Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-03

held at Pierre. the capital. on the NTH
day of January. 1909, and concludes
posed the following amendment to the
That article XI Of the GorstitutiS on
amended so as to read as follows:
Article XII
Section I. The legislature shall
provide for an annual tax, sufficient TO
defray the estimated ordinary sS,
on each dollar of the assessed valua-
state stat to be ascertaine pi by the last as
sessment made for state and county
such ordinary expenses shall exceed
| the income OF the state for such year
the legislature shall provide for the
sufficient with other sources Of in
come to pay the deficiency together
with the estimated expenses Of the
| for the purpose OF paying the public
| debt, the legislature shall provide for
levying tax annually, SUFFICIENT to
cipal Of such debt within ten years
from the final passage Of the law
the debt Provided That the
the interest and principal of the
public debt shall not exceed in
| any one year TWO mills on eacn QOlidT
of the assessed valuation of all tax
able property in the state, as ascer-
tanned by the last assessment made
for state and county purposes.
| Section 2. All taxes shall be uni
levied and collected for public pur-
Of taxation shall be so fixed in money
that every person and corporation
shall pay a tax in proportion to the
licenses business
the state, gross earnings and net in
comes, shall be considered in taxing
porate property shall not be surren-
dered by any contract or grant to
which the state shall be party. The
legislature shall provide by general
law for the assessing and levying of
taxes on all corporate property; as
near as may be; by the same methods
levying of taxes on individual proper
Section 3; The legislature shall pro
investments in bonds, stocks, joint
stock companies, or otherwise; and
also for taxing the notes and bills dis
and all other property, effects or dues
of every description, of all banks and
ployed in banking shall always be sub
ject to taxation equal to that imposed
on the property OF individuals.
Section 4. The legislature may clas-
sify inheritance, devises, legacies and
requests and gifts in view OF death in
respect to the recipients thereof, and
may provide for graduated or pro-
gressive tax therein, with such ex-
emptions to the surviving husband or
wife, children and other relatives as
Section s. The Legislature shall clas-
sify incomes in respect to the recip-
uated or progressive tax thereon with
such exemptions as 1T may prescribe.
Section 8. The. property of the
ty and municipal corporations, both
real and personal, shall be exempt
Section I. The legislature shall. by
general law exempt from taxation
property used exclusively for agricul-
tural and horticultural societies, for
| school, religious, cemetery and char
table purposes, including church par
sonages and houses of the presidents
OF church colleges; and personal pro-
perty TO any amount not exceeding in
value two hundred dollars for each in
dividuai liable to taxation.
! Section s. All laws eXempting pro-
perty from taxation except pro-
vided for in this article, shall be void.
Section 8. No tax shall be levied ex-
shall distinctly state the object of the
same. to which the tax only shall be
} Section 10. All taxes levied anG
collected for state purposes shall be
paid into the state treasury No in
debtedness shall be incurred or money
/. |
rants shall be drawn upon the state
treasurer. except in pursuance of an
appropriation for the specific purpose
The legislature shall provide by
suitable enactment for carrying this
Section II. The legislature may vest
the corporate authorities of cities
towns and villages with power to
make local improvements by special
taxation of contiguous property or
otherwise.
cipal corporations may be vested with
authority to assess and collect taxes;
but such tax shall be uniform with re-
spect to persons and property within
the same.
Section H.. The making of a profit
county, city, town or school district
money. or using the same for any pur-
pose not authorized by law. shall be
. deemed a felony and shall be punish
, able as provided by law.
Section 10. An accurate statement
Of the receipts and expenditures OF
I annually, in such manner as the legis-
! lature may provide.
The proposed amendment. viii be
: on Tuesday. the Sth day OF November
be printed upon the ballot followed by
the words: shall the above amend
ment to the constitution in relation
be levied be approved and ratified? p
! Immediately to the left of which shall
be printed the words YES" and No
each preceded by square in which
; the elector can place a cross to indi-
: cate his vote. Electors desiring to
. vote Yes will place a cross before
the word Yes" and those desiring to
} vote No, place cross before the
Dated at Pierre. the capital. this
25th day Of July. A. ID. 1910.
SAMUEL c. POLICY,
Secretary of State.
7 Proposed Amendment to the Constitu-
, tion of the state of south Dakota
To the people OF the state of South
) Dakota:
The eleventh Legislative assembly OF
the state OF South Dakota, begun and
, held at Pierre. the capital, on the fifth
: day of January. 1909 and concluded
on the NTH day OF March. 1909. pro-
posed the following amendment to
!, the constitution OF the state, viz:
That section OF article IA of the
constitution OF the state of South Da-
: kota be added to the constitution and
shall read as follows:
!, Article XIV
The legislature OF the state OF South
J Dakota shall not have the power &c
establish any charitable, penal, educa-
n tional or other institution as state
: institution until the same has beer
4 duly authorized by majority vote OF
: the people of the state, voting to es-
: tablish said institution, at any regu
: Tar election in the state; and the lcgis