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Show r: L LJjg? LEGAL NuTlCES Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 1. ' SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. A Joint resolution proposing an amendment amend-ment lo Section 5 of Article 11 of tho Constitution of the State of Ptah, relating re-lating to municipal corporations. Be It enacted by the Legislature of the Stuto of Utah, two thirds vote of all tho I members elected In the two Houses con-1 currlnir therein: Boctlon I. That it Is proposed to amend! Section E of Article XI of the Constltu-; I tlon of the State of t'tah, o that tin i MMni 'I read as follow j Sec Z. Corpora t ions for municipal pur I poses shall not b er.-atcd l t.,eeinl laws Th Li trlsbiture bv r.-ih ihI laws shall iro- , vide for the Incorporation, oriranlzutlon land rbiislf Icntlon of cities and towns In' ; proportion to population, which laws may. I be altered, amended or repealed. Any city may frame and adopt a char ter for Its own Kovernmont In the foi : I lowlrvR manner j The legislative authorlt of tho city; may. by two thirds vote of Us members. I ,nnd upon petition of qualified elcctora to' I the number of 10 per eent of all votes cast i at the next preceding election for the of-' flee of the maor. shall forthwith provide1 lbs ordinance for the submission to the ejectors of the question. "Shall a Com-1 . mlsalon be chosen to frame a charter.'" The ordinance shall require that the ques ' tlon b. : 'ibmittod to the electors al the! next regular municipal election The ballot bal-lot ronislnlnR- such question shall also contain the names of candid ates for members mem-bers of the proposed Commission, but without party designation. Such candidates candi-dates shall he nominated In the same manner as required by law for nomination 'of city officers. If a majority of the alec M voting on the question of chpOSini Commission rhall vote In the afflrma I n then the fifteen candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast at such elc- itlon. shall constitute the charter Commission, Commis-sion, nnd shall proceed to frame a char ter. n charter ,-o framed Khali be submitted sub-mitted to the qualified electors of the city i at an "lection lo be held at a time to he determined by the charter Commission. I which shall he not les-s than thirty days I subsequent to Its completion and distribution distri-bution among the electors and not more. thon one year from such date. Alterna- ' i tlve provisions may also lie submitted to I be voted upon separately. The Commls-I slon shall make provisions for the dlstrt-button dlstrt-button of copies of tho proposed charter' and of any alternative provisions to the j qualified electors of the city, not less than SUty days lieforc the election ot which It IS voted upon. Such proposed charter and such alternative provisions as are ap-I ap-I proved by a majority of the olectora vot-l vot-l Ing tln reon. shall become an organic law i of such city at such time as may be fixed th. rein, and shall supersede any existing charter and nil laws affecting the ortran 'Ijtallon and government of such city which ,!. now In conflict therewith. 'Within thirty davs after Ita approval a copy of I sin h charter aa adopted, certified by the mavor and city recorder and authentlcat-led authentlcat-led l the seal of such city, shall be made Un duplicate and deposited, ono In the of- flee of the Secretary of State and the olher In the office of the City Recorder, land thereafter all courts shall take Judl iclal notice of ruch ehsrtoi Amendments to any such charter may Ibe framed and Submitted by the charter 'Commission In the same manner as pro-' pro-' vlded for making of charters, or may be I proposed by the legislative authority of the Cltj upon S two thirds vote thereof, or by petition of qualified electors to a number e.nial to one t. nth of the total vote cast for mayor on the next preceding election, and anv such amendment may be submitted al the next tegular election, ind having been approved by the majority of the electors voting thereon, shall lc-I lc-I come a port of the charter at the time I fixed In such amendment and shall be certified cer-tified nnd filed as provided In case of i charters. Bach city forming Its charter under this Section shall have, and Is hereby granted the authority to exercise nil powers relating relat-ing to municipal affairs, and to adopt and enforce within Its limits, local police sanitary and similar regulation not to conflict con-flict with the general law and no enumeration enumer-ation of powers In this constitution or any law hhall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby con-f con-f rr.-d; but this grant of authority shall inot Include tho power to regulate the service serv-ice or charges of public utilities so long as such regulation Is provided for by g.-n eral law. nor be deemed to limit or re (Strict the power of the Legislature in mat-.tors mat-.tors of public or general Interest, nor those rotating to State affairs. . The power to bo conferwl upon the clt-' clt-' lex by this Section shall Include the foi I lowing: (a) To 'levy, nssess and collect taxes and borrow money, within the limits proscribed pro-scribed by general law. and to levy and collect special nsscsflhients for benefits conferred, (hi To furnish all local public services; to purchase, hire, construct, own. main-' main-' tain and oporHte. or lease, public utilities, local in extint and us- , to acquire b condemnation, or otherwise, within or without th-- .-oiporato limits, property lie. , jsnrv I . . r anv such p" !""."' s -ubj.-. t to restrictions Imposed by general law for the protection of other communities, and to gront local public utility franchises and regulate the exercise thereof subject to the continuing power of regulation of pub lie utilities, their rates and service, by the Stat.-, as is now Or may hereafter he. pro-v pro-v Idod b gn ral law. (c) To make local public improvements ami to acquire hv condemnation, or other-wise, other-wise, property within its corporate limits lim-its ncoesa&r) for such Improvements: und also to acquire an excess over thut needed for any such Improvement and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions, restric-tions, in crdei to protect und prpsenrc the Improvement. (d) To issue ajnd sell bonds on tho security se-curity of an such excess properly, or of any public utility owned by the city, or of the revenues thereof, or both, including includ-ing m the ease of n public utility, a franchise fran-chise Stutlng the terms upon which. In 'case of ' foreclosure, tho purchaser may ; opt i ale such Utility S.