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Show legal Notices j Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No 1. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6 A Joint resolution proponlnp an amend ment to Section .'. of Artlelo 11 of th ontlitutlon of the Stnt. of Utah, re intinK to municipal corporations Be it enneteri t the Legislature or the State of 1 tah. two third" vote of all the members fleeted In the two Houses con. eurrlnn Iher. ln Section ) That It la proposed to amend se, rjon ". of article xi of the Constltu. tlon of the State of Utah so that the same will read SJ follows. e. ', i 'orporn tlons tor municipal pur poses sh.iii not he created h special laws, The Legislature by general laws i;hall provide pro-vide for the Incoriforatlon, orirnnlzatlon and classification of cities nnd towns In proi.rtlon to population which Ins may be altered, amended or repealed. Any city may frame and ndopt a char ter for Its own government In the following fol-lowing manner. The legislative authority of the cltv may. by two-thirds vole of Its members.' and upon petition of qualified elector to I the number of 1" per cent of nil votes cast j at the next preceding election for the office of-fice of the mayor, shall forthwith provide by ordinance for the submission to the I electors of the fiiestlon. "Shall a Com-mission Com-mission be chosen to frame a charter '' ' The ordinance shall require that the ques- I tlon be Submitted to the electora at the next regular municipal election The bal- I lot containing such question shall also! contain the names of candidates for mem-' Ihetf. of the proposed Commission, but I without party designation Such candl-1 I date shall be nominated tn the same! manner as required by law for nomination 1 of city officer. If a majority of the electors elec-tors voting on the question of choOHlnc Commission shall vote in tho affirmative then the fifteen candidates receiving n ' majority ol the votes east at r-uch eec- tlon. shall constitute the charter Commls-. slon. and shall proceed to frame a char ' ter. Any charter so framed shall he sub mltted to the qualified electors of the city at an lection to be held at a lime to, he determined by the charter Commission, i which shall be- not less than thirty days subsequent to its completion and dlstrl -, button among the electors and not more than one vear from such date-. Alternn Itlve provisions may also lie submitted to! ' be voted upon separately. The Commls ! slon shall make provisions for the dlstrl-1 button of copleti of the proposed charter! and of anv alternative provisions to the I qualified electors of the cfty. not less than j slr.ty days before; the election at which It I ,ls voted upon. Such proposed charter and such alternative provisions as arc np- I proved by a majority of the electors vo'-I vo'-I Ing thereon, shall become an organic law iof such city at such time as may be fixed therein, and shall supersede any existing '-hnrter and nil Iium urtectlng the orrun I tat Ion and government ed Slid l I ty which sre now In conflict therewith Within I thirty days after Its approval copy of such charter as adopt-d, certified by the I mayor and city recorder and authen tlctt- J j ed by the seal of such city, shall be- made In duplicate and deposited, one In the office of-fice of tho Secretary of State and the' other In the office of tho City Recorder.1 and thereafter all courts shall take Judl clal notice of such charter Amendments to any such charter mav bo framed and submitted by the charter. Commission tn the same manner as pro ' vided lor making of charters, or may be proposed by the legislative authority of the city upon a two thirds ote thereof, or by petition of qualified electors to number equal to one tenth of the total vote cast for mayor on the next preceding election, and any such amendment may bo submitted at the next regular ele-ctlon. and having been approved by the majority ' of the electors voting thereon, t,hall become be-come a part of the charter at the time flxeel ln such amendment snd shall be car- lifted and filed .as provided In case of dial ters ICach city forming Its charter under this Se-ctlon shall have and Is hereby cranted. : the authorltv to x-i all power" rilit Ing to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce within Its limits, local police sanitary and similar regulation not to con fllct with the general law, and no enumeration enumer-ation of powers In this constitution or anv law shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred: con-ferred: but this grant of authority shall . not Include the power to regulate the serv- i ice or charges of public utilities so long' as such regulation Is provided for by general gen-eral law, nor be deemed to limit or restrict re-strict tho power of the Legislature In mat- I ters of public or general Interest, nor ! tho.se relating to Slate affairs. The power to bo conferred upon the clt- ', les by this Section shall include tho foi- lowing: (a) To levy, assess and collect tuxes and borrow money, within the limits pie- I scribed by general Isw, and to levy snd e-ollect special assessments for benefits conferred, (b) To furnish all local public services, to purchase, hire, construct, own. main- I tain and opnrate. or leuse. public utilities. I local in extent and use; to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, w ithtn or Without the corporate limits. properly ncccasiu-y for any auch purposes subject . to restrictions imposed by general law for I the protection of other communities; and ' to grant local public utility franchises and ; regulate the exercise thereof subject to i the continuing power of regulation of pub lie utilities, their rates and m-rvlu- b the iStnte. as Is now or may hereafter be, pro j rlded w i ii law. (c) To make local public Improvements! and to acquire by condemnation, or other- ' wise, proper! within Its corporate lira-1 Its necessary for auch Improvements; and I also to acquire an excess over that needed for any such Improvement and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions. restric-tions. In order to protect and preserve the Improvement, (d) To Issue and sell bonds cn the se-Curltj se-Curltj of any such exet-Rs property, or of I any public utility owned by the city, or of the revenues there-of. or both, Includ-InST, Includ-InST, In the case of a public utility, a fran- chlse stating the terms upon which. In case of foreclosure, tho purchaser muy ! operate such utility I See. I. The Secretary of State is here I by directed to submit the proposed amendment amend-ment to the olectors of the State at the I next general election In thv manner pro- I vldcd by law. Sec. 3 if adopted by the electors of (Ills State, this amendment shall take ef I feet on January 1st, 1921. approved March is una. I Proposed Constitutional Amend- ment No. 2 j - SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO, 5. A wnhition proposing an amendment to Section 7 Article 13. of the Constitution I of the State of l'tah. relating to tax I rates for State purposes. H Be It resolved by the Legislature of tho State f itah. two-thirds of all tho H members elected to each House concur ring H Section 1.