The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-09-07


5secticH /.
Par. 1. The powers Of taxation over the
whole State shall be exercised by ithe General
Assembly for the following purposes only
For the support Of the State government and
the public institutions.
For educational purposes, in instructing
children in the elementary branches Of an Eng
iisll edacaiian only.
To paw the inter.st on the public debt.
10 pay tile principal Of the public debt.
To suppress instruction, to repel invasion,
and defend the State in time % war.
To supply the soldiers who lost limb, or
limbs, in the military sergics " the C0nfeder-
ute states, with substantial artificial limbs dur
ing life.
Section II.
Par. 1. All taxation shall be uniform upon
til same class OF subjects, and al gdtorem on
all proper " subject to be taxed within the ter
rtoriai limits Vi the authority levyiug the tax,
and shall be levied and collected under general
laws The General Assembly may. however.
impose tax upon sJch domestic animals as /.
from their nature and habits are destructive OF
other property.
Par. 2. The General Assembly may, by law,
EXEMPT from taxation all public properly, places
of religious worship or burial; all institutions
of purry public charity; all buildings erected
for and used AZ a college, Incorporated acade-
INV or seminary of learning; the real aud per.
senaI estate Of any public library, aud that of
any other literary association, used iy or con
necied with sach library; all books and philo-
so,.bica apparatus and all paintings and stat
uary of any company or association, kept ia
hubble half and not held as merchandise, or for
purposes Of sale or gain Procated, the proper
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yate or corporate profit Or income.
Par 3. No poll tax shall BE- levied except for
educational purposes, and such tax shall not
exceed one dollar, annually, upon each poll
Par. 4. All laws exempting property from
taxation othe, than the property herein numer-
ated. shall he void.
Par S. The power 10 tax corporations and
corporate property shall not be surrendered or
suspended by any contract or grant TO which
the State shall be party.
Section III
Par | No debt shall be contracted by, or on
behalf ofths State, except TO supply casual de-
ficencies of reyenue, TO rspel invasion, suppress
iusurrection and defend the State in time oil
war, or to pay the existing public debt but the
debt created TO supply DEFICIENCIES in revenue
shall not exceed, in the aggregate, two hundred
thousand dollars.
Section ".
Par. l. Ali laws authorizing the borrowing Of
money by, or on behalf Of, tn. State shall spec
ify the purposes tor which the money is to bt
used, and The money so obtained shall be used
for the purpose specified, and Tor no ether.
Sc ton Y.
Par l. The credit of the State shall not b.
pledged or loaned to any individual, company
corporation or association, and the State shall
not become Joint owner or stakeholder in any
company, association or corporation.
Section VI
Par. l. The General Assembly shall not au
thorize any county. municipal corporation, OF
political division Ofthis State, to become stock
holder in any company, corporation, or associ
alton, or to appropriate money for, or to loan it
credit to any corporation, company, association
institution, or individual except for pure
charitable purposes. This restriction shall moi
operate to prevent The support of schools by
municipal corporations within their respectiv,
limits Prouidcd, That if any municipal corpor
alton shall offer to the State any property for
locating or building capitol, and the State ac
cepts such Offer, the corporation may comply
with such offer.
Par 2. The General Assembly shall not hav,
levy tax for any purpose except for educa
tional purposes in inttructing children in the
elementary branches of All English education
only to build and repair the public buildings
and bridges; TO maintain and support prisoners
to paw inrors and corOuers, and for litigation
quarantine, roads and expenses of courts; IL
support paupers and pay debts heretofore ex
listing.
Section VJT
Par. l. The debt hereafter incurred by any
county, municipal corporation, or political di
vision, of this State, except as in this COnstiu
ton provided for, shall never exceed seven pei
centum of The assessed value of all the taxable
property therein, and no such county, municip
atty or division. shall incur any new debt, ex
cept for temporary loan tr loans, to supp ly
casual Deficiencies OF revenue not to exceed one
fifth of one per cenium of the ass. ssed value o
taxable property therein, without the assent o
two-tllirds of the qualified voters thereof, at al
election for that purpose to be held as may b.
prescribed by law but any city, the debt o.
which does not exceed seven per centum OF thu
assessed value of the taxable property at thu
time of the adoption of this Constitution, may
he authorized by law TO increase, at any time
the amount of said debt three per centum upon
such assessed valuation.
or political division of this State. which shall
incur any bonded Indebtedness under the pro
visions Of this Constitution. shall, at or before
the time of SO doing. provide for the Assessment
and collection of an annual tax sufficient il
amount to pay the principal and interest OF salt
debt within thirty years from the date OF the in
curing of said Indebtedness.
Section VIII.
D.. 1 TIL, Cat, sl,oIi MT oSou,na 1ol,
nor any part thereof. of any county, municipa
corporation or political division of the State
unless such debt shall be contracted to enable
thu State TO repe invasion, suppress ii.surrec
ton, or defend itself in time ofwar.
Section IL.
Par. /. The receiving, directly or /. directly
by any officer of State or county, or member
or officer of the General Assembly, of any in
terest, profits or perquisites, arising from tn
use or loan of public funds in his hands, or mon
qys to be raised through his agency for State o.
county purposes, shall be deemed felony, all,
punishable as may be prescribed by law, par
of which punishment shall be disqualification
from holding office.
Section X.
Par 1. Municipal corporations shall not in
cur any debt until provision therefore shall
have been made by the municipal government
Section ~.
Par. l. The General Assembly shall have NJ
authority to appropriate money, either directly
or Indirectly to pay the whole or any part. o.
the principal, or interest, of the bonds, or other
obligations which have been pronounced illegal
null and void, by the General Assembly, and
the constitutional amendments ratified by vote
of the people on the first day ofMay, 1877 nor
shall the General Assembly have authority to
pay any of the obligations created by the State
under laws passed during the late war between
the States, nor any Of the bonds notes, or obi
cations made aud entered iuto during the ex
is;ence Of said war, the time for the payment Of
which was fixed after the ratification of a treaty
of peace between The United States and the Con
Tolerate States nor shall the General assembly
pass any law. or the Governor, or other State
official enter into any contract, or agreement,
wher, by the State shall he male party TO any
suit in any court of this State. or of the United
States, instituted TO test the validity ofany such