The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO

Proposing an amendment to section 2.
article XII of the Constitution of the
State of Ohio, as adopted Sept. 3,
1912. relative to the taxation of prop
erty.
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE GENER-
AL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
OHIO, three-fifths of the members
in:
That there shall be submitted to the
electors of the state, in the manner
provided by law, on the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November.
1918, a proposal to amend section 2, of
article XII of the constitution of the
state Of Ohio, to read as follows:
ARTICLE XII
Section 2. Laws shall be passed,
taxing by uniform rule, all moneys,
credits, investments in bonds, stocks,
joint stock companies, or otherwise,
and alsc all real and personal property
according to its true value in money,
excepting all bonds outstanding on the
first day of January, 1913, of the state
county. or township in this state or
which have been issued in behalf of the
public schools in Ohio and by the means
of instruction in connection herewith,
which bonds outstanding on the first
day of January. 1918 shall, be exempt
from taxation but burying grounds.
public school houses, houses used exclus.
lively for public worship; institutions
used exclusively for charitable purpos-
es public property used exclusively for
for any public purpose, and personal
property, to an amount not exceeding
in value five hundred dollars, for each
individual, may, by general laws. be ex-
emped from taxation; and laws may
be passed to provide against the double
taxation that results from the taxation
of both the real estate ard the mort
gage or the debt secured thereby, or
shall be subject to alteration or repeal;
and the value of all property, so ex-
empted, shall, from time to time, be as
certained and published as may be di-
rected by law.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED, That at
such election herein provided for the
submission of this amendment to the
electors of the state, this proposition
shall be placed on the official ballot in
the manner prescribed by law.
If the votes for the. proposal shall
exceed those against it, this amend
ment shall take effect on the first day
Of January, 1919, and said original sec
tion of article XII Of the constitution
of the state of Ohio shall be repealed
and annulled
E.J. HOPPLE,
Speaker of House of Representatives.
EARL D. BLOOM,
President of the Senate.
Adopted March q. 1917.
United States of America
State Of Ohio,
Office of the Secretary Of State.
I, WILLIAM D. FULTON, Secretary of
State of the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is an exem-
plfied copy, carefully compared by me
with the original rolls now on file in
this office and in my official custody as
Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, Of joint resolution, adopt
ed by the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, on the 21st day of March A.
D. 1917, and filed in this office on the
goth day Of March A. D. 1917, entitled
Joint Resolution proposing an amend
ment to section 2. article XII of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio, as
adopted Sept 8, 1912, relative to the
taxation of property"
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto subscribed my name, and af-
| fixed my official seal at the City of Co.
lumbus Ohio, this 10th day Of Sept. A.
! D. 1918.
WILLIAM ID. FULTON,
! (SeaD Secretary of State,
AS