Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1936-08-06

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. z
Providing for the submission of pro-
posal to amend the Constitution Of the
State of Washington with respect to the
ing Section IL of Article XII and amend
ing Section and Section 9 Of Article VII
thereof.
Be 1t RESOLVED, 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Section ~ of Article xI is hereby repealed 75
and Section and Section OF Article WI
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 gem
eral law may provide. Nothing contained in
this section shall be construed to prevent tne
enactment Of graduated net income TAX
law.
Section Q. The legislature may vest the
corporate authorities Of cities. towns, and
villages with power to make loca! improve,
ments by special assessment, or by special
taxation of property benefited. The iegisla-
ture shall have no power to require the levy
and collection of taxes by counties, cities,
towns or other municipal corporations for
county, city, town or other municipal pur.
municipal corporations may be vested with
authority to assess and collect taxes. subject
to such restrictions as the legislature may
impose such taxes shall be uniform in re-
spect to persons and property within the
jurisdiction Of the body levying the same.
And Be 1t Further Resolved That the Sec
rotary of state shall cause the foregoing con-
stitutipnal amendment to be published for at
least three months next preceding the cleo
tion in weekly newspaper in every county
where a newspaper is published throughout
the state.
Passed the Senate March IA, 1896.
President Of the Senate.
Passed the House March IA. 1895.
RoBr. F. WALpRoN,
Speaker Of the House.
Filed in the office Of the Secretary of State,
March 20, 1885.
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 20
Be 1t RESOLVED, By the Senate and the
House of Representatives of the State of
Washington in legislative session assembled
That, at the general election to be held in
this state on 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. an amendment to Section 20 of
Article OF the Constitution of the State of
Washington. so that the same when amended
shall read as follows:
Section 20. Each member of the legisla-
ture shall receive for his services five dollars
for each days attendance and five dollars
per day for expenses during the session, and
ten cents for every mile he shall travel in
going to and returning from the place of
meeting of the legislature, on the most usual
route.
Passed the Senate March 9, 1895.
VICTOR A. MEYERS,
President Of the Senate.
Passed the House March IA, 1885.
RoBT. F. WALDRoN,
Speaker OF the House.
=. Ined in the ONCE of the Secretary of State,
March 10, 1885,