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Show FINANCING PRIVATE PROJECTS WITH STATE FUNDS: The present state Road Commission Commis-sion entered into a contract with the Dixie Power Company to finance the construction of a power line in direct di-rect violation of the constitution of the state of Utah, which provides that the state shall never lend its credit or subscribe to stock or bonds in aid of any railroad, telegraph Or any other private individual or corporation cor-poration enterprise or undertaking. The only benefit the state can expect ex-pect to receive from this expenditure of $40,000 is the right to purchase power from this favored company which it may never need. |