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Show Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No. 2 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5. A resolution proposing an amendment to Section 7. Article IS, of tlie Constitution of tho State of I'tah. relating to tax H rates for State purposes. B Be it resolved bj the legislature of the State of I'tah. two thirds of all the H members elected to each House concur I ring H Section 1 That It Is proposed to ann-n-l s.etion 7 of Article i" of the Const H tutlon of the State of I'tah so that the same will read as follows: Sec. 7. The rate of taxation on proper H ty for State purposes shall never exceed H 8 mlllf. on each dollar of valuation to h apportioned as follows: Not to exceed 4 4 mills on each dollur of valuation for i,- reral Stttte purposes- not to exceed S mills on Bach dollar Of valuation for dls J trict school purposes: not to exceed mill on each dollar of valuation for high school purposes, that part of the St.it I tax apportioned to high cc-hooi purposes shall constlinie fund to be called th i High School Fund and shall be SPPOI tloned to the cities and ."-chool district I maintaining high schools in the manner I ;the Legislature may provide And when- J ever th; taxable :roperty wlthir thi Statt i shall amount to $4O0,OCO.aO0 00. the rate." H shall not exceed on each dol'fcr f ralua , tion two and four-tenth.' mills for general H State purposes, two tenths of one mill for . high school purposc-a. -end s--c'n levy for I district school purposes will relse an 'nually.an amount which, odded to an-: an-: other Stiitc funds avallaule for district school purposes. equals $25. fO for each person of school age In the Stltc. shown H hy the last preceding chool census; un H ; less a projositlon to Increaae ce ii mt- JM or rates, specifying the rate or rates pro posed and the time during which the i-.-em-i shall be levied, be first submitted to 1 voti of such of the Qualified electors oi .the State, as. in the year next preced j ,lng such election, shall hav3 paid prog ertv tax assessed to them within the State, 'and the majority of those voting thereon 'shall vote In favor thereof, In such man 'ner an may be provided by law. I See. 2. The Secretary of State Is dl , re, ted to cause this propose,! ame ndment , to be published as required bv the Con ! aiiiuuou mm iu in- Miuniiura lo iiic ei.- tors of the State at the next general el. . tion in the manner provided by law. i Sec. 3. If approved by the electors of th-State, th-State, this proposed amendment she' H tr.ke effect on the 1st day of .lanuun bH 1921. Approved March It, 1914 I |