The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-10-10


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.
5. 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 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, so 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 carbons. gyp-
sum or other valuable mineral de-
posits other than those enumerated
above in, this section, after purchase
thereof frcm the United States and
all property and surface improve
ments upon or appurtenant to such
lands which have 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 taxed
at value not to exceed three time s
such net proceeds.
G. An accurate statement of the re-
ceipts and expenditures of the public
moneys shall be published annually
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.
three mills on each dollar Of yalua.
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 nigh 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 five
mills on each dollar Of valuation; un-
less proposition to increase such
rate, specifying the rate proposed and
the time during which the same shall
be levied, be first submitted to a vote
Of such of the qualified electors OF
the State as, in the year next pre-
ceeding such election, shall have paid
a property tax assessed to them WITH
in the State, and the majority OF
those voting thereon shall vote in ia
vor thereof, in such manner as may
be provided by law.
8. The making Of profit out OF
public moneys, using the same fol
any purpose not authorized by law
by any public officer, shall be deem
ed a felony, and shall be punished
as provided by law, but part Of such
punishment shall be disqualification
to hold public office.
8. No appropriation shall be made
or any expenditure authorized by the
J Legislature, whereby the expendi
lures OF the State, during any fisca
year, shall exceed the total tax ther
provided for by law, and applicable
for such appropriation or expendi
ture, unless the Legislature making
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