Proceedings and Debates of the Convention Assembled to Adopt a Constitution for the State of Utah
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Revenue and Taxation
Revenue and Taxation
Section 1. The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of January unless changed by the Legislature.
Section 2. All property in the State, not exempt under the laws of United States or under this Constitution, shall be taxed in proportion to its value, to be ascertained as provided by law. The word property as used in this article is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, franchises and all matters and things (real, personal and mixed) capable of private ownership, but this shall not be construed so as to authorize the taxation of the stocks of any company or corporation when the property of such company or corporation represented by such stocks has been taxed. The Legislature shall provide by law for an annual tax sufficient, with other sources of revenue to defray the estimated ordinary expenses of the state for each fiscal year. And for the purpose of paying the State debt, if there be any, the Legislature shall provide for levying a tax annually, sufficient to pay the annual interest and principal of such debt within twenty years from the final passage of the law creating the debt.
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