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Show SCHOOL REVENUE ACT APPROVEDJY HOUSE Flat Two Per Cent Levy Made on Incomes to Provide Pro-vide for Education, Time Too Short to Work Out Graded Scale, Says Sponsor of Plan. The income tax bill for educational purposes was passed by the house yesterday. yes-terday. Tills bill -va3 prepared by a special spe-cial school revenue committee which the house appointed to solve the school tax question so that -the less populous sections sec-tions of the state would not be taxed In greater amounts than the more populous sections.- The committee was instructed "to draft a bill which would provide a fund to be equitably distributed among the school districts of the state for use in defraying defray-ing the expenses of administration of primary schools. The raising of funds for buildfng purposes remains the problem prob-lem of the individual districts. Representative Heppler of the special committee explained that there is no radical departure in the measure from the National Taxing association recommendations. recom-mendations. It follows the plan of the federal tax. further explaining the measure, he said It adopts a flat Z per cent levy in place of the graduated levy of the federal tax. The graduated levy would have been better, perhaps, he said, but insufficient time prohibited the working work-ing out of a schedule. The same exemptions ex-emptions as allowed by the federal tax are provided in this measure. Members Explain Positions. Representative William O'Neil said he was strongly in favor of the bill because it meant so much in the education of children in the rural districts. Representative Repre-sentative Pierce of Weber decried the enactment of too much tax legislation, which stopped capital from coming into the state, but he favored the passage of the bill. Representative Kelly, one of the two dissenting voters, opposed the measure meas-ure because, he said, the people are already al-ready burdened with too much taxation. Representative I. H. Masters voted against the hill, saying it was too long and should have been drafted in fewer words. . The special committee to which was referred II, B. 127, by Mrs. Blakely, and H. B. 135, by R. 13. Currie, recommended the tabling of the Blakely measure and favorable action for the other. The house followed the recommendation. Both bills relate to the organiation and rrovernment of cities and provide that city commissioners commis-sioners shall be elected from the various wards. The committee recommended an amendment to the Currie measure of salary sal-ary cuts for city officers. This was opposed op-posed by Representative Holmes, who said the bill did not affect his county at all, but he was opposed to city treasurers and other officers working for the same amount of wages as Is paid to laborers. All city officers must be elected under the Currie bill. Appointments are barred. Representative fc. D, McKay wanted his bill, relating to the state board of health, substituted for Representative Baxter's measure on the same Hiibject, when the Baxter bill was up for passage. Both measures were tabled. Utilities Bill Tabled. Two of Representative Greenwood's bills were tabled. They relate to the powers of the public utilities commission, commis-sion, H. B. 28, and make an appropriation appropria-tion for two veteran school teachers, II. B. 160. The proposal to redistrict the legislative legisla-tive districts of the state was killed when Representative Morris's H. B. 165 was tabled. Representative Croft's H. B. 172, which proposed to escheat to the state all depository accounts that remain inactive in-active for seven years, was also tabled. Unanimous consent was given the appropriations ap-propriations committee to introduce two appropriation bills. They provide an appropriation ap-propriation for the state to buy some Hatch town claims and to roim burse the school fund, which will sufEer a loss, through the sate of Irrigation bonds, the contsitutlon providing that the school fund cannot be made to suffer a loss. Road Measure Passes. Two conference committees were successful suc-cessful in their work when the house concurred in senate amendments to house bills. In the case of the state road fund bond issue measure, H. B. 7, a compromise was effected by splitting the difference in amounts and providing a minimum of $150,000 as the amount each county shall receive of the funds. The amendment, however, excepted counties of the thirteenth class or of less assessment assess-ment value, and this brought protest from Representative Bennion of Daggett county, who said his county was being discriminated against. In that il: was the only county affected by the proposal. He was aided in his right by Representative Hinckley, who said the action of tlie legislature leg-islature in giving unfair treatment to Daggett county was ma king the citizens in that part of the state favor n move for annexation to Wyoming. On rollca'ls adopting the amendments, they voted against the bill. Later Representative Adney said he did not think due consideration consid-eration had been given to the amendments, amend-ments, and, being opposed to the unjust treatment accorded Daggett county, he gave notice of a motion to reconsider the vote. Hepresentat ive Bennion said he was not given opportunity of appearing before the committee. Debt Limit Increase Opposed. A hurricane struck the proposal of Representative Snow's H. C. II. 1 I, for a const itutUuiMl amendment increasing the debt limit of tlie state. The resolution en me back from the .iuriiciarv committee Willi a va orahlo report, and Mr. Snow-moved Snow-moved a suspension of the rules for Us immediate passage. The rules wore suspended. sus-pended. Representative Morris ;sked the author how many dollars the limit would he Increased, and. being informed that it would be more than L'.Ouo.onO, he snid he w as tlatly acainst t he measure. Representative Repre-sentative Adney compared the per capita indebtedness of Vta h with some ot nor states. Represent a five Seegmiller saved the situation by suirirest ing tha t sinee a number of the mem hers had left it was nn inopportune t ime to attempt passinc I the hill, as it would need n two-thirds constitutional majoriiv. Adjournment j was moved and tlie MU w;s h-ft ;'.iive. Tlie state road mmmission S. B. 2, by Dern, was made a special order for Monday. |
