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Show II AMENDMENTS TO I H- CONSTITUTfON Mmi Eight Changes in the Fundamental Law of the State Proposed-All mmi Voters Should Read the Following With Care in Order I to Vote InteUigently. jH H v STlie following are tlie oisbt pro-foeqd pro-foeqd nmendmenta to the conblltuUan of the stte of Utah to be voted on by the citizens of this state at the coming election: T , . AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1. HR ARTICLE XI, OF THE CONSTrrU- WW TION, RELATING TO COLNTIES, mm C1T1EB AND TOWNS. AND PRO- UK VIDING FOR THE CREATING OF m m. NEV COUNTIES. H W That Bevcr.il counties of the ler- H K" fitory of Utah existing at the time or P the adoption of this constitution arc- k hereby recognized as divisions of this H jg. Etato, and the preclncis and school hH districts now existing in said coun-P coun-P ties aa legal subdivisions thereof, and mfW - . they shall so continue until ciiangort Jf by law In pursuance of this article. K S1 The legislature may by general law i; v riovide for tho formatlou of new H g; fountiea, and locating the county seats HBJ? I tbereof Every county which shall o M" foimed from territory taken from any H ulher county or counties shall bq Ua-BB Ua-BB ll V'e for a Just proportion of the c.xist-9H c.xist-9H Inp debtB nnrt IhbllitleH of the emm- 1 ' tv or counties from which such torrl-It'oL-y shall be Utkpn. Provided, that no new county shall be formed unless un-less a majority of the qualified electors elec-tors voting In each part of tho county coun-ty or counties to be dismembered-snail dismembered-snail vote beparatqly therefor AN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3. ARTICLE XIII. RELATING TO TAXATION. TAX-ATION. .,,-,. The legislature shall provido by lav. for a just and equitable assessment or the properly ol tho jtlate at Its actual moneV value All taxes .shall be uniform on the same class of properly with n the territorial limits of the authority lewln- the tax. and shall bo levied and collected for public purposes only. p,ovldod, that a deduction of debit from credits may be authorbed. Provided Pro-vided further, thai the property o tho United States, of the state counties, coun-ties, cities, towns, school district, municipal corporations and public libra? li-bra? Q8. lots with tho building thore-on thore-on "bed exclusively cither for roljKloua worship or charitable purposes of bur-iTnot bur-iTnot held or imed for prUato or cor- p rale benefit, shall be exempt fionv taxation Dltcbeb canals, roservolrs.l plies and flumes owned and used b Indhldtals of corporations foi irri-' g.itln? lauas owned b Mich Individuals Individ-uals or corporations, oi ilio individual members thereof, shall not be separately sepa-rately taxod as long as they shall bo owned and used exclusively for such purpose. Provided further, that mortgages mort-gages upon both real and personal property uhall bo eorapt from taxation. Piovldcd further, that the taxes ot tho indigent poor may 6o romltto 1 or abated at such tlmo and in sjch manner man-ner as in.iy be provldod by law AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 17, ARTICLE VII. Thp auditor shall be auditor ot public pub-lic aerounta. The public moneys shall be deposited by the tronsmcr, under the supervision of the board of examiners, exam-iners, and as provided by law AN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4, ARTICLE XIII, RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF MINES, All mines and mining claims, both placer and rock In place, containing contain-ing or beailng gold, silver, copper, lead or other valuable precious metals, met-als, aflor purchase thereof from the United States, shall bo mcd at a value not gi eater than tho pilco paid the United States thcreror, unleBs tho surface ground, or some part thereof, there-of, of such mine or claim, 1b used for other than mining purposes, and has a Bepnrato and Independent valun for such other purposes; in which case said surfaco ground, or any part thereof, so used for other than mjn-ln" mjn-ln" purposes, shall bo taxed at its valuo for such other purposes, as provided pro-vided by law; and all the machinery Vflod In mlnlnR. and all property and surfaco lmpioemeitJ upon oi appur-lonant appur-lonant tn mines (nd mining claims, and tho net annual proceeds of all Mich iretious metal mines and mining min-ing cluims Ehall be taxed as proud-o,d proud-o,d by law All lands containing c al. hydro-carbons or stone deposits, after aft-er purchase thereof from tho United States, and all proporty and surface Improvements upon oi appurteuant to such lands which hao a alue sepal sep-al ato find independent of all such lands and tho