Mr. President:

Your Committee of the Whole to whom was referred the general file, beg leave to report with the following recommendations:

That substitutes for Files Nos. 7, 26, 27. 41. 54 and 55, subdivision on Public Indebtedness, be amended in Sec. 2 and 4 by inserting in first line after the word “debt" the words “in excess of the taxes for the current year.”

Strike out in Sec. 5, in the seventh line, the words “water works and,” and add at the end of said section: “Debts contracted for supplying water to such city or town are excepted from the operation of this section.”

Amend Sec. 7 by striking out in fifth line the words “nor shall” and insert in the fifth line, after the word “state,” the words “shall not.”

Amend said file, subdivision on Taxes and Revenue, by substituting the following for Sec. 13.

Section 13. That the duties of the state board shall be as follows: To fix a valuation each year for the assessment of live stock and to notify the several county boards of equalization of the rate so fixed at least ten days before the date fixed for beginning assessments; to assess at their actual value, the franchises, roadway, roadbed, rails and polling stock and all other property used in the operation of all railroads, and other common carriers, except machine shops, rolling mills and hotels in this state. Such assessed valuation shall be apportioned to the counties in which said roads and common carriers are located, as a basis of taxation for such property, Provided that the assessment so made shall not apply to incorporated towns and cities; said board shall also have power to equalize the valuation on all property in the several counties for the state revenue and such other duties as may be prescribed by law.

That the following be substituted for Sec. 14 of said file:

Sec. 14. All property, except as in this constitution otherwise provided, shall be uniformly assessed for taxation and the legislature shall prescribe such legislation as shall secure a just valuation for of all property, real and personal.

And your committee recommends that said substitutes for Files No. 7, 26, 27, 41, 54 and 55 be adopted as amended.

That File No. 88, on “preamble,” be amended in Sec. 5 by striking out all after the word “debt” in the first line.

Amend Sec. 6 by striking out the words “or in any manner destroyed” in the second line.

Amend Sec. 10 by striking out the word “or” in the second line and inserting the word “and” in lieu thereof; also by striking out the word “desired” in the fourth line.

Strike out in Sec.14 in the first line the word “unless’’ and insert “except” in lieu thereof.

Strike out in Sec. 15 the last five words.

Strike out in Sec. 18 in line 4 the words “on account of his belief in God or the non-existence of God, nor.”

Strike out the last seven words in Sec.28.

And that said File No. 88 be adopted as amended.

J. A. JOHNSTON, Chairman.

• Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-25, Evening (introduced on 1889-09-25 00:00:00 - CREATE - e680199) [This document] [This moment shown]

• Report of the Committee of the Whole: 1889-09-25, Evening (introduced on 1889-09-25 00:00:00 - CREATE - e680199) [This document] [This moment shown] [view current proposal at this moment]
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