-c 2. The Secretary of State la here I. eete.l to submit iIkj ptopo- d aim nd nient to the electors of the Stato at the next general election In the manner provided pro-vided by law. Sc. :i. If adopted by the electors of this Slate, this amendment shall Ink. ef ' i...-t on January 1st. 1921 . Approved March Ifc 1M9 Proposed Constitutional Amend- ment No. 2. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. .li. jj A resolution proposing an amendment tr Section 7. Article 13. of the Constitution' H of tho State of t'tah. i elating to tax H rates for Stale purposes. H lie It resolved by the Legislature of the H Stale of I'tah. two-lhlrtis of all the H member elected to each House concur- ring B Section I That it is proposed to amend B Section 7. of Article XIIl of the Consti lullon of the State of I'tah so that the seme win read follows: See. 7. The rat. of taxutlon on proper H ty for State purposes shall never exceed HBVH mills on cm. 11 dollar of valuation to DO, M apportioned as follows: Not to exceed H 4'i mills on escli dollar of valuation for ' H I i.. iuI Stale purposes; not to exceed -fl mills on each dollar of valuation for dlfl- H trlct school purposes, not to exceed V ' mill on ach rlollnr of valuation for hlgp H school pin-pone, that part of the State H tax apportioned to high schnol purposes. H shall constitute a fund to be called the H High School Fund and shall he appor H tinned lo the cities and school districts ' H maintaining h jtl sohpols m the mnnm-r H the leglsluture may provide And when ' H ever the taxable property within the tata H shall amount to ( 000.000.00. the mte WmmM shall not exceed on each dollar of value H tlon two and iour.tr nths mills for gn.-irtl H purposes, two tenths of one mill for ' H high school purposes, and such levy for-' H district school purposes as will raise an H nually an amount which, added to any H other Stato funds available for district H srhool purposes. equals 125.00 for each H rson of school ago In the State, shown,'. H by the last preceding school census: un- H 'less a proposition to increase such ran H lor rates, specifying the rate or rates pro- H posed and the time during whlrh the same 1 shall he levied, he first submitted to I I vote of such of the qualified electors of 1 I the State, ns. In th year next preci d Ing such election, shall have paid a prop- H erty tax assessed to tbem within the Stato. H 'and lb iimjontv ol those voting thereon shall vote In favor thereof, in such man aaaaj hit as nwv he provided by law. Sec. 2 The Secretary of State Is dt-r. dt-r. cte.i to ,-ause this proposed amendment to be published us required by the Con-stitutlon Con-stitutlon nnd to he submitted to tho efc 1 tors of the Slate ut the next general elec,; tlon in tho manner provided b law Sec. H. If approved by the electors of the ; mm State, this proposed amendment shiil take effect on the 1st day of January. Approved March IS 1919. Proposed Conititutional Amendment Amend-ment No 3. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A concurrent resob-tton providing an- B I amendment to Section 1, Article XIV of the Constitution of tho Stato of Utah, relating to State debt limitation., it enacted by the Legislature of the St ite of t'tah. two thirds of all the m m i.. r- . lected tn each of the two Houses concurring ther.-ln Section 1. That it is proposed to amend Section l article il of Die constitution ot the State of I'tah. so that the same will read as follows: H Section i To meet casual deficits or' failures in revenue, anil for necessary ex-jpendltures ex-jpendltures for public purposes. Including the erection of public buildings, and for ' the payment of all territorial indebtedness H assumed by the Stnte. the State may con- H ! tract debts, not exceeding In th.) aggro- H gate at any one tin..', an amount equal to B 2 perrenlum of the value of the taxable H property of the State, as shown by H th. last assessment for State purposes. previous to the incurring of such indebt-edness. indebt-edness. But the State shall never con-tract con-tract any Indebtedness except as in the next section provided. In excess of such amount, and nil moneys arising lr, rn loans herein authorized, shall he api. -piled solely to the purposes for which they wire obtained. S.-i The Secretary of State Is herobv directed to submit thi.- i-roposel amed-ment amed-ment to the electors of the State at tre ii. xl general election In the manner pro vided by law. Sec. 3 If adopted by the electors of th. St. ite thU amendment shall take ef-feet ef-feet January 1, 1921. Approved March 18. 1919. Proposed Constitutional Amend-ment Amend-ment No. 4. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION A concurrent resolution proposing .an amendment to the Constitution of the State of T'tah by amending Section 5. , Article XVI. relating to rights of ao-tlon ao-tlon to recover damages for injuries r-. 1 suiting in death. Be it resolved and enacted by the Leads-lature Leads-lature of the Slate of t'tah. two thirds of all the members elected to each of th.. two Houses concurring therein: Section 1. That it is proposed to .amend Section .'. Artid. 16, of the Constitution oi the State oi I 'tab. so that said suction shall read as follow "Tho right of action to recover damaged for Injuries resulting In death, shall never- be abrogated, and the amount recoverable shall not he subject to any statutory Unit tat Ion. except iu cases where compensa Itlon im injuries resulting in death is pro- i Vided for by law." I Section .'. The SecreUry of State Is ; h. r. bv directed to submit this proiose ; I amendment to the electors of the stale I at the next general election In the man- tier provided Sec. ). If udopted by the electors of j the state the amendment shall take effect I January isi, 1921, Approved October 9 1919. I. Harden Benntoa. Secretary of State of the Stale Of I'tah. do hereby certify that the foregoing Is a full, true and cor-rect cor-rect copy of all Constitutional Amend-ments Amend-ments proposed by the regular and spc-clal spc-clal sessions of tin' Legislature of 191'.'. as tho sumo appear of record In my of- In witness whereof I have hereunto set mi band mid affixed the Oreat Seal of tic State of Utah, this 1st day of September, mmm (Seal) HARDEN BBNNION, mmm Secretary of State Mmm |