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Show TO V0TK11S OK SAW LAKE CITY1 Ilo iou Maul lo Mortgago Your Homes I Tbe Hoard of l.ducatlou rak you to authorise It In aell bonda to the amount of six1 hundred Ihoutand dollars to enable It to buy land, build aihool licues, etc.; but before you do so, woul 1 It not lie woll to conalder all Ihe facts, and uudcraUni the result of your action? Tho City Council called ou tlieclly attorney for bla opinion aa to the legality legal-ity of the lionda Intende-d to bo Unicd If the vote ahall prove favorable. Why ill J that auguit bojyaak the advice of tholr attorney If, u liosajs, 'school bouda do not and cannot con atllute any part cf Ilia Indebtodiusa of Bait Lnka City, la a municipal corpora-tlon?" corpora-tlon?" and If, as be further toys, "each school district lu elms of tbo first cPuo la amunlclpallly dlellnct and searate from tbo clly In which It la altualod?" City Attorney 1 nil nuy be, and no doubt Is, n well imilppcd bwyir, and -.etmay bo mUUkeii, aa all men are liable to bv. If the school elletrlct lu Ibe city is a di-tluct aud seiaralo muDlclinllly, why did the Bait Lake City municipality callon lla attorney for an opluluii regarding a ijumllon In which It, aa a illallncl and sepurato corporation, could have no Intereal? Leluaexamltiubrlilly tho law uuder which thu j resent Hoard of Kducallou IioIJa Ita tenuro of ofllce, and rasalbly It may appear that Judgo Hall la somewhat In error. ArllcbiXV.pagolM, Laws cf Ulah, ISM, Mellon luJ, provldea that "lacli oily nilleiet lo tho protlaloiis of this iirilcle," etc., "ull connituto one sehool district." Hrilloit lull "The Hoard of lldui-atlnn In lacli clly of tho first ch-a shall conal.t of the Major andtwotrusteisto bo elided by aud from each numb lj.nl ward " The quiatlon url.ia here, If the munlclp.lltliaaroie.paruteaudilllliiit why la Ihe Mai ur made it meiiiUr of a UardlowblihoilKoho has uut laan eleiUeiT Why does iho law t rovl lo (Bee 103): "Fifteen elaya bi fore any elei Hon for avhool trusti ei for love mt tana for voting on thu iMiianCo of bonds or forony olhir iriiso namid In thla article, the city councils of tho si. vara i tin ahall npiulut from .), niunlelialwanl inrte Judgia of tuch elei lion?" ' Wlij ahall aueh elecllotis .... 'In, the mneril miinlclnal warils?" and best, whot tlrciim.lanco made It luisslble under Iho law for tho Hoard of Ldticatloubicxlht, unless It bo simply bionuao they rosldu in ibo city of Ball 1.4ko, u ilty of thu first Class, Hear In your mind, voters of Hall Uko t liy, when j-uti votuoii tho Innd Itintlnii, no or nt any lime, that the law (-.eo. 1)1, page HI7) proldeana fob ,loni "Ilouua Issued under the pro vl.loua of Ihla act ahull bo a lieu uiwu IbeUxablairuivttyln tho nbooldla. trlcl Isatilug them," and If such lieu rxbla uiiuii j our proitrty mu It bo Mid tlul ibe j ropitly la froo of liicitm. bramiV eiu Imvu a In me fir vim. ilfalil j ur lainlly. Do jolt le I lomi itMbli. tiitui r Ibo reUlctlon Ibat, If jouvi to for these bond, and thei 1 uto Issueil, )0ll in ly, Ilo la-furelhey ato ojld. leaiiug luoeo who udbnet lo Jw at Iho mercy of mircllcai money liatka? Itoinnolbelntlhfiilly nlil lliatl cauio I am 0 od lo the iuiiame or tho bonda In .iiratlon, I am o iki-i-1 lo n iiicatloti or Irre schools. On the contrary, con-trary, I am In favor of both. If such bonda aro iuo.l, I bellevo under tho rlrcuraatancea It woiild.ls illlllciill, If not Imiawlblc, tu Hoot llient, and It. I ilea, I do not liellova it good isillcy to borrow money noiv, when Ibo rates of Interest aro high, Willi which to isirchaao prorly at blgb rices, when Ibe iieta-sslty fur sin it airjso la not press lug. If we hive not acbuol houses enough, bouii-a can lw rented for temporary purposes. ll ua not go Into del tlol.ulld costly esllflci when IhecbltdreniaiibeUught aa will lu cheaper buildings. Keep out of del t la ngood tiiailm for niuulclpalltliai aa wvll ai liidlvldliala. Thrro la an Inju.tlco In tho law wblchollUelf would deter mn from Voting for tbeee bolide under the tieaeullaw, which Is clearly tinjuat, Udlevlngas I do Ibat "taxation wllh out representation la tjiauny." Hoc. 37, ige 1 1 7, lawa of 1 89d,provlded thua, "livery male rson of Ibo ago of twenty-one jeata or over, or who haa been a rreldcut of the Unltory for six month, and of Iho school district for thirty da),"itc, "and whohtapnhl a Ter rltorlal or con nly school Lax, eli'.,hsll lintllli-.llo votent any iucIi meeting" meet-ing" im la cotili miilateJ). When I reflect upon Iho fact that n large amount of laxablo projicrty lu this city Is oiim-l by female ellliena of tbo Urtltmt Htatia aa well aa rcaldeuUof Halt I-ako clty,who have liecn oasoescd and have paid Kbool taxes, and who, by Um act of the I-egllaturo are ex eluded from vollug, whllu male residents, resid-ents, who may not lie (ltlelis of tho United Htatcs, aro at lllirty lo saddle a lax upon thow who ore prohibited fmm voting, I am lei to remark that lhu law la unjust and ou-,ht to bo changed aa soon aa possible, ltcepeetfully, II. I). Johnson. |
