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Show 1 81 and 91 relative to the time of publication; that trufteet should be required to notify county inpsrintcodenti of the employment of lea hers: that too county clerk should bo required to make a atatement to the county superintcudi nt and county treaanrer of the amount of county and local tax for ilistribu-tiss ilistribu-tiss in the districts; that a limit should ba placed on the time in which bonds may be sold after they are voted; that treasurers of school district? should give bonds; that the law do. i not provide for tho auditing of the accounts of the county superintendent for disbursing school funds. 'The letter 1 have rt eived from the school superintend, superin-tend, nts arj appended and marked exhibit ex-hibit 10. School I. ami. THE GOVEPOE'S MESSAGE. His Excellency, Arthur L. Thomas, Governor of Utah, Sends a Thoroughly Businesslike Document to the Thirtieth Territorial Assemhly. priated for tho improvement of the ruunda in the planting of trees, shrubbery shrub-bery and irrass. The have also covered the southern por- I tion of the vronnd with a network of water mains, sufficient to water the w hole. The j grounds are now ready for tho com-' mi ni cmcnt of the work of erecting a eapitol budding. They ask that an appropriation of 100,-000 100,-000 be made for UU civction of the so'.itlurn Willi; of the building. This will furnish the territory with a building sufficiently large for the accomuiodatiou of all public offices. They also ak for a suitable sum for the care and improvement of the grounds during dur-ing the next two years. 1 recommend that the appropriations asked be given. Kveculivo Mansion. The council of Salt Lake l ily, Utah, has offered to the territory a site for an cxei u-tivc u-tivc mansion and has appointed a committee of live councilmeu to confer with the governor gov-ernor and legislative assembly, and pro. vide for the transfer of tho title. The site ulIeredadjoius the eapitol grounds. Tho World's l air. The governoi is authorized under the pro. visions of the law of lew to appoint three commissioners to arrange for a proper exhibit ex-hibit on the part of the territory at the coming com-ing World's fair to be held in Chicago, ill., and $3000 was appropriated lo meet their expenses. The appointment have not yet been made. There seems to exist a general opinion that the number of territorial commissioners, com-missioners, and the amount of tho appro, priation to be expended by them, should be increased. For these reasons I have delayed taking action, awaiting further consideration considera-tion of the matter by the legislative assembly. assem-bly. 1 submit, herewith the draft of a general form of bill providing for a territorial or-gauization or-gauization and exhibit, which was forwarded to me by the director of theWorld's fair. It is hardly necessary that I should call your attention to the importance of giving our teirltory a creditable representation at the fair, where will be placed the evidence of the. rapid growtli of our country, industrially indus-trially and otherwise. The different states and territories w ill vie with e.,eh other In the character of tneir exhibits, and it will be one of the few great opportunities which come to a people to attract the attention of mankind. For many reasons Utah should make a fitting exhibit. She has been lion-orcd lion-orcd by being given one of the very best sites for a state building. A failure to properly prop-erly improve this site would attract attention. atten-tion. She has been blessed far more than the great majority of states in climate and natural resources. The evidence of her pure climate and natural wealth should be given to the world. A very gratifying and instructive in-structive exhibit can be made, arnica will challenge universal attention and result in good to the territory. I recommend an appropriation ap-propriation of $HKI,000 for this purpose. The board of directors of tho Dcseret Agricultural it Manufacturing society urge the importance of a creditable territorial exhibit and make the excellent suggestion that when the fair shall have closed the exhibit ex-hibit lie returned to the territory aud be placed in their hands to be used as the nucleus of a future permanent exhibition. The l'rei l'ublic School Uiv, The Free Public School law passed at t lie la-t session of the legislature, has been universally uni-versally accepted by the people as a wise ami beneficent act. It has largely increased the opportunities for education throughout the territory. It was to be expected that the first free school law would not be perfect per-fect in all its details, and that it would require re-quire the expi rieiiee of time to determine wherein changes were necessary. The letters 1 hive received from the county superintendent and others call at-tetttion at-tetttion to many changes which they think should be made The most important objection ob-jection miscd is Hie failure of the law to afford suilicieiit means to -support tym sclioi-.V in the remote dulricla. Whether it would be better to read just Durina: the past two years a determined attempt at-tempt has been made to take from the terrl. torv its most valuable school lauds under tho pretense that the hinds were mineral aud could properly be located under the placer Eainlng act. As soon as I learned of tiie attempt at-tempt I requested the commissioner of pub-lie pub-lie schools, Hon. Jacob 8. Bon-man, to appear ap-pear for the territory and contest the cntrica before the local land office. 1 alao forwarded for-warded a protest to the commissioner at the general laud office at Washington, 1). C, as a follows: SxacnTtTE Orricr, I Salt Lin fiTv. rtah, Feb. 10, 1891. f Air I hate been intorineil thot contests ara now urndiiiK i" the Suit Lake laud ofllce, involv-inu' involv-inu' the riv'lit of ceriuin jiersons to enter landa. miller tin, placer mining act, which have baan selected or reserved tor school niirioHes, The claim is nmde that heeaune mi amitysis of a pot lion of the soil claimed to have been taken from the land m dispute sliou ininoml, the hind la mineral land within the uieuulng ot the law and subject lo entry. If this is correct every acre of school land can also be taken, as there is no portion por-tion of the soil of r tali that will not snow upon analysis a trace or color of mineral. This is probably true of the toil In even part of the country, for it i a well known fart that mineral is universally diffused throughout the eorth's surface, iitiillt is said the uuti-rs of the sea contain silver. It Is not hupinbable the soil upon which lour otitic stands will he found upon analysis to be as strongly impregnalad with mineral aa Is the land in dispute. 