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Show I ConsMonal Ameinloiepis cular class in such corporntiun, tor nil it debts and liabilities of every ' .id. SECTION 2. The Secretary of State ii directed to cause thii rirnrKisei amendnu-m to be published as required by the Constitution Consti-tution and to be submitted to the electors of the .tate at ths next genera election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If approved by the electors of the state, this proposed amendment shall take effect on the first rlay of January, 1937. ' '' Constitutional Amendment No. 5 A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend Article XIU. Secli.n 2 of the Constitution Constitu-tion of the ,-tate of Utah, as Amended l the General Election in 1U30 Relating t Taxation of Tangible Property, Ascertainment Ascer-tainment of Value, Exemptions, and tht Annual Tax for the State. Be it resolved by the Legislature of thi State cf Utah, two-tliirds of all member! elected to -mch House and two-ihirds oi all members of each House concurring therein : SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend Article XIII. Section 1! of the Constitution Con-stitution of the State of Utah, is amended at the general election in 1930. to read as follows : SECTION 2. All tangible property in the State, not exempt under the laws of the United States, or under this constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. The property of the United States, of the State, counties, cities, towns, school districts, municipal mu-nicipal corporations a.-id public libraries, lots with the buildings thereon used exclusively exclu-sively for either religious worship or char- Constituticnal Amendment No. 1 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment Amend-ment of Section 1. of Article VII. of the Constitution Rclatins to the State Executive Execu-tive Department, the Terms. Residence and Duties of Officers. (Superintendent of Public Instruction.) Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of I'tah, two-thirds of all the members mem-bers elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. That it is proposed to amend Section 1. of Article VII. of the Constitution of the State of Utah as follows fol-lows : SECTION 1. The Executive Department hall consist of Governor. Secretary of State. State Auditor. State Treasurer and Attorney-General, each of whom shall hold his office for four years, beginning on the first Monday of January next after his election, except that the terms of offict of those elected at the first election shall begin when the state shall be admitted into the Union, and shall end on the first Monday Mon-day in January, A. D. 1901. The officers of the Executive Department, during their terms of office, shall reside at the seat of government, where they shall keep the public pub-lic records, books and papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this Constitution and as may be prescribed by law. SECTION 2. The Secretary of State Is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect ef-fect the first day of January next succeeding succeed-ing a determination by the Board of State Canvassers of the result of the election designated in Section 2 hereof. itnble purposes, ana places 01 nuriai not helu or used for private or corporate benefit, bene-fit, shall be exempt from taxation. Water rights, ditches, canals, reservoirs, power plants, pumping plants, transmission lines, pipes and flumes owned and used by individuals indi-viduals or corporations for irrigating lands within the state owned by such individuals or corporations, or the individual members thereof, shall not be separately taxed as long as they'shall 'be owned and used exclusively ex-clusively for such purposes. .Power plants, power transmission lines nnd other property proper-ty used foi generating and delivering electrical elec-trical power, a portion of which is used for furnishing power for pumping water for irrigation purposes on lands in the State of Utah, may be exempted from taxation taxa-tion to the extent that such property is used for such purposes. These exemptions shall accrue to the benefit of the users of water so pumped under such regulations as the legislature may prescribe. The taxes of the indigent poor may be remitted or abated at such times and in such maner as may be provided by law. The legislature may provide for the exemption from taxation taxa-tion of homes, homesteads, and personal property, not to exceed $2,000 in value for homes and homesteads, and 5300 for personal per-sonal property. Property not to exceed $3,000 in value, owned by disable' persons who served in any war in the military service serv-ice of the United States or of the State of Utah and by the unmarried widows and minor orphans of such persons may be exempted ex-empted as the legislature may provide. The legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with-other sources of revenue, to defray the estimated ordinary ordin-ary expenses oi the state for each fiscal year. For the purpose of paying the Btate debt, if any there be, the legislature shall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient suffi-cient to pay the annual interest and to pay the principal of such debt, within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt. (As amended November Novem-ber 4, 1930.) SECTION 2. