Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1926-02-25
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
A Proclamation
BY the Governor

1
! l, Howard M. Gore, Governor of the
State of West Virginia, pursuant to
the Constitution and laws of said
State, do hereby proclaim, announc-
ing to the voters of the State of West
V'rrinia. that on the Tuesday next
after the first Monday in November,
in the year One Thousand Nine Hun
drod and Twentv-six. there will be
submitted for ratification or rejection
an amendment to the Constitution of
said State as follows, to-wit:
Proposed Amendment
That the question of the ratification
or rejection of an amendment to the
constitution of West Virginia, propos-
ed in accordance with the provisions
of section two, of article fourteen, of
said constitution, shall be submitted
to the voters of the state at the next
general election to be held in the
year one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-six, which proposed amend
ment is as follows:
Section l. Subject to the excep-
ton in this section contained, taxa
ton shall be equal and uniform
throughout the state, and all proper
ty, both real and personal, shall be
taxed in proportion to it's value, to be
ascertained as directed by law No
one species of property from which a
tax may be collected shall be taxed
higher than any other species of
property of equal value; except, that
money, notes, accounts receivable and
bonds shall be taxed at rate not to
exceed fifty cents on each one hun
dred dollars of the true and actual
value thereof, and the revenue deriv-
ed from this source shall be appor-
toned by the legislature among the
levying units of the state in proper
ton to the levy laid in said units,
upon real and other personal proper
ty, but property used for educational,
literary, scientific, religious or chari-
/ table purposes and all cemeteries and
public property, may, by law, be ex-
empted from taxation. The legisla-
ture shall have power to tax, by uni
form and equal laws, all privileges
and franchises of persons and corpor-
ations.
For convenience in referring to said
proposed amendment, and in the
preparation of the form of the ballot
hereinafter provided for, said propos-
ed amendment is hereby designated
as follows:
To be known as the Pr perry Class
ication Amendment
For the purpose of enabling the
voters OF the State to vote on the
question of said pronosed amendment
to the constitution at the said general
election to be held in the year One
Thousand Nine Hundred and twenty
six, the board of ballot commissioners
of each county are hereby required to
prepare seperate ballots from that of
the official ballot to be voted at said
election, and print thereon the follow
ing:
Ballot on Constitutional Property
Classification Amendment
} For ratification of property
classification amendment.
J Against ratification of proper
ty classification amendment.
Those favoring the ratification of
said amendment will vote "For Rati-
fication of Property Classification
Amendment" and those opposing
will vote Against Ratification of
Property Classification Amendment"
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the State. at the Capitol, this
tenth day Of February, in the year of
our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Twenty-six, and of the State
the Sixty-third.
/ HOWARD NJ. GORE.
Governor.
GEORGE w. SHARP.
Secretary of State.