Morris tribune., 1906-10-27

effect of these amen dm enfs VIVA IN
are to be voted on by the people at
the coming election.
FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
The first proposed amendment is
contained in Chapter 1853 of the
Laws of 1908. BY this amendment it
is sought to repeal Sections one az,
two ca. three (:s). four l4) and sew
enteen 40 of Article nine 30 of
the Constitution tthe latter section
being the amendmen mt to said Article
nine 90 adopted in 1880 which
sections now read follows:
Section l. All taxes to be raised in
this state shall be as nearly equal as
may be, and all property on which taxes
are to be levied shall have a cash Valua-
ton and be equalized and uniform
throughout the state: Provided, that the
legislature may, by general law or spe-
cial act, authorize municipal corpora
tons to levy assessments for local i'm
proVements upon the property fronting
upon such improvements, or upon the
property to be benefited by such i'm
prOyements, or both, without regard to
cash valuation, and in such manner as
the legislature may prescribe: and pro-
Vi1ed further, that for the purpose of
defraying the expenses of laying water
pipes and supplying any city or munic-
ipality with water, the legislature may,
by general or special law, authorize any
such city or municipality, having pop
ulation of five thousand or more, to levy
an annual tax or assessment upon the
lineal foot of all lands fronting on any
water main or water pipe laid by such
city or municipality within corporate
limits of said city for supplying water
to the citizens thereof without regard
to the cash value of such property, and
to empower such city to collect any
such tax. assessments or fines, or penal
ties for failure to pay the same, or any
Violate
rules of such city or municipality in re-
gard to the use of water, or for any wa
ter rate due for the same: and provided
further. that there may be by law levied
and collected a tax upon all inherltances,
devises, requests, legaces and gifts of
every kind and description above
natural persons and corporations. Such
tax above such exempted sum may be
uniform or it may be graded or progress
sive, but shall not exceed a maximum
Section . The legislature shall pro-
vide for annual tax sufficient to de-
fray the estimated ordinary expenses of
the state for each year, and whenever 1t
shall happen that such ordinary eN-
penses of the state for any
year shall exceed the income Of the
provide for levying tax for the etsu--
ing year sufficient, with other sources Of
income, to pay the deficiency of the pre-
ceding year, together with the estimated
law levying tax or making other pro-
visions for the payment of interest or
principal Of bonds denominated Mime
sofa State Railroad Bonds shall take
effect or be in force until such law shall
have been submitted to a vote Of the
people Of the sta te, and adopted by a.
majority Of the electors of the state Vot-
ing upon the same.
Section 3. Laws shall be passed tax
ing all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or
1t1 ESTy al md a
property, according to it's true value in
money; but public burying grounds, pub
lie school houses, public hospitals, acad-
emies, colleges, universities, and all sem
inaries of learning, all churches, church
property used for religious purposes, and
houses of worship, Institutions of purely
public charity, public property used ex-
clusively for any public purpose and
personal property to an amount not ex-
ceeding in value two hundred dollars for
each individual. shall by general laws,
be exempt from taxation.
Section 4. Laws shall be passed for
taxing the notes and bills discounted or
purchased, moneys. loaned, and all other
property, effects, or dues of every de-
ers, SO that all property employed IN
banking shall always be subject to
taxation equal to that imposed on the
property of individuals.
Section II. The Legislature may i'm
pose, or provide for the imposition of,
upon the property within this state of
any and all owners or operators, whether
corporate or individual, or otherwise, Of
any and ali sleeping. parlor and draw
ing room ears, or any or either Of the
same, which run in, into or through this
state; also upon the property within this
state of any and all telegraph and tele-
phone mpanieS. or owners, whose lines
are in, or extend in. into or through
this state; also upon the property within
this state of all express companies, or
owners, or any or either of the same,
doing business in this state; also upon
the property within this state of all do
nestle insurance companies of this state
of any kind; also upon the property with
in this state of any and all foreign in
surance companies doing business in
this state of any kind: also upon the
property within this state of all owners
or operators of any and all mines or of
mineral ores situated in this state; also
upon the property within this state of all
boom companies or owners and Of all
ship builders or owners doing business
in this state, or having port therein
provided, that this act shall not apply to
property owned by t rairo asdn companies;
upon the property of either or any of
such companies or oWners,-a tax as uni
form as reasonably may, be with the
taxes imposed upon similar property in
said state or upon the earnings thereof
within this state. but may be graded or
progressive, or both, and in providing
for sucIl tax. or in providing for ascer-
tanning the just and true value of such
property it shall be competent for the
legislature, in either or all of such cases,
to impose such tax. upon any or all
property thereof within this state, and
in either case by taking as the basis of
such imposition the proportionate bust
ness, earnings, mileage or quantity of
production or property now or hereafter
existing of any such companies, persons
or owners. transacted Or existing in this
state, In relation to the entire business,
mileage or quantity of production or
property of such companies, persons or
owners as aforesaid or in such other
manner or by such other method. as the
legislature may determine but the pro-
ceeds of such taxes upon mining prop
erty shall be distributed between the
state and the various political subdivi-
sions thereof wherein the same is sit,
uated, in the same proportion as the
proceeds Of taxes Upon real property are
distributed: Provided further. that moth
ing in this act contained shall operate
to authorize the assessment or taxation
of any farm land or ordinary business
blocks or property owned by any such
corporation, person, firm or company ex-
cept in the manner provided by the or.
binary methods of taxation
And to substitute therefor the fol-
lowing: