Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-08-13
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 2
Providing for the submission of a pro-
posal to amend the Constitution Of the
State of Washington with respect to the
subject of taxation and assessments strik-
ing Section IL of Article XII and amend
ing Section ] and Section 9 of Article VII
thereof.
Be 1t Rosolved, By the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Washing
ton in legislative session assembled:
That at the general election to be held in
this state on the Tuesday next succeeding
the first Monday in November, 1886, there
shall be submitted to the qualified electors of
this state for their approval and ratification.
or rejection. a proposal to amend the Con-
stitution of the State of Washington as fol-
lows:
Section IL of Article XII is hereby repealed
and Section and Section of Article VII
are amended to read as follows:
Section /. The power of taxation shall
never be suspended, surrendered or con-
tracted away. All taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class of subjects within the
territorial limits of the authority levying the
tax and shall be levied and collected for pub
lie purposes only. There shall be such exemp-
tions from taxation as the legislature by gen
eral law may provide. Nothing contained in
this section shall be construed to prevent the
enactment of graduated net income tax
law.
Section g. The legislature may vest the
corporate authorities of cities, towns, and
Villages w:.n p:y'cr TO make ioc2! improve,
taxation of property benefited. The leTisla-
ture shall have no power to at. the levy
and collation. OF taxes ty conf. r. cts.
towns other municipal corpor- tons for
county. city, town or other municipal par,
poses but for nj corporate purposes, oil
municipal corporations may Ee vcat d with
authority to assess and collect 4 :. subject
4to 1@e~- tr4,1
impose; such taxes shall be unitc-,n n re-
spect to persons and property win the
jurisdiction of the body levying the same.
And Be 1t Further Rescued, IT the Sec
rotary of state shall cause the forc-c-ng coli.
gtitutional omcndnicn to be published for at
don in weekly newspaper in evorJ county
where newspaper is published throughout
the state.
Passed the Senate March IA. 1895.
VICTOR A. METERS,
President of The Senate,
Passed the House March IA, 1895.
ROM. F. WA,DnoN,
Speaker oj tie Ho1se.
Filled in the Office O. the Secretary of st,.te.
March 20, 1885.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20
Be 1t Resolved BY the Sanate and the
House of Representatives of the Stat. of
Washington in legislative session assembled:
That, at the general election to be held in
this state on Tuesday next succeeding tue
first Monday in November, 1885, there shall
be submitted to the qualified electors of this
state for their approval and ratification, or
rejection, an amendment to Section 90 of
Article of the Constitution CT the State of
Washington, SO that the same when amended
shall read as follows:
Section 90. Each member of the legisla-
ture shall receive for his services i've dollars
for each days attendance f4,1 five dollars
per day for expenses DUR the session, and
ten cents for every mil y. str'l travel in
ofping to and returning frcsn The place of
meeting of the legislature. ca the most usual
route
Passed the Senate March Q, 1885.
VIcToa a. MEYERS,
President OF the Senate.
Passed the House March IA 1895.
RoBT. F. WALpBoN,
Speaker Of the House.
Riled in the ONCE of the Secretary of State,
March 10, 1885.