1 believe be-lieve it Is claimed that the disputed lands contain con-tain mineral in lunlclenl quantities to justify their working and development as mineral claims, hut 1 believe the claim to ne utterly groandlesv. The truth is they bin e never been so regarded tinea the settlement of tho territory, ami the people are ireneiallv of the opinion they will never be avatSaSie for snch purposes. I're-vious I're-vious to the eoverunient surveys the best land in Utah (incluiliiii: many sobooJ section) had bean taken up liv setiler-, and the title has since passed to them. ttlnc the survey the eoiiiiuued settlement of the temt ry has encroached ao largely upon the aiadahre land that very little of snch liiml is now left, if any, mot the sellouts will have left for lieu lauds omv a choiee fr..in landa not tillable and of little value. Part of the land in dispute is valued by some neraone a- io-h aa p5Ufl per acre. It wlU ba aean noil IfUDortani it is to the ternt .TV that it lie protected in iis title to the limited atneuntof good land reaervad of set aside fcr educational purposes. I ask on be-, half of the territory that you cause auch action to betaken, or Instrurtlona to ba given, aa will in your judgment fa necessary to protect the tittat ests of the teriitory in this matter. I am, air, verv respectful! v, AlMili lf I.. THOMAS, Oovernor. To Hon. .lohu W . Noble, Becretaryoi the Interior, ashinirton, D.C. Coininissiotier lb ire man engaged the aer-vices aer-vices of Messrs. Parks A: Thompaon to assist as-sist him in the contest. I am glad to be able to any that the contests were successful and the entries canceled. The statement made by Parks & Thompson, gives u very complete history of the contests. jfl Exhibit 1:-' is Hie application made to the commissioner of the general laud office by Commissioner Bo.emau for speedy action. 1 recommend that a sufficient Rum be appropriated to compensate 'omrniaaioue Boreman and Messrs. Parks .v Thompaon for their services. Knilroud anil Mineral Lands. I have, received from the legislatures ot Montana a joint resolution respecting lands claimed by the Pacific railroads containing gold, silver, copper and lead, with a request :'3sHH that it be submitted to the lciiislatur.e ot. tHHP Tbe Collection of the Revenue. His excellency. Arthur L Thomas, governor gov-ernor of Utah, lias sent the following mits-sage mits-sage to tbe leirislature: Salt Lake City, rtah, ( January frith , l. ( Gentlemen of the Legitlatiir Assembly? t)n behalf of the people I cordially wetcorjW you and express the hope that our mutila' labors will prove a benefit to tbe territory aud its people. Letters from public OfHelals. It occurred to mo that if 1 could secure from the principal county officers and tjie I mayors of cities their views respecting j changes or amendments that In their opinion opin-ion should be made in the county gover ! rueut, revenue, school, probate, city government govern-ment and other lav,-s it would rosult iu at-vantage at-vantage to the public. Interests. I thereto' wrote them and have received from many "E these officers some very interesting letters, all of which are submitted for your consideration, consid-eration, as exhibits to this message under II e appropriate heads. Auditor and Treasurer's Kenort. From the reports of the territorial aiidltj r ami treasurer, it appears that the total receipts re-ceipts of the territory during the past. tVo : years were $1,477,140.31, received from tho j following sources: I Taxes, WOO $ Mii,!)t31 I "Taxes, 1M11 bTK,u$,21 B aids, m 1 uitW Boed-, I'M: lTO,t0M I rroii. other sources, is9:l 0,6141 From othir sources, 1891 6,,1'T.IS Total $1,477,141)31. Of the taxes for 1891, (here is still die from the counties, as nearly as can bo estimated, esti-mated, 1220,849.77. The total amount of disbursements durir,. Ihe same period was as follows: Schools, 1891) $ 203,607.0:1 Schools, 189 1, estimated 83,lKlil.nu Appropriations. 1890 and fWl 75,:ik-j. ; i Warrants issued by Auditor Clayton.. &&jBttl.ft Compensation collectors, 1891) gQ.W8.99 Rebates, Who 9J62.08 Salaries paid by order of court ll,ilJo.iHi Total $1,500,413.80 This sliows a balance against the territory of 123,178-49. This arises from several causes. (1) The payment of $11,000 to Auditor Pratt and Treasurer Roberts, the contesting appointees, under direction of the court, and (8) the payment, of $11,-7:19.38 $11,-7:19.38 ou warrants issued by AuditoK.Clay-ton AuditoK.Clay-ton in excess of the balance shown dp 'formatior lired by said act before it cm into operation, and to sav in reply there- t0V First - I': ... d r an net of the legislative a-BJy a-BJy of the territory of Ctuh. approved March 8, 1888, Hi. i -.--'a Iili-heil a roflegf for teach itlf the seir:. . i- l:it,. to agriculture and the mechanii' arts, which is now re. el lug the beneiit of the act of congress of July 2, 18is;. " aaewMmd Tien no distinction of race or color lefeoticm ,, i in. o, the admission of students stu-dents nor in Hie regulation and practio of the college Third The !. -islative assembly has not been in seatuoii M,-. Auimsiao. 1890. Its next session will commence on the second Moudav in Jsuuurv, 1892. Fourth -On liehalf of the territory anil the college 1 as-ent ' to the purpose ot said grant," as provided in section 2 iu the act of August 30, UNO. Fifth -The imnie of the territorial treasurer Is Bolivar U..li-r: Ills official title is "territorial treasurer." ami to- postoffice address is Salt Lake City, Utah. I also have the honor to enclose a copy of Hie JOtjOf the legislative assembly, approved March 8,1888, estahlisliii i; said agricultural college, and of the rules aid by-laws of the college, duly cer-tified. cer-tified. I am. sir, very respectfully, .Vhchi'r 1-. Thomas, Governor, Hon. John W. Noble, Secretary of tho Interior, Washington, 1). C. Insane Asylum. . The lnsano asylum at Provo has been badly crippled during tbe past two years for the want of money. Although the last legls-"hvture legls-"hvture appropri.it, d a lurirc sum for the completion com-pletion if the asylum building aud the care of the inmates, there was no money in the treasury with which to paythc warrants The board of directors has'on hand todav warrants to the amount of $32,0uo,ixki. Their report will show the embarrassment under which the board has had to labor and the ditlicullies it has had to meet in providing for the care and treatment of the insane. It was compelled to borrow money at high rates of interest or else close the institution. institu-tion. The board is indebted to sundry persons for work done and materials furnished in the si'.m of $40,000, and It is estimated that linear" lin-ear" and maintenance of the inmates during the MUtt two years will cost $104,000. It also asksfor the sum of s;ti,Ooil for the finishing j of thl north wing and central building, und for other purposes, i recommend that tho amoun asked for be given. . Iteforni School. This in'portant public institution suffered