit this proing existing indebtedness, exceeding posed amendment to the electors of A Joint Resolution Providing an four per centum of the value of the the State at the next general elec-to- n Amendment to Section 17, Article taxable property therein, the value in the manner provided by law. ascertained by the last assessment of of the State Constitution 7, the Sdb. 3. If adopted by the electors for State and County purposes, preof of Utah, Relating to the Dutiss of the State, this amendment shall vious to the incurring of saeh indebtthe Auditor and of the Treasurer. take effect January 1st, 1913. edness; except that in incorporated State of Utah, 'cities the assessment shall be taken Enacted of Be it the Office of the Secretary by legislature from the last assessment for city purall of the State of Utah, of State. poses; provided, that no part of the the Members Elected to Each of the indebtedness allowed in this Section I. Charles S. Tlngey, Secretary of Two Houses concurring therein: State of the State of Utah, do hereby shall be incurred for other than strictSection 1. That It Is proposed to ly county, city, town, or school district certify that the foregoing Is a full, true amend Section 17, Article 7, of the purposes; provided .further, that any and correct copy of a resolution proConstitution of the Slate of Utah, so posing an amendment to Section 9, Arcity of the first class and any -city of that the same will read as follows: ticle VI, of the Constitution of the the second class having over 20,000 17. The Auditor shall be Auditor of (inhabitants, when authorized as pro-- j State of Utah, relating to the ComPublic Accounts. The public moneys vided In Section 3 of this Article, may pensation of the Members of the Legisshall be deposited by the Treasurer, be allowed to incur a lature. larger indebtedunder the supervision of the Board ness not exceeding four IN TESTIMONY WIIIEREOF, I have per centum of Examiners, and as provided by law. additional, and any city of the second hereunto set my hand and affixed the 2. The Secretary of State is Sec. Great Seal of the State of Utah, at class having less than 20,000 inhabhereby directed to submit this pro- itants, and any city of the third class, Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of posed amendment to the electors of or town, when authorized as afore August, 1912. the State at the next general election said, may be allowed to incur a larger C. S. TINGEY, in the manner provided by law. indebtedness not exceeding eight (Seal) Secretary of State. Sec. 3. If adopted by the electors centum additional for tbe purpose pei ol shall of amendment the State, this A such city or town with waJoint Resolution Proposing an supplying 1913. take effect January 1st, ter, artificial lights, or sewers, when Amendment of Section 3, Article 13, State of Utah, the works for supplying such water, of the Constitution of the State of Office of the Secretary 68, lights, or sewers shall be owned and to Taxation. Utah, Relating ) of State. controlled by the municipality. I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of Sec. 2. The Secretary of St4e is Be It resolved and enacted by the State of the State of Utah, do hereby directed to cause this proposed amend two-thirof of the State Utah, Legislature certify that the foregoing is a full, ment to be published as required by of All the Members Elected to true and correct copy of a resolution the Constitution and to be submitted each of the Two Houses Concurring proposing an amendment to Section to the electors of the State at the therein: 17, Article VII, of the Constitution of next general election In the manner Section 1. That It is proposed to the State of Utah, - relating to the provided by law. imend Section 3, of Article 13, of the duties of the Auditor and of the TreasSec. 3. If approved by the electors Constitution of the State of Utah so A Joint Resolution Providing an urer. of the State, this .proposed amend, to Amendment Article Section 13, 11, that the same will read as follows: IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1 have ment shall take effect upon the first of the Constitution of the State of 3. The Legislature shall provide by set my hand and affixed the day of January, A, Ek 1913. hereunto law for a just and equitable assessUtah, Relating to State and County Great Seal of the State of Utah, at State of Utah, ment of the property of the State at Boards of Equalization. Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of Office of the Secretary es. Its actual money value. All taxes August, 1912. of ) State. same class of on shall be uniform the C. S. TINGEY, Be it Enacted by the Legislature of (Seal) I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary ol property within the territorial limits the State of of State. Secretary All of of State of the State of Utah, do hereby Utah, of the authority levying the tax, and the Members Elected to Each of the A Joint Resolution that the foregoing is a full shall be levied and collected for pub- Two Proposing an certify true and correct copy of a resolution Fouses concurring therein: lic purposes only; Provided, that a deAmendment of Section 4, Article 13, Section 1. That it is proposed to an amendment to Section 4 duction of debits from credits may be of the Constitution of the State of proposing amend Article of the Section of 13, Article 11, 14, of the Constitution of authorized; Provided further, that the Constitution of the State of Utah, Relating to the Taxation of the State of Utah, fixing the limit oi Utah, so property of the United States, of the that the same will read as follows: Mines, indebtedness of counties, cities, towns state, counties, cities, towns, school 11. Until otherwise provided by and BChool districts. districts, municipal corporations and Be it Resolved and Enacted by the law, there