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Show 1 STATE EXPENSE LARGELY EXCEEDS REVENUE I law referred to expressly stales that no mllcnge ahull bo paid to Judges. But. apparently through un oversignt, the old law was not repealed. I therefore respectfully re-spectfully suggest thai you repeal Section Sec-tion 2051, Revised Statutes. 1SSS. as amended by Chapter J03. Sessions Laws of JP01. the section under which mileage was paid. State Historical Society. The president of tho Suite I Historical society advises me that the socletv Is without, a building for Ha hondqunrtcrs and for the cntu of Its valuable historical histor-ical relics. He recommends that an appropriation ap-propriation be made to purchase a suitable suit-able site and erect at lenst tho wing of a building for this organisation. I favor such an appropriation. If It seems consistent con-sistent with tho financial condition of the State. The Historical society Is a valuable organisation, and under proper conditions Its work will be of great benefit bene-fit to tho State. Medals for Indian War Veterans. The fund appropriated bv the former Legislature for t lie purchase of medals for tho Indian War veterans has been exhausted, and a number of applications are now on fllo. with a stiong probability that a large number will yet come In. The previous fund was ffiOO. and apparently appar-ently not half of the claimants have been supplied. I would suggest that an appropriation he made by your honorable honor-able body for this laudable purpose. Gambling. In view of the many cases of gambling that havo developed of late, In which In-boring In-boring men and others entirely unable to stand the loss of their money, have been Involved. I have tho honor to suggest that a law be made declurlng gambling a felony, fel-ony, Instead of a misdemeanor as at present, pres-ent, and giving authority to the Chief of Police or the Sheriff to confiscate nil gambling appliances and dostrov them at the city hall or the Sheriff's office. I believe be-lieve that, as now, tho person conducting the game, the one engaging In It. and tho party renting a house knowingly for tho conduct of gambling, should be declared de-clared equally guilty. It Is my confident belief that such a statute, sirlrtlv nmi I Impartially enforced, will free the various communities of the State from this terrible terri-ble evil, and I believe there Is no one, except the professional gamblers themselves, them-selves, who will have the temerity to claim (hat gambling Is a necessary evil. Speed of Automobiles. The numhor of automobiles in use In the Stnte has Increased so rapidly during dur-ing the past two years that It seems opportune op-portune for a State law regulating their speed to he enacted. This need Is emphasized em-phasized by the fact that In the recent past a number of fatal accidents with automobiles have occurred, the "ictlnis being pedestrians. I am Informed that stringent laws governing this matter ate in force in some of the States, and I believe the public safety demands similar simi-lar restrictions in Utah. This matter Is 1 respectfully referred to you for vour consideration con-sideration and action. There "is In my possession the German law on (his subject, sub-ject, which, with some eliminations and amendments, may be adapted to conditions condi-tions in Utah. Prohibition of Sunday Theatricals. In certain of the cities of the State theaters are allowed to open their doors and run regular performances on Sundav. This Is so decidedly contrarv to tho moral and religious sense of a Christian community com-munity that I regard it as a legitimate subject for legislation. I think you will agree with me that no theatricals. In the ordinary meaning of the term, should bo permitted on Sunday. While each cltv in.A .e ?tate a'10"1' regulate this matter within its own limits. It is a fact that In some cities, within the sh.odow of the churches tragedy. melodrama, vaudeville, vaude-ville, comedy, opera, and other forms of theatrical entertainment are allowed free ruin on Sundny. In view of this fact I would strongly recommend that vou pass a measure prohibiting such forms or public pub-lic amusement on Sunrinv. , Some time nso the Utah Association of Optometrists was organized having as Its object the raising of tho standnrd of professional work In their line, and pro tecting the community against those who practice as opticians without possessing-the possessing-the necessary skill to do their work well. In view of the fact that Incompotent opticians op-ticians may do a great amount of harm by permanently Injuring the eyesight of those who go to them for advice, I would favor legislation making strict requirements require-ments of those whose business It Is to fit gln.sses. A law should be passed establishing es-tablishing a State Board of Optometrists, before which every one desiring to prac-tico prac-tico must pass an examination as to his ability. The eyesight of the people If as" Important as any other clement of physical phy-sical health, and should bo equally safeguarded safe-guarded from incompetents. Qualifications of Notaries Public. Under tho present State law regarding regard-ing Notaries Public, no restrictions are specified as to age and citizenship of persons per-sons who may be appointed lo that position. posi-tion. (See Revised Statutes of Utah. ISPS, Title 17). It Is certainly advisable I hat the law he so amended as to require re-quire