- That It Is proposed to amend section 7 of Article XIII ol the fonMi union of the Stats 1 1 i tan bo that the I read as follows. H Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on proper- ly lor State purposes shall never exceed H j mills on each dollar of valuation to da apportioned as follows Not to exceed 4U mills on each dollar of valuation for 1 general State purposes, not to exceed 3 H I mills on each dollar of valuation for dls- H itrlct school purposes; not lo cxcecd y, H 'mill on eaeh dollar of valuation for high school purposes; that part of the State- B lax apportioned to high school purposes H muni rnnjtnui" a lima to lie called me H High School Fund and shall be appor- tioned to the cities and school districts H maintaining hlftl schools In the manncV H he Legislature may provide And when- H ever the taxable property within the State H shall amount to $400,000,000.00. the rates 1 shall not exceed on each dollar of valu.i H tlon two and four-tenths mills for general State purposes, two-tenths ol one mill for H high school purposes, and such levy for H district m hool purposes as will raise an- H nu. illy an amount which, added to any H other State funds available for district H school purposes, equals $25.00 for each H person of school age In the State, shown H by the last preceding school census; un- H less a proposition to Increase such rate B or rates, specifying the rate or rates pro- posed and the time during which the same H shall be levied, be first submitted to h H vote of such of the qualified electors of H the Smtc. as, In the year next preced- H ing such election, shall have paid a prop- H erty tax assessed to them within the Sta'.- H and the maJorlt of those voting thereon H shall vote in favor thereof, In such man- H ncr aa may be provided by law. H Sec. 2. The Secretary of State la dl. H reeled to cause this proposed amendment H to be puhlished as requited by the Con- H stltution and to be submitted to the clec-tors clec-tors of the State at the next general clec- tlon In the manner provided DJ H Sec. 3. If approved by the electors of th j State, this proposed amendment shall H on th. da) id January. H Approved March 1$. 1913 H Proposed Constitutional Amend- ' ment No. 3. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION H A concurrent resolution providing an H amendment to Section 1 Article XXV. of the Constitution of the State of H Utah, relating lo State debt limitation. H Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State of l'tah. two-thirds of all the jiicm- H ber s elected to each of the two Houses concurring ihercln: Section 1. That It Is proposed to amend H Section 1, Article 14. of the constitution H of the State of l'tah. so that the same H read as follows: H Section 1. To meet casual deficits or failures In revenue, and for necessary ex- H pendttures for public purposes. Including the erection of public buildings, and for the payment of all terrltotlal Indebtedness assumed by the State, the Stale may con- tract debts, not exceeding In the aggre- H gale at anv one time, an amount equal to 2 pcrcentum of the value of the taxable H property of the State, as shown by tho last assessment for State purposes, previous lo the- Incurring of such tndobt-edncss. tndobt-edncss. But the State shall never con-tract con-tract any Indebtedness except as In tho next section provided. In excess of such amount, and all moneys arising from loans herein authorized, shall be ap- were obtained. Sec. 2. The Secretary of Stale Is hereby iH directed to submit this proposed amend- 'iLLH ment to the electors of the State at tho iH next general election In the manner pro, H vldcd by law. i'lLLH Sec, I. If adopted by the electors of the State, this amendment shall take cf H feet January 1. 1 Approved March 18. 1919. H Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 4. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 1 A concurrent resolution proposing an amendment lo the Constitution of the H State of I'tah by amending Section S. H Article XVI. relating to rights of ac- tlon lo recover daiuuges for Injuries re- H suiting In death H Be it resolved and enacted by the Legls- H lature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all tho members elected to each of ! H the two Houses concurring therein: H Section 1. That it Is proposed lo amend H Section 5. Article 16. of the Constitution i of tho State ot l'tah. BO thai said section shall read as follows: H "The right of action to recover damages H for Injuries resulting In death, shall never H be abrogated, and the amount re-e-oierablo H shall not be subject to any statutory llml H tat Ion, except In cases where compensa-tlon compensa-tlon for Injuries resulting In death Is pro- vided for by law " H s, . tion 2. The Secretary of State Is H hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the statu at the next general election In the man- ' ner provided by law. H Sec. 3. It adopted by the electors of ih. i itl 111' n.liii. nt .hall t.ik- ellect H January 1st, 1921. Approved October 9. 1919. 1 I. Harden Bennlon, Secretary of State. of the Stale of l'tah. do hereby certify H that the foregoing is a full, true and cor-rect cor-rect copy of all Constitutional Amend- ments proposed by the regular and ape- H clal sessions of the Legislature o( lUt, H as the same appear ol leeord lit my of- H In witness whereof, I have hereunto set 1 my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the 1 Slate of l'tah. this 1st day of September. II HPKN LKNN'ION. Secretary of State. ' |