The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-02

ty within the territorial limits of the
! authority levying the tax, and shall
be levied and collected for public pur'
poses only
2. The Legislature shall provide by
law for an annual tax suincient, with
other sources of revenue, to defray
the estimated ordinary expenses of
the State for each fiscal year. For
the purpose of paying the state debt
| II any there be, the Legislature shall
provide for leyying tax annually.
sufficient to pay the annual interest
and principal OF such debt, within
twenty years from the final passage
Of the law creating the debt.
| 3. There shall be exempt from tax.
| alton property Of the United States,
OF the State, counties, cities. towns,
school districts, municipal corpora
lions and public libraries lots with
the buildings thereon used exclusive
ly for either religious worship or
charitable purposes, and places OF
burial not held or used for private
CT corporate benefit.
bitches. canals. reservoirs. pipes
and fumes owned and used by indi.
viduals or corporations for irrigat
ing lands owned by such individuals
or corporations, Or the individual
members thereof, shall not be separ.
ately taxed so long as they shall be
owned and used exclusively for such
purpose; provided, that mortgages
upon real and personal property shall
be exempt from taxation; and that
the taxes Of the INDECENT poor may
be RENTED or abated at such time
and in such manner as may be pro-
vided by law.
4. The Legislature shall not i'm
pose taxes for the purpose Of any
county, city, town or other municip-
al corporation, but may, by law, vest
In the corporate authorities thereof,
respectively. the power to assess and
collect taxes for all purposes Of such
corporation.
5. The surface ground of all mines
and mining claims, both placer and
|
gold, silver, copper, lead, iron or 9th
err valuable metals after purchase
thereof from the United States. shall
be taxed at a value not greater than
the price paid the United States
therefor, unless the surface ground
or some part thereof, of such mine
or claim, Is used for other than min
ing purposes, and has separate and
independent value for such other
purposes; in which case said surface
ground, or any part thereof, 40 used
for other than mining purposes, shall
be taxed at its value for such other
purposes as provided by law; and all
machinery. used in mining and all
property and surface improvements
upon or appurtenant to mines and
mining claims, which have Il value
separate and independent Of such
mines or mining claims, shall be
taxed as provided by law. All lands
containing coal, granite, stone, mar
bic, onyx, gas oil hydro carbons. gyp'
sum or other valuable mineral de-
posits other than those enumerated
above in this section, after purchase
thereof from the United States and
all property and surface improve
ments upon or appurtenant to such
lands which have a value separate
and independent of all such lands
shall be taxed as provided by law.
In addition to the assessment OF the
surface grounds, improvements and
machinery Of mines and mining
claims, all mines and mining claims
producing net proceeds shall be taSed
at a value not to exceed three times
such net proceeds.
6. An accurate statement Of the re-
ceipts and expenditures OF the public
moneys shall be published annua|
in such manner as the Legislature
may provide.
| 7. The rate OF taxation on property
for State purposes shall never exceed
eight mills on each dollar of valua'
| ton to be apportioned as follows:
| Not to exceed four and one half mills
on each dollar OF valuation for gen.
eral State purposes; not to exceed
three mills on each dollar OF valua-
ton for district school purposes; not
to exceed enc half mill on each dol
lar of valuation for high school pur'
poses; that part of the State tax APP
portioned to high school purposes
shall constitute a fund to be called
the "high school fund" and shall be
apportioned to the cities and school
districts maintaining high schools In
the manner the Legislature may pro-
vide. And whenever the taxable
property within the State shall
amount to Four Hundred Million Dol
lars, the rate shall not exceed hve
mills on each dollar of valuation; I'M
less a proposition to increase such
rate. specifying the rate proposed and