Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-29
THOSE AMENDMENTS.


salt Lake city oct, ., lsis.
To the Eater.
In your Issue Of she 25th Inst. nnd
an editorial headed 80 not fali 90 vote
on this" IN the course of which refer
cnce o. made TO Ave proposed amend
menu TO the State Constitution. and Ia
which you say. Among these l. one to
the c-ect that country districts
may be required 90 contribute 10 tho
support ~ city schools without giving
chem any voice IN the control Of those
schools etc.
feel that unintcniionally you have
crrouc1uaiy stated The results which
will follow the adoption OF the amend.
mont 10 which You rUfor.
The same imppHaion Is also conveyed.
Internationally believe, ln your editor
ial of Friday. oct itth. ~ the proposed
amendment 60 section y of article 10 uf
the state Constitution % carried. the
result Will DO that all % the taxable
property In a county will be assessed
igr county school purposes, ana
the amount - collected Will
boz distributed to both clty
and county schools according 20 thr
school population, Just aa tho taxes are
now collected ana distributed fOf STATE
school purposes ana Just a. same were
collected and distributed IN the Terri
tory of Utah, prior 10 Statehood.
The purpose uf our Lawmakers seems
always 10 have been 10 have the tax.
both state aud county Tor school pur-
poses, 20 levied that the wealthy ANA
pupuluua counties and cities should help
90 support The weak and poor, aud
tparavly populated districts. l ana
aware that objection has been made hy
aomu 90 this method from The beginning,
d.. b b. IT,.
body lu ltah, from the Time the Public
schools were lnauEuratod until the pres.
1ui, that has not after drlbrrailnE
on the matter, decided that the good of
the commonwealth demands that the
Tyatrm spoken 20 and BY which Che
strong and wealthy cities and counties
help the weaker districts and counties
shan prevail
ton in our state Constitution Hriicis
l0i. the following provision ucCurst "ln
cities OF fhe nrat ana second class. o..
public school system shall h-
maintained aud controlled hy fhr
board ~ education uf such cities. Hcp.
arnte and apart from the counties ln
which said cities are located. The
word maintain M used In this .sctiln
was not understood IN tho Constitution
"a Convention % mean supported By
boen made upon the High
school In the convention, al
nFht which was opposed by tho major. i
rs Of tho convention, and which gr. I
Huitrd In tho adoption % Section . u
the article referred 20 na u NOW stands. ]
section was not debated lu ths con.
Etntion tser page l,3sj, Vol ~. Proceed. ]
iugi ot Constitutional Convention Hui /
after being read was passed without ID /
thought that the section contemplated /
that the county schools outside ID
cities ~ tho nrHt and Frtlnl class
should not share IN tho county tax Ha-
sta8ed on an properties IN c1untlra CON.
tanning such cities, Had 70 ba.n
krlwn that such change was Du.
icmplntcd tho section could mover b,,.
Id On passed. The question D. #Impiy
this; II the system heretofore uri.r
me Territorial laws % Utah "a r.rr...f
one2 N ~ then the proposed amend,
rent 10 tho Constitution should III.
made. Tho fact that tho CHuat.tutl,B
was recently adopted should nod rr.,
vent correction ~ defect which
was never Intended and which shorten.
the school year of every dlHtr.rt s'b..I
In those counties having CITIES yf h.
nrst and second class. Tho nrsf gt.f.
Legislature attempted to carrs.t t.g
law tho cvll complained ~ ana p..
falling because of the decision ~ a..
supreme court that the Clnsfitpti'.
would not allow the tax collected tb.t
way; the next Legislature prorus.i .n
amendment 10 tho Constitution fl mo-,
mlt riFht On prevail, ana on thr 'u.I
people should vote, ana IL tbs "'
In Injurious % the public school. i,
not Zoo carly 90 correct tho Wrong
Yours truly.
GEORGE a. CANyOv