The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1908-10-15
ARTICLE XI.

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vide for raising sufficient revenue to
defray the ordinary expenses of the
state by an annual tax, as nearly uni
form from year to year as practicable.
And for the purpose of paying the
public debt, the legislature shall pro
vide for levying a tax annually, SUI
fcient to pay the annual interest and
the principal Of such debt within ten
years from the final passage Of the law
creating the debt.
Sec. 2. All taxes shall be uniform on
the same class of subjects and shall be
levied and collected for public pur-
poses.
Sec. 3. The power to tax corpora ,
ions and corporate property shall not
be surrendered or suspended by any
contract or grant to which the state
shall be a party.
Sec. 4. The legislature shall CLASSIFY
inheritances, devises, legacies and be
quests in respect to the recipients
thereof, and provide for a graduated
or progressive tax thereon, with such
exemptions to the surviving husband or
wife, children and other relatives as 1t
may prescribe.
incomes i'm respect to the recipients
thereof, and provide for a graduated
or progressive tax thereon with such
exemptions as II may prescribe.
Sec. 6. The property of the United
States and of the state, county, and
municipal corporations, both real and
personal, shall be exempt from tax
alton.
Sec. Z. The legislature shall by gem
eral law exempt from taxation, prop
erty used exclusively for agricultural
and horticultural societies, for school,
/ religious. including parsonage, ana
presidents house of sectarian colleges,
cemetery and charitable purposes, and
exceeding in value two hundred dol
lars for each individual liable to taxa
ton.
Sec. s. All laws exempting property
from taxation except as provided for
In this Article. shall be void.
Sec. 9. No tax shall be levied except
I'm pursuance of a law, which shall dis
tinctly state the object of the same,
to which the tax only shall be applied.
Sec. 10. All taxes levied and collect,
ed for state purposes shall be paid
into the state treasury. No indebted
ness shall be incurred or money eX-
pended by the state and no warrant
shall be drawn upon the state treasur-
p~riation for the specific purpose first
made. The legislature shall provide
by suitable enactment for carrying this
section into effect.
Sec. II. The legislature may vest
the corporate authorities of cities,
towns and villages with power to make
local improvements by special taxa
tion Of contiguous property or other
wise. For all corporate purposes all
municipal corporations may be vested
with authority to assess and collect
taxes; but such tax shall be uniform
on the same class Of subjects.
Sec. IL. The making of profit, direct
ly or indirectly, out of state, county,
city. town or school district money, or
using the same for any purpose not au-
thorized by law. shall be deemed a
felony and shall be punished as pro-
vided by law.
Sec. 10. An accurate statement of
the receipts and expenditures of the
public moneys shall be published an
nualIy, in such manner as the legisla-
ture may provide.
Shall the above amendment to the
constitution in relation to revenue and
finance, be approved and ratifed?'
Immediately to the left of which SHAH
be printed the words Yes" and mo"
each preceded by a square in which the
~elector can place a cross to indicate his
vote. Electors desiring to vote yes
will place a cross before the word
yes, and those desiring to vote mo"
will place a cross before the word No.