a Severe loss by lire on dune 24, 1891. Fortunately Fortu-nately for. the lerritory the insurance on the building mounted to $30,000, which enabled tbe board of trustees to rebuild immedl- ateli). The boitd will submit their biennial report re-port to yo with such recommendations as fcty d'an necessary for the needs of the books. His books showed tlm amaqw til warrants in circiitatlon on March 15, U'W, lo be 41,023.59. Up to December 31, 18M, the treasurer paid $58,382-07 on his warrant and 1 am informed he has paid $K)00 since. It is very important that we know what , the actual indebtedness of the territory,' f it can he ascertained. I am informed bf Auditor Pratt that there are no books in hil office by which he can determine the amount of outstanding warrants previous to Moron 15, 1880, and they may be presented for payment pay-ment for years to conic. I recommend that! tho matter be investigated and a balance sheet struck if possible. Undor the law the auditor is required tot report to the territorial commissioner of. public schools, ou or before December 31st,j of each year, the gros amount of the schooij revenues. Under our present revenue Bys-teni Bys-teni he cannot determine on that date what is the net amount of the revenue. I recommend recom-mend that some later date be tixed. The Deserot Viiiversity. The Deseret university has passed through t two very successful years. '1 he attendance has been very large, and the limited room at the disposal of the university very much overcrowded. The report of the chancellor and regents will set forth these matters very fully. I recommend that the deaf mute branch be divorced from the university and be placed iu a more suitable location. The building now occupied by the deaf mutes can be utilized util-ized by the' university. I also recommend that the name be changed to the L'tah university. uni-versity. This will more clearly identify this important educational Institution with the name and fame of the territory. In connection witli the deaf mute institution institu-tion there should be provision made for the blind. The last census returned llfty-two in the territory. I submit herewith a communication commu-nication I have reeoived from Professor Meteatf, in charge of the. deaf mutes, relative rela-tive to the necessity for a separate building. Tbe Agricultural College. The board of trustees of (he agricultural college have made a very full report, showing show-ing in details the workings of tbe college during the past year. This college Is one of the host institutions Ofer established hy the territory. It reaches the class who, as a rule, derive the least benefit from nppropria , tlons, and yet are the most persevering I and patient of the producing clflBses the ! funnels. j A visit to the college will convince the most skeptical that the foundations have i been laid of an institution that will grow in I usefulness and importance. Here in a plain and entertaining way the student is taught Hie branches of learning which will enable him to perform the practical duties of life. The college is worthy of our most kindly consideration. The total enrollment for this year at the time Hie report was mad'' was 249. a more rapid growth than nuy college ; founded under the national grant. With I this large attendance the limit of ftccommo-I ftccommo-I dation for sluden'.s has been reached. It is for you to say whether this college shall remain re-main stationary or go forward. Too trustees ask for the sum of $150,000 to enable them to complete the main college building according accord-ing to the plans adopted. In this connection it is well to remember that the coliege will receive under the act of i-s-.' either 90,000 or 0,000 acres of land when Utah becomes a state, according to the, !auuiher of congressmen at the time. During ! the past year the college received $32,HKJ i from the general government, and in a few years will be receiving the sum of $40,0ni) annually. I recommend the college nnd its request I i your favorable consideration. The sum appropriated to the college was accepted by me on behalf of the territory ou September' 27, 1890. The act of congress provided that the governor might do so if the legislature shiiBfc not he in session, but It required that the legislature must at its first session held thereafter formally accept I the grant. I reeointm ; I thai the necessary action be taken. The following is the letter j of acceptance: Exr.ci Tivr: Orrtca, I Salt Hake Citv, 1,'tah, Sept, 27, 1891). f I Sin: I have the honor to acknowledge the ' receipt of your communication s September i in, .a;, losiue a pi i I'll i c the ie tot, on-grM on-grM approved August 80, lew, entitled "An act lo oppll a portion of the proceeds of the sale of the public lands to t tie ni.e- complete eudown-' eudown-' meut and su p u t of the opliegal for tun benefit of ! agricultural and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress p. j proved July S, ISd'J" slid asking for certain in- - aaJL..' -ct Agriculturnl and Manufactur-, Manufactur-, lug Society. Tl( report of the board of directors of the Desefet Agricultural and Manufacturing Society, gives very full Information res fccttng the fairs held in 1890 and 1S9I, and calls attention to the importance impor-tance of these exhibitions. They raise the question of additional room for future fairs, it has been apparent, since the first fair was held on what is known as the Tenth Ward Square, that the grounds were not large enough to accommodate all the 'demands of a great territorial fair. The time has now come when a decision should he made between the propositions submitted by Hie hoard. 1st, whether it would be best to make two divisioi s of the fair. The lirst embracing all the various Industrial In-dustrial features ,, Hie lair, to he located on the Tenth Ward Square, and the si eond to be confined to the stock exhibit, to be loca-, ted on the Agricultural Park grounds, n the western pari of Salt Lake City, consisting of forty-six acre-. Or, 2d, whether it would lie best to sell the forty-six acres, estimated to be worth $75,1X10, and buy cheaper laud, more eligibly situated, and use the balance of tbe in mey to erect suitable buildings. If you decide in favor of the second proposition prop-osition it will enable the society to make necessary improvements without asking the territory for assistance for some years to I come, and will also make the annual fair more beneficial and attractive. I I earnestly recommend that the society be given the sum of $500(1 annually, to be expended in payment of premiums, and for the ensuing two years tie- sum of $5000 to ,b expended on buildings: the sum of $12,-239.02 $12,-239.02 to gay deficiencies arising during the past two years, and the sum of $10,088,50 to erect the uolth wing of the exposition building. Territorial Librarian. From the report of the territorial libra-riau, libra-riau, it Mill be seen that the board of control, ut a meeting held on Febru-uy Febru-uy 21, 1891, under and by the niu Bority of the act passed at tho lust session f the legislature, placed in the library Of :he Deseret university the miscellaneous ooks, reteining only tho law hooks and milks of ii political nature for the territorial ihrary. I he law library has now ou its ilielTes 4381 hooks. )1 recommend that the salary of the il-rariau il-rariau be increased to $15(K) a year. His utics as territorial statistician are import-lit import-lit and laborious, and deserve tu be prop-dy prop-dy Compensated. Statistics. i The law passed it the last session of the legislative ii-- inbiy, providing for the col-loctlon col-loctlon of - was deficient, in many essential n -pec!