Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-14 | Page 2 | Taxpayers to Fight Against Too Many Bills

J URS 1 FIGHT r AGAINST TOO T MANY MAN BILLS Association S Sends Letters to Legislators VIEWS ARE AIRED Archaic and Inoperative Statu Statutes es Assailed With the view of ot preventing the passage of or an excessive of ot bills by the incoming legislature ure and ind for the purpose of bringing about the repeal of what the Utah Taxpayers' Taxpayers association terms as archaic and inoperative statutes Henry H H. as ch chairman or of orthe the association has sent the legislators legislators legislators legis legis- letters containing the views of the association tIon The letter follows follows follows fol fol- fol- fol lows In part It Is a reassuring condition which we have reached In Utah that legislators are not measured by the number of bills they Introduce but rather for the care and caution they employ before attaching their names to legislative propositions Wo We believe we reflect your our own views when we say that legislators should refu refute refuse e to Introduce measures with which they are not sufficiently sufficient sufficient- ly familiar to formulate an opinion It is patent that if we Increase legislative enactments we add to the burden of ot the taxpayers ers for the simple reason that al all laws aws must be administered and anil administration tion means more machinery which all requires money Our statutes are already en encumbered encumbered encumbered en- en cumbered with measures that are archaic and inoperative No doubt it will vill be the purpose of legislators legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors to repeal such measures and thus rid our code of ot laws of this abundance of dead timber No doubt certain laws will have ha to be passed though few in number number number num num- ber in order to strengthen existing statutes for the sole purpose or Of insuring the people increased efficiency efficiency efficiency effi effi- and econom economy In the administration administration administration adminis adminis- of public affairs We are confronted with the growing tendency to accept what is generally termed Federal Aid We Ve believe that investigation of ot this subject will prove extremely profitable profitable profitable profit profit- able so that the taxpayers taxpayers- may know whether such such- activities contemplated contemplated con con- ted In these provisions are are really practical and effective in the Interest of the taxpayers as a whole You will be required to decide dedde de de- de cide clde the desirability of ot il this s class of legislation These are all problems problems problems lems which will face the legislators legislators legislators legisla legisla- tors at the coming