The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-08-07

and no sectarian doctrines shall ever be
taught in the public schools In this
State, nor shall any funds, set apart for
educational purposes. be appropriated
for the support of schools controlled IN
whole or in part By any Church, re-
ligious society or sectarlan denomins-
tinn; and DO appropriation from the
common school fund shall be made Tor
the support of any private school or
seminary whatever.
ARTICLE XII.
FINANCES.
SECTION l. The Legislature shall
provide for an annual tax, sufficient 10
defray the estimated expenses for the
year; and whenever the expenses of any
year shall exceed the income, the Legis
lature shall provide for levying tax
for the ensuing year sufficient, with
other sources of income, tt pay the
deficiency, as well as the estimated
expenses for such ensuing year.
SEC. 2. All taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class of subjects within
the Territorial limits of the authority
levying the tax; and shall be levied and
collected under general laws, which
shall prescribe such regulations as shall
secure a just valuation for taxation OF
ali property, personal and real.
SEC. 3. The property, real and per-
sonal of the United States. aud the
property of the State aud counties;
property of municipalities; common
school property; cemeteries not owned
or used for private or corporate profit;
and public libraries-shaIl be exempt
from taxation; and all laws exempting
from taxation property other than
/ herein mentioned, shall be void.
/ Sec. 4. The Legislature shall not
impose taxes for the purposes of any
/ county, city, town or other corporation;
/ but may by law vest in the corporate
authorities thereof respectively, the
power to assess and collect taxes tor all
purposes of such corporation; but No
county, city, town or other munich.
pal orporation-iDhab itants thereof OF
the property therein-shall be released
or discharged from their or its just
share of the taxes, to be levied for
State purposes.
SEC. D. The power to tax corporations
aud corporate property shall never be
relinquished or suspended.
SEC. 6. All corporations in this State,
or doing business therein, shall be sub.
ject TO taxation for State, county
school, municipal and other purposes,
on the real and personal property
owned or used by them within the Ter
ritorial limits OF the authority levying
the tax.
SEC. :. No money shall be paid out
of the Treasury, except in pursuance of
an appropriation made by law.
SEC. 8. Neither the State, nor any
county. city. town or school district
shall make any donation or grant to, or
In aid of, or become a subscriber to, or
shareholder many corporation or
company, or joint-owner with, any
person, company or corporation, public
or private, in or out Of the State; ex-
cept as to such ownership as may ac
crue to the State by escheat, or by for
fixture by operation of law; and except
to such ownership as may accrue TO the
State, or to any county, city town or
school district, or to either or anv of
them Jointly with any person, com
pany or corporation, by forfeiture or by
sale OF real estate for non-payment OF
taxes, or by any donation or devise for
public use. or by purchase by or on be-
half of any or either Of them under
execution III case of fines, penalties or
forfeiture OF recognizance, breach oil
condition of official bond or of bond to
secure public moneys. or the perfor
nance of any contract in which they OF
any of them may be jointly or sever.
ally interested.
SEC. 8. Neither the State, Dor any
! county, city. town nor school distric,
shall lend or pledge the credit or faith
thereof, directly or indirectly, in aid OF
any person, company or corporation, for
any amount or for any purpose what
ever. or become responsible for any
debt, contract or liability of any person
company or corporation, in or out of the
! State.
SEC. 10. The State shall never con.
tract any debt. except in the cases and
manner hereinafter described.
SEC. IL. For the purpose of defrayins
extraordinary expenditures, the State
may contract public debts; but such
debts. In the aggregate. shall not, for
the first fifteen years, exceed fifty
thousand dollars; aud shall never eX.
ceed one hundred thousand dollars
Every such debt shall be authorized by
law, Tor some purpose or purposes to
be distinctly specified therein; and every
such law shall provide for levying all
annual tax sufficient to pay the annual
interest of such debt, and the principal
within ten years from the passage OF
such law; and shall specially appro-
pirate the proceeds of such taxes to the
payment OF such principal and interest
and such appropriation shall not be
repealed, nor the taxes postponed or
diminished, until the principal and
interest of such debt shall have been
wholly paid.
SEC. IL. No county, city. town or
school district shall contract any debt
unless authorized and limited by law;
and no scrip, certificate, or other evi.
dence of debt whatever shall he ISSUED
by them. except in accordance with the
provisions of such law
SEC. IL. No city or town shall con.
tract any debt, by loan, or in any form,
except by means of an ordnance
which shall be irrepealsble until the
Indebtedness therein provided for shall
have been fully paid or dischar Jed
specifying the purposes 10 which the
funds to be raised shall he applied. and
providing for the levy of tax-noi