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Show AMENDMENTS TO I CONSTITUTION 8 IfcS. BBIeht Changes in the Fundamental Law of the State Proposed-All 14 Voters ShoiUd Read the Following With Care in Order & to Vote Intelligently. H The following are the clht pro-, jiroccd atncndmentB to the constiUuion; of tbo state of Utah to be voted on by the citizens of this state at the coming election , , i AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1. Article xi, of the constitu-j iTION, RELATING TO COUNTIES, CCITIES AND TOWNS, AND PJIO-EVIDING PJIO-EVIDING FOR THE CREATING OF RNEW COUNTIES. IB" That several counties of the ter-Krltory ter-Krltory of Utah oxlstlng at the lime of Hflhe adoption of this constitution are inpreuy recopnled as divlblons of thib BJBtato. and tho precincts and school districts now existing In Biiid coan-WT.tle3 coan-WT.tle3 as lcal huhdlvislons thereof, und Mrihey shall so continue until changed K ty. lttW 1 Pursuance of this article. faThe legislature may by general law Ifprovide for tho formation of new B counties', and locating the county peats Ubercof. Everv county which shall uo Iformed from territory taken from any tother county or counties shall bo na-Kbe na-Kbe for a just proportion of the cxlst-flUng cxlst-flUng dobts and liabilities of the coun- ty or counties from which such tcrrl-'tory tcrrl-'tory shall be taken. Provided, that no new county shall bo formed unless un-less a majority of the qualified electors elec-tors voting In each part of the county coun-ty or counties to be dtsmembored shall vote separately therefor I AN AMENDMENT OF SECTION 3, ARTICLE XIII, RELATING TO TAXATION. TAX-ATION. Tho legislature shall provide by law for a Just and equitable assessment of the property of the state at ltB actual money value. All taxes shall be uniform on tho same class of property within Ibo territorial limits of the authority lewing the tax, and shall bo levied and collected for public purposes only. Provided, that a deduction of debits from ci edits may bo authorized Provided Pro-vided further, that tho property or tho United States, of tho statp, counties, coun-ties, cities, towns, schoal districts, municipal corporations and public libraries li-braries lots with tho buildings tliore-on tliore-on used exclusively either for religious worship or charitable purposes of burial bur-ial not held or used for private or cor porate benefit, shall be exempt from : taxation Ditches, canals, roscnolrs, plies and flumes owned and UBed b individuals of corporatlJns for irrigating irri-gating Jands ownod bj such individuals individ-uals or corporations, or the individual Ulembers thereof, shall not bo separately sepa-rately taxed as long as they Bhall bo owned and used pxcliislvolv for such purpose. Provided further, that mortgages mort-gages upon both real and personal property shall be exempt from taxation Provided further, that the taxes of tho Indigent poor may bo remitted or abated at such time and in nuch manner man-ner as may be provided by law. AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 17, ARTICLE VII. The auditor shall bo auditor of public pub-lic accounts Tho public moneys shall be deposited by the treasurer, under the supervision of tho board of examiners, exam-iners, and ns provided by law AN AMENDMENT OF SECTION -i, ARTICLE XIII, RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF MINES. All mines and mining claims, both placer and rock In place, containing contain-ing or bearing gold, sliver, copper, lead or other valuable precious metals, met-als, after purchase thereof from the United States, shall bo taxed at a value not greater than the price paid tho United States therefor, unless the surfacp ground, or some part thereof, there-of, of such mlno or claim, is used for other than mining purposes, and ha8 a sepai ate and Independent value for such other purposes; In which cabol said surface ground, or any pan1 thereof, so used for other thuu mining min-ing purposes, shall bo taxed at its value for such other purposes, as provided pro-vided by law; and all the machinery used In raining, and all property and r surface Improvements upon or appui-tepant appui-tepant to mines and mining claims, d the net annual proceeds of all such precious metal mines and mining min-ing claims shall bo taxed as provided provid-ed by law All lands containing coal, hjdro-carbons or stone deposits, after aft-er purchabo tlioreof from tho United Stales, and all property and surface Improvements upon or appurtenant to such lands which have a value sep-aiate sep-aiate and independent of all such lands and the net