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Show RESOLUTION RELATING TO MIMESIS PASSED Provides for Constitutional Amendment to Change Method of Assessing. ACTION IS UNANIMOUS Object I3 to Have Mineral Holdings Assessed at the Full Money Value. P.y unanimous vote the house of representatives rep-resentatives yesterday morning passed house joint resolution IN'o. 9, by Representative Repre-sentative Thomas Page of Salt Lake providing for a constitutional amendment amend-ment to change the method of assessing and taxing mines in Utah by providing that mining claims and property shall be assessed and taxed at their full money value. At the same time the house passed house joint resolution No. 8, by Pago, providing another constitutional amend-mont amend-mont granting an exemption from taxation taxa-tion on homesteads in the sum of $'250 and on personal property amounting to $100. These are two tax measures that were pets of the chairman of the house com-mittoe com-mittoe on tax and revenue and both were amended considerably before the house "would place the stamp of approval ap-proval upon them. Resolution No. 9 provides an amendment amend-ment to section 4, article 13 of the constitution, which provides that "all mining claims and property shall be assessed and taxed at their full value in money by the slate board of equalization, equali-zation, as provided by law." The constitution con-stitution as it now stands provides that, mining property shall bo assessed at. the price paid the government for it and that the mines may be assessed on their net proceeds. Amendment Is Made. Representative Pago first sought to amend this section by providing t hat mining property should be assessed ''as other real estate is assessed." The house suggested that this be changed to provide that it should be assessed at i its full money value and that the assessment, as-sessment, be made by the state board of equalization rather than the county assessors. The measure was re-referred to committee and was placed on the calendar yesterday in amended form. When the amended resolution had been read and Representative Pase briefly explained it. it was passed with practically no discussion. The resolution resolu-tion provides for the proposed amendment amend-ment to be submitted to vote of the people at the next general election. The resolution making an exemption in the taxation of homes and personal property first provided an exemption on homes of $500 and personal property of $200, but the house thought this too large and the measure was re-referred to the committee, which changed the amonnt to $250 on homes and $100 on personal property. With this change there was no opposition to the measure. Other Action Taken. House bill No. 41, bv Berg, providing provid-ing for the licensing of embalmers by the state board of health, was passed without discussion, as was house bill No. 80. by Young, which changes the date of closing assessment rolls by rountv assessors from the first Monday in Mav to the third Monday in April to facilitate the work of assessors and the state board. Senate bill No. 10, by Chez, providing provid-ing for the charging of freight rates on coal on a basis of destination weight of the coal, instead of mine weight, was passed after some discussion. Some of the house members thought the bill would shoulder the expense of scales upon the counties, but it was explained that this expense will have to be borne bv the railroad companies. 'Fisher's house bill No. 64. relating to the registration of pure-bred bulls i allowed to run at large on the public range, was passed. The bill was the subject of considerable discussion, owing ow-ing to the fact that the law is designed de-signed to impose the necessity for a registered pedigTee in the case of bulls released upon the range. Recalled and Passed. Honse bill No. 35, by McKay, providing pro-viding for a budget system for the ptnte, was recalled from the governor's office because it had been slightly emended in the senate and the senate failed to notify the house of this change. The bill was again placed on Its final passage and was passed with the senate amendment. Young's house bill No. 18, providing for the registration of professional nurses, was passed unanimously by the house, as amended by the health committee com-mittee in its numerous sessions with representatives of the doctors and nurses. The bill provides for a board to examine nurses and to issue certificates certifi-cates to those who are qualified to engage en-gage in the work of professional nursing. nurs-ing. McKay's bill providing for the creation crea-tion of "a state department of agriculture agricul-ture and consolidating into this department depart-ment a number of state boards and offices of-fices now operated separately, ran against a snag in the house. Mistake Is Alleged. The author declared that the printed copy in the files of the members was not" the correct copy, that the bill had been amended in a good many particulars particu-lars by the committee and that the cony us amended was in the hands of the chief clerk and had not been printed. He declared that a mistake had been made in printing the wrong bill. There was considerable argument as to whether the bill should be considered consi-dered in such condition, with the re-Euilt re-Euilt that on motion of Fisher of Wasatch Wa-satch the measure was laid upon the table for the time being. House bill No. 61, by Williams, providing pro-viding that water users in making application ap-plication to the state engineer shall file a bond with their applications running from $200 to $5000. in accordance with the amount of water sought to be appropriated, ap-propriated, was killed after considerable consider-able argument. There was opposition to It on the ground that the small user would be discriminated against In fa-tot fa-tot of the large user and the corporation corpora-tion if required to furnish bond. - |