| Show SPRY OPPOSED TO HIMO ogden len not in the came says te oe chief executive AN AMENDMENT TO constitution NECESSARY 4 4 while at ogden last satur day governor william spry 4 expressed himself aa being op 4 posed to the removal of the state capital from salt lake 4 city to ogden the governor T says a ys that as salt lake is the 1 lerg 8 r g cst city of the state and is represented by many t ands of dollars more assessable property than any other city 4 4 it is the logical place for the 4 capital to be located 4 t the executive declared that 4 f it would be unconstitutional to 44 remove the capi talas the state constitution provides that the scat seat of government shall be in salt lake city and a change could not be affected unless a constitutional convention is held and the constitution amended 4 0 0 10 4 q tuesday june ath a special election wilt be held in every county in the state to determine the ques giop of whether or not a one mill tax shall be levied upon all the taxable property pro porty of the state said one in excess q of th the e rate of taxation otherwise fixed or limited for alt all other purposes said laid levy to continue or a period of fifteen successive years and the purpose thereof to be to raise funds with which to construct and furnish a state capitol for the state of utah to be located on the capitol grounds salt lake city the state constitution limits the amount of taxation that may be levied in any one year for all state purposes to eight mills on the dollar As the building of a state capitol is a state purpose there could not be under present limitation of the constitution ution a tax levied for that purpose in excess of the eight mill limit without the consent of the people hence the necessity of this election if a state capitol is to be built as it seems seem that the legislature has appropriated all the eight mills provided for by the constitution there beems u to be but little question that the people of this state is in need of a state capitol building and there is little prospect of their getting it unless this tax is authorized |
