Show THE TEE NEW REVENUE LAW T i A I 1 republish WE publish today to day the act to p provide 0 revenue for the territory of utah aa I 1 as passed by the iiri liri legislature Is adire and signed by ghego the governor brnoit erno it thu ia a 9 good bill bil and in maby many respects a great improvement on the oid qed r revenue t venue faw law the total amount to tobe be assessed for territorial county and school purposes is per cent this with the brov provision ilsoon repealing hat that jp odthe of the school la law YV chich eai eal empowers powers trustees to assess a tax of one fourth of one per de cent tit makess the ge tax tat 4 a trifle less than under the old statute the ithe advantages to school destrie ts odthe of he new arrangement arranged arran gem ent eat aro are ai 1 these first the amount ob ator schoot school purposes will be bb greater in the aggregate than boe bee tor torr rj second its distribution will be Z ad under i tue the old law poor districts in which tue the great todeal ikid froin from taxation was feit felt balyi collected much ism smaller aller alier k lle lie richer dist nise niso so thon thoa the revenue obtained from in many instances an stances feli feil fell feil to me lot of districts butich better betten apaul of r eif eif elf support thau than others other which obtains no benefit under the new dow jaw law the school tax cl collected acted from all sources will be divided with tho the exception of the five thousand dollars annual amount for the deseret university among the school districts accord lilg to the number of children of school schod lage age therein and expended for the pa payment ament of district sch school ool teachers azcui according arding to the number of average daily attendance offu of pupils this will be bd a great help to the cause of education and with the law which pei permits mits a maximum tax of three per cent for school purposes in any school district on a two thirds vote of the qualified ed voters therein makes ample provision for all present school require ments menta the usual exemptions from taxa tion are made in this bill bilt and in iu addition debts due and owing by the party asses assessed are to be jae deducted from his taxable credits and mining claims pr products 0 ducts ducth of m mines ines 1 and ore in the mines mi n es are also exempted the latter iatter is a ivery very sweeping provision and no matter what may be thou thought glit 1 of it by other sections of the community the mining classes should feel that their interests have been baen specially protected by the bill abw any objections can be raised against this feature of the law by the pro i champions of the mines is a dense and clouded mystery ry u un n solvable and impenetrable unless we conclude that as in the case of the election law lawr they are mad mead because all they profess professed eU to want adt has been granted leaving nothing taug ible ibie for them to protest about and misrepresent the offices of assessor and collector are separated except in counties where the annual revenue does not amount to more than thin these offices cesare are made elective but vacancies between elections can be filled by appointment from the county court pr property a perty is to be as hessed at its cash value on the first day of april thie the assessment must be completed by the first monday n june taxes will be 0 due on the first day of july and become delinquent if n not 1 ot paid I 1 wd by ithe the slat day of Qc october tober er the collector enst full fuli settle bottle with the acoury coun ty court by we the bist kist day of december property may be seized and sold for unpaid taxes and provision is made by this law for the conveyance of title to real estate thus seiz ed and sold two years tim tima I 1 is allowed for the redemption of the thle property on payment of the taxes the costs oni ond one ond add and a hait half per cent per annum interest the county courts may only remit taxes in certain daes caes and then only to the amount oi nive five dollars in each bach instance the county treasur treasurer ers are made sub treasurers treasur ers of the territory to whom the thee collectors are to pay all funa monthly there are many other good provisions in n the bill but these are the odet changes made from the old law we advise our readers to fe A udy tidy it c carefully reful lyd lys it is far better to understand a U liw than to 6 depend upon another for information every taxpayer as well aa as every eved public omm off lelal official should become acquainted quain ted with ith the details of this thiv act abt I 1 and all should govern thedis themselves elves accordingly payment of taxes is generally obnoxious and otherwise hon orabie people will often try to chirk the responsibility of supporting ine int the reven revenue tie tio which the ownership of property roper tk ent entails afis or to escape a full and fair as but duy duty to the state put into the sha in ko feo lightly taxed a 9 community no one our has any valid excuse for evading evading the assessor and collector we believe that the new law will work well and though much valuable property which must people think ought justly to be taxed will under its provisions escape assers assessment that the revenue of 0 the territory will be increased in proportion to the I 1 requirements require ments menta of the time times let all ail 11 honest people comply with its requirements and aud let lt those who nou not bb made imade to understand that there is howerto power to enforce as well as wisdom to enact laws in the Territory ry of ugh |