-. The duty was imposed upon the territorial librarian, a- the statisti-! statisti-! ean ex-otlieio. to pr. leire blanks for the use i of the county assessors in collecting tho s atistics, and' the territorial secretary was I directed t prin! ' -tatistics for public distribution, j (No appt'ocriatiop. was made lo carry out tese vital provisions of the law. I advised I tl i) Btatistie.an tii solicit bids for the print -it g of the .euiihs. to distribute them and at nearly as possible! iply with the law. Because o I Mi. -c difficulties the law was ' P aettcallv itv iterative until The sta- fl tfeian has arranged in tabular form the I Mlformat. mi secured by the assessors, but thle territorial ury has not been able j tofprint the report, i recommend that a j eukttcien' mo nut tie appropriated to meet tMexpen.scs incurred by the iftVcrs, and ; foit tin- diluting of the report. X have been requested hy the special agent in charge of the "Office of Irrigation In4ulry ,"conii"cted with the United States detriment i f agriculture, to si cure an--wirs from irrigation districts and companies com-panies to the questions contained in the IweVe.lrnilars hereto attached, marked Fx-lillPpjs.1 Fx-lillPpjs.1 f the government. iMiibmM ' mailer for v ur considera-''' considera-''' and smr est the propriety of including "ffdni "1 statistics among Urns now ' "eeted byv1' assessors. Teryf(..,ortunt that there should bo a Srract and reliable presentation of our itBstrUU r ir The stai ..-lie:, gathered hfl.; r, do not, in ir opinion, do Jl ' ',', ,. eiritory. There are many i' nee ' tsy do not com lly repre-Bt repre-Bt tAe iu-' ,-trt "wealth of Hie lerritory. W Saw Haitol Grounds. Ihc comrlklui in charge of Die capital' -rWinds halc'euacu Uic cluillw appro- the law apportioning the school funds in favor of these struggling districts, I leave for you to determine, with the assurance that I will be glad to join with you In adopting adopt-ing any judicious provisions you may frame iu the interest of popular education. In the ease of the application of citizens residing in the Seventh school district of Salt Lake City to enjoin the collection of a special school tax, levied near the close of the year Iss'.l, the Ulpl'e colirl del tiled that I! should have been collected on tbe basis of assessment for lK-il. This was an impossibility, impos-sibility, the assessment having been complete com-plete long before the school lax was levied, and a large number had paid their taxes and held receipts iu full. Again, a large amount of personal per-sonal property was embraced iu the assessment. It was probable that a considerable portion had changed hands, (t was therefore, practically impossible to collect the tax upon the basis of the assessment of 111. The result was the action of the properly. holders In levy. Ins the tax waa practically annulled by the decision of Hi urt. it has always been the practice in Utah when a special or other school tax is levied to enter it on the tax roll based on the first assessment made there-nfter. there-nfter. I recommend that, if there are any ambiguities in the law in this respect, they may be removed. The following is a summ&ry of the most important suggestions made by the county superintendents: That certificates of high grade granted in the States be sufficient to uuthorie the employment of a teacher; that the commissioner of public schools devote all his time to schools, and two persons he associated with him, to constitute an educational educa-tional commis-lnn, whose duty it shall be to establish a uniform system of graduation for all the county schools, and to prepare examination questions, etc.; that t lie salary of county superintendents should be large enough to induce competent men to take the olHce; that the city school board he authorized to make estimate of school funds for cities; that, the teachers' examination ex-amination should be of a more general nature na-ture ; that county courts should have power to appoint trustees to serve until -the lirst election in a new school district; that trustees should he given the right to declare a tax of one-fourth cf 1 per cent; that the intcYcst to be paid on school bonds be lived at 8 per cent; that authority he given the districts to levy a special tax; thill trusti es should be paid for their services; ser-vices; that high schools should bo established, estab-lished, one for every live hundred families; t hat districts be authorized to combine: that when childr-n attend school in an adjoining ad-joining district the trustees pay over to the district their share of the per cupita tax; that the law sinuiid provide that no portion of a county should be left out of a school district; that district boards be compelled to send their reports in on time; that counties coun-ties should retain their share of the school fnnds, sending only the overplus to Hie territorial ter-ritorial treasurer; that music should be made one of the regular branches of study ; that the law should provide how a special school tax is to be obtained from Hie county treasurer; treas-urer; that county superintend! nts should receive a mileage pllowance equal to that of eelec.in n, and should have a small allow, ance lor stationary ; that the commissioner of public schools he authorized to revoke first grade certificates for unprofessional or immoral conduct; that suitable library cases be furnished the school districts to build up school libraries; that county courts should be given power to redistrict the county, and to consolidate school districts; that school funds received from county and territorial taxes be used for the payment of teachers and current expenses only; that the use of echoolhouses be permitted for parlies or other entertainments of school children: that the law authorizing school districts to issue bonds be amended so as to make its meaning clear, as trustees disagree as to when a -ccoiid meeting can be called in case tho bonds are voted down at the lirst meeting; that all district schools other than those mentioned in articlo 15 of school law be united In one district; that trustees are now required to report re-port to the bounty superintendent before July 31 annually, and the county superlnten-I superlnten-I dent is required to report on or before August 1, leaving no time for the county superintendents su-perintendents to examine the reports; that the law does not specify the fund from Which r examiners shall be paid nor upon whose of. del 'j lhal there is a conflict between sections :":"'' ysH -.'