The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-09-23

3. There shall be exempt from tax.
alton property of the United States.
| OF the state, counties, cities. towns
school districts, municipal corpora.
tons and public libraries lots with
the buildings thereon used exclusive.
lily for either religious Worship or
charitable purposes, and places of
burial not held or used for private
or 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
aud 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.
| 8. The surface ground of all mines
and mining claims. both placer and
rock in place, containing or bearing
gold, silver, copper, lead, iron or 9th.
er valuable metals after purchase
thereof from the United States shall
be taxed at 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 a 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 value
separate and independent OF such
mines or mining claims, shall be
taxed as provided by law. All lands
containing coal, granite, stone, mar
BILE, onyx, gas oil hydro cartoons. 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 q value separate
and Independent of all such lands
shall be taxed as provided by law.
In addition to the assessment OF the
. scrface grounds. improvements and
machinery of mines and mining
, producing net proceeds shall be taNet
at q value not to exceed three tim,
such net proceeds.
IAN accurate statement of the re
ceipts and expenditures of the public
, moneys shall be published annual
in such manner as the Legislature
i may provide.
7. The rate of taxation on propert.
f)r State purposes shall meyer exceed
; eight mills on each dollar OF valua
] ltion to be apportioned as follows
: Not to exceed four and one half mill
A on each dollar OF valuation for gen
leral State purposes; not to eXcee'
, three mills on each dollar of Yalua
. ton for district school purposes; no
to exceed enc half mill on each do
q Ter OF valuation for high school pun
8 poses; that part OF the State tax al
4 portioned to high school purpose
n shall constitute fund to be calle
!. the thigh school fund" and shall b.
/, districts maintaining high schools /,
the manner the Legislature may Pre-
vide. And whenever the taSnbl
property within the State shall
n amount to Four Hundred Million Do
lars, the rate shall not exceed fiv
' HilllS Ou taSu uulluT VI Ndiuo'loHt vi
less proposition to increase sucl
rate, specifying the rate proposed an
the time during which the same shall
: be levied, be first submitted to yot
r q such of the qualified electors q
l. the state as, in the year next pre-
ceeding sucn election, shall have PAT
@ a property tax assessed to them Wit
: in the State, and the majority o
E those voting thereon shall vote in ia
vor thereof, in such manner as ma
be provided by law.
s. The making OF profit out c
G public moneys, using the same TO
e any purpose not authorized by Law
( by any public officer, shall be deem
ed a felony, and shall be punishe
o as provided by law, but part of sue