Show I CONFEREES FAIL FAR ill x I TO ASSIMILATE IE MINE TAX BILL Senators Deni and ll Knight I Vote Vole ole to Retain r Words I Not to Exceed Th The Te conf conferees rees of oC tho the Senate and In InI Introduced In- In House oh on the mines mIned taxation bill b by Senator Archibald Bevan Devan Devanand I and W V. J J. J Parker arher cr held their first lr t session ses sS- sion slon yesterday and agreed on all but tho the main ninin point of or difference bet between we 1 the time two houses To see sec ce how the they stood tood the tho conferees took a vote ote on Whether tho the three words not to exceed should bo be from front the tho bill as they badr bad had r I been b by tho the House Hom e. e or whether tho they I should be bc put back in n again ln as wusI WitS was first done b by the Senate The The question at at was whether mines of ot the tho state should be bc assessed at three times the net annual proceeds proceeds proceeds' pro pro- or at lt not to exceed three tidies the net annual lIal proceeds Tho vote olo stood 4 I to 2 Senator Allen j T. T Sanford chairman of ot the conference confer confer- I ence ermee and nd tho the House cont conferees rees Representatives rAnd 08 D D. D. D McKay F. F E K E. Morris and U 1 W. W UV V V. voting voting- against the th-ec th words word and Senators George Georgc H. H Dern and anti J. J William J Knight urging h I. I tn Inn n No nl Obligation Ii The rhe real point at issue proved to lo be bl i from tho the debate whether the Legislature Legis- Legis lature lalure should uphold the governor o In Inthe I tho the negotiations he lie and state stale officials had hati conducted with tho mining companies corn com panics on tile the present point or whether j eom-j the Legislature should not consider It Itself Itself It- It self bound IJ by an any moral obligation It-I It to that hat effect ll it was vas admitted that thai there could he no legal legaJ obligation I The conferees meet again today todar In Inthe I the time meantime an effort cHart I Is to be made madej madeI j I to ascertain Just how ho Insistent the I mining companies in the first place j I and the governor In the second are arC aroon on the retention of oC the three little I w words as Senator J. J Vt W. W McKinney dubbed them In debate I I It was admitted that the only chance I of ot putting Into effect the mine tax taxI amendment passed IJ bv by the people at atthe atthe atthe I the last Jat election la lay In fn the conferees or or some other conference committee agreeing I If th they did not agree the occupation tax will probably remain In Ini i effect with the r revenues of ot the state stale i from the metal mining companies about I the same samo as the they would be bo if it the the bill became law but with considerable rc- rc In the amount to be received j i i b by the counties in which the mines i ma may be located j Numerous roll Deduction Allowed d j I I It ll was a agreed reed b by the conferees that I the mono money receipts rather than the I j I bullion should be the basis for estimating esti- esti I mating gross proceeds and that tho Iho thoi i mines might include in the proper deductions rIe- rIe I the amount the lessee lesec paid out In wages or lot for 01 supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies the labor of th the lessee himself If It he worked to lo be charged at the prevailing pre rate in the district An Another n n nother other deduction allowed In assaying as aswell aswell well won as sampling costs Senator Dern Dent a ad d that the reason the time Senate Insisted on 01 having the I words not to exceed In the bill was largely that the go gorn governor rn r and tivo livo officers of oC the state whom he hc re regarded regarded re- re as the executive committee of oC the great reat corporation of oC Utah Ulah had en entered en- en into Inlo negotiations when a lawsuit I was sas pending might havo delayed the thc payment of the Hie tax lax for some years with resultant loss of time particular particular- I iy h lylo to the schools which would havo have been seriously han handicapped It was the tho duty luty of oC the directors of ot the corporation as he deemed the Legislature to be bc to uphold the procedure o of Its executive tive lye officers officer The rhe agreement had re resulted resulted re- re suIted In the monc money being paid Into the state stale treasury treasur Mr McKa McKay said he considered the governor in making such nn Rn a agreement had violated a tacit agreement with t the people and he considered that the tho payment of the tax lax was a sort of or bribe being offered to lo the legislators Mr Ir Sees-miller Sees said he did not want to be bc bought and sold b by an any mone money or trade or gentleman's a agreement and he lie thought that the action of oC the time Leg Leg- In the Pre present ent instance ought to lo bc he such a as to lo be a warning to lo the iho Present and future governors Morris Maximum Limit Senator Knight aid ht ald that tho the reason the governor O had o objected t to a Im- Im lar agreement of ot two iwo years ago was that it did lid not miot Include coal mines mine Mr III Morris objected to W any maximum limit if time the matter mailer is to be bc left en entirely entirely en- en to the state t te bO boarn boro of tion The debate then turned on the understanding had b by time the governor rind find some sonic others other of or those present at a a meeting in the board room earlier Inthe in inthe inthe the present session and this brought up the Incident of the certified checks that were to be bc given hen to time the governor to lo bc lie turned over o to the tate state treasury treasury treas treas- ury when a to the terms of the agreement was signed ned Mr Mi l' l said that the present proposal was dangerous He Ic wanted to see a Legislature hal would do something regardless or ecclesiastical I or executive Interference You that thai remarked SenI Sen- Sen I alor ator Sanford as the meeting ended I 1 would not dare rYo-A rYo 4 to lo I |