shall be a State Board of IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have with lots public libraries, s Equalization consisting of four resi- Legislature of the State of Utah, hereunto set my hand and affixed the thereon used exclusively either for dents of All the Members Elected to Great Seal of the State of Utah, at of the State who shall be apreligious worship or charitable pur- pointed Each the Two Houses concurring Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of of with and the Governor, by by poses, and places of burial not held the consent of the therein. whose j Senate, August, 1912. or used for private or corporate beneSection 1. That it is proposed to (Seal) terms of office-sha- ll he for four years C. S. TLNGEY, fit, shall be exempt from taxation; and until their successors are appoint- amend Section 4, of Articlj 13, of the S of State. Secretary and t canals, ditches, reservoirs, pipes two Constitution of the State iff Utah, bo flumes owned and used by individuals ed and qualified; provided, that same follows: as will that read the or corporations for Irrigating lands of said members shall be appointed 4. All mines and mining claims, owned by such Individuals or corpora- every two years.of There shalla also be both in each the State placer and rock in place, containcounty County tions, or the individual members Board of consisting of ing or bearing gold, silver, copper, thereof, shall not be separately taxed the Board Equalization, of County Commissioners lead, or other valuable precious as long as they shall be owned and of said county. The duty of the State metals, after purchase thereof from used exclusively for such purpose; and of the sev- the United States, shall be taxed at Provided further, that mortgages upon Board of Equalization Boards eral of County Equalization a value not greater than the price both real and personal property shall lie shall and to the paid the United States therefor, unequalize adjust be exempt from taxation; Provided real less the surface ground, or some part of valuation the and personal further, that the taxes of the Indigent property of the State and of the sev- thereof, of such mine or claim, is U3ed poor may be remitted or abated at such eral counties thereof, as may be pro- for other than mining purposes and time and in such manner as may be vided by law. Each Board shall also has a separate and independent value provided by law. . such other duties as may be for such other purposes; In which case perform Sec. 2. The Secretary of State is said surface ground, or any part thereby law. hereby ordered to give this proposi- provided Sec. 2 The Secretary of State Is of, so used for other than mining purtion to be published In at least one directed to submit this pro- poses, shall be taxed at its value for newspaper in every county In the hereby amendment to the electors of Buch other purposes, as provided by posed ih a where State newspaper printed the State at the next general election law; and all the machinery used in and published, for two months pre- In the manner provided by law mining, and all property and surface ceding the next general election Sec. 3. If adopted by the electors Improvements upon or appurtenant to Sec. 3 This proposition shall be mines and mining claims, which have submitted to the electors of this state of the State, this amendment shall a value separate and independent of at the next general election for their take effdet January 1st, 1913, such mines or mining claims, and the i State J of Utah, AH official or approval disapproval. net annual proceeds of all such precballots used at such election shall have Office of the Secretary V ss. ious metal mines and mining claims, of State. pr'nted or written thereon the words, shall be taxed as provided by law. All I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of For the amendment to Section 3, lands containing coal, hydro-carbo- n Article 13 of the Constitution relating State of the State of Utah, do hereby jor stone deposits, after purchase thereto the classification of property for certify that the foregoing is a full, to! from the United States, and all "Yes," No," true and correct copy of a resolution property and surface Improvements purposes of taxation." an amendment Section to and shall otherwise be prepared and proposing or appurtenant to such lands submitted to the electors as may 11, Article XIII of the Constitution of 'upon OW about that printing which have a value separate and Inotherwise be provided by law, and said the State of Utah, relating to State dependent of all and such the lands, job youre in need of? ballot shall be received, counted and and County Boards of Equalization. net proceeds of all such land and the canvassed, and returns thereon be IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have of all valuable deposits made in the same manner and in all hereunto set my hand and affixed the contained therein taxed in a crude Com& in sad see ns abont respects a3 is or may be provided by Great Seal of the State of Utah, at or raw condition,jiot shall be taxed as law in the case of election of State Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of it at your first opportunity. provided by law. officers. August, 1912. 