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Show $750,000 MORE FOR CAPITOL FOR UTAH ' Dtcritaace Tax From ite stale of E. H j Harnman Devoted by legislature Today to L State Building; - Precedent - Set- After-Years r . of Faiore of State Officials to Do Their Dirty. r-. ; !Air additional three-quarters f a-millioirdollars for the erection of a 6tate capitol was voted by both houses of the legislature this morning.. The appropriation represents rep-resents the' major portion of the $798,546.85 inheritance tax received by the state from the estate of Edward H. Harriman. The remaining $48,546.85 will be available for general appropriations. This action was decided upon at a caucus of the Re-I Re-I publican members of the state legislature held last night, and the measure was passed with but little opposition this morning. In the senate, under suspended rules, senate bill No. 272, by Marks, covering the appropriation, was passed by a vote of thirteen to three, Senators Burton, Funk and Kuchler voting against it. In the house the vote was thirty to fifteen in favor of the bill. Governor Spry suggested at last night's caucus that , the appropriation be made and added that if the appropriation appro-priation was made it would not be necessary to dispose of any of the bonds of the million dollar bond issue, recently re-cently voted by the legislature, for two years. The million mil-lion dollar appropriation will still be available, however, and with the added capital supplied by the appropriation of the Harriman inheritance tax, the erection of the capi-sj capi-sj tol will be materially expedited and expenses that will ' d come up entirely unexpectedly will be taken care of with-f with-f out further expense to the state. : along; with th matter for com tlm, figuring oal how to oaUse aador th aon residence elsne. . He waa given increased top when he' learned that other etate were collecting col-lecting andr th law. He mad hia first effort on a New York firm and succeeded ia the collection ia 1810, many month tj tor th effort to secure se-cure th tax wo first begun. Hard to Got Information. E. H. Harriman died September S, 1909, and Jun 8, 1010, Mr. Barnes took ap th task of collecting an inheritance in-heritance tax. Ha first wrote to th comptroller of stat in New York for soms information, and received a portion por-tion of what ho asked for. Ho worked along br mail on til Anarnst 24. when 1 Th largest ingl amount ver paid Jt uttaxia aa UaJtw State trader th jl tU iaharitaae tax law waa that paid by . Mr, Mary W. Harrimaa, xocutrix of th oatat f th lata X. H. Harriman, railway magnate, to th stats f TJtah. Th check for 7S,- ! 6tSM, signed by Mrs. Harriman, was received Monday by David Matteox, -tat treasurer, aad after being indorsed in-dorsed ia th presence of Governor William Spry aad other stat officers, was at back to New York City for he took the matter np with Alex Millar Mil-lar .of New York, eecretary of th Union Pacific company. He wrote Mr. Millar a letter asking him for a statement of the amount of stock, the value and th kind, held by Mr. Harriman ia th Union Pacific company Ho received a letter later from Mr. Millar stating thnt th matter mat-ter had been taken np. Mr. Bar nee did aot hear agaia from Mr. Millar on th subject. While as was in the set of srmnging a trip to New York, Mr. Bam met Parley L. William, attorney for the Hammaa lias, and was informed that Mr. Millar had sent Mr. Barnes letters to him, aad asked him personally to take th matter np with Mr, Barn's. Williams Oppoasm at rirat. Mr. William at first donbted that th - stat of Utah could collect any inner tear tax from Mrs. Harri-avea Harri-avea merely because th Union Pacific waa incorporated under the law f th state of Utah. Mr. Barnes again took th matter ap with Mr. Miliar, but did aot get aay aatiafactioa. He thea decided to go over th heeds of everybody else and take th matter ap with Mra. Harriman. November 1 he wrote a five-page letter to her, informing in-forming her Utah demanded tbo payment pay-ment of the tax and quoting nutborttie to show thnt Utnh was ea titled ta the tax amount. Ho had no precedent in Utah to orovo hsa assertion, but showed payment. . Th tax waa collected after claims presented to ths Harriman s tat by Attorney Oeneral A. B. Bam had beea referred to th offices of the general counsel of th Ongoa Short Xiao aad