The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-09-20
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-ifths of the members
elected to both houses concurring there
in:
That there shall be submitted to the
provided by law, on the first. Tuesday
after the first Monday in November,
1918, 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, or otherwise.
and also all real and personal property
according to it's true value in money,
excepting all bonds outstanding on the
first day of January, 1913, of the state
of Ohio or of any city, village, hamlet,
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, 1913 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 and the mort
gage or the debt secured thereby, or
other lien upon it, but all such laws
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
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
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of the state of Ohio shall be repealed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. T, t,o,p,r
Speaker of House of Representatives.
EARL D. BLOOM,
President of the Senate.
Adopted March Il, 1917.
United States of America
State of Ohio
Office of the Secretary of State.
l. WILLIAM D. FULTON, Secretary of
State of the State of Ohio, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is an exem-
plified 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 a 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. 3, 1912, relative to the
taxa ton of property"
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, havt
hereunto subscribed my name, and af
fixed my official seal at the City of Co
lumbus, Ohio, this 10th day of fept.. A
ID. 1918.
WILLIAM ID. FULTON,
(SeaD Secretary Of State
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