The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE CONSTITUTION
OF OHIO.

Proposing amendment to section Q. article
| XII Of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.
as adopted Sept g. 1912, relative to the taxa
ton of property.
| BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. threeh
| fitths of the members elected to both houses conf
curing therein:
That there shall be submitted to the electors of
the state, in the manner provided by law. en- the
tlrst Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem-
ber 1913, 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 a
uniform rule. all moneys, credits, investments in
bonds stocks, Joint stock companies, otherwise,
and also all real and personal property according
to Its true value in money excepting all bonds out
standing on the first day of January, 1913. of the
state OF ONO or OF city, village hamlet,
ty 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 there
with, which bonds outstanding on the first day of
January, 1913 shall be exempt from taxation but
burying grounds. public school houses, houses used
exclusively for public worship; inttitutions used
exclusively for charitable purposes public proper-
ty used exclusively 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 exempted from taxation;
and laws may be passed to provide against the
double taxation that results from the taxation of
both the real estate and the mortgage or the debt
secured thereby or other lien upon it. but all such
shall be subject to alteration or Tepea and the
value OF all property. so exempted, shall, from
time to time be ascertained and published as may
be directed by law.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That at such
election herein provided for the submission of this
amendment to the electors of the state this propo
siton shall be placed the official ballot in The
manner prescribed by law.
If the votes for the proposal shall exceed those
against it, the amendment shall take effect on the
first day of January 1919 and said original section
of article XII of the Constitution of the state of
Ohio shall be repealed and annulled.
E. J. HOPPLE,
Speaker of the House of Representative.
EARL D. BLOOM
President of the Senate.
Adopted March 81, 1917.
United States of America
State of Ohio
Office of the Secretary Of State.
WILLIAM D. FULTON, Secretary of State
OF the State of Ohio. do hereby certify that the
foregoing is exemplified copy, carefully COM
pared 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, adopted by the General Assembly of
the State of Ohio, on the 2lst day of March, AID
1917, and filed in this office on the 30th day of
March, AID. 1917, entitled Joint Resolution pro
posing an amendment to section g article XII of
the Constitution of the State of Ohio, as adopted
September 8, 1872 relative to the taxation Of
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. have here
into subscribed my name, and affixed my official
seal at the City of Columbus, Ohio, this 10th day
of September, AID. 1918.
WILLIAM D. FULTON,
lSEALI Secretary of State.