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Show LEGAL 1NUT1CES I ! Proposed Constitutional Amend- ment No. L SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6. A Joint resolution proposing an- nmend-ment nmend-ment to Sertlon B of Article 11 of the Constitution of tho State of Utah, re latin to municipal corporations. Be it enacted by the Eeplslature of the State of Etah two thirds vote of all the member elected in the two Houros con f-urrlns therein: Section 1. That It ts proposed to Amend section 5 of Article XI of the Constitution Constitu-tion of tho Male of I tah, oo that tin same will read as follows. I Pec 5 Corporations for municipal pur po9es shall not bo created by special laifi. The EfKlalntuie by general laws shall provide pro-vide for the incorporation organization (and Classification of cities and towns In i proportion to population which laws may bo altered nm.nfir.i or repealed Any city may frame and adopt a char tr for Its own government In the fo! ton inir manner' I The legislative authority of th city tnay by tWO-thirds vote of Its momhers and upon petition of fiu.illfiod o'eetors to the number of Hi per cent of all votes i asl at the next proi edlnp election for the of Mce of the mayor hnll forthwith provide by ordinance for the submission to the olectore of the question, Shall a Commission Com-mission be chosen to frame a charter"'' .The ordinance aholl require that the ques tlon be submitted to the electors at the next regular municipal election, The bal lot containing i-uch fiuestinn shall also contain the names of candidates for mem-I mem-I hers of the proposed Commission, hut without part deslirnatlon. 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 elec-'tors elec-'tors voting on the question of chooslnfr Commission shall vote In the affirmative 'then the fifteen candidates rocalYlnsj a majority ol the votes oust at such elec 'tion, yhall constitute the charter Commission, Commis-sion, and shall proceed to frame a char ter. Any charter so framed shall bo submitted sub-mitted to the qualified electors of the city at an election to be held at a time to he determined by the charter Commission, whirl, shall be not less than thirty days subsequent to Its completion and distribution distri-bution among: the electors and not more than on year from such date. Alternative Alterna-tive provisions may also le submitted to be voted upon separately. The Commission Commis-sion shall make provisions for the distribution distri-bution of copies of the proposed charter and of any alternative provisions to tho qualified electors of the city, not le.is than sixty days before tho election at which It i . si.f. .1 iYn Such proi I h. il. r :i id such alternative provisions as are approved ap-proved by a majority of the electors ot-InK ot-InK thereon shall become an organic law of such city at such time us may be fixed lliereln. and shall supersede any existing barter and all laws affecting the orcan Nation and government of such city which are now In conflict therewith. Within thirty days after Ita approval copy of such charter as adopted certified by tho mayor und city recorder and authentic.- t-ed t-ed by the seal of such city, shall be made In duplicate and deposited, one In the office of-fice of the Secretary of Stato and the other in the office of tho City Recorder, and thereafter all courts shall take Judicial Judi-cial notice of such charter. Amendments to any such charter may be framed and submitted by the charter Commission In tho same manner as provided pro-vided for making of charters, or may be proposed by the legislative authority of the city upon u two thirds vote thereof, or by petition of qualified electors to a number equal to one-tenth of the total 'ote caat for mayor on the next precedlnc election, and any such amendment may be submitted at the n.ext regular election, and having been approved by the majority of tho electors voting thereon, shall become be-come a part of the charter at the timo fixed In such amendment nnd shall bo cer-UHod cer-UHod and filed as provided In case of 1 charters Each city forming Its charter under this Section ahal! have, and la hereby jrrantcd. tho authority to exorcise all powers rclat j Ing to municipal affairs and to adopt and enforce within Its limits, local police sanitary' snd similar regulation not to conflict con-flict with the general lnwr and no enumeration enumer-ation of powers m thld constitution or any law shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general frranl of nuthorlty hereby con I ferred; but thl3 grant of authority" shall ' not include the power to regulate the serv- i Ico or charges of public utilities so long! as such regulation Is provided for by gen eral law. nor be deemed to limit or restrict re-strict the power of the Legislature In mat-ten mat-ten of public or generul Interest, nor those relating to Stale affairs The power to bo conferred upon the cil les by this Section shall Include the foi lowing. (a) To levy, assess and collect tuxes and borrow money, within the limits pre scribed oy generui law. una to levy and collect special assessments tor benefits conferred. lb) To furnish all local public services, to purchase, hire, construct. 0wn. maintain main-tain and operate, or lease, public utilities, local In xb-nt and use; to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise. within or without the corporate limits, property necessary for any such purposes, subject to restrictions Imposed by general law for tho protection of other communities : and to grant local public utility franchises and regulate tho exercise thereof subject to the continuing power ol regulation of public pub-lic utilities, their rates and service, by tho Stale. a:i Is now or may hereafter be, provided pro-vided b general law. (c) To make local public Improvements and to acquire by condemnation, or other-i.