proceeds of all such land and the by-products of all valuable valua-ble deposits contained therein not taxed In a crude or raw condition, shall bo taxed as provided by law. No. 5. AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 11. ARTICLE XIII.. RELATING TO STATE AND COUNTY BOARDS OF EQUAL1ZATIC. Until otherwise ptovldej by law, there shall bo a state board of equalization equal-ization consisting of four residents of the state who shall bo appointed by tho governor, bj and with the consent of the cenato, whose tcrm3 of office shall bo for four yeare and until their successors arc appointed and qualified. quali-fied. Provide-, tha' two of Bald members mem-bers shall ho appointed every two joain. Tbero shall also bo In each county of tho state a county board of equalization, consisting or the board of county commissioners of said c un-ty. un-ty. Tho dut of the state board of equalization and of the hoveral county coun-ty Loards of equalization ohall bo lo adjust and cqualizo tho aluatlon of the real and personal property of tho state and of tho several couutles thereof, as may be provided bv law. Each board shall also perform suchi other duties as maj be provided b law No. 0. AN AMENDA1ENT OF SECTION 2, ARTICLE XIII, OF THE CONSTITUTION CONSTI-TUTION OF UTAH, RELATING TO TAXATION All property in tho state, not exempt ex-empt under tho laws of the United States, or under this constitution, or the laws of the tstato of Utah, shall bo taxed as provided by law. The woid property, as used In this article, is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stock franchises and all matters and things ucal, personal and mixed), capablo of private ownership; own-ership; but this shall not be so construed con-strued as to aulhorlzo the taxation of the stocks of any company or corporation, corpora-tion, when the property of such company com-pany or corporation represented by such stock', has been taxed. The legislature leg-islature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sources of revenue, to defray the estimated esti-mated ordinan expouses of the state for each fiscal year. Tho loglslnturo shall also provide for tho payment of tho slato debt, If any there be. be-foro be-foro tho saino becomes due; and provide pro-vide for the payment of the Interest on said debt as it may fall duo. No. 7. AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION U, ARTICLE VI. RELATING TO COMPENSATION COM-PENSATION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Until otherwise provided by law, tho members of the legislature shall receive re-ceive eight ($S.00) dollars per day and ten cents per mllo for tho dlstanco nece33arlly traveled going to and returning re-turning from the place of meeting on tbo most usual route, and shall ic-ceive ic-ceive no other pay or perquisite. No. 8. AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION -1, ARTICLE XIV, FIXING THE LIMIT OF INDEBTEDNESS OF COUNTIES. CITIES. TOWNS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DIS-TRICTS. When authorized to creato indebtedness indebt-edness as provided In Soction 3 of this article, no county chall becomo Indebted to an amount, including oxlstlng ox-lstlng Indebtedness, exceeding two per centum. No city, town, school district dis-trict or other municipal corporation shall become Indebted to an amount, including existing indebtedness, exceeding ex-ceeding four per centum of the value of tho taxable property therein, tho value to be ascertained by the last assessment for stato and county purposes, pur-poses, i previous to tho Incurring of such indebtedness, except that In incorporated in-corporated cities the assessment shali bo taken from tho last assessment for city purposes; Provided, tbat no part of the Indebtedness allowed In this section shall be Incurred for l hor than strictly county, city, town, or school district purposes; provided, further, that any city of the first class and any citv of tbo second class having hav-ing over 2OiO00 Inhabitants, when authorized au-thorized as provided in Section 3 of this Articlo, may be allowed to Incur a larger Indebtedness not exceeding four per contum additional, and any city of the second class having less than 20.C00 inhabitants and any city of the third class, or town, when authorized au-thorized as aforcaald, may be allowed to Incur a larger indebtedness not exceeding ex-ceeding oight per centum additional for tho purpose of supplying such city or town with water, artificial Hghta, or sewers, when tho uoiko for supplv - H ing such water, Hghta or sewers shall bo owned and controlled by the rsu- j nicipality. .H |