net proceeds of nil sucn land and the by-products of all valuable valua-ble deposits contained therein not taxed in a crude or raw condition, shall bo taxed ns provided by law No. 5. AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 11, ARTICLE XIII., RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS OF EQUALI5JATIC... Until otherwise provldod by law, there shnll be a state board of equalisation equal-isation consisting of four residents of the state who shall be appointed by tho governor, by and with the consent of tho senate, wboBo terms of office shall it for four years and until their successors; arc appoiutod and quah- fled, Provide, tha4 two of said niem- bers shall be appointed every two I ears. Thoio shall also bu in each I county of tho state a county bonrd of ' equalisation, consisting of the board , or county commissioners of said c un-ty. un-ty. The tluty of the stalo board of equalization and of tho several county coun-ty boards of equalization shall be to adjust and equalize the nluallon of tho real and personal pioporty of thp state and oi the several counties ! thoreof, as may le provided by law. I Each bonrd shall also Perform Biiohi other duties as innj ue prowded uj . law ' No. 6. ' AN AMENDMLNT OF SECTION 2, ARTiCLU Xlll. OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTI-TUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO TAXATION All propert In tlie state, not exempt ex-empt undor tho laws of the United i States, or undoi thlb constitution, or tho laws of the rtnte of Utah, ehall bo taxed Ub provided by law. Tha wo;d property, as used In thin article, is hereby declared to includo monevs, credits bonds, stock franchises andJ all mallei's and things ucal, personal and mixed), capablo of private ownership own-ership : but this shall not beVo construed con-strued ns to authorize tho taxation of the stocks of any company or corporation, corpora-tion, when the property of such company com-pany or corporation icprcseuted bv such stock, has been taxed Tho legislature leg-islature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other cources of ieenuo, to defray the estimated esti-mated ordinary oxpenEcs of the state j for each flscul year The legislatuio) shall also provide for tho payment of, the state debt. If any thprc ho, ln- fore the same becomes due. and pro-1 Ido for tho payment of the Interest on said debt as It may fall duo. No, 7. I AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION I), I ARTICLE VI., RELATING TO COM-I PBNSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Until olhorwlso provided by law, the members of the legislature shall re-echo re-echo eight ($8.00) dollars por dny and ten rents vr mile for tho distance necessarllv traveled going to and io-turninc: io-turninc: from the placo of meeting on the most usual route, and shall ie-i celc no other pa or porqulblte. No. 8. , T AMENDMENT l'O SECTION O ARTICLE XIV, FIXING THE LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTIES. CITIES. TOWNS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DIS-TRICTS. When authorised to croate lndebt- edness as provided In Section 3 ot this article, no county shall become indebted to an amount, including cx-lhtlns cx-lhtlns Indebtedness, oxcoedlng two per centum. No cit. town, school district dis-trict or other municipal corporation shall become indebted to an amount.! Including existing indebtedness, cx.-ceedm cx.-ceedm four per centum of tho value i of tho taxable piopeity theioin. Ihei aluo to he ascertained by tho last' assessment for state and connt pur-1 poses, previous to the Incuning of' such indebtedness except that in Incorporated In-corporated cities tho assossmont sh.il Le taknn from the last assessment for clly purposes: Provided, that no part of the Indebtedness allowed In this section shall be Inclined for (t her than strictly county, city, town, or school district purposes; provided, further, that any oltv or tho first class and any cltv of the socond class having hav-ing over 20,000 Inhabitants, when authorised au-thorised ns provided in Seatlon 3 of this Artlclc.'may lc allowed to Incur a larger indebtedness not exceeding lour por centum additional, and any eltj of the second class having less than 20,000 inhabitants and any citi of the third class, or town, when au-thoiucd au-thoiucd ab aforesaid, may bo nllowed to Incur n larger indebtedness not exceeding ex-ceeding oiglu per centum additional for tho purpose of supplying biich city or owp with water artificial lights. or sevvors, when tho works for suppl) - H lug such water, lights or scwor-s shall , jH bo owned and controlled by the mil- j H nlclpallty. 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