Show I A AS IrLE LE LEI I I 5 Laws aws are often passed with an n improper improper improper im- im proper proper motive Those th that rifer lt are passed passed passed pass pass- ed with the right motive and properly proper proper- ly digested are sound philosophical laws Maws that everybody respects but the ones ones' passed wherein somebody has an ax to grind do not work so well For lor a sample take Chapter 9 94 4 of the Utah Laws of 1921 the last legislature made legislature made to Regulate the Construction of School Buildings 5 It seems seems' to be an Innocent looking statute It provides that the state states s superintendent shall have practically all the s say y so about the construction and erection of s school hooI buildings That the heating ventilation sanitation sanitation sani sani- tation lighting and so forth shall be under his absolute charge and he lie is made practically an absolute monarch in iu school building over the various county school boards of the state as well as his other jurisdiction tion as to the management of the schools At one time we had our local local lo lo- lo cal school districts that were noted for being extremely local and democratic democratic demo demo- cratic and though they may have been deficient In fn a way yet they taught local pride and individuality that was later swallowed up in the county school district and the central powers that be wore were were not satisfied and so the state superintendent is made m Ide the supreme boss of the school system of the state This is a growth that should have been prevented because beeR be- be cause eR use there is a dangerous tendency y J now-a-days now to concentrate concentrate- everything at the state capitals first and then at nt Washington last and the more conc concentration we have the worse we weare weare are aro ort oft The last legislature should have fought this principle to th the last ditch but it didn't and fell Cell Into a grievous error There will be those of oC course courset 1 t who ho will defend the said above monarchial monarch monarch- Innocent locking lookIng look lock ial school law and as Ing as ns It may appear to them rPt In addition to the above criticism down n donat at the last end of the said law V is a Joker that appears like a good sized sided African In n the proverbial woodpile It says sas Sec 4 No plans or specIfications specifications specifications of school buildings shall be approved unless prepared by a n duly licensed architect Now that I f is where the graft comes in That Is the statutory creation of a graft and anti anda antia a trust trust for licensed architects If It aman aman a i iman man Isn't a licensed architect then he hasn't a look In The architect that a school board might want to employ and who is a man of great ability if he is not licensed then his plans cannot be accepted On the theother theother theother other hand if be he Is a licensed S. S ahi- ahi and has an Inferior building plan his plan must be accepted by bythe bythe bythe the board and by the state A license doesn't give aman a aman aman man brains though brains sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times gives a man the license of or adaptability and as the licensed architects will get together and pool their prices it follows that hat the he statute places the school fun fun Is ls t f f the tatE state in a position so that they will willbe willbe be grafted upon by the tho architects and are protected by tho the law Jaw in so solons lons How innocent that 1015 fur for the benefit of go Id d d school jE The architects Karl hart in m ax to lo grind and they expect t t tJ grim it M rt the expense of or the or I nf n lie hE state stal and they now have hav rte lie power to n enforce their demands After t Af- ter having hoodwinked ti tl legislature legisla- legisla ture do you suppose that they will wil wilnot not take tate full advantage of their power Dower If you ou doubt it ft just s' s s human nature a little ann and the trie answer answer answer an an- will be plain A careful c examination exam am- am of these innocent looking statutes that are fastened upon the people of or the state show that the they are fe made primarily not for the hood of tho the people but Jor for graft This aw seems to be no exception to rule and the legislature didn't see sea it It Is high time Ume that the legislature o of or r Utah were looking out for sp selfish purposes hidden away in most of the bills that are sought to be he made Into laws 0 Happening August |