The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1911-01-21
GOVERNOR SpRrS MESSAGE
Utah's Chief Executive Recommends
Important Legislation In the In
terest of the People.

sage to the Utah legislature, in which
he recommended important legisla-
ton in the interest of the people of
the commonwealth.
Governor Spry began his message
by calling the attention of the law.
makers to the fact that 1t was their
duty to choose a United States sena
tor to represent this state.
He then devoted a paragraph to To-
cal option legislation, in accordance
with the platform on which the Re-
publican legislators were elected, de
scribing the passage of such a bill as
one of the first and most important
duties before the legislature. This
means local option with cities of the
first and second class as units, and
counties outside the cities as units,
the matter to be. submitted to the
people for adoption or rejection with.
in sixty days after une legislature ad.
| journs.'
The present revenue laws of the
| state were characterized by the gov
ernor as ancient unjust, unfair and
inadequate" and he recommended
their revision.
The lack of uniformity among as
SCISSORS in making their appraise.
ments was decried by the governor,
who advocated more uniformity and
'eduction in the tax levies.
In reviewing the annual reports of
The state officers and state institu
tons, the governor concurred with
them in many recommendation for
new legislation, and for Improvements
in state buildings, and declared that
q new state capitol is an imperative
necessity. The governor had words
of praise for all of the state officers
in the disc barge of their duties, and
urged that more stringent laws be
made to aid the state officials in the
conduct of the affairs of the state, es
pecially advising legislation that
would aid the state food and dairy de-
partment in the enforcement of the
pure food law and it's fight for clean
Illness in slaughter houses, dairies,
etc.
The governor was particularly lib.
eral in his recommendations for the
betterment of the different schools OF
the state, the University of Utah and
the Agricultural College being highly
commended, and their pleas for addi.
tional buildings being heartily sec.
onded by the governor. The work Of
the management Oh the State Indus
trial school was commended, as were
the methods in vogue at the State
Mental hospital at Provo. For the
Utah school for the deaf and blind,
the governor asked an appropriation
Of $13,750, that the pupils may be
taught agriculture.
Concerning the workshop for the
| adult Hind nCto hliChn6 In Coli
Lake City, the governor is not very
enthusiastic. He pointed out in his
message that not very many blind
lad taken advantage or it, and he
recommended that, if continued, it be
continued in connection with the
state school for the blind.
1t is suggested that amendments be
made to Incorporation law, raising
he license fees for the big corpora.
tons, and making the regulations
more stringent. The governor also
suggests a new banking law, to re.
place the onei now in force passed in
1888. Legislation is also asked with
regard to the Inheritance tax.
More money is asked for the state
bureau of statistics that It may IN.
clude in its work that of an immigra.
ton bureau. The need for the contin,
uation of such bureau, and the extern
sion of its work is emphasized
More powers and a possible deputy
for the state insurance commissioner
were recommended by the governor
Under the Dick law, If Utah gets an
other congressman, it will also have
to support a national guard of 400
strong, instead of 300. Legislation
looking to new armory for the Utah
national guard is urged.
Governor Spry deplored the fact that
the state board of sheep commission
ers ran out of funds, and he urged
legislation which would make the
board self supporting.
The work of the state road commits
sion was reviewed, and law recon
mended, making abutting property
owners responsible for the irrigation
ditch nuisance, SO prevalent in this
state.
The governor urged that the II
brary gymnasium commission be abol
lshed and its work assigned to the
state board of education.
Amendments to the juvenile cour
law, as urged by the state juvenile
court commission, are urged.
The governor reported that 2,56;
names had been secured by the In
liam war record commission. He urg
I'd that any further work of that ma
lure come before the adjutant general
IN the meantime he urged the legisla
'ure to pass the names of those en-
"olled by the commission on to con
, Sress that the persons so named ma!
'eceive pensions.
, In his recommendation for a public
'ervice commission, Governor Spry
imply repeated verbatim what he haC
III this subject two years ago.