The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-11-07


poses only.
z. The Legislature shall provide by
law for an annual tax sufficient 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 levying a 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.
tons 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
or corporate benefit.
bitches. canals, reservoirs. pipes
and fumes owned and used by indi.
viduals or corporations Cor 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.
| b. 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
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 a separate and
independent value for such other
purposes; In which case said surface
ground, or any part thereof, 50 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 a 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 carbons. gyp
sum or other valuable mineral de
posits other than those enumerated
above In this section, after purchase
thereof frcm the United States anC
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
scrface grounds, improvements anc
machinery of mines and mining
claims, all mines and mining claim.
producing net proceeds shall be taxed
at value not to exceed three time!
such net proceeds.
6. An accurate statement Of the re
ceipts and expenditures Of the public
; moneys shall be published annual.
in such manner as the Legislature
; may provide.
z. The rate Of taxation on propert.
, 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 mill
: on each dollar OF valuation for ger
eral 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
lar OF valuation for high school Pun
poses; that part of the State tax ar
portioned to high school purpose
> shall constitute a fund to be Gale
10 the "high school fund" and shall b
, apportioned to the cities and schoC
: districts maintaining high schools 4
r the manner the Legislature may pro
vide. And whenever the taxabl
v property within the State sha
: amount to Four Hundred Million Do
lars, the rate shall not exceed tiv
mills on each dollar Of valuation; III
= less proposition to increase sue
rate, specifying the rate proposed an
= the time during which the same sha
be levied, be first submitted to vot
Of such of the qualified electors
tho Ctata no In tho vaar next mr.