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Show Proposed Constitutional Amende j ment No. 2. j SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 5. A resolution proposing an amendment t'p Section 7. Article n, of the Constitution of the- Stnt. of ftah. relating to lax i rates for State purposes. He It resolved by ihe legislature of tbe State e,f rtah. two-thirds of nil tbe '! members elected to each House concur j, ring therein: II Section 1 Thnt It la proposed to amend j) Section 7. of Article XIII of the Constl-tutlon Constl-tutlon of the Stale of ftah so that this a me will read as follows: H Sec 7 The- rate of taxation on proper- iy for State purposes shall never exre.-tl H I mills on each dollar of valuation to be H apportioned as follows: Not to exceed H 4'j mills on each dollar of valuation ior g neral State purposes; not to exceed 3 H mills on each dollar of valuation for dis- H trict school purposes, not to exceed Vfc H mill on each dollar of valuation for hlgt) H school purposes, that part of the State H tax apportioned to high school purposes H fhall constitute a furnl to be called tbe H HlRh School Fund and shall Is? appor- H Honed lo the cities and school districts H maintaining high schools in the manner H , the Legislature maj provide And when- H ever the taxable property within the- Stnte H shall amount lo $100,000,000.00. the rates J shall not exceed on each dollar of vnlua H I Hon two and four-tenths mills for general State purposes, two-tenths of one mill for H high pchool purposes, and such levy for H district school purose-s as will raise an- nually an amount which added to any .other State funds available for district I school purposes. equals $2.0u for cub H person of school age In Ihe State, fhown H by th. last preceding school census, on H less a proposition to Increase such rale H oi rates, .-pei If . ing the rate or rates pro- H .posed and the time during which the same H ' shall be levied, be first submit.'. ! to a H vote of such of the qualified electors of the Btate, as. In the year next preced- tng such election, shall have paid a prop- H arts tax aaeeaaed to them within the state. H land the majority of those voting thereon fhall vote In favor thereof. In such man- H 'ner ns may be provide! by law. H . . 2. The Secretary of State Is dl- jH rected lo cause this proposed amendment to be published as required by the Cpn- stitutlon and to be submitted to the elec- , I tors of the State at the next general elcc- Hon in the manner provided by law. Sec, 3 If approved by the electors of the State, this proposed amendment shall , take effect on the 1st day of January, . 1321. 1 Approved March It, 1019. H |