Show Gerald Willden and children of Nevada Mr and Mrs Don Voorhees Nevada Mr and Mrs Clinton Barton of Salt Lake are visiting her father John Mickelson Mrs Allen Allred and children are visiting in Mt Pleasant this week Roger Kay Hanson of Salt Lake spent the week end visitMrs Cathing his grandmother erine Willardson Mrs Ray Swallow went to Boise Idaho Sunday and will visit at the home of her daughter Mrs George Gowans Mr and Mrs Wm Christiansen and Mrs Kate Scow went to Salt Lake Mrs Monday Scow remained to visit at the home of Mr and Mrs Evan Kjar Mr and Mrs Robert Greaves of Salt Lake spent the week end visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Darald Anderson Berdie Clements of Price has been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Marion Christiansen Mr and Mrs Harvey Jensen and baby of Salt Lake have been visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Vest Mrs Welcome Jensen has returned from a visit with her daughters and families Mr and Mrs Rex Coates in Pleasant Grove Mr and Mrs Ashley Nelson and Mr and Mrs Phillip Black in Lehi She also visited a sister Mr and Mrs Samuel Webb and a granddaughter and family Mr and Mrs Don in Lehi Mrs Jensen was joined by Mr Jensen for the Michael Jensen family reunion in Provo and the Brigham Jensen reunion at Payson Mrs HJR Legal notices 2 No By Messrs Stringham and Hopkin OF A JOINT RESOLUTION THE SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES O F OF THE THIRTY SECOND LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF UTAH PROPOSING TO AMEND SECX OF TION 3 OF ARTICLE OF THE CONSTITUTION UTAH OF THE STATE PROVIDING FOR PROCEEDS OF SALE OF SCHOOL LANDS AND MINFROM ROYALTIES ERAL LEASES OF SCHOOL TO BE A PART LANDS OF THE STATE SCHOOL FUND Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof: Section It is proposed to amend Sec 3 of Article X of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read: of the Sec 3 The proceeds sales of all lands that have been or may hereafter be United States the by granted to this state for the support of the common schools royalties received by the state as a result of mineral leases of lands that have been or may hereafter be granted by the United States to this state for support of the common schools and five per centum of the net roceeds of the sales of United tates public lands lying within the state and sold by the United States subsequent to HJR No the admission of this stale into the Union shall be and remain a permanent fund to be called the State School Fund the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools The interest on the State of School Fund the proceeds all property that may accrua to the state by the escheat or forfeiture all unclaimed shares and dividends of any corporation inconiorated under the laws of this state the proceeds of the sales of timber and the rentals received by the state from school and state lands other than those granted for specific purposes shall with such other revenues as the legislature may from time to time allot thereto constitute a fund to be known as the Uni- 2 By Messrs G Douglas Taylor Edward C Larsen and Howe PROJOINT RESOLUTION POSING AN AMENDMENT 11 OF ARTITO SECTION CLE XIII OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE TO OF UTAH RELATING SYSTEMS OF PUBLIC ACTHE UNDER COUNTING TAX LAWS OF THE STATE A Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah of all members elected to each of the two houses voting in favor thereof : Section It is proposed to amend Section 11 of Article XIII of the Constitution of the State of Utah so that the same shall read as follows: Section 11 There shall be a State Tax Commission consisting of four members not more than two of whom shall beto the same political long party The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the consent of the Senate for such terms of office as may be provided by law The State Tax Commission shall administer and supervise the tax laws of the State It shall assess mines and public utilities and adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of property among the several counties It shall have such H J R No form School Fund which Uniform School Fund shall be maintained and used for the support of the common and public schools of the state and apportioned in such manner as the legislature shall provide 7 The provisions of Section Article XIII of this Constitution shall be construed as limitation in the rate of taxation on tangible property for district school purposes and not on the amount of funds available therefor and further no moneys allocated to the Uniform School Fund shall be considered in fixing the rates of taxation specified in Section 7 of Article XIII Section 2 The Secretary of State is directed to submit this amendment to the proposed electors of the State of Utah at the next general election in the manner provided by law other powers of original assessment as the Legislature may provide Under such regulations in such cases and within such limitations as the Legisit shall lature may prescribe review proposed bond issues revise the tax levies of local and units equalgovernmental ize the assessment and valuation of property within the counties the duties imposed upon the State Board of Equalization by the Constitution and Laws of this State shall be performed by the State Tax Commission In each county of this State there shall be a County Board of of Equalization consisting the Board of County Commissioners of the said county The County Boards of Equalization shall adjust and equalize the valuation and assessment of the real and personal property within their respective counties subject to such regulation and control by the State Tax as may be preCommission scribed by law The State Tax and the County Commission of Equalization shall Boards each have such other powers by the as may be prescribed Legislature Section 2 The Secretary of State is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law Section 3 If adopted by the electors of the state this amendment shall take effect the first day of January 1959 water for 7 14 PRORESOLUTION ARTO AMEND TICLE VI SECTION 9 OF OF CONSTITUTION THE THE STATE OF UTAH RE-- ‘ TO COMPENSALATING OF OF MEMBERS TION THE LEGISLATURE Be if resolved by the Legislature of the State of Utah of all members elected to each of the two A SJR No By Mssrs Brewster Welch Sheffield Howe and Bennion Irrigation JOINT POSING houses voting in favor thereof: It is proposed to Section amend Article VI Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Utah to read as follows: Section 9 The members of the Legislature shall receive not exsuch compensation ceeding $500 a year for the legislative term and expenses law while actuas provided by ally in session and mileage as provided by law Section 2 The Secretary of State is directed to submit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election in the manner provided by law Section 3 This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electors of the state Mayfield flews Sept 4 FAMILY REUNION The Jacob Hanson family reunion was held at the Mayfield Park Sunday About 68 were in attendance Out of town relatives were: Mr and Mrs Carl Hatfield arid children of Midvale Mrs Alf St John and children of Salt Lake and Mr and Mrs Ralph Sudweeks and children and Mr and Mrs Myron Dennison and children of Salt Lake The afternoon was spent playing games and having a program after which dinner was served Mr and Mrs Glade Peterson and children of Salt Lake spent the week end at the home jf Mr and Mrs N A Sorenson Mrs Frederick Jensen of Man-t- i is visiting parents Mr and Mrs Udell Christiansen The family of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Whitlock spent the holiday week end visiting in Those present were Mayfield Mr and Mrs Eldon Olson and children of Salt Lake Mr and hr The Written Word “Write today to those away” be seeing this thoughtful advice on posters in post offices railroad and airline terminals — In fact most everywhere you go The purpose is to remind you to participate in the 21st annual observance of National Letter Writing Week when it is hoped the sound of pens in motion will be heard from October 5th to 11th inclusive and from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon also inclusive Even though a postage stamp costs more than it uSed to a letter still remains the most economical visit to a distant friend and is likely to be even more lasting than one made in person Oddly enough a letter is frequently more personal than a visit since persona'-itis revealed more often in writing than in speaking And of course to make a letter really individual it should be in the author’s handwriting And speaking of authors it is worthy of thought how often the world’s great — from the ancient Greeks to the present day — are remembered by their letters And you may be sure that the biographers of the You’ll famous — authors statesmen soldiers philosophers scientists and businessmen — first steep themselves in all the personal communiques of their subject that can be found Spoken words vanish quickly on the empty air They may be easily misAnd even when understood their warmth and transcribed personal revelation seldom approach the emotional and depths so artlessly achieved in writing a letter to a kindred spirit And even if you do not expect that scholars will one day be searching attics and old trunks for your letters there's still another good reason for If you write a letter writing you might receive one! liilll txll a Sept 11 Mr and Mrs Erval Hanson recently visited at Las Vegas Nevada Mr and Mrs Evan Lyman and family spent a few days isiting at the home of his sister Mrs Orlin Hanson Mr and Mrs Jesse Bartholomew went to Salt Lake Sunday and visited at the homes of R Mrs their daughters F Thomas and Mrs John I Harvey then went to Layton and visited with Mr and Mrs Gail R Bartholomew Mr and Mrs George Gowans of Boise Idaho are the proud parents of a baby girl born Sept 2nd and was given the name Kathleen Kay Mrs Gowans is a daughteer of Mr and Mrs Ray Swallow Mr and Mrs Joseph Willardson and Mrs Catherine Willard-sowere week end visitors in at the home of Mr and Mrs & vof : Hopkins ROBEY The social security system is operated by the Federal Gov- ernment In contrast the pub- lie assistance program is a Federal-Statmatter with each state determining qualif cations for getting payments and what the state welfare payments individuals shall be The new Social Security bill for federal grants-in- to state welfare programs to be increased by an estimated the Administration believes the proportion provided by the Federal Government should be reduced and not increased as provided for in the bill It was the Secretary’s mendation that the public ance part of the bill be deleted and under questioning he mated that if this section is mitted to remain the President might conceivably veto the whole bill The Secretary was followed on the stand by tw0 both of whom representatives expressed the opinion the bill is an to the good except that u does not go far enough in the way of increasing benefits and several other witnesses took the same position What are the real facts? Qn the basis of about an 8 per cent increase in the cost of living since the agt hike Jn socjai security benefits it may even be poSsibIe to deveiop an argument in defense of an in crease On the other hand it must be remembered the social security system ia currently 0p- erating at a deficit — its outlay is greater than its revenues Existence of this deficit is one °f the reasons for increasing 0ASl t The estimated tax increase would be $18 billion more than 1957 This it is alleged will not only eliminate the deficit but will take care of the increased benefits too There is room for grave doubt in the years to atter expendi- incidentally are derived from genera funds of govern- ment and not from social secur- ty funds and therefore will add to the growing annual federal deficit follow- d WOuld do so Even more important is the possible effect of such a tax on prices About half of the total would be paid by employers To them it means an