The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-02-17

cured under the provisions of the
Carey act, and a sinking fund is Gre
ated from the proceeds of the sale OF
! waters.
TAXING MORTGAGES.
Mr.. Thoreson introduced house bill
No. 92, providing for the taxation of
mortgages and state lands. The value
of mortgage or deed of trust shall be
! deducted from the value of the prop
! erty for purposes of assessment, and
/ taxed to the owner of the mortgage.
! The taxes on property and mortgage
may be paid by either party II the
tax on the mortgage is paid by the
owner of the property, it shall con-
stitute a payment on the mortgage,
and if the property tax is paid by the
MORTGAGE, the amount shall be added
to the debt secured by the mortgage.
Any contract by which a debtor is re-
quired to pay any tax on a mortgage
or other lien shall, as I'd such tax, be
null and void.
The owner of lands sold by the state
for which no patent has been issued
shall be entitled TO a deduction from
the assessed valuation in the amount
due the state upon the purchase price.
Mr.. O'Brien introduced house bill No.
SO, permitting counties, cities, towns.
school boards and school districts to
fund the floating Indebtedness existing
at the time Utah was admitted as
state.
PAYMENT OF ELECTION JUDGES.
House bill No. SO, by Kenner, for the
compensation of election judges of 1896,
was passed without debate. Greer vot-
ing no and expressing the opinion that
the measure was unconstitutional.
USE OF COUNTY JAILS.
House bill No. 20. by Shepard, to per-
nit the use of county jails for the con-
finement of United States prisoners,
was passed, without debate. Such pris-
oners shall be kept in the county jails
upon such terms as may be agreed
upon by the county authorities and the
United States.
House bill No. IS, by Kenner, regu-
lating paWnbrokers and secondhand
dealers, was taken up on third read
ing. Its provisions are similar to those
of the Salt Lake City ordinance.
After a lengthy discussion of the
rights of the pawnbrokers and the
rights of those in financial distress, the
bill was passed without amendment
by a vote of 80 to Is.
House joint resolution No. 7, by Ben
Mon, proposing to so amend the con-
stiuution as to permit the taxation of
cities of the first and second class for
the support of the county schools, was
taken up on its third reading. Under
a recent decision of the supreme court,
cities of these classes. which support
and maintain their own schools sepa-
rate from the county schools, cannot
be taxed for the support of the latter.
THE ALFALFAS SOLID.
The proposed amendment would af-
feet only the counties of Salt Lake and
Weber and the cities of Salt Lake and
Ogden. The country members were
arrayed solidly in support of the resolU-
ton, and were aided by some of the
Salt Lake City members, leaving but
half dozen to oppose it The opponents
fought for a postponement| 90 the even
ing session, apparently in the hope that
the attendance would be light and it
would be difficult to secure the neceS-
Sary two-thirdS vote. The supporters
of the measure were successful in their
efforts to crowd it through to a vote.
Thoreson and Roylance were the lead
ers on the side of the resolution, and
Shepard, Wilson and O'Brien led the
opposition.
After a number of amendments had
been offered and voted down, Wilson
offered the following, as an amend
ment to the section:
In counties where there are cities of
the first and second class. such counties
shall be subject to a general tax to
maintain and control such cities of the
first and second class
Wilson submitted that there was just
as much reason for his amendment as
for the Bennion proposition. 1t was
just as fair for the county to pay a tax
for the support of the city as for the
city to pay tax for the support of
the county.
Thomson, Pop), believed in local |
self government, and was opposed TO |
the measure.
Bennion declared it was simply
question OF a free school system or /
the opposite. The taxes of the city /
should be distributed over the whole !
and the city children should !
have no advantage over the country
children.
Thoreson suggested, as an amend !
ment to Wilson's amendment, that !
where there were rich and poor parents |
living in the same cities, all parents |
should educate their own children, and |
orphans should not be educated at all. |
1t was, he said, simply a question as |
to whether the rich should educate |
their own children and the poor be |
to do what they could with |
their own. The constitution provided /!
that the school system should be uni |
form throughout the state.
wilson s amendment was rejected, !
and O'Brien offered another, striking |
out the entire section which provides 1
that the schools of cities of the first |
and second class shall be maintained /
and controlled separately from the |
schools. He wanted, he said,
to test the sincerity of these members
who were so fearful that they would
not have a uniform school system. Pass
this amendment and he would guar
antee that the system would be uni
form. His amendment received but
three votes.
Hansen called attention to the fact
that on next Saturday the county
schools of Salt Lake county would be
closed by lack of funds, while thescity
schools would go on. That was not
right.
Greer thought the rich cities should
be taxed to educate the poor districts
Of the county.
Romney declared Salt Lake City had
her own taxes to pay, and they were
already much higher than the county
axes The rich of Salt Lake were sup
porting schools for the poor of Salt
Lake and should not be asked to also
support schools for the poor of the
entire county.
DotSon thought, were it not for the
country, the grass would be growing
n the streets of Salt Lake CITY, and
Why should not the city be taxed for
he benefit of the outside sections?
Sloan favored the resolution. The
people of the cities did not create the
wealth of the cities but ii was built up
md contributed by the people of the