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

authority leNylHS tue tdA, anu slldAl
be levied and collected for public pur
poses only
2. The Legislature shall provide by |
law for an annual tax sufncient, 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 |
IL any there be, the Legislature shall |
provide for ievying 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.
8. 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 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.
s. 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 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, 80 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
I 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 carbons. gyp
J. sum Or other valuable mineral de
posits other than those enumerated
4 above in this section, after purchase
thereof from the United States anc
all property and surface improve
ments upon or appurtenant to sucf
lands which have value separate
/, and independent of all such lands
e.. shall be taxed as provided by law
In addition to the assessment Of thu
q surface grounds, improvements ant
-. machinery Of mines and minint
, claims. all mines and mining claims
producing net proceeds shall be taye'
u at a value not to exceed three time
. such net proceeds.
II 6. An accurate statement Of the re
1, ceipts and expenditures Of the publ
/; moneys shall be published annuaI
&. in such manner as the Legislature
J.. may provide.
n. 7. The rate Of taxation on propert,
: If,r State purposes shall never exceed
:, eight mills on each dollar Of valus
y. ton to be apportioned as follows
y Not to exceed four and one half mill
D. on each dollar OF valuation for ger
d eral State purposes; not to excee
" three mills on each dollar OF valuf
D. ton for district school purposes; nc
e. to exceed enc half mill on each do
< lar of valuation for high school puI
10 poses; that part of the State tax al
portioned to high school purpose
. shall constitute a fund to be Gale
y the "high school fund" and shall b
ID apportioned to the cities and scho'
OF districts maintaining high schools l
" the manner the Legislature may pr
r. vide. And whenever the taxabl
C. property within the State sha
h. amount to Four Hundred Million Do
ID. lars, the rate shall not exceed nv
N. mills on each dollar of valuation; III
"A less a proposition to increase sue
- rate, specifying the rate proposed an
u the time during which the same sha
" be levied, be first submitted to vo
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