.. ,:. i One 6f the most Important questions that will require your attention is the assessment of property and the eolhjcin of the revenue. It seems 'to me I IB which will permil of the most IlltllPigh work at the least expense will best serve the public inter-ests. inter-ests. In in opiiron the present system is I xpensive, and entirely Inadequate to the public needs. Under the pnweut lawa one person is required to assess all the tux-able tux-able property iu the county. In the caso of a county whi re the settlements are fiii, aud the number of inhabitants limited, it w possible pos-sible that one py.son may list all the property, prop-erty, but in the more thickly settled counties it is impossible for him to do so. The result is he employs deputies, and as the siikiry of the deputies must be paid faom the salary of the assessor, it is not unlikely that the iues-tion iues-tion of expense is an important item In determining de-termining the amount of work to be done I do not believe that such a system permits ot a close assessment. It is possible-that under it a large amount of taxable property may escape. As a rule, the farm lands, or tho house and lot rarely escape. I believo that the nearer th" nsses-mont is brought home to the people, the le tter it will be, and suggest for your consideration the system which has been adopted by New York and Pennsylva. nia, and which has been in force for many years. In these slates each township or precinct, us we call it. elects an assessor to serve for two years, tin a i crtaiu day tixed' by the law he 'procures from the county commissioners, com-missioners, the same as our county courts, Hie township assessment book of the preceding preced-ing year. Iu this book under the namo is shown all the taxable property owned by tin person in the township at the time the assessment was made, lie visits every person iu the township, and makes the Uec-essarv Uec-essarv corrections und additions in tho assessment roll. When hi- work is done, and he is required to complete it within thirty days, be Hies bis book in Hie office of the county commissioners. Son after tho commissioners sit as a board of equilization for a stated period, aud then the tax roll is handed over ft the county treasurer for collection. These arc,-1 believe, the esSen. Hal features of the system which exists iu these states. 1 think such a system is sim. pie, and moro likely to secure a complete assessment than ours. The questiou of expense is also a great ,,heet to in sysb :;. I mu Informed by tin'- clerk that iu 1MM the expense of usaesR-ing usaesR-ing the property aud collecting tho revenue in Salt Take count v was H,V.mi.(X) for salaries, sal-aries, and S4U.70'for other expenses. In addition to this the county treasurer was paid u salary of $1000.09, making $24,101.70 in all. If the New York or Pennsylvania system was in force the expense of salaries would only have been $3000, calculating on a basis of forty precincts, and there arc only thirty, with the salary aud expense of the treasurer to be added. Hut the contrast docs not end here. In Hie states 1 have referred lo the assessment made by the township or ward assessors i they are called wards in cities) serves for both county and municipal purposes, tho city treasurer collecting the city taxes. This system would save the cilies the sal-urics sal-urics o'f an assessor und collector and other expenses. f am informed by the mayor (hat Hie ex. pensc of the assessor and collector's office for Salt Lake City during Hie year 1891, was I69SB.S0, aud of the treasurer's office, $2500 for salary alone. It will he seen how expensive our system is compared with that of other states, where property Is more valuable and the revenue larger. If you do not de m it expedient to make a :,- 111 Ho- pn sen) system, 1 rccoimuotflpt that the office of county collector be aboT ished, and the County treasurer be directed to collect the tax. 1 also recommend that the office of city assessor aud collector be abolished aud tliut the assessment made for county and territorial purposi bo made tho ba.-is for Hie levy of municipal taxes, and that the city treasurer be directed to collect the city taxes. If these recommendations so far as they affect the cities do not meet with your ap. proval, then I recommend that the city council be required to fix th" salary of the assessor, and that the present law which per. nuts of the payment of percentage ou the amount collected be repealed. I further recommend that you creato I a territorial hoard of equalization witb - v .1 ,' , M 1 . fi: , aV pub".- roads an the most costly it.v- -t HK tit n ), o;,!.. mi, mak -. It in a remarkable "Tact that our system of preparing and mend-ing mend-ing roads is 110 improvement on the syslt'iu which prevailed centuries ago. 1 recommend that appropriations made fur public roads be expended under the immediate immed-iate supervision of the county surveyor. Militia Law. On November 20, I8M, I addressed a Idler I to the secretary of war asking what amount of money was placed to the credit of Utah under tin; provision, of sections loul ami 1807 of Die revised statutes, and the luws amending the same, and received ill reply a letter (exhibit Id.) inform lug me that then-Ma- now due rJT5.H57.o5 of which amount li'.i,"i27.0!l is available for the procurement procure-ment of ordnance and ordnance store-, ami $552!.'.iti f, r ordinance or quartermaster stores. No allotment Ins been made to the territory since June HO, 18rl'.. because of the larirc amount now to her credit During the past two years the young men of Salt Lake t'ity, Ogdcn and other cities have manifested a commendable. Interest In the organization of militia companies aiidgtjrliuvc been urged to recommend tin- passage of a militia law, which I now do. I believe that such a law would be well receiver1, by the people. It would Serve the useful purpose of giving to the young an opportunity to pass He ir time in a pleasant and Instructive way and also to promote 11 feeling of patriotic pride. Among the attractions detdeSd upo at the formal opening (if the WiirldUfaijirSnldlng in October, Oc-tober, 1892, is 11 ininfypitradc, composed of the flower of tin- regular aniiv, and of the -late militia. If il is desired Unit I'bih be represented on this occasion suitable provision provi-sion will have to be made at this time. Foreign Bnildug and Loan Associations, I recommend the passage of a law leijuir. iug foreign loan and Liulding associations doing business In the territory to deposit such "an amount of money or securities a9 will in your judgment be sufficient to pro. tcct the luterests of local stockholders. During (he past two years agents have been selling throughout the territory shares of stock itt foreign associations. I am in-formed in-formed Ilia! (jnite a large amount of stock lia been subscribed upon conditions which have aot been in.'