Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1906-09-14
RESOLUTION.
AMENDMENTs

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS 70
Section 3. Article Kill. OF the Consti-
tuition as amended Move ser 6, = 30,
and Section ~, of said Article XIII.
tons therefrom, and authority of the
Legislature to provide for stamp tax
or a tax based on income, occupation,
licenses or franchises.
BE it 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
OF 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 or Titan, as
amended November G. 1900, and Sec
ton IL, OF said Article Kill, be and
as follows:
Section g. 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 In money, and shall prescribe
by 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 its property; Provided, that de-
duction OF debts from credits lay be
authorized; Provided. further, that the
property of the United states, OF the
state, counties, cities, towns, school
districts, municipal corporations ana
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 individuals
or corporations for irrigating lands
owned by such individuals or corpora
tons or the individual members there
OF, 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
ana personal property shall be exempt
from taxation; Provided. turther INN
the taxes OF the INDECENT poor may be
RENTED or abated at such time and In
such manner as may be provided by
~. (Stamp, income. license. fran
chise, or mortgage tax ermissible)
Nothing In this Constitution shall be
construed 10 prevent the Legislature
from providing Il stamp tax. or tax
oNsed on income. occupation licenses
or franchises"
Section ?. The Secretary Of State is
hereby ordered TO cause sthese propo-
sltlons TO be published IT Il lenst one
newspaper In every county OF tne
state where a newspaper Is published,
the next general election.
Section g. These prop itions shall
ne submitted to the elecf )rs or TINS
state at the next general election; for
their approval or disapproyal, All or,
hclal ballots "~cd ut such election shtlI
have printed or writtcn thereon the
words, For the amendn ,nts 20 Sec
ton 3, Article Kill, OF the ''onst lu,
ton, as amended November 6, 1910
and Against the amendr.ont 20 Sc
ton B. Article Kill. OF tt Constitus
ton rs amended Nover."1r q. 1900;
also the words For the amendment 20
Section u. Article XIII. Of the c9nsti,
To Section ~. Article XIII. OF the Con-
stitution," together with such other
title designating such amendment as
may be provided by law. SAD ballots
shan be received and said votes shall
BE taken. counted. canvns>ed M re.
NOV 40 IN resncrts as e rro-
v'ded ~ l1w -, tho case OF the cleo
tion OF the state officers. -,
adopted 80 s.iq election. shall take st-