Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-12
AGAIN FOR REVENUE.
St1Ie Sill mrFl Away at lilo
Finances
MANI AurNpMI,rs ARE MADE.


O'Clock tgdny. Tho ahitut senators
were Chamber', Barnrs, Allison anu
Zundel. Prayer was offered uy
senator Mckay.
Senator 70. o. Miller, ty request,
introduced Senate bill 40. providing
Tor Organization and government OF
drainage di'tric,J, 20 ptovIde Tor N,
acquisition u csnals, drains aud otbtl
property aud Tor the distribution oil
water thereby tor DRAINAGE purposes.
When 90, W a majority OF hulieu o
titia or evidence Of ullo 10 lands sus.
ceptible Of drainage from common
source aud by the same system desire
To drain same they may organize b
drainage district BY Hut presenting a
petition TO the county board o' C m.
missiouets after the ramr has been
published 10 some newspaper In the
county. The board shall dchue the
boundaries Of the district ami may la.
cludu other lands susceptible Of drain.
age In the tamo way.
After having dsnnod the boundaries
tho board shall Gull an election at
which no person shall vote unless he
bo a ifee-holicr ami possess the other
req uifrmrnts provided thereby.
Two..hif voting In tho Affirmative
tho commissioners shall declare the
territory orgauiEed NJ drainage die.
trlct and such officers a. may have re-
crived the highsut number Of votes
tiecleI For convenience, after or.
gunlEed, the district may DO divides
into election prcciucts with established
bouDuafl,s.
Elections shall be held IT tho same
time the next general election and BIZ
sunially thereafter Directors shall.
be- not les than thrco uor more than
fvoin number, sud shall choose their
president, secretary auI treasurer.
Dfhiuagc taxes may bu levied not
exceeding per cent OF the
value OF all properly In the
district and be- collected Ne Ia tho case
Of other tazea ana when not collected
JUL NfANlA' llNN NA ANN W INlAlH
Drainage tax shall be tqual.zed as
other tax by thn board OF commits
siOners. All work shall be done by
contract made with tue lowest tusIOn.
slblo bidder. Referred 20 the CON.
mitlee on irrigation aud agriculture.
THE HEvENUE BILL AuAIS.
AT 1928 the President announced
ss..sNNF.tHmHH..Ha 81
lion Of the revenue ill was Ia order.
He called Senator Candland 10 tho
chair and took d seat on the floor AZ the
side OF Senator Booth. Section 90
was the fret taken up, tho nIy-srcnnd
being the one at which the lawmakers
rested at the lime Of adjournment last
evening.
A communicates was received from
the House announcing that tOdy's
n0u.c0nCurfouca ~ lho Senate amend
nents Of g. Il. II relating 10 txemp.
tlons. Fllrd.
A comm unication was also received
from toe House announcing the
passage Of +. u. a pertaining 10 State
auditor Committee on ongt0tred ami
enrolled bills.
The revenue bill was discussed with
Wv" N'ANAANAN NAANNN A@HANHM w u ANANNN
wac taken until . pm,
This n tefnDOn the Senate resumed
consideration Of tho revenue bill. W
20 this point n great many Amenu-
meuts 10 the blll reported by the com.
mitteo had been made, anu thit after.
nOOn's session preserved the record uu-
broken, the changes being numerous.
A warning 0f further heated ditoua.
sion wss given by Warrum, who gave
notice u reconsideration Of the vote
by which the NOTWITHSTANDING clause
was passed. lie said no wanted 10
wait IN Chambers sud Jones were
present, 90 they wished 10 be- heard.
Cannon raised a point VI order that
the motion could not be reserved tlll
enough members could be secured to
defeat tue CLAUSE. lie wanted def.
mite time iixed when the motion 10 TO-.
consider would be inside.
WArrum then gave notice that be
would make the motion at the session
on Friday,
The Clau'e relating 10 the taxation Of
tue not proceeds u mines was then
further discussed, ami numerous
amendments made.
Sutherland moved 90 strike out tho
provision defining legitimate expense
u working mlucs. Allison anu Cen.
non opposed the mutiDu, as II would
enable mining companies 10 evAdo tax.
alton entirely. Tho motion was lost.
Drscoll moved TO strike out the
clause author 1iug the assessor 20 ez.
amlue tue bOUKs and acc uus OF min.
ing cgmpanlef, % ntCvftaiu asayfUaulu
property,
Sutherland supported the motion,
because no other company BOOKS were
subject o. suCu Inspection. Evans tJyk
atimllat position.
linoth opposed the mation,as did also
Cannon. The latter pointed out that
miniHg corporations we're the only
Iuts where net proceeds only wofv
taxed, aud tue only way Go ASCERTAIN
these was by such inspection, This
provision was not needed Tor uauas,
wuicn would bo glal o. ue taxed only
90 net proceeds while tho law uIfruIy
provided 10 Wctr,.lu tuDl property.
Allison Oppotrl tHu motion teuautt
| 10 10 prevailed there was go wav uu
uHfin Co ascertain tue net pTlgeuls W
mi nus cpmuIulef5 tvufy other UrFsuu
Hr company nan iaeEhiutis properly
Au1 h miaInr COM any fhuulI no DO.
warner uIgueI 200 favor % the u
! .t1u ns "a mH.rr .i toptls.I on baukrlu.
Cannon IS Warner rather suarp.
.y because %, tur AuePs ne.
grrIlgg upon tho theory that Two
NTuugr makt uRuL Hu poutw
ut That utuks were taamluuu
uul .U.J once year, but four uult..4uu