OCR Text |
Show EXPRESS COMPANY TO ME TAX Wells Fargo Concern Noti fies Attorney General of Decision to Obey Law. The s ate of U dh t be ame knonn en or ay hus e oiious n s on toea v. hgo t Co Bx p e i o e t e o po at on ax aw The exp euB o pa y has de ded o i ay 1 6 2ul ta A o ey Qenc al A R. Barnes was so advised I a le er recel ed yeste day from Harrj A Marx New ork gene al attorne for the ol a Fa go ompa y Pre io s y Mr Marx had protes ed t at ) Is compa y nould not pay the tax be cause It onx dered the Utah law un on stltutlonal by ruson of the fax t that the expreas con pany dd an nebae business. In paying the lax ad sed Mr Marx Weils, Fargo tt Co wanted t u derstood that It was doing It under protes and that It might bring suit later to cover the amo nt on the ground that tt e corporal on license tax Is not constitutional The decision of the company to na the tax though under protest, was made on receipt of a letter from Attorney General Beu-nes, In whloh he uphold, for the state, the constitutionality of tbe law and as serted that payment would be Insisted upon. He declined to accept the proposal of the company to enter a "friendly suit to determine the oonstltutlonallty of the statute. Recourbe Is Open In hla opinion upholding the law the attorney general died the case of the Baltic Mining company versus tbe state of sssMBsoammtta smd other gtmlrar Uttgav tton Involving laws sbnllar to Utah a corporation cor-poration tax. "The sr pi ess company's at torney tabes exception to these points, STSInnsjnlng there w a dissimilarity ta tbe cases. Ms makes the point tbaTtna ex press oompany's hnslnses In Utah Is target,' Interstate aad that Dtab baa- no lurMtntlpo, Tbe point ta," remarked Attorney Oensral Barnes. "4 hat tbs twagmiu has deeMed to pay lbs tag Wnetber It papa under pi mast or not. It pays. Tbe courts are open la ths company If It wants to tast tha nussUtoOoneJIty of the law, there will be no frlsnrtV sutta." The attorneys far Wen. mama Oa. have Instructed tbs loeal senis-lnlsndsal to make payment of tbe tax to tbe secretary secre-tary of state, wanes aflbm silaiaasnislm tbs inrporsUun Bceasse bur Grace Bsplrcs Todaj. No word baa been rsoslved bp tbe at torney Msstal from jHmagnsraaws of tbe wbiekasnOi abSa1 tg tbs ""giji i?lflsW'1?ftanj ffljTLlsT Mym!SIHVaf TbJa was tbe asaxdsnemi tarn onsssr that law Tbon gleaners limraaajd the assx-imam assx-imam to IM WMIs tbs wsmaMes bad alwaye pafi the IM tsnt. aoeaowhat gram- |