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Show GOVERNOR SPRY'S MESSAGE Utah's Chief Executive Recommends Important Legislation In the Interest In-terest of the People. Salt Lako City. Afn Joint session on Tuesdny or tho senate and house, Governor William Spry read his message mes-sage to the Utah legislature, In which he recommended Important legislation legisla-tion in tho interest of tho pcoplo ol (he commonwealth. Governor Spry began his messago by calling tho attention of tho lawmakers law-makers to the fact that It was their duty to choose a United States senator sena-tor to represent tills state. He then devoted a paragraph to local lo-cal option legislation, in accordance with tho platform , on which tho Ite publican legislators were elected, do scribing tho passago of such a bill as ono of the first and most Important duties before tho legislature. TI1I3 means loeni option witu cities or tne first and second class as units, and counties outside tho cities as units, tho matter to b6, submitted to the pboplo for adoption or rejection within with-in sixty days alter tno legislature adjourns.' ad-journs.' .The present revenue laws of tho Btatp were characterized by tho governor gov-ernor as "ancient, unjust, unfair nnd Inadequate," and ho recommended their' revision. ' , Tho lack of uniformity among an seasons in making their appraisements appraise-ments was decried by. tho governor, who advocated mora uniformity and a eduction in the tax lovi'es. In reviewing tho annual reports of tho stato officers and state instltu Hons, tho governor concurred with them in many recommendations for new legislation, and for Improvements In stato buildings, and declared that a new stato capitol Is an imperative necessity. Tho govornor had wordB of praise for all of tno state officers in tho discharges of their duties, nnd urged that more stringent laws bo made to aid tho stato officials in the conduct of tho affairs of the state, especially es-pecially advising legislation that would aid the stato food and dairy department de-partment in tho enforcement of the pure food law and Its fight for cleanliness clean-liness in slaughter nouses, dairies, etc. The governor was particularly liberal lib-eral in his recommendations for tho betterment of tho different schools ol the state, the University of Utali and tlie Agricultural College being highly commended, nnd their pleas for additional addi-tional buildings being heartily seconded sec-onded by tho governor. Tho work of the management 01 the Stato Industrial Indus-trial school was commended, as were tho methods In vogue at thb State Mental hospital at Provo. For the Utah school for tho deaf and blind, tho governor asked an appropriation of $13,750, that tho pupils may bo taught agriculture. Concerning tho workshop for the idult blind, now established In Salt Lako City, tho governor Is not very enthusiastic. JIo pointed out In his message that not very many blind .iad takon ndvantagb of It, and he recommended that, If continued, It he continued in connection with the ?tnto school for tho blind, 'lf'ls suggested that amendments be mado .to tho-corporatlon law, raising Mie Hcohso fees for tho big corporation's, corpora-tion's, nnd limiting the regulations more stringent. Tho1 governor also suggests? a now banking law, to replace re-place tho onofnow in forco, passed in 1888. Legislation Is nlso asked with regard to tho Inhorltarico tax. More monoy Is asked for tho state bureau of statistics that it may In chido In its work that of. an Immigration Immigra-tion burcnu. Tho need for tlio continuation contin-uation of such bureau, nnd tho extension exten-sion of its work Is emphasized. Moro powers and n possiblo deputy for tho stato insurnnco commissioner' wero recommended by tho govornor Under tho Dick law, If Utah gets another an-other congressman, It will also have to support a national guard of 40f strong, Instead of 300. Legislation looking to a now armory for tho Utah national guard Is urged. ' Govornor Spry deplored the fact that tho stato board of sheep commission ers ran out of funds, nnd ho urgeo legislation which would make the board self supporting. Tho work of tho stato road commls slon was reviewed, and a law recommended, recom-mended, making abutting property owners responsible for tho Irrigation ditch nuisance, so prevalent In this stato. Tho govornor urged that tho library li-brary gymnasium commission bo abolished, abol-ished, and Its work assigned to Uip stato board of education. Amendments to tho Juvonllo court law, ns urged by tho stato juvenile court commission, aro urged. Tho governor reported that 2,5fi3 names had been secured by tho In 3lan war record commission. Ho urg-?d urg-?d that any furthor work of that nn-Mire nn-Mire como before tho adjutant general rn tho meantime ho urged the logis'a-'tiro logis'a-'tiro to pass tho names of thoso en-'oiled en-'oiled by tho commission on to congress con-gress that tho persons bo named may ecolvo ponslons. In his recommendation for a public wvlco commission, Govornor Spry dmply repeated verbatim what ho had in this subject two years ago. Tho legislature was urged to turn lown tho proposed fodoral Income tax. imondmont for tho reason that it ;ives tho congress too much power, hat such monoy should bo spent In ho states whore raised, and that the 'oderal government would bp encroaching en-croaching on state rights. 1 |