said section will read a
"Section 1. The power of tax a
tion shall never be surrendered, sus
pended or contracted away Taxes
shall be uniform upon the same class
of subjects, and shall be levied and
collected for public purposes, but
public burying grounds public
school houses, public hospitals, acad
emies, colleges, universities, and all
seminaries of learning, all churches,
church property, and houses of wor
ship, institutions of purely publio
charity, and public property used ex
clusively for any public purpose, shall
be exempt from taxation, and there
may be exempted from taxation
household goods, wearing apparel,
agricultural products the posses
sion of the producer thereof, tools,
implements and machlneiy and all
real and personal property owned by
county agriciiltui al societies and used
for holding agricultural faiis, to such
an extent and in such manner as the
legislature may determine Taxes
may be imposed on incomes, privil
eges and occupations which taxes
may be graduated and progressive
and the exemption of a leasonable
amount of income from taxation may
be provided, and such fix es may be
in lieu of taxes on any class or
classes of personal property as the
legislatuie may determine Pro\idi.d
that the legislature may authorize
municipal corporations to levy a'ld
collect assessments for local improve
ment upon propei ty benefited there
by without regaid to a cash valua
tion, and, provided fuithor, that notn
Ing heiein contained shall be con
strued to affect modify or repeal any
existing law providing for the tax a
tion of the gross earnings of rail
loads.