! by the compauics, and in many cases the money paid upon the stock has been lost Arbor Hay. I renew (he recommendation made in my lust message for the passage of au act an-thorizing an-thorizing tiie governor to appoint annually a day to qe known as "ArbOf44)ay," and lo recommend by proclamation the. people the planting of trees and shrubbery on such 'bu s. Our forests are rapidly disappearing 11 it'd uoleat w e avail ourselves of the. opportunity oppor-tunity of planting others the time will soon come when we shall realize our loss both ill a sanitary and economical point of view. There is nothing Unit contributes more to the beauty of the landscape than trees and shrubbery, and I ho people should take a pride in adding in this profitable and useful way to the beauty of our valleys. It is un-1.1 un-1.1 . essarwsfor ine to call attention to the value of forests to an arid country. Deep Water Port on the South Atlantic Const. I submit for your consideration a communication commu-nication received from tin; national farmers' congress, marked exhibit 10;.j, relating to the advantages of a deep water porMtt! the South Atlantic coast, and making an appeal to the different slates and territories for their aid in inttucnolttR congress to make an appropriation ap-propriation to commence the work. Contagious Diseases Among Fruit Trees. For Hie purpose of preventing the spread of contagious diseases among fruit aud fruit c. iriy defined powers, sufficient tajBHeJ them ti, adjust iuoyualitics in the :i-40j mcnt between the counties, and that ti assessment of railroads, telegraph and teb phone lines be made by them, I'nder the present system there exists almost as many di tier ideas of the valuation of such proper prop-er v as there are assessor- to pass upon it. rfy referring to the letters received from the i ount v assessors and collectors, marked exhibit 11, it will be seen lhat the question of a-,essiug the stock which ranges in this and adjacent -lutes and territories and. also, the methods of assessing and collecting the taxes on territorial herds of stock, la worthy of your consideration. There are other questions of interest raised by them which ar fully set forth In their letters, mainly the Dei easily of authorizing the count ies lo levy a higher tax for county purposes, the necessity ne-cessity of a grazing law, etc. Hoard of HqtiHlIz ll ion. The board of equalization will submit to Jour body a report setting forth in full de tail the Information they have been able to gather during the past two years. It was unfortunate for the territory that tin powers of tiie board w ere limited by the provisions Which prohibited thetD from increasing the Slim of the whole uruH'Ssmcnt of the territory. This practically defeated the Intention of the law. The board has visited every county in the territory but two, and has done excellent Work. I recommend the creation of a permanent per-manent board, equlpjped " itlt ample power to correct Inequalities wherever they may exist. t'ayment of Wnrrants. Section 27 of the Compiled laws of isxs provides that warrants drawn b the auditor f the treasurer shall be paid in the order of their presentation. If there is no money to Jay the warrant tin auditor must register it D(l pay it in the order of its registration. This proviMon of the law is practically lefoatea by section 303S which provides that Auditor's warrants shall be received h.v the eonnty collectors in payment of territorial tsxes. The 'treasurer Informs me that Marly every t'OUeeto' returns territorial Warranti. with tho remittances ami (argu amount of unr: jl t- red warrants have thus been paid in advance of the registered war- rants. ThU has worked a great hardship to the territorial Institutions. Ther registered, but were denied the Intended boneflta. The territory has been the grcate-t sufferer. Its public Institutions havo paid large sums for interest on borrowed money. I recommend QSh A chngu us will Insure the payment of Warrauls bl the order of their registration. Payment oT ,orors and t':tnss Fees. M the lost session of tlio ItaHdaturg (he sum of 175.000 was appropriated to pay the fees of jurors, w itness, etc., for the years WOO and 1891: BeeauM of the wording of law the treasurer deemed it to he his duty to pay tile entire appropriation from the lirot year's luxes. The result wui that other war-ruts war-ruts to the amount f (87,500, which might hatfe been paid in 1MK) had to be carried over to 1891, and some are still unpaid. It would he well lo guard against a similar Working of the law this session. Hanking Law. Tim banking law provide - lhat the amount which any one office! of a bank may borrow shall be limited to 110,000, In my lad tnes sage 1 called attention to tiie fact that in case of .n hank having only 2.i,00l capital, three officer.) could exhaust the cntl.'O capital. cap-ital. I again recommend lhat the amount which may li borrowed by the officers of a bank be, limited to ouc-toutb of the amount subscribed . 1 nine renew my reabmmehd&tlori that the powers and .'.uthis of a bank examiner be clearly set forth," tious, who are anxiously seeking so way by which they can honorably a living. The limit of land that ean !" successfully cultha'.ed is almost reached and th : thousands of young men of I tal must seek employment in other Helds of m duatxy. We want to keep them at home and to do so we must find aometh ng f" them to do. It seems to me one of th" -olu lions of the problem Is the development o home industrh'S. These can be encourage' in variou- wns. A suitable bounty m ' paid oti manufactured products, and Ian" mai liinery and hiiihlings used for uouu faet'iniig joirpo-es, exempted from tavili 1 for a period of years. W'e are p. is-iug through the severe ex per eie of all m il countries, witli I i ditional burden, I'tah, it may he slid. 1 i' i loud locked. Great mountain I separate her from her neighbors on tl : 1 j and the west. She is far distant from tb I markets here her surplus products can t ; -old ith advantage. To reach these mai " ket- heavy freight charges hare to he m and, noli - ivc do our own manufin turin: p," we have to pa' equally heavy clnirL' I the articles we import, it will be belter f" r, us all to build up our industries, constitute our -in pin- jirodiu'ts, and keep our in '"'p' at home. Tliis, a- I understand it, .