Show PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO T THE constitution HOUSE JOINT resolution NUMBER SIX A joint resolution providing an amendment to section 17 article 7 of the constitution ot of the state of utah relating to the dutle duties of 0 the auditor and of the treasurer be it enacted by the legislature of 0 the state of utah two thirds ot of all the members elected to each ot of the two houses concurring therein section 1 that it is proposed to amend section 17 article 7 of tile the constitution of the state ot of utah so 80 that tile same will read as follows 17 the auditor shall be auditor of public accounts the public moneys shall be deposited by the treasurer under the supervision of tile the board of Exa examiners minors and as pr provided 0 vid by law sec 2 the secretary ot of state stata Is hereby directed to submit this amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law see sec 3 it if adopted by the electors or of the state this amendment shall take effect january 1 1917 approved march 1915 STATE OV OF UTAH TARY ItY OF STATES OFFICE 1 I david mattson secretary of state ot of the state of utah do hereby certify that the foregoing in a full truo true and correct copy of HOUSE JOINT resolution NUMBER SIX providing an amendment to section 17 article 7 of the constitution of the state ot of utah relating to tile the duties of tile auditor and of the treasurer as appears of record in my office in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto set my band find and affixed the great seal of the state of utah this day of august 1916 DAVID MATTSON secretary of state first pub aug ang 25 last oct 27 16 PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE constitution SENATE JOINT resolution NUMBER RIGHT EIGHT proposing an amendment to article 13 of the tha constitution ot of the state of utah relating to revenue and taxation bt it resolved by the legislature of the state of utah two thirds of 0 all members elected to each 0 of f the two houses concurring therein section 1 it Is proposed to amend article 13 of the constitution of the state of utah so that the same will read as follows 1 the power of taxation shall rwjr bk hr ur u rendered suspended or contracted away all taxes s shall hall be uniform upon the same class of property within tile the territorial ii limits mits of the authority levying the ta tax x and nd shall be bd levied and collected for public purposes only 2 the legislature shall provide by law for an all annual tax sufficient etith fill othe sources of revenue to detray defray the estimated ordinary expenses of odthe the state for each fiscal foscal year for the purpose of paying the state debt if any there be the legislature shall provide for levying a tax annually sufficient to pay the annual interest and principal of such debt within twenty years from the he final passage of the law creating the debt 3 there shall be exempt f from OM taxation property of tile the united states of oc tho the state counties cities towns school districts municipal corporations and public libraries lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively elusively clu for either religious worship or charitable purposes and place of burial not held or used for private or corporate benefit Di ditches telles canals reservoirs pipes and flumes blumes owned and used by individuals divi duals or corporations tor for irrigating lands owned by such duals or corporations or the individual members thereof shall not be separately taxed so long as they shall be owned and used exclusively tor for such purpose provided that mortgages upon real and personal proper ty shall be exempt from taxation i und and that the tha taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such time and in such manner as may be provided by law 4 the legislature shall not impose taxes tor for tile the purpose of any county city town or other municipal corporation but may by law vest in tile the corporate authorities thereof re the power to assess and collect taxes tor for all purposes of such corporation 5 the surface ground of 0 all mines and mining cla claims illis both placer and rock in place containing or bearing gold copper lead iron or other valuable metals after after purchase thereof from the united states shall be taxed at a value not greater than the price paid the united states unless the surface ground or some part thereof of such mine or claim is used tor for other than apin mining purposes and has a separate and independent value tor for such other purposes in which case said surface ground or any part thereof so used tor for other than mining purposes shall be taxed at its value for such other Pur purposes Roses as provided by law and all machinery used in mining and all property and surface improvements upon or appurtenant to mines and mining claims which have a value separate and independent of such mines or mining claims shall be tax od d as provided by law all lands containing coal granite stone marblo marble onyx gas gae oil hydrocarbons hydro carbons gypsum or other talu able mineral deposits other than those enumerated abow above in this section Bec tion after purchase thereof from the united states and all property and surface improvements upon or appurtenant to such lands beall all bo be taxed as provided by law in addition to the assessment of tile the surface grounds improvements unil awl machinery chinery Ina of mines and jall mining ning claims all mines and mining claims producing net proceeds shall be fixed at a value not to exceed three times such buch net nel proceeds proceed 6 an accurate statement of tho the receipts and expenditures of the public moneys shall be published annually in such manner as tile the legislature truly ay ProvI provide provida db 7 the rate of taxation on pro kecty for state purposes pur purposes loses shall never exceed eight mills on each dollar of valuation to bo be apportioned us as tol to lows not to exceed and one halt half mills on each dollar ot of kalua tion for general state purposes eos not to exceed three mills on each dollar of valuation for district school purposes not to exceed one halt half mill on each dollar of valuation for high school purposes that part ot of the state tax apportioned to high school purposes shall constitute a fund to be called the high school fund and shall be apportioned to tile the cities and school districts maintaining high schools in the manner the legislature may provide and whenever the taxable property within the state shall amount to four hundred million dollars the rate shall not exceed five mills on each dollar ot of valuation unless a proposition to increase such rate specifying tha mhd rate proposed and the time during which the same shall be levied be first submitted to a vote of such of the qualified electors doctors ot of the state as in the year next preceding such election shall have paid a property tax assessed to them within the state and the majority of those voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof in such manner as may be provided by law 8 the making ot of profit out of public moneys using t fe e same for or any purpose not authored by law by any public officer shall be deemed a felony find and shall be punished as provided pro vided by law but part ot of such punishment shall be disqualification to hold public office 9 no appropriation shall be made or any expenditure authorized by the legislature whereby the expenditures tures of 0 the state during any fiscal year shall exceed the total tax then provided tor for by law and applicable tor for such appropriation or expenditure pend iture unless the legislature making such buch appropriation shall provide for levying a sufficient tax not exceeding the rates allowed in section 6 of this article to pay such appropriation or expenditure within such fiscal year this provision shall not apply to appropriations or expenditures tures to suppress insurrections defend the state or assist in defending the united states in time of war 10 nothing in this constitution shall be construed to prevent the legislature from providing a stamp tax or a tax based on income patton pation licenses or franchises see sec 2 tile the secretary ot of state is hereby ordered to give this proposition to be published in at least one newspaper in every county in the state where a newspaper is printed and published for two months preceding the next general election see sec 3 this 0 n shall be submitted to the electors of tb this is state a at t the next general election for their approval or disapproval A all 11 0 official ballots used at such election shall have printed or written thereon the words nords for the amendment of article 13 ot of the constitution relating to taxation yes IN no and shall otherwise be prepared and submitted to the electors as may be otherwise provided by law and said ballot shall be received counted and canvassed and returns thereon be made in the same manner and in all respects as in or may be provided by law in the case ot of election ot of state officers see sec 4 it if adopted by the electors clec tors of the state this amendment shall take effect january 1 1917 approved march 1915 STATE OF UTAH SECRETARY OF STATES olvice OFFICE ol VICE I 1 david mattson secretary ot of state of the state of utah do hereby certify that tile the foregoing is a full true and correct copy of SENATE JOINT resolution NUMBER EIGHT proposing an amendment to article 13 of the constitution of the state of utah relating to revenue and taxation as appears of record in my office in witness whereof I 1 have hereunto se set t my hand band and affixed the great se seal al of the state of utah this day of august 1916 DAVID MATTSON secretary of state first pub aug 25 last oct 27 1 16 G |