Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-19
Debate 10 The House as 10 What ihs
School faxes Shall Be.
TUE LEASING OF SCHOOL LANDS.
The Election, Bni Goes 10 ihc Goy'
cruur. - Business In Both
Houses Today.

cent to the enrolment committee. 10
viii be- eugrosscd and sent . thu Gov.
cfuor 90 soon a. practicable. itwill
be- remembered that this bill aims 10 dO
away with tho Utah Comm aion, but
Of coursu u will 10 into effect only
with the consent Of COngrtFH. o.
approval of thu bill by Congrtss, u Will
100 into eject, but without fucl up.
ppvnl u VIII be nughtory. Ihv pucs.
ton b, VIII Congress approve this OIL,
uud 10 20, when2
The msltcr VI leasing SCHOOL lsuls,
treated Of in the report OF ihr ilgu.c
[ committee ON ways ana mennsi given
il uli below, b. an important one,
/ which has not heretofore rtc'iFoi the
htipltiou 10 merits. should tAU House
judiciary committee report lu favor ui
/ che Proposition that the Legislature
/ may control the matter 70 la iUiugYat
| conclusion that law viii h. Vussud
pruvidiug TOT genefuuh revenue from
/ tnut source, which viii materially
| lessen the burden of taxation luf tuc
support VI schools. Whether tho tenn.
/ tory On tnc respective counties viii
/ have the full tcuunt Of tliiH revenue,
OF whether 10 will be divided, 10 10
| matter that viii have 10 be- i1ueui out
] in tue Assembly. salt Laku county
] members viii probably insist that tLu
receipts on lcsses u school Janus shall
come 10 thc Territorial treasury, wuilr
Il l1ust some Of the country mumbsis
VIII content Tor IL to 20 ~ tue county
! TREASURES.
II. Is. ll5, substitute for IA. u. q,
Warmers general revenue biIl, came
up ia the House ~ special order III
1880 am. touay. The fiut htCiiJn
pToyldCs n tax Of three ana uuu.ioItlu
mills Tor Territorial purpose; thWi
mills f0t district school purpose, 10
create the Territorial schoul Iuua;
county school tax not exceeding two
mills, TO be fixed by tho county C0uu;
"a general county tax not q uxuuuu
thfrei mills, also t1lbO fixed by county
COURT anu special tax f0f county
purposes no. exceeding two mills, 10
10 lowed only ultef an tiHilgu huuli
10 held ~ winch mni1rity 81 tho
yuacu shall DO In favor ui 70. NAilau
moved 10 make the Territorial school
tax twJ miilt instead OF three. Without
debate the motion prevailed, III ltch
| then mOytd 10 Increase tho county
school tax ir0m two 10 i've mills, aud
In support VI he motion said that many
| % tho outlying counties could not
maintain n Tree school System without
a county school tax OF more than two
| mills. The debate on HatCh'a
motion led some " the mem.
hers 10 zee the utuit Of Nnfiau's
amendment and Nebrkuf moved u
fecOrfidur H. a debate uusuui which
| gradually took Ia wider scope, until
the whole fiscal and educational policy
| OF the Territory were under discussion.
The Salt Lake county mcmlou held 10
the old position that the Territorial
school tax resulted IN Injustice 10 the
| city und county, btCausr II compelled
| them 10 help educate the Chiiufen VI
the outlying cluntius, and they COu.
tended for a reduction uf tue rate, Nv a.
70 thereby reduce that Injustice. Sew.
etAl country members cited the fact
that this city enjOyed the advantages
Of the University the support Of which
laid heavy burden on the whole Ter.
rtOry, which wasau 0i'rt 10 any Ia.
Justice Salt Late Ciiy aud county may
suffer under tue reTut0nsl Tax. inui-
dental ~ this issue wa discussed the
prOpfiuly Of the blate providing Tree
higher education Tor IT, children.
WINS was opposed 10 rs doing 90.
Vnrian agreed with him ~ 10 principle,
hut said the Univelsity existed aud
must be- maintained NegIly every mem.
Der who referred ~ this phase Of this
question agreed with WINS. Several
country members insisted that the
territorial school tax must not he made
loss than three mills, iJf u Il were,
many counties could no, maintain free
! schuOls maTe than tWt tutms Ia tue
year. Allan sail Il was unusual for a
state tax 10 DO levied iYr ,lr support OF
schools, and held that each county
should sustain IT, own schools, though
hs would lByor small territorial tax
10 nssist them. PauOD6 took similar
position. Hubbard thought the strong
should aid the weak ami tho equity
members generally weTr.w with him, Ntb.
ohcr'a motion 10 reconsider the vote by
which Variau's amendment was
carried, making the territorial school
tax two instead Of throu mills, pre-
vailed by vote Oi 10 10 7. ihs
means the House IL determined TO keep
up the rate OF the territorial school
tax, that the weaker c0uuuvs my Ge.
rive help from Salt Lake county for
school purpohos'
HOUSE.
The House met at llam. today.
Opening exercises The FLOWING Was
presented
by Tolion. Petition OF residents o.
piute asking lhata strip Oi Garfield
county about six miles wide DO an.
neXed TO the f1rmrr county
STANFORD, nom tho was snd means
committee, rendered ,hs igliowing TO.
porli
Mr.. SpeAkori Your committee ON ways
ami means bog lolya 90 luHoIi W follows!
Iwonly-twO counuos have reported on
school lands lu rrsruU 10 louise ro-u-
luton No. DO. box s.5rr lHn ana san
poio counties only received m"NoF1 from
leasing their lands bon lUa year l''-' Ton
counuos hAyo given ih. tHiJg.' moro ur
loss attention during ih. Fufl'''' cache
Kane, san Juan aud summit counties
havo NOT vet reported Tao To,ulns
received arc worry Imperfect ~ 70
acreage, class Ruu qualify 0l lands
etc, Tho following counties nave
taken no ncuOu toward leasing mo school
lands within their buuuDsrIes, hiilnrd,
I Al