Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-27
John c. Mackay Says It is a VI
cious and Dangerous Measure
SHOULD REMAIN OBSOLETE
put,I the Legislator. Meets Again,
when 10 should be Hepe"ied-
Mr.. maeissy's ifeasons.

TO the Editor.
The .'News' Of the nth inst pub
Ilshed a law, II. d. No. 1876. by Rich
ards. for the taxation Of transient
stock. The statement by Hicharus'
preceding the text of the bill IN err
roneous and unloading. In the hts'
placc no state can pass law. when
will be constitutional. taxing stock N
Transit. II II were possible. Il wcu'n
stop commerce. In wyoming they 'rien
10 enforce such law and failed
The result N that the citizen Is har-
neecd and put 10 unnecessary expense
TO defend himself nt law. The expense
and annoyance to the citizen, In trasi'
can not he estimated. nA he VIII nave
40 give bonds, and return 10 defend
himself TO that county and State whheh
brought suit After going through oi'
thc courts and reaching tho supreme
,.,.,, the county and State II defeated
Mil. a great bill " costs TO pay
The case which Mr.. Richards cites
ubout sheep being shipped from ~"
fornla II true. Some were uni. ,,,,,,
wnsntch. Utah, and some NJ HilnhTu,
WyomInE. The sheep unlot.ied w
Utah aid not remain IN the state pu,
n very short time. and came over nv"
wyoming, thence going on 70 -
br,ska' Rid sheep were not taxhn'e
either in Utah OF wyoming, ana MI y
right 10 travel from one cnd OF VI.
continent 90 tho other. " WIS 'hw
enforced. the expense and annoyance
will fall principally upon teH'ue"' Wv"
rar lna,anoe. n man living In Salt
Lake county. holding really ~ SUI
county. winters sheep In Willard coun-
~. two hundred miles distant H.n
his home. lie has two men Win ~
herd. The assessor comes our m'er Wv
firat OF January and assenres ,ns snv ,,l,
hsad. The herdcrn are not acquainted
In said county. and do not haNe
IN. cnsh. and then the collector pro.
recds under distress aud sale OF ta,n
shccp 60 collect the taxes. The hera-
era are probably nfty miles OF moa.
away from any poatoiilcc. anu enhno'
communicate with the owner. beslucr.
~ he owner receives notice. he would
moi be able TO get rurctica ~ n"u
county. although he owned t1v.v' IN
r.aity in anit Lake county. ana =" re-
ouirc the ten cents per hcad ~ turcS
II an outrage upon him. Sheep men
are ar honorable and lust In payihk
tnres upon their property ms any o'n''
class Of citizens. -.
II ~ not a fact that great hummer
of sheep are brought Into utah ~
rcrid.nta OF adjoining states.
tru. that n few citizens and residents
OF Utah keeping their sheep ~ adjoln-
ing states may bring said sheep into
Vtnh for one or two months IN shch
yenr, The proceeds 81 said sheep com"
10 Utah for the suatenancc OF the own
.rr and their families and Improve
mcnts OF their homes. For 40 short
period. 1 think they should not pc
faxed in Utah, ~ Utah gets "a great
benefit from said sheep.
Every section of this law " vicious
and obnoxlour, and will cngcndcr In the
citizen hatred and luminosity towards
the law md the officers who VIII try
10 enforce II. II should remain obHo-
i.ts. and be repealed an soon ~ an
other legislature meets. The produc.
ing mnsaea are taxed too much, ana
harm vaed and hampercd On every turn
nv obnoxloun legislation. The Amcfl-
can people ARE suffering from too much
legislation. and II would be great
benefit and relief n u number of the
laws In the different states We're re-
pcaied, and fewer laws enacted In the
future.
Respectfully.
JOHN &. MAckAf.