increase in the cost of production Today’s profits are not adequate to absorb such an increase in cost There would be a strong cy — jn many instances a to essit prices The Federal - State welfare program through deflcit would add tQ the Granted $288 mimon u a small fraction of a currently esti- mated billion deficit But a sma fraction wilI have an ef f and ln thls inslance u on the sde of lnflation This is not a matter of believing or not believing in social security Even the most ardent advocates of OASI must insist the system be operated on a sound basis and not simply re of dollars suit In a paying-ou- t which have a constantly declining purchasing power For that reason everyone including beneficiaries would be better off if we skipped this election year rise in social security and Federal-Statwelfare through increases Buy In Gunnison Valley — WIVWWMWWWWWWUWMMWWWWWWW favor and furnishings furniture Section It is proposed to equipment used exclusively by amend Article XIII Section 2 the owner thereof at his place in maintaining a of the Constitution of the State of abode of Utah to read as follows: hofne for himself and family exceed $3000 Section 2 All tangible prop- Property not to In value owned by disabled erty In the state not exempt persons who served in any war under the laws of the United the military service of the States or under this constitu- in United States or of the State of tion shall be taxed in proportion to Its value to be ascer- Utah and by the unmarried and minor orphans of widows tained as provided by law The such persons may be exempted property of the state counties towns cities school districts as the legislature may provide and The legislature shall provide municipal corporation annual tax sufpublic libraries lots with the bv law for an other sources of nulldlnes thereon used exclu- ficient with for revenue to defray the estieither religious wor sively of or charitable purposes mated shin ordinary expenses and places of burial not held the state for each fiscal year For the nurnose of paying the or used for private or corporate benefit shall be exempt state debt if anv there be the from taxation Water rights legislature rhall provide for ditches canals reservoirs levying a tax annually suffiplants pumping plants cient to nay the annual Interand lines est and to nay the principal ransmlsaion pipes within twenty flumes owned and used by of such debt dividuals or corporations for vnrs from the final passage Irrigating land within the stale of the law creating the debt owned by such Individuals or Section 2 The secretary of corporations or the Individual state Is directed to submit this members thereof shall not be proposed amendment to the separately taxed ns long as electors of the State of Utah used and they shall be owned at the next general election In exclusively for such purposes the manner provided by lew Power plants power transmisSection 3 If adopted by the sion lines and other property state this of this electors used for generating and destate this amendment shall a electrical power livering effect the first day of portion of which Is used for take 1930 for January pumping furnishing power For many months it has been predicted there would be an- other Social Security bill passed by Congress this year Starting in 1950 there has been a Social Security bill in every national year since including ’54 ’56 and now 1958 Some weeks ago the House Means Committee con- hearings on the general subject of social security with- out referring to any one par- ticular bill Out of those hear- ings came H R 13549 This bill passed the House by a vote of 375 to 2 and went to the Senate where it was referred to the Senate Finance Committee The Committee probably aware of a n date early adjournment limited hearings on the bill to tw0 days‘ In addition to many tecnnical c anges in the docu- ments the bill consists of two major parts first to increase social security (OASI) payments and second to increase federal welfare and public assistance payments through to the states welfare programs In connection with OASI the bill provides for an increase in benefit payments of seven per cent with a minimum of $3 per monthfor social security taxes to be increased effective next fare was the first witness to ap- before the Senate Finance pear L Committee He naturally pre- sented the thinking of the Administration which is that the changes in social security — both benefits and taxes — are desirable and should be enacted He said however that on the public assistance issue the Ad- ministration believed the situation to be quite different Not because present payments to beneficiaries of state welfare are deemed inadequate but because purposes Gunther Wangsgaard Welch and Sheffield thereof BY RALPH Social Security And Public Assistance probably more w on lands in the State of Utah may be exempted from taxation to the extent that such propery is used for such purshall These exemptions PRO- poses A JOINT RESOLUTION accrue to the benefit of the ARPOSING TO AMEND of water so pumped users TICLE XIII SECTION 2 OF as the such regulations under OF THE CONSTITUTION legislature may prescribe The THE STATE OF UTAH REtaxes of the indigent poor may LATING TO TANGIBLE be remitted or abated at such PROPERTIES EXEMPT times and in such manner as FROM TAXATION The may be provided by law Be it resolved by the Legislalegislature may provide for the ture of the State of Utah exemption from taxation of perand homesteads homes all members of exceed elected to each of the two sonal property not to $2000 in value for homes and houses voting in homesteads and all household By Mssrs GtritnisoillNes Molan Peterson Mr and Mrs Lee Anderson Gunnison 8 an pete County Utah and children of Provo have Thurs Sept II 1958 Page 8 been visiting her mother Mrs Ida Whitlock with Mr and Mrs Mrs Elizabeth Wheat and dau- - visitin of Salt Lake have been lin Hanson DALE’S Gunnison IN — and live better electrically When you build or rsmodsl you want to mako way for Roddy Kilowatt 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