Show jo city school tax the worst legislature utah ever had the democratic session of 1892 made many blunders but tho worst yet discovered is that the cities of the faast and second class are left without means of a school tax judge smith hag made ibis clear in a deci bion in the fourth district court in tho case of aden vs daniel ham er county collector the legislature of 1892 passed a law abolishing the office of city assessor and collector and transferred the duties of that office to the offices of county assessor and county collector at the bamo times on the same day it paced a law providing for city school taxes and providing that the amount required be certified to the city assessor and collector who authorized to place the ame on the tax roll of the city judge smith saya now I 1 am very clear about that whether any taxes can be col lecter or not for aaa for the year 1693 or could have been collected coll acted it is clear the comity collector bas nothing whatever wh etever to do it banot his busine ea to collect it not hia beai ness to levy ot extend it on any aseves meat roll tjan fad ia abet county clerk mast axland be city taxes and be extends them irom the leyy made by thal city council and issues a warrant for their colE clion jn alia cafe an officer that has no existence ia directed to make this levy on a tax roll that baa no existence and the county collector has nothing whatever to do with it tha grave was overlooked and perpetuated by the last session of legislature and now it seimi certain that chaio ia no authority whatever for a school tax ia cities of the first and second class what is going to be done about it it is a serious matter for the schools must be kepfer running if the supreme court should sustain judge smith we agree with the salt lahke tribune that a special session of the legislature may be necessary |