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Show :M Tax Law Held 19 To Be Invalid iitoJBBj jBUition Says That Men and icImSB615"" Alike Shall lie Granted lcll!!!SBwl Snme I'rh liege. iclMffHBl 0S3Byerir8 tllR poll tax law has been auiUijBM ,n every county nnd city In GWjjjBBJand R reBponHtble for helping Mly8P tho Tmia ,n Kood condition. )KpiHKrl7 ovory mnl nble-bodloB rcBl-J. rcBl-J. VBTer the ngo of 21 nnd under fiO lri " pald 3 or Rlvcn ono llnyB wUolB'111 n lcnm 0f rccont years mSelR haB bcon 2 or " day bIiibIo- ordfBall thought that it wns n good lin? !!2SVl ,Fal- "owovor, It remained lne,"M. ,,son of BnU L"l City to ?JHfi"!ck' "ecnuso tho lndlea wore 5a-SLK udf d ln u, tnx- WIIboii anld 3 ' , wJifcT'.i a"8 lKlBlntion, bccnuHo tho l2HIlUon l'roilcB that in Utah men ' 'SwiW?',1) nllko Bllnn b Krnnted tho to "' ,HVVleBc" Ho ronHoiiB that pny- RwL2H nx ls n Prlvllogo to which 13. IBli!"'?. doljnrrcd, and therefore eSSR,,"101"11- All who lmvo paid lsJ.Hi. ' 'ax under protest may now ve, To"M tefunded. s.4!t0 wlu undoubtedly bo taken "S!"5"10 court d tried out ?eU .i.lhe. oplnl" at J"dKO F. C L' BfVtiEi ' bcforo vv'om tho enso was clulT.JB!llows: P 4 M,i case of Snlt- '-no City, n 1 .wkW?LCpornUo"' ngnlnat M. 13. i ! .jSB.,"9 "emurrcr to tho complaint 13,1i'&iBi . .U,,0M tho ground that 31 ""ciJB!"1 ?f t'lo laws of 190U, ho far We,,lhTR!p .,0 Imi'OHo poll tax, Is M t!1? T ll vlolt,teB nrtiolo I, sec-i01". sec-i01". clK ,,0v.1c?llRHttlnn of tho Htato P 6 'iKi f!hltih I'WldeB that both e,'M?J5,nB,,, J-Itlsoim of thlH statu ,o 1 JtjjBWHnmlly nil dvll, nolllical l and religious rights nnd privileges; for the reason that this per capita tax, by tho terms of tho statute, la Imposed only upon men. Hy the law In question, no road work or labor is imposed upon tho persons tnxed, nor can work bo rendered In lieu of tho payment or money. It is a straight capitation tax upon men, tho nrt proceeds pro-ceeds of which, nro to bo used In making mak-ing nnd Improving roads The roads nro open to tho public men and women nllko and to Impost n capitation capita-tion money tax upon men, for tho .maintenance of roads, Ib clearly to extend n -privilege or exemption from the burden of taxation, based solely upon box, nnd quite contrary to the constitutional provision above referred to. For this reason and for other reasons mentioned In tho specification of grouiuls for tho demurreii tho demurrer de-murrer Is sustained." |