Show f J 1 Needed Needed Leg Legislation f. f 0 VO important problems stand before the thel l 41 p present session of the legislature One Oneto h JT s' s to to do dD with official economies looking I w. ard vard the ultimate redu reduction tion of taxes and r Jh ofner has t to do with the punishment of i Under the first head it appears fr 1 there ther is need for restricting public off off- in the expenditures they may make At Atthe k j. j the pre present ent time the legislature determines t- t what appropriations shall shan be made for vanC various van van- vari- vari C ous ous departments and Wand institutions No doubt j h- h H Has was as intended d that official expenditures expenditures' should should-be confined to these figures i It however ow ve is po possible sible for state officials r i to fa nullify scrutiny beca because se they are tre Ie eri enabled to create deficits which override and ot overrule rr le the desires and arid wishes of the legisla-i legisla I I J- J ture hire The Utah laws should be so changed in cases cases' I c deficits will be prohibited except cases I QI Of grave emergency such as might arise from i I i insurrection or the visitation of widespread disasters Similarly there is need of a la lav v I IJ wilch J ich will prohibit Deities from issuing tax notes a system enables I I z b i to spend ta tax mon money y before they u- u receive it from which the sole benefits accrue j f f fo th the Inon money y lender I r State officials should be required to devote I their entire time and attention to their work l' l Jik vise all fees fees' and commissions levied by I state should be collected by the state and andi I l. l should go o directly to the state treasury Sal Sal- fies es and incomes incomes of state stat officials should hould sal sal-I no not be bd determined by commissions and fees ex- ex I I ted from the general public The alcohol j I d distributor sh should uld receive a a. J definite salar salary I i L and jj the tra traveling expenses of the state securities i- i ties tits commission should be paid by the I state N c under examination reimbursing ng the I state for these expenditures 1 In the matter of crime it is highly important import- import I ant a t that the le legislature do something to promote promote pro- pro mote an equality of justice within the state I Criminals should be measured with the same I f yardstick k and punished after the same fashion r regardless of former standing financial rating rating- I or or influence Murder is murder and all alt 2 murderers should suffer the same fate It is s manifestly unfair to execute one murderer and nd imprison another Juries are arc uncertain and are arc not likely to be bound to the same I i procedure wh where re alternatives are offered To end the cause of justice in Utah would would- j iOe be well served by making murder an offense I h habl by death without without the alternative lter I K kf f life imprisonment affording a uniform 1 COrse in the the punishment lent of murd murder r. r To the the I i s 's same end nd life Me imprisonment should be the fhe thel penalty penalty for fr holdups and robberies committed i j 4 aLthe pom point of deadly weapons weapon i 1 f J Two men were arrested f for r a joint of- of I 0 P i One of them received a t jail s sentence nten e i- i an anti and l the the other was given an indeterminate I ift S the in the state prison The man sent t to penitentiary tUc penitentiary was at liberty soon enough I kr f greet his companion through the hars Mrs o ofil i I c county jail in which he was confined f li IS is but one of scores of absurdities and i f eqUalities q est established under the ind t I e sentence law of Utah To remove these x j ii the indeterminate law should I A V ja v J r abolished f i T ret returning to o direct direct- and specific r I Ie It penalties e 1 t Much of th the difficulty enco encountered in i S the criminal laws of Utah may be ft to th the s system tem of pardons which rs 5 grown up in m the state Burglars and I JJ l jugs sent to o the state prison expect to catch catch tJ fie he ie next car back to tn town for the simple simpleS I ason that terminations pales pa- pa S otes les and ad f pardons serve to reverse the orders J f the courts The The board of pardons pardos has I Ie e me nie a i court of last resort for criminals criminals' rn 10 D have exhausted every legal means of e eating the purpose and the p penalties s of JaV v v a Its powers ar are areso so wide that hat it may Y std jd d the edicts of any court in the states state 1 art s s they apply to convicted felons The po power por r should be restricted and cone con- con e JQ the governor so that that personal j for r every miscarriage of of- the laws s may definitely placed places I |