that all Notaries Public shall be citizens of the Stnte. at least twenty-one years of age. Commissioners on Uniform Legislation, There are a number of Important matters mat-ters outside the Jurisdiction of tho Congress Con-gress of the United States, on which uniform uni-form laws In the several States are desirable. de-sirable. Among these arc the subjects of marriage and divorce, Insolvency, the descent and distribution of property law of sales, warehouse receipts, the cxecu- , lion and probate of wills, nnd others. Tho suggestion has been made that each Slate appoint a board of some three commissioners, com-missioners, to represent It In this matter. mat-ter. I am In henrty accord with this recommendation: and suggest that you authorize such a commission, and provide pro-vide appropriation for Its expenses. A general act to accomplish this end has been sent to me by the Sceretnry of the Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and 1 shall be. pleased to submit it to your committees and confer with them on the subject of this enactment. enact-ment. I deem It proper to stnte for your Information that ihlrty-three of the States nnd the District of Columbia have appointed such commissioners. Law of Libel in Utah. While I am strongly In fnvor of safeguarding safe-guarding the freedom of speech and of the press, yet there Is one respect In which I think the present law of libel should be amended. I refer lo the common com-mon custom of the newspapers and of public speakers, especlnlly In tho heat of political campaigns and at other times of general excitement.- of misquoting tho remarks of opponents, attacking the character of honorable people giving misleading reports of public meetings, and so on. I will also include the custom cus-tom of certain disreputable lournnls of causing to bo published spurious letters or utterances attributed to Individuals, and using these as a basis of attack and misrepresentation, Intended especially especial-ly for foreign consumption. I am snfo In saying that any community in which this work goes on Is irroparablv Injured in reputation and tlnances. I would recommend such amendments to tho present law as will reach these cases with severe penalties, while encouraging en-couraging a bold and fearless stand on the part of public prints that are bent on supporting the right and punishing crime, whether public or private. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, the publishers of manv of these disreputable prints are financially Irresponsible; and on this account I suggest sug-gest that I he law of criminal libel be given broader scope and made capable of freer Interpretation, In order to reach cases worthy of punishment, but out of tench of the civil act, on account of the Impccunloalty of the people Involved Any enactment on this subpect must be carefully drawn. In order that It may stand the most rigid tests In the courts But I would favor your going as far as the Constitution of the Stat and the Statutes of the United States will permit. per-mit. In providing punishment for this nhuse of the power of tho press. Fraudulent Mining Schemes. 1 have the honor to call vour attention atten-tion to the steps nlready taken In California Cali-fornia and at the Mining conKrcss reeont-ly reeont-ly held in Denver. Colo., for the sup- prsBlon of fraudulent schemes In the name of mlnlnp, having for their purpose pur-pose tho enriching of tho promoter nt tho expense of the honotu but deceived Investor. The California, statute, enacted by the Legislature of that Slat In 100S, makes the notation of these fraudulent schemes and tho distribution of misleading mislead-ing statements to holster them up. a felony, punishable hy Imprisonment for n term not exceeding two vears, or a fine of not more than tlve thousand dollars, dol-lars, or hy both fine nnd Imprisonment. A bill providing for the punishment of tho promoters of these ncfnriouB schemes was drafted hy distinguished representatives at tho American Mining congress, anil adopted hy that body for recommendation recommenda-tion to tho various State Legislatures. Its provisions aro similar to those of the California statute already referred to. 1 would strongly urge In the Interest of honest, legitimate mining, that a similar simi-lar law he enacted In Utah. For while our State has been freer than some others oth-ers from these schemes. It is most desirable de-sirable that steps he taken to rid tho community of the few now being floated, nnd to prevent, as nearly as mnv he. any recurrence of such frauds f" shall he plensed to submit to your committees on mines nnd mining. If desired for their Information and assistance, tho California Califor-nia statute and the proposed 1)111 adopted by the Mining congress. Law Against Usury. Although the legal ram of Intcrost In I'tnh Is eight per cent per annum, when not stated In an obligation, there I? no moans of preventing a creditor from charging any rale he mav ho able to exact. As a result, much hardship and suffering . has been eninlled upon Individuals, Indi-viduals, who, by misfortune or lack of thrift, have been forced to th neccsitv of making chattel or salary loans. T am strongly of the opinion I hat a law should he enacted fixing eight per cont per annum an-num as tho legal rate of Interest, allowing, allow-ing, as at present, the lending of monov nt a lower rate than this, hut prohibiting prohibit-ing the charging of a higher rnl In order or-der