Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1906-10-19
RESOLUTION.
AMTNDMENTs
PROPOSING
c. s. TINGEY.
Secretary of State.

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO
Section 3. Article Kill. OF the Consti-
and Section 10. OF said Article XIII"
relating to uniform tax and eNeup-
TONS therefrom, and authority OF the
Legislature to provide for a stamp tax
or "A tax based on income, occupation
licenses or franchises.
Be ii resolved and enacted by the
Legislature Of the state OF Titan, two
thirds of all members thereof concur
ring therein
to amend the Constitution of the State
of Utah IS hereby submitted 70 the
qualified electors of the State for their
approval or disapproval. namely:
That Section g., Article Nil, OF the
Constitution of the State of Utah, as
amended November 6. 1900, and Sec
ton To- of said Article XIII, be and
the same are hereby amended to read
as follows:
section 8. The Legislature shall
provide by law uniform and equal
rate Of assessment and taxation on all
property in the state, according to its
value in money, and shall prescribe
rs general law such regulations as
shall secure n just valuation for tax
alton of all property, so that every
person and corporation shall pay tax
in proportion to the value of his. her
or it's property; Provided. that a de-
duction OF debts from credits ny be
authorized; Provided, further. that the
prOperty of the United States, OF the
State, counties cities, towns, school
districts municipal corporations and
public Libraries. lots with the buildings
thereon used exclusively for either re-
ligious worship or charitable pur-
poses, and places OF burial not held or
used for private or corporate benefit
shall be exempt from taxation
bitches. canals, reservoirs, pipes and
fumes owned and used T. individuals
or corporations for Irritating lands
owned by such individuals or corpora
tiuus, or the individual members there
or shall not be separately taxed as
LONG as they shall be owned and used
exclusively for such purpose; Provided
further, that mortgages upon both real
and personal property shall be exempt
from taNation Provided, further, that
tho taxes OF the INDECENT poor may be
ronittod or ahated at such time aud u
such manner as may be provided by
I2. (stamp, income, license, fran
chise, or mortgage tax erinissihlc)
Nothing In this Constitution shall be
construed TO prevent the Legislature
from providing a stamp tax, or tax
based on income, occupation, licenses
or franchises"
hereby ordered TO cause these propo-
sl,ions to be published ir t least ONE
newspaper In every county Of the
for two months Immediately preceding
the next general election
Section 3. These pros iticns. sha!l
le submitted to the electors OF int
slate at tho next general election, for
their approval or disapproVal All OF
Hcial ballots 'cd at such election shlll
have printed or written thereon THO
words, nor the omcudu 1ty 10 S'"-
ton 3, Article NIfIy of tho ''3rsti,u-
ton. as amended Novemh"r g, 40 or
end Against the nmendr ont IN ESH-
ton 3, Article Kill, Of t'e Cons. itu-
tinn as amended Noveu.pCr G. l9Dot.
also tho words. For the amendment Z
section H. Article XIII, Of the Consti
tuition" and Against the amcndmcu'
10 section ~, Article XIII Of the Con-
gtitution," together with such othei
title designating such amendment or
MAY he provided by law said ballots
ahaI ne received and said votes sha
10 taken, counted, canVas|ed t.d rN
uf fr ~ feshccts as is rro-
,.tscd NV law ir tho c"se of the cleo
tion Of tho state officers.
incse amendments, u
ed election. shall take ef-