The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-20


cent; on $4,000 or more. four per cent.
/ The county assessors blanks shall be
/ changed so as to include a statement
/ OF the taxpayers income, whatever ii
I may be, and a separate affidavit of
the correctness of such statement shall
be made when the net income exceeds
$1,000, and the affidavit shall be- kept
on file by the assessor. A willfully
false or misleading statement by the
taxpayer who has made the last named
or any affidavit. shall subject him to
prosecution as in other cases of per-
jury.
Sec. 2. AS soon as practicable after
the appointment of an administrator
of an estate by the probate court, or
the recognition or appointment of ex-
ecutor of will by such court, it shall
be the duty. of the assessor to investi-
gate the condition and circumstances
of the estate. The assessor shall be
entitled without charge to examine all
or any records in the case, and to OBJ
tain proper information relating there
to from the administrator or executor,
and the willful withholding or perver-
sion of such information to the detri-
ment of the state shall be a misde-
meanor. Having ascertained the value
of the estate and any other needed in
! formation, the assessor shall proceed
to levy a tax on all inheritances. be-
quests, devices, or gifts, in money or
ON4ACA PiOptsby, COliii1lS lIOtIi Liz SSldlC
and exceeding $1,000 in value, as fol-
lows: Over $1,000 and under $4,000.
one per cent: over $4,000 and under
$4,000, two per cent; over $4,000 and
under $4,000, three per cent; over $780,
600 and under $4,000. four per cent;
over $4,000, five per cent. The levy
shall constitute a lien as in other tax
cases, and shall be paid before the in
heritance, bequest, device, or gift is
passed or belongs to the ones to whom
the money or property of the estate
descends, and shall be paid in prefer
ence to any other lien, claim, or obli
cation whatever.
Sec. s. All acts or parts of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby re-
Dealed.
MANY EXPLANATIONS.
Nearly ever member desired to ex-
plain his vote on this measure. Some |
voted against it because it provided
for an income tax, and some because |
it imposed an Inheritance tax, and
others because it covered both. 1t was
defeated by vote of 13 ayes to %
nays, the vote in detail being as fol- |
lows:
Yeas-Dresser. Kenner, Mrs La
Barthe, Mangan, Murdoch, O'Brien, |
Oveson, Price, Ray, N. C. Sorensen, A.
P. Sorensen, Thomson. Perkins-13.
Nays-Mrs. Anderson, Bennion, Cal !
Greenwood, Hanson. Hardy, Hopkin, !
Lennon, Lund, MaXheld, Mckay, |
Parry, Robinson, Romney, Shepard, |
Stewart, Sloan, Taylor, Thoreson,
Wheeler, Wilson'S.
Absent and not voting-S. N. Cook. |
Greer, For9hee, o. G. Kimball, Joseph |
Kimball, Martin, Roylance-7.
The vote was recorded on the jour-
nal.
SCHOOL FUNDS.
House bill No. SO, by O'Brien, author
izing municipalities and school boards |
and school districts to fund the /
floating Indebtedness existing at the |
time Utah was admitted as a state,
was placed on its passage. but it re-
ceived but 10 votes, less than the con-
stitutional majority, and Shepard and
O'Brien gave notice ef a reconsidera-
ton.
CATTLE INSPECTION.
1t was represented that many inter-
ested persons desired to be heard on
house bill No. 81, by n. C. Sorensen,
providing for the inspection of cattle
and horses at place of shipment, and
on S. n. Cooks motion the bill was
sent back to the live stock committee.
The senate informed the house that
it had refused to concur in the house
amendments TO Mrs. Cannon'S bill pro-
viding for the compulsory education of
deaf mutes and blind children, and
Mrs. La Barthe. Mangan and Bennion
were appointed members of the confer
ence committee.
IDAHO LEGISLATORS.
Sloan, on behalf of the special COM
mittee appointed to arrange for the re-
ception and entertainment of the Idaho
legislators, reported that a message
had been sent explaining to the Idaho
L. r;e<Ia
had made arrangements to visit the
agricultural college at Logan Satur-
day. but would be pleased to receive
them Sunday morning. The president
of the senate and speaker of the house
of the Idaho legislature had replied,
thanking the Utah body for its
consideration and this mes
sage was shortly followed by another,
saying:
We viii arrive Saturday morning"
The committee recommended that a
committee composed of those members
who were not intending to go to Lo
gan, be appointed to receive and en-
terrain the Idaho visitors.
This recommendation was adopted
and Speaker Perkins, Joseph Kimball,
Sloan and Martin were appointed as
such committee. They are expected to
act in conjunction with the chamber
Of commerce in the reception and en-
of the legislators
COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The railroad committee recommended
the rejection of house bill No. "a, by
Shepard, prohibiting railroad incorpor-
atoms from acquiring control of COM
Deting lines.
The education committee recon-
mended the passage of house bill No.
95, authorizing a levy of SIS mills for
district school purposes in 1897 The
same committee reported favorably on
the Utah county petition, asking that
the law be so changed as to permit
district school trustees to hold the
money belonging to the district, it now
being held by the county treasurer.
The same committee also recommended I
the passage of Kimball's bin, author
izing boards of education to use their
sinking funds, as substitute for SEN
ate bill No. 81, on the same subject.
The appropriations committee re-
ported adversely on house joint reso-
luton No. ., making an appropriation {
of s.. 800 FOR an exhibit at the Ten
nessee centennial exposition.
WATER CERTIFICATES.
Mr.. Price introduced house bill No. ,
1913, to validate water certificates 1t i
provides that when such certificates |
have been issued by county selectmen, [
sitting as eX-officio water commission
ers. they are validated and confirmed
Mr.. Bennion introduced house bill No
l04, to prevent the adulteration of I
1t makes it unlawful for any s
person to manufacture. sell or have in {
his possession, with intent to sell, any 6