had been recommended paid. Th importance of th incident do aot li only ia th aaaoaat of th . check aad what it moan to th building build-ing of th Utah capitol: it also seta a precedent, following which it is ex pec ted th revanue of the Mat will be increased aaaay thousand of dollar dol-lar annually. Th cheek is Utah' full share of th inheritance tax on stock owned by E. H. Hammaa ia the Union Pacific Bailway company. The company is the only on incorporated under the laws of the state of Utah in which Mr. Hammaa waa a atockholder, all other Utah companies ia which ho was ia- tereeted being grouped nnder the 'T Union Pacific The valu of the toek ', ia th Union Pacific waa gauged parts' part-s' Jy ea th valu of that company' bold- - ing ia other companies, including the Utah Light and Bailway company. Th tax was mad an tbo valu at th tim of Mr. Harriman 'a death of 65 000 share of the common stock and gljO shares of preferred stock ia the Unioa Pacific. Th total waa estimated esti-mated at 15503T. Th Mat de- that other state had collected. Mr. Barnea received a letter November 22 from C. C. Tegotboff, privnto eecretary to Mrs. Harriman, in which surprise was expressed at th contention of th state. A short tim later Attorney Williams went east oa bnainessv and whil ther th Utah tax wae discussed with him. He waa asked to interview Mr. Barnes on ths subject, aad apoa arriving at Bait Lake did so. Psebody Advises to Pay. Ia ths mssnttme Mrs. Harriman took tb matter np with C A. Pea body, her legal adviser, aad president of the Mutual Mu-tual Lifs Insurnnco company, ssd h informed in-formed her tkst shs would have to par the tax. Learning that Utah waa entitled enti-tled to the money, Mr. Harriman prepared pre-pared immediately for payment. Mr. Williama was informed aad he told Mr. Barns tkst it would sot be possible to psv ths smoont when it corns due. which wss December 9. 1910, fiftees months nfter ths death of Mr. Hamman, nnd naked tkst ss extension of two months' tims bo granted. Elated over the victory of getting the monev without a lejral eoatest, Mr. Fames r ran ted sa extension of time. The check cams last Monday, thres dava before it waa due. Th interest was charged on tha thro months' extension ex-tension of Urn. Bl reset Tax on Beeoid. lae check was agued by Mrs. Mary 97. Harrtmsa aad it waa mads payarra to David Vattson, treasurer of the atate of Utah. Tbe tax ia the largest on record rec-ord ia the United ft a tee. snd to eolioet ; it ths stat had only to psv pootag on letters to snd from "New 1 oralis ora-lis sen u'3t!t amount ever dutod $10,000 from this a meant, waicft U provided nder - tha axemptioa iIum of Uo inhontaaveo law, and thea piado tha lagal aaaaaamont of $ par cent. Tbo payment waa mada juat -entoen moptiis after Uo deata of Kr. Havmaaaau -- t ' Vicoory t or AXXomsf GmmtL By tho Tiot Attoraoy General 1 A. m. Baraeo aaa aeorad a victory for Utah. Only af tr mo a tha of earn eat work, dnr.Dg- whieh ho woo faced by iiflieoltieo which woold tempt the rarao amaa to rjvo DP -t B8ht' al ho Anally win. Tho victory can nl-- nl-- moot whoa tho igbt loo-Mrd tfco dnrh- "Mr. Borneo rivoo tnach erodit to Goonr a BaclOa, hia deputv, who hoa worked oa tho cane aJoo, . Mr. Barnea g lveo Mra. ' Hammaa (Treat credit for payine; tho tax juat too minnto abo waa ahaolQte.y aura it waa juat. She mit?ht haro caaaad a la wsolt whie h wou j d ha vo extend ed ' ver years aad would have coat too state thooaanda of dollars to light. XOW Wll FOTgOtetam). Mr. Barnea savs tho iaheritanco tax law ia lTtah went into e fleet in lu, hat no for as ho can aeo no effort waa made to collect anr monev oa it. Tb MW m made in li01 provideo that toe atock of a domwMtao corporation held l,T resident or aoa-resnlent is mib-. mib-. wt to tax under the inheritance tax Tha law waa enforced in rejrard to ivoeal people, but no effort appareat-)r appareat-)r waa made to eohetrt the amoaata from noa rfiM-U onttl Mr. Barnea tMa the po"'"a of attorney gBral. 1a tho United Statos nnder tho inheritance inheri-tance tax wae that to New Tork stats br Mrs. Harnmaa amounting to $700,- Mr. Baraeo says that aader tbo aon-reeiaenre aon-reeiaenre eiaaae of tho inheritance tax law. 1 tah collected in lflo a total of !n ifi. Ther as a total of about Si" 1 -0 in eight for the future. I re state never coi vt-4 a cent an-4r an-4r r law bet are hi-r. i.arncs went o e. |