Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-02-16
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
MEASURE INTENDED TO RAISE
MONEY FOR BENEFIT OF
SCHOOL FUND.
Places Tax on Incomes Of Persons
Firms, Corporations and Associa-
tions.-Senators Engage In
TaIkfest.

Salt Lake City.-The Page income
tax measure was appro--d by the
house on February o. The measure
provides that all persons, firms, cor.
porations and associations in the state
shall pay to the state per cent of
their incomes.
After the income exceeds $4,000 a
graduated income tax known as an
additional tax is placed upon such in.
comes. The gradual income tax
reaches as high as 10 per cent of the
income. depending upon the amount.
Single persons receiving an income
OF $4,000 or less are exempted from
the operations of the law. Married
persons are exempted to the extent of
| $4,000.
All Moneys collected under the
provisions OF the income tax law are
to be given to the school funds OF
the state.
Eight hours was fixed as the time
limit to which child labor shall ex-
tend during day by the passage Of
H. B. No. 43, y Mrs. Hayward. I'm
der the present law nine hours serv-
ice may be required Of children In
some industries.
A fee Of Is cents q head Is placed
on sheep and goats, and fee of 80
cents head on cattle and horses of
non-residents of the stae permitted to
Craze within the states boundaries,
by Senate Bill No. 10. by Wootton,
passed by the house.
The corrupt practice bill was passed
by the senate on February 0, along
with q measure providing for the ap-
pointment OF state supervisor Of
agriculture; bill providing that
freight charges on carloads Of coal
delivered TO any point shall be placed
on actual weight at point of delivery;
and the Mckay budget bill.
The members of the senate in
dulged in regular talkfest on Febru-
airy Q.
With the exception of Senator Col
ton, who was absent, and Senator
Clyde, every member took aprt In de-
bate at one time or another during
the afternoon. President Funk left
the chair twice to explain his views
on pending legislation.
Al the end of five weeks of work
the upper house of the state Iegisla-
ture had taken final action on thirty
two bills. an average Of a little under
one a day. During the same period
II had received twenty-three bills from
the lower house and introduced 1877
of its own.
A recapiulation Of the activities of
the senate shows that II had passed
twenty-eight senate bills and four
sent up from lie lower house. OF
this number eight have been passed
by both houses and five have been
signed by the governor and transmit
ted to the secretary of state.
Governor Bamberger has signed and
sent to Harden Bennion, secretary of
state. for official filing, the bill pro-
viding an appropriation Of $4,000 for
the recodificatiop Of the Utah statutes.
Official notification of the enact
ment of q statewide prohibition law
was sent to the sheriff OF each county
In the state last week by Governor
Simon Bamberger. The notice took
the form Of a personal letter ~ each
sheriff, In which that officer was
asked to cooperate with the chief ex-
ecutive in the strict enforcement of
the law, which is to become enective
August 1.
What Utah Is doing for her afflicted
and misguided boys and girls was
portrayed forcibly' to members Of the
legislature at Ogden on February 10.
when visit was paid to the state
industrial school, the school for deaf
and blind, both state institutions. the
home of the Martha society and the
Florence Crittenton home, all Of
which have asked Cor appropriations
from the present lee stature.
Members of the senate and house of
representatives Of the Utah legislature
went to Ogden on February 10 for the
purpose Of visiting tue industrial
school and the school for the deaf
and blind. At night the legislators
were guests of the Weber club of the
Junction city.
Nine members will compose a board
OF publicity for Utah II a bill intro
duced by Senator Armstrong In the
senate is passed. The purport OF the
bill is to collect information OF inter-
est and value to the people of the
world at large.
High cost OF living and the general
increase In foodstuffs throughout the
intermountain country were given by
K. s. Hinckley, head OF the state in
dustrial school, as the reason for in
creasing the maintenance estimate of
the institution $1,000 over the previ-
Gus two years.
In the four weeks the legislature
has been in session the senate has
dropped ninety-seven bills In the hop
per, and eleven have been handed in
by the lower house. or this number
the senate has passed eighteen. killed
Ave. consolidated two, tabled one.
Withdrawn one.
Compared with the session OF two
years ago. which was seven days In
trying to get organized. the present
legislature is more than six days be-
hind In its work IL was said that tba