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Show LEGAL 1NUT1CES ' H Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 1. SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. A Joint resolution proposing nn amend ment to Section 5 of Article 11 of the Constitution of the State of Utah, re latlng to municipal corporations. Be It enacted bj tho legislature of the Stato of Utah, two thirds vote of all the menibcis elected In the two Houses con. currJng therein Section 1 That ll Is proposed to amend ' Section 5 of Article XI, of the Constltu tion of the State of Utah, so that thi snmo will read as follows: Sec 5, Corporations for municipal pur poses shall not be created by special laws. Tho Legislature by general law 8 shall pro Vide for tho Incorporation, organisation and classification of cities and towns In proportion to population, which laws ma be altered, amended or repealed Anv city maj framo and adopt a char-i ter for its own government In tho foi J lowing manner Tho legislative authority or the rltj moj bj two thirds voto of Its members and upon petition of qualified e'ectors to the numbor of 10 ptr cent of all votes cast at Ihe next preceding election for the of flee of tho mavor. shall forthwith provide by ordinance for tho submission to tho electors of tho question Shall a Com mission be chosen to frame a chirtcr'i The ordinance shad require that the ques tion bo submitted to tho electors at tho' next rtgnlar municipal election The bal-j lot containing such quctlon shnll also contain the names of candidates for mem I hers of the proposed Commission, but I without partj designation Such candl i dates shall be nominated In tho same manner as required bj' law for nomination of cltj- officers If a majorltj' of tho electors elec-tors voting on tho question of choosing i Commission shall vote In the affirmative then tho fifteen candidates receiving a majority of tho votes ca3t at such dec Hon shall constitute the charter Commls slon, and shall proceed to fiame a char ter. Anj charter so framed -.halt be sub mlttcd to tho qualified electors of tho cltj' at an election to bo held at a tfnv to be determined bj the charter Commission, j which shall bo not less than thlrtj' davs subsequent to Its completion and dlstrl , butlon among tho electors nnd not moro than ono jear from such date Altorna- live provisions maj also bo submitted to i be voted upon separatelj The Commls slon ahall make provisions for the dlstrl butlon of copies of tho proposed charter and of any alternative provisions to tho qualified electors of the citv, not less lhan sixty dajs beforo tho election at which lt Is voted upon Such proposed charter and such alternative provisions us arc ap prov'd bj' a majorltj' of the electors voting vot-ing thereon, shall become an organic law of such citj at such time as may be fixed therein, and shall cupcrsedo anv existing I chartei nnd all laws affecting tho organ Izatlon and government of such cltj which aro now In conflict thcrowlth. Within thlrtj da j a after its approval a copy of such charter as adopted, certified bj tho mavor and cltj' recorder and authentic1 1 cd bj tho seal of such cltj shall bo mado In duplicate and deposited, one in tho of flco of tho Secretary of State and tho other In the office of tho Cltj Recorder, and thereafter all courts shall tako Judl clal notico of such charter Amendments to anj such charter rray be framed and submitted bj the charter Commission In tho same manner as pro vldcd for making of charters, or maj- be proposed by tho Icglslativo authorltj- of I tho cltj upon a two thirds voto thereof,! or bj petition of qualified electors to a; number equal to ono tenth of tho total voto cast for major on the noxt preceding election, and anj such amendment may i be submitted at tho next regular election, and having been approved bj the majority of tho electors voting thorcon. shall be-como be-como a part of tho charter at tho timo fixed In such amendment and shall bo ccr tlflcd and filed as provided in case of charters Each citv forming Its charter under thl3 Section shall have ond is hcrebj granted, the authority to o.erciso all powers rclat Ing to municipal affairs and to adopt and enforce within Its limits local police sanitary nnd similar icgulatlon not to con- fllct with tho general law, and no cnumcr atlon of powers in this constitution or anj law sh ill be deemed to limit or restrict tho general grant of authoritj horcbj con fcrrcd, but this grant of authorltj shall1 not Include tho powor to rcgulato tho acrv i Ice or charges of publlo utilities eo long I as such regulation Is provided for bj gen cral law, nor be deemed to limit or re strict tho power of the Legislature in mat tors of public or general Interest, nor Ihoso relating to Stato affairs. Tho power to be conferred upon tho clt les by this Section shnll include tho foi low Inc (a) To lev j. asacss anil collect taxes and borrow moncj. within tho limits pi 6 scribed by general law. and to lovj and collect special assessments for bcnoflts conferred. (b) To furnish nil local public sera Ices, to purchase, hire, construct, own. main tain and operate, or lease, public utilities, local in extent and uso, to acqulro bj condemnation, or otherwise within or without tho corpornto limits, propertj' necessary for any such purpobcs, subject lo restrictions imposed by gonoral law for tho protection of other communities, and to grant local public utilltj' franchises and regulate the exercise thereof nubject to tho continuing povv'cr of regulation of public pub-lic utilities, their rates and service, by tho Slate, as is now or maj hereafter be, pro vlded b general law (c) To make local public Improvements , and to acquire bj' condemnation or olhcr-' vvlhe propertj' vrlthln Its conroruto, limits lim-its nccessarj' for such Improvements and also to acquire an excess over that needed for nnj' such Improvement and to soli or lcaso such oxcess propcitj with restrlc tions, in order to protect and picserve tho improvement. (d) To Issuo and sell bonds on the sc curltj of anj such excess propeitj. or of any public utility owned bj the cltj. or of tho revenues thereof, or both, includ Ing. In the caso of a public utilltj. a fran chlao stating the terms upon which. In caso of foreclosure, the purchaser maj' operate such utility. Sec. 2. 