that it may be effective, r recommend that this act be- made unmistakable in Its other objects of interest In Utah This fact. It aeems to me, should render us willing to assist otlmr Slates by our nie-morlnls. nie-morlnls. In securing similar protection for their natural beauties. Stato Capitol. Utah has now been In the Union just cloven years. And yet It hns "no place to lay its head." Tho State is addicted to the rather reprehensible prnctlce of renting a home. If a young couple hnd been married for eleven years nnd hnd made no step whatever toward acquiring acquir-ing a home, they might Justly be accused of lack of thrift. While tho same accusation accusa-tion can hardly he made against the Stnte. yet the time seems opportune for a commencement toward securing a building build-ing for the Stale offices. Change ln Fiscal Year. The former Legislature changed the liscnl year so that Instead of ending, as before, on December 31. It now ends on November 30. The change has caused some complications. In ordr to avoid these and conform to the tlscal year, I would respectfully suggest that you make appropriations for rh period ending November No-vember 30, 13ns. The law should be made uniform in providing thnt the reports of all departments must reach the Governor not later than December 15 preceding the meeting of the Legislature. Railroads. There has been considerable discission of late about tho creation of a railrond commission. There arc many arguments in favor of a commission, but whether or not tho time for It Is opportune, whn so many railroads are asking for admittance admit-tance to the State, Is tho question for you to determine. In tho State Constitution, article XII, section In power Is given to the Legislature to govern railrond rates and prevent abuses on the part of common com-mon cnrrlcrs. There can ho. therefor, no question of your nulhorltv to create a railroad commission; and the only question ques-tion Is- on tho advisability of such action at this time. Probably th most difficult problem connected with the operation of the rail- UNIVERSITY-AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE "One suggestion I take the liberty of making. Two years ago, these two institutions asked for $fi 17,621. or nearly one-half, of the expected revenue for tfie ensuing two vears. They are asking now for over $570,000, or over one-third of the expected revenue for the next two years. In order ,fo supply even a reasonable part of these demands, it becomes necessary for us to deprive the primary and secondary schools of the State and other institutions institu-tions and departments, of funds absolutely necessary for their support. Therefore my strong opinion is that you gentlemen, even if you go no farther, should provide for the placing of the two institutions under one board, with the proviso (hat one sum be asked for both schools." Gov. Cutler to Legislature. provisions, denning usury nnd the penalty pen-alty for it. and making the pcnaltv severe se-vere enough to prevent the exactions which have been practiced through the urgent needs of the poor. Protection of Timber. The limber supply of the Stnte is In danger of being completely exhausted In tho near future., unless steps are taken to protect It. Forest reserves have been set apart and regulations regarding the out ting of timber are being enforced, but I am convinced that one of the greatest dangers to timber on. side of Federal control con-trol Is from forest Hies. Destructive fires occur every yenr. especially In the fall, and they are most commonlv caused bv careless campers. It would be well for you to Inveslgnte this matter, and formulaic for-mulaic a law visiting severe penalties upon those who carelessly and criminally endanger the forests, and thus cause irreparable ir-reparable loss to l.'tah. Preservation of Stnte and National Scenery. A movement of groat Importance, in which I tah Is particularly Interested, has been started for the preservation of ruins, waterfalls, forests and other tvplcal scenery scen-ery In danger of being destroved In th merest of commercial enterprises It has been suggested by the promoters of this movement Hint the various State Legislatures Legisla-tures memoralize Congress to pass a measure prohibiting the destruction of certain specified scenery In localities not set aside as national parks. Special mcn-t mcn-t on is made of Niagara Falls. I believe there could he no objection to each State Legislature specifying certain places within the borders of tho Stato asking thu.t..they l,e '"eluded In the "general prohibition. pro-hibition. I am pleased to he able to slat that action has already been taken setting aside and protecting against vandalism the ruins of the cliff dwellings and some roads In the. State at (he present time, is the shortage of equipment, especially as It aifocts the delivery of coal. Various causes are responsible for this, among them unprecedented prosperity, calling for Ihe carrying of a large amount of freight, and tho demands of other States for Utah . coal. The business of the State has Increased In-creased faster than the facilities of the roads. It Is claimed by some citizens lhal Ihe roads are purposely holding coal at various vari-ous points, and refusing to supply the demand while amply able, to do so. The absurdity of this claim Is apparent when we consider the high price of coal, tho largo profit the railroads must make hy handling It. and the strong