- . properly within It-. . orporub hm Its necessary for such improvements and also to acquire an excess over that needed tor any such Improvement and to sell or lease such excess property with rcstrlc tlons, In order lo protect and preserve the Improvement. (d) To Issue and 6eII bonds on the security se-curity of any such excess property, or of any public utility owned by the city, or ol the revenues thereof, or both, including, includ-ing, in the case of a public utility, a franchise fran-chise stating tho terms upon which. In case of foreclosure, tho purchaser muy operate such utility Sec. 2. The Secretary of State Is hero by directed to submit the proposed amt nd ment to tho electors of tho State at the nexi general elet tlon in the manner pro. Idod by law. Bee 3. If adopted by the electors of (his Stale, this amendment shall take effect ef-fect on January 1st. l'J21 Approved Man h IS. 1913. Proposed Constitutional Amend- - ment No. 2. Jr SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5. j A resolution proposing an amendment to I Section 7, Article 13 of the Constitution it of the State of Ltah. relating lo tax rates for State purposes. H Bo It resolved by tho Legislature of the State of i tah. two-thirds of all tho t mi mot tm , .., t,-d to each House concur- t ring therein: H 1 Section 1. That It Is proposed to amend H Section 7. of Article XIII of the Constl- Minion of th.. Sl:, le of Ciab ho that tho ffl I same win read as follows: H , Sec 7. The rate of taxation on proper- I i ty for State purposes shall never exceed f S mills on each dollar of valuation to be . j apportioned as follows. Not to exceed U 1 4Vi mills on each dollar of valuation for H I genera I Mate purpose?; not to exceed 3 mill on each dollar of valuation ior dis t- itrlct school purposes, not lo exceed H mill on each dollar of valuation for high I school purposes, that part of tho Stats ('portioned to high school purposes I shall constitute a fund to be called the ' High School Fund and shall be appor- H (lloned to tho cities and school districts H maintaining high schools In the manner H the Legislature may provloe And when- H evi rile i ixabl. i . .thin Ihc State f shall amount to HO. 000.000 00. the ratol H shall not exceed on each dollar of valua H 'tlon two and four-tenths mills for general ; State purposes, two-tenths ot one n;D, for H hiKh school purposes, and such levy for J ..hi. i iiuui iurtues ns win raise ail- i nually an amount which, added to any other State funds available for district H j school purposes. equals 125.00 (or each I person of school age in tho State, shown H by the last preceding school census, un- H I less a proiosltlon to increase such rate H ior rates. h- Ifyinsr the rate or rates pro- H poyed and the time during which tho sajno H shall be levied, be first submitted to A IH i vote of such of tho qualified electors of H 'the State, aa. in the year next preced- Ing such election, shall have paid a prop-.erty prop-.erty tax assessed to th- m within the State. and the majority of those voting thereon , ! shall vote In favor thereof, in such man-ner man-ner as may be provided by law. Sec. 2. The Secretary of State la dl- I rected to ran.-,.- this-proposed amendment H to be published as required by the Con- H stitutlon and lo l submitted to the elec- H tori" of the Slate at the nt ciniial elec- tlon in the manner pro Ided by law, H Bee 3. If approved by the electors of thj H Stale, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the 1st day of January', assssssfl Approved March IS. 1919. H Proposed Constitutional Amendment Amend-ment No 3. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION I A concurrent resolution providing an amendment to Section 1. Article XIV H of tho Constitution of tho State of H Utah, relating to Stato debt limitation. 1 Bo it enacted by the Legislature of tho H i State of t'tah. two-thirds of all the mem- H bers elected to each of tho two Houses concurring therein. H Section 1. That It Is proposed to amend H 1 Section 1. Article H. of the constitution H of tho State of I'tah. so that the same t I : will read as follows: H Section 1. To meet casual deficits or failures in revenue, and for necessary ex- pcndlturcs for public purposes. Including H the erection of public buildings, and for H tho payment of all territorial Indebtedness H assumed by the State, the State may con- H tract debts, not exceeding In the aggro- H gutc al any one time, an amount equal to 2 percontum of the value of the taxable I property of the Stat., ns shown by the last assessment lor State purposes, H previous to the Incurring of such Indebt- H edness. But the Stato shall never con- H tract any indebtedness except as In the H next section provided. in excess of such amount, and all moneys arising H from loans herein-authorized, shall be ap- H piled solely to the purposes for which they H were obtained. Sec. 2. The Secretary' of State Is hereby H directed to submit this proposed amend- H ment to tho electors of the State at the H Kneral manner pro- H vlded by law, H Sec. 3. If adopted by the electors of H the State, this amendment shall take ef- H feet January 1. 1921. 1 Approved March 19, 1919 H Proposed Constitutional Amend- j ment No. 4. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION I II NO. 1. A concurrent resolution proposing an H arvi,.M,lrr,enr In thn I 'on -t 1 1 1 1 r Inn of th I State of I'tah by amending Section 5. H Artlclo XVI, relating to rights of ac- H I tlon to recover damages for Injuries re- ;H suiting In death. ! Bo it resolved and enacted by the Legls- H lature r the State ut I'tih, iuo thirds I of all the members elected to each of 'H the two Houses concurring therein: Section 1. That it is proposed to amend H Section 5. Article 1C. ol tho Constitution 1 of the Stato of I'tah so that said section ' I shall read as follows: H "Tho right of action to recover damages H for injuries resulting In death, shall never H be abrogated, and the amount recovcrablo H shall not be subject lo any statutory Unit H tallon, except in cases whore compchsa- H tlon for injuries resulting in death Is pro- H j vlded for by law." 1 Sectldn 2. The Secretary of Stale Is ' hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the statu H at llie next general election in the man- H ner provided by law H Sec. 3 If adopted by the electors of H the -late the amendment shall t.tki effect I January 1st, 1921. 1 Approved October 9 1919. I. Harden Bcnnlon, Secretary of State,' H of tho State ol Utah, do hereby certify that tho foregoing Is a lull, true and cor. H rect copy of all Constitutional Amend- H mcnts proposed by the rcgilar and epe- H clal sessions of the Legislature ol 1919. H as thu same appear of record In my of- ' H In witness whereof. I have hereunto set H mv hand and afnxc-d tho Great Seal of tho Stato ot L'tah. this 1st day of September, H (SCal) HARDEN BENNION Secretary of State. |
