| Show m on OLD MAIDS wide awake contracting firm up avo provo canyon wasting no tune time merrell herrell lumber pipe laying association in provo canyon met on the night of march 1907 mr robert snow was appointed chairman al and mr N chr simonsen Si r r immediately after ro roll ll 11 call sir amos hansen presented the hollowing rol lowing mos resolution I 1 i resolved that all girls over 30 years old and not married be known as old maids and that a tax be levied upon them of 10 each to be paid semiannually semi annually to the lie county treasurer in the county where they reside when remarks were vero called for mr N C simonsen spoke opposing the re alution because it would be very hard for the county assessor to get at the age of the ladies mr mir hans C petersen said hy h was in fal faor or of the resolution and thought it a good way for the counties to kaise means to help sell put up a new county building mr john hansen also spoke in favor of the resolution and said that it if any girl arrived at that age and not married it was surely their own fault because 1 he knew from experience amr eugene hillstrom also expressed his opinion that girls should be tax payers especially if they aspire to public off office lice mr chris hansen was opposed to the resolution because lie he felt that when lie he arrived in brigham Bri Kharn again there would be no more old irl aids ile ho said they had simply not had a chance mr amos hansen thought a tax was necessary because lie he was afraid K this were not done there would be f so many old maids that they would gather eather in mass meetings and pass very stringent laws against bachelors sir mr clarence merrell was in f faor aar ot of the resolution because as a te teamster am a m he thought it would help to improve the roads sir mr lorenzo hansen believed it would be a cheap way for some girls to get out ot of marrying some worthless le s s man and thought they would be quite willing to pay the tax the chairman cautioned the assembly to be very careful how they voted ou on the proposition it would mean a prosperous future for some of our counties but our own future should also be remembered A vote showed seven tor for and two against and the resolution stands as made upon motion the secret secretary ary was instructed ted to send a copy ot of these minutes to the brigham papers so the public would know and govern themselves accordingly I 1 meeting was adjourned sine die robert snow chairman N C Sh bonsen secretary |