2. The Secretary of State is Sec. Don t wait until tbs very C. S. TINGEY, Sec. 4. If adopted by the electors (Seal)' ordered to give this proposition hereby meat bnt giva aa a last mo State. of of the State, this amendment shall Secretary to be published in at least one news-little time and we'U show take effect January '1st, 1913, in every county in the State paper 1 State of Utah, yon wbat high grade worh Proposing an Amendment to Section 1, (where a newspaper is printed and pubss. Office of the Secretary we can turn onL Article 11, of the Constitution, Re- lished for two months preceding the ) of State. lating to Counties, Cities and Towns, next general election, I, Charles S. Tlngey, Secretary of Sec. 3. Ths proposition shall he and Providing for the Creating of State of the State of Utafi, do hereby submitted to the electors of this State New Counties. certify that the foregoing is a full, (at the next general election for their true and correct copy of a resolution All official approval or disapproval Be it Resolved by the Legislature .ballots proposing an amendment to Section 3, used at such election shall s of of of the State of Article XIII, Utah, the Constitution of have printed or written thereon the the State of Utah, relating to taxa- all members elected to each of the j words, For the amendment ot n Two Houses concurring: tion. 4, Artice 13, of the Constitution, IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1 have Section 1. That it Is proposed We relating to the taxation of .mines, hereunto set my hand and affixed the amend Section 1, of Article 11, of the Yes," "No, and shall otherwise be about wbat you Great Seal of the State of Utah, at Constitution of the State of Utah, so , prepared anj submitted to the electors Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of that the same shall read as follows: ias may be o'herwise provided by law, selling, but take a ti 1. The several counties of the TerAugust, 1912. said ballot shall be received, (and brother, youll bre; C, S. TINGEY, (Seal) ritory of Utah existing at the time counted and canvassed, and returns of the adoption of the Constitution, thereon be rjade in the same manner ear drums, not pock Secretary of State. are hereby recognized as divisions of j and in all ' aspect as is or may be books. A Joint Resolution Proposing an this State, and the precincts and (provided by law In the case of eleco Section 2, Article 13, school districts now existing in said tion of S' tte officers. Amendment of the Constitution of the State of counties as legal subdivisions thereof, i Spc 4. If adopted by the electors K-Xr- r land they shall so continue - until ,of the State, this amendment shall Utah, Relating to Taxation, Sane advertising changed by law In pursuance of this take effect January 1st, 1913. i State of Utah, Be it Resolved and Enacted by tbe 'article. The Legislature may by genlaw provide for the formation of Office of the Secretary gs. paper mak s eral Legislature of the State of Utah, vi and new the county counties, locating ) State. of thinking all members of the elected to people bi I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of each of the Two Houses concurring seats thereof. Every county which shall be formed from territory taken State of the State of Utah, do therein. any other county or counties certify that the foregoing Is hereby a full, Section 1. That It is proposed to from be shall liable for a Just proportion true and correct copy of a resolution amend Section 2, of Article 13, of the debts liabilities and of the existing H Constitution of the State of Utah, so of proposing an amendment to Section 4, yure not mt the county or counties from which Article XIII of the Constitution of -- A i that the same will read as follows: ad. A.J Provan, isnt it tn 2. All property in the State, not such territory shall be taken. the of Utah, relating to the taxthat no new county shall be ationState took a flyer? of minks. you exempt under the laws of the United vided, unless a majority of the qualiIN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have States, or under this Constitution, Or formed part of hereunto set my hand and affixed the the laws of tbe State of Utah, shall fied electorsor voting in toeach dismembe 0 counties county Great Seal of the State of Utah, at be taxed as provided by law. The the Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of word pfoperty, as used In this Article, bered shall vote separately therefor. Sec. 2. The Secretary of State is August, 1912. You have our wc fa hereby declared to include moneys, directed to submit this prepcsed (Seal) C. S. TINGEY, credits, bonds, stocks, franchises, and amendment U of the to electors SUt youll never regrei VI matters and things (real, personal Secretary of Stats H riant 1KB. k W, X BJ R two-thlrd- Gen. Bramwell Booth, new com-- , mander of the Salvation Army, waa deluged with expressions of good will at his elevation to the post left va cant by the death of his father. The general acknowledged a few of them personally, but the vast major-ltwill have to be answered by a cli cular letter aB their number Is so great that individual responses are Impossible. Several of his advisers are urging upon t8e new commander to make a tour of Inspection of the more Important army posts, as one of the first necesitles of his admlnlstra-tlon- . y ' The new commander of the Salva-tloArmy, Gen. Brarawell Booth, Is a big man physically and mentally. He stands over six feet high and is of military carriage. A British cabinet minister once said of him that he would be worth $50,000 a year to any of the great English administrative departments, and that be could have made millions in the business world. He now followe his illustrious father in supreme command of the Salvation Army, with more than 75,000 officers preaching and countries. teaching, and rescuing the fallen in fifty-fiv- e n NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK Oscar Solomon Straus, who has been nominated for governor of New York by the Progressives of that state, has the distinction of being the first Jew who ever became a member of the United States cabinet In 1906 e he was appointed secretary of and labor by President Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Straus was born on December 13, 1850, and spent most of his boyhood In Georgia. At the age of ten he was placed under the care of a private tutor, and later was sent to Collingsworth