The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-08


|. The Legislature shall provide such
revenue as may be necessary by levyIng
a tax, by valuation. 90 that every per
son and corporation shall pay a tax in
promotion to the value of the property
belonging to them, respectively; such
value to be ascertaned as the Lesi>la-
ture shall direct. Provided, That the
Legislature shall have power to exempt
from taxation agricultural products
grown directly from the soil and in the
hands of the producer, and all other
products of labor and capital, including
live stock, produced within the limits OF
the State during the year preceding and
remaining in the hands OF the producer.
But the Legislature shall have power to
tax, by uniform and equal laws, all
privileges and franchises OF persons and
corporations.
9. The property OF the State, coun-
ties, townships and other municipal
corporations, both real and personal,
and such other property as may be
used, or the proceeds OF which may be
used, exclusively for agricultural or hor
ticultural societies, for educational, lit
erary or scientific, religious or charta:
bic purposes, or for a public burial
ground, shall be exempt from taxation;
but such property and use shall be de-
termined in such manner as the Legs
ture shall direct by general law, uniform
az to the class to which it applies.
3. The Legislature shall levy an an
nual capitation tax Of one dollar upon
each male inhabitant Of the State who
has attained the age of twenty one
wears, which shall be annually approprI-
ated to the support OF free common
schools. Persons afflicted with bodily
infrmity may be exempted from this
tax, as the Legislature may directly
general law, and not otherwise.
4. No money shall be drawn from
the treasury but in pursuance OF an ap'
preparation made by law, and on a
warrant issued thereon by the Auditor
nor shall any money or fund be taken
for any other purpose than that tor
which it has been or may be approprl'
ated or provided. A complete and de-
tailed statement Of the receipts and ex.
penditures of the public moneys, shall
be published annually.
5. No debt shall be contracted by
this State, except to meet casual deiicits
in the revenue, to redeem previous
Liability Of the State, to suppress lDsuI
rection, repel invasion, or defend the
State in time OF war; but the payment
of any liability other than that Tor the
ordinary expenses or the State, shall be
equally distributed over a period OF al
least twenty years.
6. The power OF taxation OF the Leg
islature shall extend to provision ior
the payment Of the State debt and inter
est thereon, and the payment OF the
annual estimated expenses OF the State,
bat whenever any deficiency shall exist
in any year it shall levy tax for the
ensuing year sufficient, with the other
resources Of income, TO pay such deti
cheney, as we'll as the estimated expenses
OF such year.
:. The credit Of the State shall not
nor shafr the state ever assure or be-
come responsible for the debts or liabil
tiles of any county, city, town, township
or person; nor shall the State ever here
after become a joint owner or stock
holder in any company or association
in this State or elsewhere, formed for
anv purpose whatever.
5. County authorities shall never
assess taxes, the aggregate of which
shall exceed seventy-fve cents per one
hundred dollars valuation, except for
the payment of Indebtedness existing
at the time OF the adoption Of this Con.
stitution; unless such assessment with
all questions involving the increase OF
such aggregate, shall have been sub,
mitted to the people Of the county and
have received three fifths ofall the votes
cast for and against it.
9. No county, CITY, township school
district, or other municipal corporation
except in cases where such corporations
have already authorized their bonds TO
be issued, shall hereafter be allowed 10
become indebted, in any manner or Tor
any purpose, to an amount, including
existing Indebtedness in the aggregate,
exceeding five per centum on the value
OF the taxable property therein, to be as
celtained by the last assessment for State
and county taxes previous to the incur
r,ngof such Indebtedness, nor without, at
the same time, providing for the colec-
ton Of a direct annual tax, sufficient to
pay, annually, the interest on such debt,
and the principal Thereof, within twenty
years.
10. But nothing herein contained
shall prohibit the Legislature from
vesting the corporate authorities OF
cities, towns und villages with power TO
make local improvements by special
assessments, or by special taxation Of
contiguous property. or otherwise. For
all other corporate purposes such cor
porations may be vested with authority
10 assess and collect taxes; but such
taxes snail be uniform with respect to
persons aud property within the juris-
diction Of the body imposing the same
Brutal Rape.