Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1906-09-21

RESOf UTION.

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO
Section 3, Article Kill, of the Consti-
tuition as amended Move lber 9. 10
and Section II, OF said Article Nil"
celating to uniform tax and eXemp-
lions therefrom and authority of the
Legislature to provide for stamp tax
or a tax based on income, occupation,
licenses or franchises
BE IL resolved and enacted by the
Legislature OF the State of Utah, two
thirds of all members thereof concur
ring therein:
Section /. The following proposition
to amend the Constitution of the state
If Utah is hereby submitted to the
qualified electors OF the State for their
approval or disapproval. namely:
That Section 3, Article Kill, OF the
Constitution of the state of Utah, as
amended November G, 1900, and Sec
ton u. OF said Article Kill, be and
the same are hereby amended to read
as follows
section 3. The Legislature shall
provide by law uniform and equal
rate of assessment and taxation on all
property in the state, according to It's
value I'm money, and shall prescribe
general law such regulations as
shall secure a 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 de-
duCtion OF debts from credits -."y 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 J. . individuals
or corporations for irriEating lands
owned by such individuals or corpora
lions, or the individual members lhere-
Of shall not be separately taxed as
long as they shall be owned and used
exclusively for such purpose; Provided
iurther that mortgages upon both rea.
and personal property shall be exempt
from taxation; Provided. further, th1t
the taxes OF the INDECENT poor may be
rrWltted or ohatcd at such time and ln
such manner as may be provided by
"l2. (stamp income, license, Ean-
Chise, or mortgage tax ermissihleD
Nothing I'm this Constitution shall be
construed 70 prevent the Legislature
from providing stamp tax, or q t7N
hasCu on income, occupation, nceh5c7
or franchises"
Section .. The Secretary OF state Is
hereby ordered 10 cause these propo-
sitions to be published IT, It least one
newspaper In every county OF ING
state where newspaper is published
for two months Immediately preceding
the next genera election ILL,
No. submitted To- Tie cleo )rs OF Tbs
state at the noxt general election; for
thcir approval or disapproval, All Of
nciHl ballots rpd at such election sh1l
h1ve printed or writton thereon tha
words 'For the amcndn nt' ~ Eac-
ton Article NtII or tHo ''n9t,iu-
ton ~ amended Novcmh"r o. 1891
ana Against the amend ont to ev"-
lion 3, Article MIL. or CanS'itu.
tialn % lMlNf
also the words, For the nmendnont
section II, Article Kill. ot tle C9natl
tuition and Against tn .hcndmcn
~ Section. J .; Nctlcle .y5IJs az tio Con
sttutlop. together witt stEh othe
title desIgqatng such ancudmeqt p
may IL brpytdca.lV INV 'Stl-' hAnoi
{5lla J. .e received. and. .t.isass : h2,
turns thereof be mad n the sam,
TO- .u us o. rro
v'lod N'' Vow" ip fgo 81. 0r thc cleo
ton OF the state Officers.
.nr r' lrrndueuts. n
ado. ted AT said cln-t.an. ahall take eff