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Show Villa "Comes Back" -KI--"' COPYRIOHT MUTUAL FILM CORP. Notorious Mexican Outlaw In Characteristic Pose at Head of His Troops Now Said to be Leading Several Thousand Fairly Well Equipped Soldiers. ' "I believe this proposed amendment amend-ment should be "stated clearly and concisely and should involve only this question of the taxation of mines j and mining property. "The poor man bears a disproportionately dispropor-tionately large share of the burden of taxation. I would .recommend that an amendment to the constitution b3 , submitted, empowering the A-egisla ture to exempt homes and home, steads from taxation in a reasonable amount. Good Roads "The construction and maintenance mainte-nance of good roads is one of the most important duties of state and county governments, and I believe we should bend every energy to ac. complish more in this respect each year. Main arteries of travel linking link-ing the more populous centers of the state should be constructed. They should be constructed primarily for the use of the citizens of Utah, and secondarily for transcontinental motorists mo-torists whom we would welcome gladly to our state, remembering, however, ' that our first duty is to the people who are actually building build-ing up our commonwealth and paying pay-ing for the roads we build. We must also remember the importance of road construction in parts of the state remote from railroads. In such sections good highways provide the only means of transportation and each good road built in these parts of the state will pay for itself many times in increased farm values. "I wish the Legislature would look into the feasibility, of a plan for a bond issue for road building purposes, pur-poses, the interest and sinking fund to be provided by the returns from the motor vehicle tax. I believe that under our present system of the administration ad-ministration of state road funds there is a possibility of expending too much for overhead. Economy Necessary "Many requests will be received from state institutions for appropriations appropri-ations for new buildings. I wouldl suggest at this time the advisability of denyng all such requests, at least until the deficit is wiped out. The condition of the state treasury necessitates ne-cessitates such economy that it seema to me we must call a halt in our building program, In order to be in a position to meet the just obligations obliga-tions to which the credit of the 6tate is pledged. Public Utilities ' "Utah is one of two states the other one' being Delaware having little or no provision for the regulation regu-lation of public service corporations. Our statute books are almost barren on this most important subject. Almost Al-most every other state in the union has recognized the necessity for regulating reg-ulating these corporations upon which the public must now depend for its "very existence. "The members of this assembly are pledged to create a public utilities utili-ties commission which shall be charged charg-ed with the duty of establishing" and maintaining the mutual confidence and friendly relations of the public and the public service corporations. Compilation of Laws "No compilation of the laws of Utah has been made since the complication com-plication of 1907. 3u each session of the Legislature since 1907 important im-portant changes in the statutes have been made and the need of a compilation compi-lation is urgent. The copies of the compiled laws of 1907 and of the session laws of each Legislature are becoming scarce and a new com pilation or a reprinting of the various vari-ous volumes of session laws is necessary. nec-essary. I recommend "that the governor gov-ernor be authorized to name a compilation com-pilation commission to compile and rearrange the laws and that an appropriation ap-propriation for ' that purpose be made. Nonpartisan Elections "Utah has finally and definitely succeeded in removing the schools from any real vestige of partisan political po-litical influence. It remains for this state to do the same service for the judiciary. Utah courts should be above any suggestion of political consideration. "Apparently the most ifeaibjle method of taking the courts entirely entire-ly out of politics Is to provide for the nonpartisan selection of judges when no general election Is being held. "Recently there has been much criticism of the public for its lack of interest In school elections. Permit Per-mit me to suggest that members of school boards and other school officers of-ficers and judges of our various courts be selected at the same election elec-tion In a non-partisan manner. Such a method, I believe, would have the effect of arousing greater Interest In our school elections without detract- ing at all from the interest in the selecion of the judiciary. "I respectfully recommend that the Legislature advise itself by investigation investi-gation as to the feasibility of this plan, |