The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-17
Plan to Liquidate @the Utah
Debt"
A NEW WAY TO LEVY TAXES.
The Bills Cullom Would like to See
Paddle Echoes Murray In Using
the Appropriations as n whip.

late Governor are ensconced tin their
offices, or that they shortly vii: be,
and he directs them to make the follow
ing payments. The salaries of the off,
GERS named are fer two years, and one
half OF the amount is TO be paid each
year.
Territorial Superintendent OF Schools,
81 500; printing and contingent ex-
penses, $500.
Territorial Auditor. 50 900.
Territorial Librarian. $500.
Territorial Treasurer, 81 500.
Deficiency for witnesses, for 1SSi-S5,
$23, O6S %.
Messenger and expenses Executive
Office, s., go.
James JACK and Nephi Clayton. wit
ness fees and mileage in Rogerson case,
$3.50.
Zera Snow, legal services in Marshall
case, $50.
Benjamin Bachman, Clerk First Dis
trict. $75s %.
J. R. Wilkins, Clerk Second District,
81, 295.02.
{. T. sprague. Clerk Supreme Court,
John N. Zane, Clerk Third Distric-
/
Moving safe from Ogden to Beaver,
$500.
Educating deaf mutes in University
OF Deseret, 5000.
Orphans Home, Salt Lake. 1000.
Deseret University buildings, $50 600.
Court reporters, 5000.
4. c. Emerson, Clerk First District,
$5l9.45.
Expenses Territorial Insane Asylum,
two years, SIS, 600.
Witnesses and Jurors, criminal cases,
two years, S40,0
Jurors in civil cases, two years, $780,
600.
Insane Asylum debt, $4,000.
Territorial. INDECENT insane. So 54S.S5.
Miscellaneous liabilities Of the Insane
\ After all of the above (which IL will be
seen allows the roads and bridges
I throughout the Territory. with various
other important items which were IN
the appropriation bill 20 shift for them
selves the measure goes on with the
following proviso:
Pr0rided. That the Chancellor and
Bosrd Of Regents Of the University OF
Deseret and the trustees of the Orphans
Home. OF Salt Lake City. shall hereafter
be appointed by the Governor of said
Territory, and no payments shall be
made out OF the treasury of said Terri
tory on account of ssid- University or
| Orphans Home, until such appoint
ments shall have been thus made, and
said institutions shall have been thus
organized.
SEC. 2. That as the Legislative As
sembly of the Territory OF Utah has,
since the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-ive, failed and refused 10 ap-
propriate the funds necessary 10 repay
the amounts due to the United States
from said Territory on account Of
MONEYS advanced and paid out bv the
United States for costs and expenses Of
prosecutions for offenses against the
laws of the Territorial Legislature, f"
under the provisions Of the act en-
/ titled, IAN act in regard 70 courts and
/ judicial officers in the Territory of
Utah." approved June twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-four. and
for the costs and expenses of maintain
/ ing the Territorial penitentiary. the
GoYernor Of said Territory and the
Secretary of the Treasury are hereby
authorized and directed to forth with as
certain and determine the amount due
the United States on account of the ad-
vances so made as aforesaid.
SEC. 3. That the Auditor OF Public
accounts and the Treasurer OF the Ter
ritory of Utah, when they shall have
made the payments mentioned in the
first section of this act, are hereby
authorized and directed 10 pay into the
Treasury of the United States, out OF
any money in the treasury Of said
Territory not otherwise appro-
priated, such amounts as may, from
lime to time, become available
from the taxes collected in said Terri
tory for the years eighteen hundred
and elghty-six and eighteen hundred
and eighty-seven, and as the Governor
of said Territory NAV direct, such
amounts TO be applied IN payment OF
the indebtedness Of said Territory 10
the United States, as ascertained and
determined under the provisions Of the
second section OF this act.
SIC. 4. That when the Indebtedness
of the Territory of Utah TO the United
states snail have been ascertained and
determined as provided IN the second
section OF this act, the Governor,
auditor of public accounts. and trea-
SrIrer OF said Territory. shall proceed 70
estimate the amounts that will be paid
IN The United States on account Of such
Indebtedness under the provisions Of the
third section of this act; and
they are hereby authorized and directed
n thereupon levy s tax upon the
taxable property Of said Territory listed
on the tax-roIls, at 3 rate per centum
sufficient in four annual payments TO
provide for the payment OF the remain
ing portion Of the Indebtedness OF said
Tsrritorv TO the United States. Such
tsT sbsIf he so levied for four years, or
mil the aforesaid indebtedness OF said
Territorv of the United States shall
have been fully paid. and shall be col
iected an the same time and in the same
manner as other Territorial taxes are
collected. The laws Of said Territory in
relation to the collection OF said taxes,
and the District Courts Of said Tern
tory shall have the same powers and
jurisdiction in relation 70 the collection
~ aid taxes as are given 10 County
Courts in such matters under the laws