Show J I I MUST BE ELASTIC r rNo j J JNo No system of ot t taxation is 19 sound foune that I Is not elastic enough to produce the tho revenue that ma inn may be needed from flom time to time under varying conditions I content myself with wih simply inviting your attention to the tho danger daner lurking In tho the proposition tion ton and arid to reiterate m my misgivings about constitutional provisions that are a tL code cod of law Instead of or general principles c underlying a codo code of law I make no other criticism of or the excellent program upon which the commission and the legislative On the committee have ha 6 agreed contrary I c deem em It i soUnd and it has my hearty indorsement mY this special session of or the legislature ha has been called caled primarily primar prImar- ily iy to o consider tax tax re revision yet et I avail myself of oC the opportunity to call caU your our attention to a n fe few other subjects upon which action acton I is imperative im Im- and which I think ma may be disposed of oC expeditiously Tho state building building- program au authorized nu- nu by chapter laws lawA of oC Utah Is under wn way and will wi provide pro sotel sorely needed space and fa facilities fa- fa cItes nt at the Several state Institution tion ton M Moreover er eo tIlts this program of or construction will wl help to stabilize economic conditions and r relieve un unemployment unemployment un- un employment thereby fitting Into Pr President Hoovers Hoover's efforts to avert averta a period of oC depression Unfortunately rt- rt two of or the lie projects that were prescribed to he be carried oUt during tho lie current biennium do not seem to meet the most U. U urgent ent needs and are aro therefore ill 1 advised ad One of or tho the objects of or the tho state building c commission bill hi As originally Introduced Intro intro- Was vas a to have ha e a competent nt od ody stud study the tho building requirements require require- ments of oC the several Institutions to th tho tue end that mone money should not be be wasted by constructing buildings f that not Justified This busl- busl provision pro was ns stricken 1 out in iii Its Is final form the bill or ordered ordered or- or dered c certain prescribed buildings s sto to bo ho constructed during the bien- bien For the Iho Utah state tate hospital there lucre Is Js Included In the tt state to buildIng commission law nn an fn addition to the present main building at It an nn estimated estimated esti esti- mated cost cst of The he state board hoard of oC Ins insanity nH recently adopted the foJo ing resolution to which I 1 invite your youE out attention Whereas the tho lie legislature of or 1929 19 I appropriated the tho Rum um uni of oC to tobe tobe tobe be cd b by th hO state building commission f fOr l. l the construction ton of or an nn addition additon td to tile the to pt present sent bul building ln of or the tho Utah state stat hospital it at t Provo and in tile the te Judgment of o the state bo fd of o insanity It would be Undesirable and unwise un to construct such nich an m addition and aid tint It will willbe willjo wil be jo to the tho greater eter advantage of or the institution If 1 a i Separate new buldIn build build- buld- buld In him i is constructed Now therefore be It rc resolved d I that the state hoard board of or Insanity does hereby rN respectfully tum ask asIc the governor gayer gover o or rI r- r I nor to call this matter mater to the tho alien alien- lion ion of or tho the legislature at Its Is forthcoming forth forth- coming coining special session find and that he ho request that the lie aforesaid pi lalion n be he made a available for or the construction find and equipment oC of uch such J v ie W building or ou buildings s as n may mayle maylie lie 10 le jointly a agreed I upon b by th the state of bf r and the the state building commission Br rIo It I further resolved that the tile governor o he be requested to inform the thC 1 legislature that thal such juch a building as asan ran Iun an b bo be cn constructed and equipped iou rOl or will wil not adequately r re reeve re- re eve 0 the present deplorable condl- condl lon lion ton of ot Pr d and that in to furnish proper r room for forlie tho lie Ito present hospital population Iho tho t aforesaid aforesaid appropriation should be doubled J Be lIe BI It It further Uth rel resolved fd that that the tho governor b bra hI requested 16 to ask the tho to legAr legislature tur to amend m nd the lie building commission law la So 0 as t tO J permit th the the- uso o of Inmate labor JabOr r re- re ular ts on construction wort Or fid nO far ar as practicable A. A |