business reasons rea-sons they have for supplying It. To accuse ac-cuse tho roads of holding back a commodity com-modity po protUable to tnetn. Is to nccuso their managers of an utter lack of butd-nesc butd-nesc sngaclty. from my observation 1 am convinced that it Is mostly a question of shortage of equipment, caused by the Increased In-creased buslnees that hns come to the roads. If this Ib the case, and I think it can not he successfully disputed, tho remedy is more equipment and more railroads. If the present railrond service Is Inadequate Inade-quate to furnish the citizens of Utah with coal, then the service must be Increased, or eonl prevented from eolng out of the State until wo are supplied. Vet there Is enough coal In I'tah to supply nil the Western Stales for centuries. The only alternative would be for tho citizens lo I build rnllronds to the mines. I Tho now Federal law. covering unjust discrimination, rebates,- etc . Is now ln operation, op-eration, nnd the roads will doubllesK adapt lliclr affairs to its provisions. Prudence Pru-dence and calm Judgment should provall, and overy opportunity he given the railroads rail-roads to -clear up the situation and overcome over-come present difficulties. University-Agricultural College Commission. Com-mission. In accordance with an act approved March 9. 1905, the Governor appointed a commission to investigate the work of the University and the Agricultural college. col-lege. It consisted of the following gentlemen: gen-tlemen: J C Walters and II. Bullen. Jr., of Cache county. A. S. Condon of Weber county. George A. Eaton and John M. Mills of Salt Lake county. S. II- Goodwin Good-win of I'tnh county, Peter Sundwall of Sanpete county, and rtolnhard Mauser of Beaver county. The Governor acted as cx-officlo chairman. The members acted without compensation, compensa-tion, only their nctunl expenses being allowed. al-lowed. Their labors were performed with faithfulness and intelligence, every phase of tho subject before thorn being thoroughly tho-roughly canvassed They completed the work and handed their report to the Secretary Sec-retary of Stale on July 1, 1906, according to the terms of the act creating the commission com-mission The report will be transmitted to you shortly. Three reports were prepared. The majority ma-jority report, signed by five of the members, mem-bers, recommends absolute consolidation on one site, the mill tax plan of support and the distribution of tho monov saved' hy consolidation among the counties of the Plain for high school purposes. One minority report, signed by l. 'nemher favors separate mnlntenanco with piopcr supervision and assignment of;'5;.'1 the mill tnx plan of support A third report, re-port, signed by one member, favors separate sepa-rate maintenance so far as location is concerned, with control by one hoard or trustees of certain gentlemen. T I kjsc several reports have been distributed j tho lending educators of the State, and to the members of the Leg slaiure. I? view of t tie fact that not all the funds appropriated for the work of Ihe commission commis-sion were used hy It. I would respectful!' recommend that sm appropriation he made lo reimburse those who have undertaken un-dertaken thl3 distribution, The recommendations of the commission commis-sion are submitted for your consideration and action. One suggestion I taKo the liberty of malting. Two years ago these two Institutions naked for $01i.2L or nearlv one-half of the expected revenue for the ensuing two years'. They are asking now for over ?570.000. or over one-third one-third of the expected revenue for the next two vears. In order to supply even il reasonable part of these demands It becomes necessary for us 10 deprive the primary and secondary schools of the Plato and oiher Institutions and departments depart-ments of funds absolutely necessary for their support. Therefore, my stroug opinion Is that you gentlemen, even if vou go no further, should provide for tho placing of the two Institutions under one board, with the proviso thnt one sum be asked for both schools. I wish to give an additional reason for j this conclusion It has been the history of evory session of the s ori..,. i Statehood that officers of B h.tur iri and others Interested ?,, inl "boS active am persistent lobbyist"' ting forth their needs In ih rn"niiUra" of the paid officers have-nVenPffi?' & erly belonging to the Stato to iTfW their claims. This has created inpJ between two Institutions wi U ?M work logothor for the eduwatloiini i1 mcnt of the youth. tuJ'1U0nl I1414S If this condition can ho in,n. i fectlvely. It should bo0, longer the prer.ont situation fs altn prevail, tho more difficult ?M u set. manors right in th's Impor L4 k partnient of the State' Krowrl, V1 W mend l Ms to your careful consid" ,5?3 faction? Vllal 1UC-i0s fiSj Conclusion. I trust you gentlemen will not J me presumptuous In offering sinotSi gestlon. So many Important 1 ,her come before your consideration ,H lion. that. It. is advlsnUc for v0 , f i 3 al once upon your cork In nJ. vital questions muv no b,v Vrlis and Ill-considered .1 tf0'i al th ,m tho session. Yoyi respo-islbllUv ifTl dlnary one. Tlit r!r of the Lom91 prosperity of the Sra-c. fid t!mPM of Its vested In tew? ne your hands. As gurd!-i;. of our Im 5 vou arc asked to rend'- a mlc 1225 Ing of your temporary .vewnmiM? far as my co-opera-lon will a t T ' discharging your responsibility , r" ' d Lilly extended to vou. " |