The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-10-17
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CON
STITUTpON OF OHIO.
CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES
OF TAXATIok
Be It resolved BY the General Assembly OF fhe
Stnte of Ohio three flfths of the mem

Be st resolved BY the Gsnsrei Asssxso1Sy tSe o. e s
bers elected to each house concurflhe
therein: 49,.
That there shall be submitted to the electors
of the state for their approval or re1ectlohse st a.
the regular election to be held on ,e,,,her ane
Tuesday after the first Monday IN Noyenadeel' per
1919, proposal to amend Article ALL oas ass
ton 2, of the constitution of the State OF ohio'
to read as follows:
SEcrIoN g. All property shall be taxed py
such rules and methods and In sucn ciassSs
may be provided by law. The rules aa ana
methods shall be uniform within the classes
SO established. But all bonds outstanding on
the first day Of January asis, so,nty 2, or town
ship in this state or which have been issued
in behalf of the public schools in Ohio ana :as tne
means of instruction in connection tnere"iln
shall be exempt from taxation and oufylng lag
grounds public school houses, houses use9
exclusively for public worship, institutions useo
exclusively for charitable purposes, puohc prop
erty used exclusively for any public purpose
and personal property, to an aInount hot II
ceeding in value FIVE hundred dollars Tor eacl l
individual, may, by general laws, be exempted
from taxation; and laws may be passed to pro
vide against the double taxation that results
from the taxing of both the real estate ana
the mortgage or the debt secured thereby, pI
other lien upon it; but all such laws shall De
subject to alteration or repeal; and the VsIue
of all property so exempted SHAH, from uine '
to time, be ascertalned ana Puphsheu 90 nia5
be directed by law.
Be il further resolved That the required
publication of the said proposed amendment
Shall be made and the form of the ballots. 70
he ,ised at said. election for the SUBMISSION
thereof shall be prepared by the secretary OF
state Returns of the votes cast at SAID eiecuon
shall be made by the proper election oinclals
to the secretary Of state who with win, tne govsi
nor and the attorney general, shall open anu
canvass the same. If a majority OF the elec-
tors voting on the said amendment shall DC
ascertained to have voted in favor thereon, the
governor shall make proclamation thereof
without delay
President OF the Sehdte
CARL r. KIMBALL,
Speaker of the HonSs OF Represfntdttves
Adopted April 3, 1919.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE or ONO,
Office of the Secretary of State.
/. HARVEY c. SMITH, Secretary of State
of the State cf Ohio do hereby certify that the
| foregoing is an exemplihed copy, carefully
compared by me with the original now on ME
in this office and in my official custody as
Secretary of State and found to be true and
| correct of a Joint resolution adopted by the
| 83rd General Assembly OF the State OF ONO, on
the 3rd day of April, A. d. 1919, and med IN
! this office on the 9th day of May A. u. IVY
| entitled "Joint Resolution proposing to
| amend Article XII, Section 2, OF the constr,
! tuition of the State OF Ohio, relative to the
classification OF property tor the purposes OF
| taxation.
/ In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, ! have hereunte
| subscribed my name, and affixed my othciai
| seal at Columbus, Ohio, this 18th day oi
| September, A. d, 1919
HARVEY C. SMITH
Secretary OF Stats
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