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Show WILL VOTE U8 3 AMENDMENTS Three Propositions to Come Before Voters in November Election I Three proponed amendments to the stall- constitution will be passed upon by the voters of Utah ot the cominsrl election in November. The resolutions proposing the amendments were adorned by th- Thirteenth legislature. The resolutions are: t Proposing an amendment to section 1. article 14, so that the section will read- "To meet casual deficits or failures fail-ures in revenue, and for necessary expenditures ex-penditures for public purposes. Including Includ-ing the erection of public buildings and for the payment of all territorial in-d-ltedne--.s assumed by the state, the st.it1 nviy contract debts not exceeding exceed-ing iti the aggregate it any one time, j an amount equal to 2 per cent of the value of the taxable property of the st:iti as shown by the last assessment I for state purposes previous to the in-CUrring in-CUrring of such indebtedness Hut the State shall never contract any Indebt- edness, except as In tho next section provided in excess of suc h amount, and all moneys arising from loins herein j I authorized shall be applied solely to I j the purposes for which they were ob-1 talned " The constitution prohibits an In - J Idebtedncss greater than 1 1-2 per cent; j of the taxable property of the state I The second amendment proposed Is to amend section 1 of article X 1 1 1 . I that the rate of taxation on property . for state purposes shall never exceed j Is mills on eACh dollar of valuation to j be apportioned not to exceed 4 1-2 , mills for genrril si. -iti- purposes; not to exceed 3 mills for district .school purposes; not to exceed 1-2 mill for high school purposes. And whenever, the taxable property of the state shall amount to $K n.unii. tie rates shall j not exceed on each dollar - l mills i for general state, 2 mill for high school purposes and such levy for district school purposes as equals $25 j for each person of school age In the state unless a proposition specifying the rates proposed to be levied be I first submitted to a vote of the qual-j Ified electors of the state as In thet year next preceding shall have paid a property tax assessed against them in the state. The rate now Is not to exceed 4.5 mills on cnh dollar, also when tho' valuation shall reach $400,0011.000, the rate shall not exceed 5 mills on the dollar The Ihird proposed amendment applies ap-plies to cities and proposes to amend section 5 of article' XI which will permit per-mit any city to frame and adopt a charter for Its own government and I prescribing the method. |