'lho Secretary of State is hero ' bj' directed to submit the proposed umend ment to tho electors of tho Stato at tho i next general election !n tho manner pro-vided pro-vided bj law. i Sec. 3. If adopted bv the doctors of ' this Stale, Ihls amendment shall tako cf feet on January 1st 1021. Approved .March IS, 1913 Proposed Constitutional Amend- ment No. 2. I H SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION MO. S. I M A resolution proposing an amendment to H Section 7, Article 13, of tho Constitution of the State of Utah, rotating to tax i rates for State purpose B Be it resolved bj tho Legislature of tho I State of Utah, two Ihlids of all the members elected to each House concur' H ring therein IH Section 1. That It Is proro-cd to amen 1 H Section 7 of Article XIII of tho Constl- H tutlon of the Stato of Utah so that the H same will read as follows: l Sec 7 The rale of taxation on proper H Ij for State purposes shall never exceed IH 4 mills on each dollar of valuation to bo H apportioned a3 follows' Not to exceed 4 '4 mills on each dollar of valuation for B general Stato purposes; not to exceed 3 ' H mills on each dollar of valuation for dls- Irlct school purposes, not to exceed y, mill on each dollar of valuation for hlgn ' HHH school purposes, that part of the State i tax apportioned to high school purposes shall constitute a fund to be called tho High School Fund and shall be appor tloned to The cities and school districts maintaining high schools In the manner tho Legislature may provide And when i over lho tnxablo property within the Stnt.r shall amount to 100.000,000.00, the rales shall not exceed on each dollar of vnlua- lion two and four tenths mills for general ' State purposes, two tenths of one mill for high school purposes, and such levj for district school purposes as will ralso an- nuallj an amount which, added to any other Stato funds available, for district school purposes, equals $25 00 for each person of -chool af,o In the State shown bj the last 'preceding school census, im- H less a proposition lo Increase such rat or rates, specifying tho rate or rates pro i posed and the timo during which tho same- ' shall lv levied, be first submitted to a H voto of such of the qualified electors ot H tho Slate as in the vcar next preccd- ! ing such c'ccllon, shall have paid a prop l crtj tux assessed to them within the State, and the majorltj of thoso voting thorcon ' l shall voto In favor thereof, In such man- H ner as may bo provided bj' law. H Sec 2 Tho Secretary of State Is di- I rcctcd to cause this proposed amendment j to be published as required by the Con stltutlon and lo bo submitted to the clcc- k tors of tho Stato nt the next general clOv- ' Hon In tho manner provided by law i Sec 3. If approved by tho electors of thj" State, this proposed amendment shair tako effect on tho 1st dny of Januarj. H Approved March IS, 1919. H Proposed Constitutional Amend- M ment No. 3. , H SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION H NO. 6 H H A concurrent resolution providing an L B amendment to Section 1. Article XIV of tho Constitution of the State of Utah, relating to Stato debt limitation. t M Be it enacted by the Legislature of tho ; H Stato of Utah, two thirds of nil the mem- H bcrs elected to each of the two Houses concurring therein- HH Section 1 Tht lt Is proposed to mend Section 1. Article 14 of the constitution of the Stato of Utah, so that tho sanio will read as follows Section 1 To meet casual doflcits or H failures in revenue, and for necessary ox- pcndltures for public purposes, including tho erection of public buildings, and for H tho pajment of all territorial indebtedness H assumed bj' the State, tho State maj' con- tract debts, not exceeding in tho aggro- gato at any ono time, an amount equal to 2 pcrccntum of tho valuo of tho taxable. H propertj of tho State, as shown by tho last assessment for Stato purpojos. previous to the incurring of such indobt- cdness But tho Stato shall nevor con- l tract anj' indebtedness except as In tho H next section provided. in excess at l such amount, and all moncjs arising H fiom loans herein authorized, shall be ap piled solely to the purposes for which they were obtained H Sec 2 Tho Sccrotarj of Stato is hereby H directed to submit tlilb proposed amend- ment to tho electors of the State at tho next general election In tho manner pro H vided bv law Sec 3 If adopted by the electors ot H the State, this amendment shall take of- l feet Januarj 1. 1921 Approved March IS, 1919. lM Proposed Constitutional Amend- ! ment No. 4. jjH SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ' H A concurrent resolution proioslng an amendment to tho Constitution of tho Stato of Utah bj amending Section 5. Article XVI. relating to rights of ac- Hon to leeovcr damages for injuries re- H suiting In death Be it resolved and enacted bj tho Lcgls laturo of Uio Stato of Utah, two thirds of all tho members elected to each of tho two Houses concurring therein: Section 1. That lt is proposed to amend Section S. Artlclo 1C, of the Constitution of the Stato of Utah, so Unit said section H shall read as follows: ' Tho right of action to recover damages for Injuries resulting In death, shall never bo abrogated, and the amount rccovciabl i shall not bo subject to anj statutory UruT i H tallon. except in coses vv hero compeusu- J lion for injuries resulting in death is pio H vided for by law " I Section 2 Tho Secretary of State Is f hereby directed to submit this proposed , amendment to tho electors of tho statu at tho next general election in the muii- I H nci prov Idcd by law I Sec 3 If adopted by the electors of tho stato the amendment sh ill tako effect I j Januarj' 1st. 1921. HH Approved October 9, 1919. H I, Harden Bcnnlon, Secretary' of State. of tho Stato of Utah, do hereby certify that tho forogoing Is a full, true and cor- U rcct copj of all Constitutional Amend- ments proposed by tho regular and stfe- clal sessions of the Legislature of 131, as tho same appear of record In my oC- H In witness whorcof, I havo hereunto sot inj hand and affixed tho Great Soal of tho Stato of Utah, thin 1st day of Soptcmbor. H (Real) HARDEN BENNION, H Sccrotarj of State. H |