Show r CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AMENDMENTS to the state constitution will be THREE T voted upon at this election One proposes to assess property in cities of the first and second class for county school sc hool tax as well wen as city school tax the second amendment if adopted would allow county commissioners sitting as a board b of review r jew to remit the taxes of the td gmt poor p and the third is to allow a direct diet t vote of the t e people pel on important legislation with without out C Ut to legislative bodies w pr The of the school amendment t would be felt r t in iu only Jy y four low rowdies Cache Weber v e r Sate Salt Lake Lak and Utah C b because e those lift are the tt only counties count with first and aad second class cities If the amendment carries the cities of o Logan Ogden Salt Sail Lake ke L l c cand and Provo will wm be taxed for the maintenance lIIa of the schools out outside out outside outside side the city ty as well as aa in the amendment urge that this th would nId be just because the county population outside those cities help to contribute to their wealth through trade and that school improvement t in the county C is an indirect benefit to the city cit it TW theory is is already applied in in the state school tax I is is levied kW ky to taxable wealth but distributed per capita capiti so that Salt Sah Lake Lik City for instance pays much more to the th state stat fund i n comes imes back to it ft from fron the per r capita apportion j of that fund If taxpayers think it equitable quit ble that the cities T should be taxed tax for the thc benefit of the county schools the they will vote vt for the school amendment Next as to remitting the taxes of the indigent poor The Herald H does not believe a change in the law would be wise The power ito to remit taxes was always abused when it was permitted sad aad the really indigent need not suffer from the present statute The rhe 1 count commissioners oJ Ri have it in their power to appropriate money DIODe from their poor fund to save confiscation aton of property p be belonging belonging longing to the d deserving descrying and such a method of oI meeting worthy need would work no 00 injustice e etie Tie third amendment am t is perhaps l less ss understood among the people pe than the others Ie Its adoption would the legislature slature power Ow to o institute what is is known n ag as a the i v and fefer referendum a sj 5 stein in in use in in Switzerland S If U the die legislature ture thought tb it wise wi wito to inaugurate this system s it would result in in n th tk itc reference to the people of all important measures for r go jin expression of opinion and no wj important legislative leg e action could be effected without pre previous previOus Approval by Liv b the people Further it would enable the peo people people pie to compel the adoption of such measures as they thought desirable Ie so that reforms could not be killed by b committee in inaction in actio action pr or corruption among legislators Since the amendment is only ty t pave the t way for legislative e action and is safely conservative The The Herald H believes it adopted ado as a mo in the then n of reform |