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to submit the proposed amendment contained herein to the electors of the state in the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the.electors of the state, this amendment shall have ef- Constitutional Amendment No. 2 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment Amend-ment to Section 10, of Article VII, of the Constitution Relating to Governor's Appointive Ap-pointive Power and the Filling: of Vacancies Va-cancies in Certain Offices. (Superintendent (Superin-tendent of Public Instruction.) Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members elected t each house concurring concur-ring therein : SECTION 1. That it Is proposed to amend Section 10, of Article VII, of the Constitution of the State of Utah, as follows fol-lows : SECTION 10. The Governor shall nominate, nom-inate, and by and with the consent of the Senate, appoint all State and district officers offi-cers whose offices are established by this Constitution, or which may be created by law, and whose appointment or election is not otherwise provided for. If, during the recess of the Senate, a vacancy occur in any State or district office, the Governor shall appoint some fit person to discharge the duties thereof until the next meeting of the Senate, when he shall nominate some person to fill such office. If the office of justice of the supreme or district court. Secretary of State, State Auditor, State Treasurer, or Attorney-General be vacated by death, resignation or otherwise, it shall be the duty of the Governor to fill the same by appointment, and the appointee shall hold his office until his successor shall be lected and qualified, as may be by law provided. SECTION 2. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors f the state, this amendment shall take effect the first day of January next succeeding suc-ceeding a determination by the Board of State Canvassers of the result of the election elec-tion designated in Section 2 hereof. Constitutional Amendment No. 3 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment Amend-ment to Section 8, of Article X, of the Constitution Relating to the State Board f Education. (Superintendent of Public Instruction.) Be it resolved by ' the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the member mem-ber elected to each house concurring therein : SECTION 1. That it is proposed to mmend Section 8, of Article X, of the Constitution Con-stitution of the State of Utah, as follows: SECTION 8. The general control and supervision of the Public School System shall be vested in a State Board of Education, Educa-tion, consisting of such persons aa the Legislature may provide. SECTION 2. The Secretary of State is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the nejjt general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors of the state, this amendment shall take effect ef-fect the first day of January next succeeding suc-ceeding a determination by the Board of State Canvassers of the result of the election elec-tion designated in Section 2 hereof. Constitutional Amendment No. 4 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment Amend-ment to Section 18, Article XII of the Constitution of the State of Utah, Relating Relat-ing to Liability of Stockholders of Banks. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members mem-bers elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: SECTION 1. That it is proposed to aiend Section 18, Article XII, of the Constitution Con-stitution of the State of Utah, so that the same will read as follows : SECTION 18. The Legislature may pro-Tide pro-Tide by law that the stockholders in every corporation organized for banking purposes, pur-poses, or the holders of any one or more of the classes of stock issued by any such corporation, in addition to the amount of capital stock subscribed and fully paid by them, shall be individually responsible for an additional amount not exceeding the amount of their stock in such corporation, or the amount of their stock of any parti- lect on the first day of January next succeeding suc-ceeding a determination by the Board of State Canvassers of the result of the election elec-tion designated in section 2 hereof. Constitutional Amendment No. 6 A Joint Resolution Proposing: to Amend Section 9, Article VI of the Constitution of Utah, Relating to Compensation of Members of the Legislature. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah, two-thirds of all the members mem-bers elected to each of the two houses Toting in favor thereof : SECl'ION 1. That it is proposed to amend Section 9, Article VI, of the Constitution Con-stitution of the State of Utah, as follows: SECTION 9. The members of the Legislature Legis-lature shall receive such per diem and mileage mile-age as the Legislature may provide, not exceeding ex-ceeding eight dollars per day i-.nd ten cents per mile for the distance necessarily traveled trav-eled going to and returniug from the place of meeting on the most usual route, and they shall receive no other pay or perquisite. per-quisite. SECTION 2. The Secretary of Stat, is hereby directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law. SECTION 3. If adopted by the electors I of the state, this amendment shall take effect ef-fect th. first day of January, 1937. I, M. H. Welling, Secretary of Stat, at the State of Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the six Constitutional Amendments proposed by the regular session of the legislature leg-islature of 1935 as the same appears of record in my office. I further certify that they will appear mm the official ballot at the general eleotion Nov. 3, 1936, under the number and title herein designated. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of Utah, this 1st day of September, Sep-tember, 1936. |