- ''b poiicy which the majority Of the people m , tliis terntorv have always upheld from tiifc time of the iirst settlement of the territory Labor. ' I recommend thi pa -sage, of an act provuB Ing that eight hours shall he considered la day's workiin any public work. i further recommend the enactment tf such legislation us will foster and promote the interests of tin laboring class. The pro. perity of a people largely depends upon the condition oi the dependent classes, and we will serve our territory well by doing all i.n our power to better their condition. Pardon Hoard. I recommend the creation of a pardim board to hear and determine the merits if applications for pardons, and to report their ti tidings to the governor for his action. 1 tae number of applications is Increasing rapidly and it is Impossible for the governor to giro to them the time which they require, wce he lo fully investigate every ease. Tho CUff Dwellers. Tn southeastern I'tah can be found mtoty elm dwellings in tin excellent state of preservation. pres-ervation. Some have been discovered with-In with-In a few miles of Muff City which contain many rare and interesting relies. My Object Ob-ject in calling your attention to the uuitfer is to suggest tiie propriety of making a I'll, lection of these relics of a vanished race 4r preservation by the territory. lam informed that these cliff dwellings are rapidly being despoiled of their relCg for the use of eastern museums, and In some instances for museums in b'i". ijgn lands. In 1890 two persons made a ( '"'fle-lion '"'fle-lion of 250( pieces, which are now being (exhibited (ex-hibited in the caetr SSjsB Momoriiils to Congress. I recommend that you send memuiialsUo congress upon the following subjects: Pfc. testing against the removal of the Colofsln I'tes from near Duraugo, Colorado, to 1 tagt. In favor of public buildings aud Salt kite and Ogden cities. in favor of ceding to the different staffs and territories the unsold hinds within th'jir borders, chcedting those returned as minc?sj lauds, to ad4jjn developing the water supply ; in the xiuajprt of the public schools and for such ottejBuhlu- put pose as the legislatures of the Sriil states and territories may respectively re-spectively determine. In favor of the. granting lo the terrilery of a suitable site for univcrsitp purposes 0n the western boundary of the Fort Doggim Military reservation. In favor of tho repealing of the alien land law in the territories. I further recommend that the president be requested to withdraw from entry the hind which surrounds the sourfe of our mountain streams, In conclusion 1 congratulate you in the name of the people you reptescnt on the prosperous condition of our territory. We have before us the prospeft that the unhappy un-happy differences of the pa,t will soon dis. appear, to he followed by a Rappy blending of all Interests in a common iesfre to build up the territory. 1 an, very respectfully, Amiii it L, THosfag, Govornor. trees , and for the prevention, treatment, cure and extirpation of frvit pests, and the diseases dis-eases of fruit and fruit trees, and for the disinfection dis-infection of grafts, scions, or orchare debris, empty fruit boxes or packages, or other sue-peeted sue-peeted material or transportable articles dangerous to orchards, fruit and fruit trees, I recommend that the bourd of directors of the Dcseret Agricultural and Manufacturing society be authorised to suggest regulation-, which shall be circulated in printed form by the board among the fruit growers affd fruit dealers of the territory, and that a viola-tion viola-tion of these regulations be made a misde, meanor. There was a time when the fame of the fruit of Salt Luke orchards was known all over tho country. Too Value of our fruit cron in the more thickly settled val-leys val-leys has been largely ifeerrased by insect pests. There are localities in Utah which the-e pests have not yet reached, and it is possible that by proper regulations they mat be kept away altogether, and finally disappear from the territory. Contagious Discuses Among Horses, Cattle, Cat-tle, F.tc. I am Informed that Hie stock breeders would welcome the passage of a law providing provid-ing suitable regulations to prevent the spread of contagious diseases among horses, ( little, sheep, etc. The live stock interests of Utah nre of great importance, and deserving de-serving of protection. I;, com no n, hit i.,iis Made by Probate .1 inlges. Two or three judges recommend that in the case of small estates of .2(HKI or less the costs he made payable by the county. It is said that Hie cost of settlement of these small estates is a very heavy tax, and frequently fre-quently requires, iii order to meet it, Unit something lie saerilled which is necessary to Hie Iiittititainance of the family. It i-further i-further represented that the inability In meet the costs has resulted in keening a large number of estates from being settled, or from being probated. It is also suggested that the office of public administrator lie Created, Among the other recommendations recommenda-tions of the probate judges arc: That pro. bate judges he paid a salary; that sheep and cuttle be prohibited from grazing near -Ileum- from which the water is taken for domestic uses; that all election.- be held on one day: that the terms of selectmen be fixed tit three years, one to he elected annually; annu-ally; that probate judges lie given supervision supervi-sion of county affairs; that an irrigation law be passed which will piovidc a way bv which the right to the use of water call be acquired, and for recording and determining existing rights; thai the estrtty laws be amended, especially tho provision which pet-mil's a person to retain possession of an animal for twenty-four hours ; that the probate pro-bate laws be compiled; that selectmen be paid a salar.i ; that county courts be given Jurisdiction over water-sheds; that county- ho authorized to issue bonds, and that county courts be authorized to increase the tax levy for county purposes beyond the iimit now Used by the law. Fugitives firom .lustlec. Tin- a, t of March 13, 1890, amending SCC-Hon SCC-Hon 5274 of the compiled law's of Utah, 1888, relating to fugitives from justice, provides pro-vides that the necessary expenses and lawful law-ful fees of the. agents appointed to bring buck such fugitives shall he paid from the territorial treasury. During Hie two years ending December 31, 1801, $2577.10 Ufll been paid on account of such services. In the case of the requisition for the return of Roberto. Hulliss from Washington, D. t'., the agenl employed un attorney. The attorney sent me a bill made out against the territory for the sum Of $50(1.' I declined de-clined to consider it on Hie ground that under the law It was the duty of the agent to pay his expenses utul then present his '"'ii i .....al. . AfY..,,.ul , ik.r.n ii,,, I Ion Which I bad received I was led lo believe that the necessity lor the employment of an attorney arose from improper , acts on the pari of the agent, and that It Was not an expense ex-pense w hich ought to lie paid by the territory. terri-tory. I refer to this matter for the purpose pur-pose of raising the question as to how fur the territory ought to or is willing to go in paying the expenses of agents, and whether II was contemplated by the act that the fees of attorneys employed by agents should be paid, vi unleipa Charters. I have received letters from the mayors of Salt Luke, Mount Pleasaut, Ivichtnoud, l'ar-owuu, l'ar-owuu, Provo, incricau Fork and F.phrniin cities, and a petition from citizens of Kicli. Held city, recommending that cities be given power to prevent sheep and other domestic animals from ranging within live miles of streams used for domestic purposes; that cities of the first class he empowered h is MB; bonds beyond the : present limit; Unit a new and simpler net be passed for the government gov-ernment of cities; lhat the number of cottnciliiicn for cities of the third class he reduced to live, and lhat they be given power to appoint a mayor and jus-tice jus-tice of the peace; that an set be passed in compliance with the decision of the supreme court of Utah in the case from Kavsville City, of K. P. F.llisonvs. .1. II. I.infofd, jr.; that all elections except school elections be held on the same day as that on which the delegate election is held; that the law he amended so us to provide that, member- of tin- school board may be paid for their servo ser-vo es; that canals and ditches used to Irrigate Irri-gate lands lying immediately outside of the corporate limits of a city be placed under the same regulations as ditches or canals within the orporuh limits, all of which arc submitted herewith, marked exhibit 15. I r gain renew my recommendation in favor of giving to mayors of cities a limited veto pom a. 1 believe the public Interests will lie better .rrcd if the responsibility is placed upon the uiay.j; of approving municipal legislation. I further recommend that the power be granted to the major or to a police hoard toappoiut mil remove policemen when necessary. The office Wl mayor should be made one of Conor and respou-ibility. I am informed that a charter for Salt Lake city) bos been prepared for your consideration by i a spcsiul committee appointed for the pur- I pope. Change of County Lines. The probate judge of Sevier county asks I that the boundary line between Sevier and I Piute counties ho definitely determined. The probate judge of Uintah county reeom. I in-, nils thrt all of Uintah county south of the Ducompaltgre Indian reservatiou be added I to Grand county. forest. So far as i! Is within our power I rccom-j rccom-j mend that you provide for the protection I and preservation of the forests which protect I the source of our mountain streams. Mining Hecorders. ! append to ibis message letters received from James N. Louder of Silver Reef, Utah, lu relation to the right of persons to vote I for mining recorder , and Ihe fees charged by them, marked exhibit 18, for your consul- ' nation. The Lien Law. The working of the present lien law is said to be unsatisfactory. I do not know whether 1 any law can be passed 011 this subject which will give gem nil satisfaction, but it is pus. slide the present law may he amended in I such a way as lo afford better security lo contractors, mechanics and Wboten and materiel ma-teriel men. Homo Manufactures. The law passed at the last session of t lie "legislative assembly authorizing the payment pay-ment of bounties to the manufacturers of sugar, iron and rope or twine expired by limitation on December 31, Is'.ll. 1 urge the passage of a similar law with a I wider scope. I believe the people of the 1 tcrr'tory will approve any art ion by you that will encourage utul promote the" develop. ' mcnt of home industries. The great sugar factory at Lebi, though it has been in opera, tion only one season, has shown the import- ! am c of pursuing a policy that will promote I like cnterpris, - in other portion- of the tcr- I ritory. 1 believe all our citizens feci a just pride in the en rgetlc aflft enter) rising work of Hie builders of the factory. Our territory has been abundantly blessed by nature with natural wealth, .mi that we heed i to encourage a home poliei that will secure Its development. Tin necessity W j such a course is apparent. ,,!; arlyrerjM settlement in the territory can he fiund j ' young men, bright, energetic and ambl- "4 J i Sale of Liquors, In 1SS2 1 npprured the amendment to the Salt Lake Charter uudcr which the city do. rives its authority lo control tin- liquor traffic. It was supposed then that the authority au-thority granted was broad enough to empower em-power the city government to revoke a li cr me when It appeared to them there had been i. palpable violation of the terms on which the license had been granted. Some controversy has recently nrincti as to the lights of the city council iu this respect. .1 tilcrefoie recommend that '.lie law be amended so as to authorize ihe council to revoke the license of u:iy person who run v scl1 liquor contrary to the icrms of a lici itse granted, or the ordinances of the city, I also tecommeud that the sale, serving, or giving away of liquors lie prohibited 111 Hi i-.iera or concert hulls or any like plan- of public umo-, nient. Suoii nl'aci s arc fre. qiiected by numbers of j-ouiig men. and ! tan conceive -f nothing mote destructive of public morals thau the sale of liqunrs under the influences which pr-v:i!l in bucli places. 1 also recommend that Hie sale of liquors be prohibited within a reasonable distscc -if schools and hurehes. Their should Iso be a stricter enforcement enforce-ment of the law which prohibits the sale of liquou to minors. 1 will approve a law authorizing and directing the. city council lo revoke the license of any person convicted of violating tills law. and prohibiting the ' Issuing of h liceuso after a second convtc-I tion. 1 do not believe this provision of the.: . law has received the attention which II de-serves de-serves from the public authorities. Public KolKls. In my last message I urged the Import-ance Import-ance of having better public roads through- : out the territory. 1 again refer to the matter, mat-ter, not only in the interests of Hie traveling public but moie particularly in the interests I -r tin- farming class w ho are worthy of all 1 the aid we call give thctn in this respect. A bap public road entails upon the farmer a daily and increasing Iobs iu th,. waste ,,f power uecessar) to haul produce to market, ' and the wear ami tear of thefurm wagon ami j machinery. On well constructed public ! roads with a smooth surface horses will I move more rapidly und haul heavier loads. |