The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-26
EOUALIzERS ARE
REDUCED BY ONE
Senate by Radical Action Dr.
miniSheS the Number of
State Officials.
CAN ACCEPT PASSES
UPPER HOUSE SEEMS TO FAVOR
FREE FARE

The senate yesterday afternoon passed
the bill raising the salaries of the MEM
Ders of the state board of equalization
from $500 to Sl.500. after amending it so as
TO make the number Of commissioners
three instead of four. as the board mas
always been constituted. and followed
TINS radical action by almost ultra-cOn-
sefNatlsm by voting down an anti-pass
amendment offered by Senator Miller.
The discussion of the measure was
fraught with surprises. 1t is known as
mousse bill No. l9, by Robinson. and came
10 the senate from the lower mousse on
FEB. IL A favorable report was adopted
Feb. 49, and it was recommitted on Feb.
-. coming up again Feb. - and being re-
committed again.
As soon as it was presented yesterday,
Senator Miller moved to amend by pro-
hlhitlng the members of the board from
receiving any pass, frank. free service or
free transportation from any railroad.
street ear. telegraph. telephone, electric
light power. pipe line or express com
pany doing business in this state. The
amendment also provided that before any
member Of the board could receive his
salary he would be compelled to file with
the state auditor his affidavit reciting
that he mad lot received or accepted any
of the above mentioned gratuities.
Lawrence Favors 1t.
Senator Lawrence spoke in favor Of the
amendment. saying that it WIS his opiii-
ION that no member of the state board Of
from company that the board is re-
CURED to assess. Il hope" said the Salt
Lake man. that this anti-pass idea will
be made more sweeping before very
Senator Hulaniski. in characteristic
speech. opposed the Miller amendment,
saying.
Il don't favor singing out the board
Of equalization in this matter I take
the ground any man that can be influ-
enced -by the simple giving Of free trans
portatiun is no good anyway. and If such
man is on the board the taking away
from him by law of this privilege won't
make him any better. I MOULD like 10
see the anu-pass provision made more
islature dig down into their pockets and
turn in their passes | have draweT
full of them at home. and ] don't cOTs-
slider am airy more entitled TO them
than the board Of equalization, If you
will make this apply to everybody ] will
work for it and vote for it; otherwise
not"
The amendment was lost nv a vote az
] /, to > those voting in the affirmative be-
ing Walton. Miller. Benner Y. Smith,
Lawrence and Gardner
Number s Reduced
The amendment reducing the number of
members OF the board from four to
three was introduced by Senator Henry
Gardner. and before the senate had be-
come aware what was doing il had
passed by vote of TO Z. those voting
in the negative being Senators John Y.
Smith. Callister. Johnson. Miller Seely
HOllingsworth aud Clegg.
The bill was Their passed by q vote II
II to ?. Rasband. johnson and President
Love voting against X.
Shortly afterwards Senator Walton
moved that be reconsidered. having
discovered that while the number of Nom
bers was reduced the bin in another part
stipulstes how long the -four" commits
sioners are to serve and when their re-
spective terms expire. The motion was
carried and it was made a special order
for this afternoon, when an effort will
probably be made to restore the original
number and push through the ant-pass
amendment