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Show IRE TINKERING I WITH (; ilHSTITIJTION I Ashton Believes the Document Needs Amending, and Ho Tenders Prescription. " WOULD HAVE DEPOSITORY H BOARD FOR STATE FUNDS H To That End He Would Add An- I other Chapter to the State Document. Thero aro several constitution doctors in tho houso, each of whom believes k that ho has tho roal panacea for the ills of the instmmcnt adopted several 3-ears ago, and under which we aro now working. Mr. Ashton is the latest to IH como to tho front with a remedy. Sat-urday Sat-urday he introduced the following joint resolution, whicli ho Jiopes tho legisla-turo legisla-turo will submit to the people at tho olection in 1910. The resolution reads: That there sliall he submitted to th'.t qualified electors of the stato of Utah at tho next general election an amendment .to section 17 of article 7 of the stato constitution, relating to the care and IH management of public moneys in tho hands of public officers, nnd providing for a state depository board to direct thu depositing: of state moneys In tho pos-session pos-session of the state treasurer, so that said section 17 will read as follows; The governor, stato auditor and stale treasurer arc hereby constituted a stato depository board with full power and authority to designate depositories with which all funds in tho hands of the state treasurer shall bo deposited, and at such rate of Interest as may bo prescribed by JBfl law. When money shall have been de-posited de-posited under direction of said deposi- tory hoard and in accordance with tho lnw, tho treasurer shall not bo liable for loss on account of any such deposit oc-currlng oc-currlng through damage by tho elements or for any other cause or reason occa- lH stoned through means other than his own IH neglect, fraud or dishonorable conduct. IH A. separate official ballot 'shall be pro-pared pro-pared by tho county clerk of each county and furnished to tho judges of election jH In each province in the countv, to bo used in voting upon said constitutional amend-merit amend-merit at the general election to bo held in November, 1U10. Each ballot shall have printed thereon the words: "For the amendment to the conslltu-tion conslltu-tion providing for tho care and manage-mcnt manage-mcnt of public moneys, and providing IH for a state depository board." "Against the amendment to the con-slltution con-slltution providing for the care and man-agernent man-agernent of public moneys, and provld-ing provld-ing for a stato depository board." And in canvassing- tho result the gnn-cral gnn-cral election law? shall be applicable It shall be the duty of the governor to cause the question of the approval of said constitutional amendment to be sub-milted sub-milted at the next general election. This net shall take effect and be In full ll force from and after its passage aud IH approval. |