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Show . PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTI. t TUTION nOUSK JOINT RESOLU- Ij TION NUMBER NINtt . U A Joint resolution providing for aa amend' 1 mcnt to Section 4, Article 13, ot the Consti. t tution of the State of Utah relating to tht IH taxntion of mines and minlnu property and , the assessment of same. , Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State j of Utah, two-thirds of all the members elected ' JH to the two houses concurring therein: i Section 1. That it Is proposed to amend i Section 4, Article 13 of the Constitution of th S 'H State of Utah so that the same will read as i follows: : iH Section 4. All metalliferous mines or mln I Ing claims, both placer and rocli In place, ohall ! be assessed at $5.00 per acre, nnd In addition IH thereto nt a value based 'upon tome multiple i .LH i or sub-multiple of the net annual proceeds ' thereof. All other mines or mining claims 1 JH Iand other valuable mineral deposits, including i lands containing coal or hydro-carbons, ehnll 4 be aasused at their full value. All machlntrj i IH ased In mining nnd oil properly or surra o 7 Improvements upon or oppurlenant to minjs or mining claims, and the value of any surfacs oso made of mining claims, or mining property for other than mining purposes, shall b ' fM assessed at full value. The state board ol t A equalization shall auess and tax all properly K , herein enumerated, provided that the assess- J raent of JS.00 per acre and the assessment of tho valuo of any use other than for mining SS ; purposes nhall bo made ns provided by law. 7 IH 5 Section 2. Tho Secretary of State Is hereby j directed to submit thl proposed amcntfmeni i i to the electors of the State at the next gen. i jj crnl election in the manner prescribed by law, i jH f Section S. If adopted by tho elector of thj 11 i State, this amendment shall take effect Janu. I kH ary 1st, 101'J. B lH l Approved March 12, 1917. S I. HARDEN BSNNION. Secretary of StaU 'i H , of the State of Utah, do hereby certify that l J the above Is a full, true and correct copy of I i a joint resolution oviding for an amendment E lH I l Section I, Article 13, of the Constitution S H C of the State of Utah relating to the taxation i lH V of mine3 nnd mining property and the assess- 2 mcnts of same. W fB f. In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my n i hand and affixed the Great Seal of the StaU it of Utah this 23rd day of August. 1918. a (Seal) HARDEN Br NION, I S Secretary of Stat. 5 |