Show THE AMENDMENT DEFEATED the vote of salt lake colmey and of the mining sections of the state defeated the proposed amendment to article 15 of the utah state constitution at the general election on november ath the amendment sought to take the taxing power of the state away from the legislature and place it in the hands of the state board of equalization it also proposed to tax the mines of utah at three times their net proceeds of the legislation nature despite the pernicious proposed the b oard board of equalization and the farmers of the state made a strong fight for its adoption the utah chapter of the american mining congress under the able direction of A G mackenzie led the fight against the measure ably backed by the more influential newspapers A full description of the amendment together with expressions of opinion of prominent men regarding it will be found in the october assue of the mining review |