Institute. In 1865 Lazarus Straus, the father, suffered business reverses and was compelled to move to New York, taking the son with him. Soon after the family had moved to New York Oscar Straus entered Columbia grammar school, where he remained for two years, going from there to Columbia college, from which institution he was graduated in 1871. Two years later he graduated from Columbia Law school Later he began the practice of law with James H, Hudson under the firm name of Hudson A Straus. Afterward the firm became Stern, Straus & Thompson. Mr. Straus was appointed minister to Turkey In 1887 by President Cleveland. His mission to that country was remarkably successful. In 1889 he returned tQ America. In 1897 h waa reappointed to )the office of minister to Turkey by President McKinley, which office be 'retained for three years. In 1902 President Roosevelt appointed him to fill the vacancy In the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague caused by the death of Harriaog. com-merc- Mrs. Potter Palmer has returned from Paris to Berlin, where she took a thorough course of study in the picture galleries and museums. This she did by way of preparation for society functions next winter, when she will visit Chicago. Mrs. Palmer believes that more artistic appreciation should be developed In the social life of Chicago, and with this object In view she put herself under direction of the learned Dr. Bode of Berlin. Dr. Bode, who ts director of the Royal museums, is rec- ognized as the best living authority on the old masters. His books and catalogues are of the highest value In the art world, and he la frequently consulted by such collectors as 'J. Plerpont Morgan, but this is the first time Dr. Bode has had a society leader for a pupil. He Is loud In his praises of the arttstio aptness and Intelligence shown by his Chicago disciple. Dr. Bode followed the peripatetic system that Is, he took his pupil around to the galleries and museums and In them gave object lessons on the The course required several weeks. theory of art which he is expounding. ' and mixed), capable of private ownership; but this shall not be so construed as to authorize the taxation of the stock.3 of any company or corporation, when the property of such company or corporation represented by such stock, has been taxed. The Legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, With other sources of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the State for each fiscal year. The Legislature shall also provide for the payment of the State debt, if any there be, before the same becomes due; and provide for the payment of the interest on said debt as It may fall due. Sec, 2. The Secretary of State is hereby ordered to give this proposition to be published in at least one newspaper in every county In the State, where a newspaper is printed and published, for two months preceding the next general election. Sec. 3. This proposition shall be submitted to the electors of this State at the next general election for their approval or disapproval. All official ballots used at such election shall have printed or written thereon the For the amendment of Secwords, tion 2, Article 13, of the Constitution, relating to the general taxation of and shall No, "Yes, property, otherwise be prepared and submitted to the electors as may be provided by law, and said ballot shall be received, counted and canvassed, and returns thereon be made in the same manner in all respects as is or may be provided by law in the case of election of State officers Sec. 4. If adopted by the electors of the State, this amendment shall take effect January 1st, 1913. l State of Utah, Office of the 'Secretary f as. ) of State. I, Charles S. Tingey, Secretary of State of the State of Utab, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution proposing an amendment to Section 2, Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of Utah, relating to taxation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, at Salt Lake City, this 22nd day of Auguit, 1912. C. S. TINGEY, (Seal) Secretary of State. at the next general election In the two-third- I to-b- two-thir- 1 two-thir- two-third- Say, Yoj! 1 7 I j 1 FAMOUS MAN WHOSE PUBLIC CAREER ENDS cond The closing of the gress waa also the closing, for the present, at least, of the political careers of many notable men men who have contributed much to th& pages of history of the nation and who have achieved fame by the conspicuous parts they have played in the enactment of legislation, and their contributions to political oratory Probably the most notable, without disparagement to the fame of others, is Joseph W. Bailey of Texas. Senator Bailey has been In congress for over twenty years, being first elected to the congress- and at He immediatethe age of twenty-six- . ly attracted attention; first by the eloquence of his speeches and second by his tenacity of purpose and his keen Insight to affairs of public Interest and his ability to take care of himself , in the fierce debates that characterized the house of representatives twenty years ago. In what was probably his first speech in the house 8enator Bailey proceeded to make an attack upon the rules of that body. He succeeded in drawing attention to himself, and while not so designated, he was as a matter of fact the first Insurgent. He received no support in his contention either from bis own party or the Republicans, but what. In those days, were considered the Idle vapo rings of an exceedingly eloquent schoolboy who had broken Into congress, have since turned out to be the opinion of eminent statesmen prominent in the affairs of the nation, and Baileys views on tha roles expressed twenty years ago havs practically barn adopted by the house of representative. Sixty-secon- Fifty-secon- - d - I two-third- 3ec-Itlo- atpeopu I mw 'J two-third- Wh ls |