The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-10-11
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
elected to both houses concurring there
in:
That there shall be submitted to the
electors Of the state, in the manner
provided by law. on the first Tuesday
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 uniform rule, all moneys.
credits, investments in bonds, stocks,
joint stock companies, or otherwise,
and also all real and personal property
according to its true value in money,
excepting all bonds outstanding on the
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,
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 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-
BE BET IT FURTHER Fl RESOLVED. That at
such election herein provided for the
submission of this amendment to the
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
Of the state of Ohio shall be repealed
| and annulled.
i Speaker of House of Representatives.
EARL d. BLOOM,
President of the Senate
Adopted March 81, 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-
plified copy carefully compared by me
with the original rolls now on file ir
this office and in my official custody al
Secretary of State and found to be true
and correct, of joint resolution. adop
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 tn,
Goth day Of March A. D. 1917, entitled
"Joint Resolution proposing an amend
ment to section Q. article XII of th'
Constitution Of the State. Of Ohio. al
adopted Sept. 8, 1912. relative to tn
taxation of property"
n IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. hav
her eunto subscribed my name, and af
fixed my official seal at the City Of Co
lumbus. Ohio. this 10th day Of Sept,
WILLIAM ID. FULTON,
(SeaD Secretary of State
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