Show r CUTLER tUTLER SENDS MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE To fo th the thc e L Legislature of or the ue State stale o oC I o Utah p In dac with wj custom and tilt thu q l u ut the j I II I JUl tile the and Iea ure o of pro pre to the thc V o or tiit th a tc n c n of or Utah suggestions for th the then labOI ot of the In naming n j I wl h to lo what I laId lt ld t tile the OPening of the sIxth cs- cs J tine the h by WRY iy of tat on the lie IHo of the ti the I I that that- naton on nl d to be to ti ft the one lions It Is 1 SinCere wish that our om reia- reia during the se lon jut just opening lal be bc Pleasant ant and and that the work Worl lOne done be with flu an n Cc n le to the being well wih of oC the I S state fo To this result It h Is I I that the legislation effected m cled t tho the hS haH le he w.- w. dl digested l estet and alid adapted to lo Welfare of t the state tP as a whole FINANCIAL PIX ht report of oC S lh the the ante lh auditor I makes the gratifying showing Of a ondy Increase In the assessed cd vUla 1 tion lon of oC proper ly In the tho state During N the tho x m iut seven years the Percentage of or cruise ase has ha ha been he en 68 GS This increase 5 has been particularly noticeable In the I years cars owing o to the thc general generalS S 1 Jo prevailing in all al industrial Industria I fields nut But there been rather rathel more mOle than thana I a responding em-responding increase In the tho demands de dc- de- de I mands of oC the state the I during luring same period the needs of oC the various S being largely ar e ey responsible fo for forS fol 11 thI The fhe total estimated r revenues for Cor forthe fo Corth i th the lct ext two 0 years rears are ure Placed a at while the estimated needs of the state for or the same ame period total a difference of oC 2 From the following of these estimated I ou be bc able to jut judge e where a pruning cun cull best hest be he made to bring the expenses within the male revenue re without with with- wih- wih e out too seriously Impairing the tho cf- cf Sceney of the various allous departments Legislative e department 1 0 Executive department Secretary of state M 18 j State auditor t treasurer Attorney Hornc general 1000 S Fish and an game commissioner Coal mine Inspector i. i O SU en engineer HO S Slat bank banic examiner 0 Dairy and food commissioner 8 Stale chemist J d l lal department t University of Utah 13 3 Agricultural gr r college 00 S. S School hool for fol the Deaf DeaC an and Dumb S and aud Blind T 1 3 GO State Industrial school 1 CO Mental hospital 1 Hoard of or corrections r rt Art institute National Guard of Utah nun u of or statistics SIO Board of or land Ian commissioners 43 CO W oard of or pardons Board of or equalization 1 OO Hoard Board loard of health 1 Hoard Board of or horticulture S VO tX 1 Agricultural fluId and I Manufacturing society J State tat board of or education JO I Hoard Board of examiners I Hoard Board Boa of loan Joan commissioners tI Donl of sheep commissioners commissioner GOO States State's proportion certain salaries sal- sal ff arles aries C s on wild W animals toil ani b. b I mals IJ JI I S Sto bounties Ut bou on Oi n JILl Ill C s OIO o u fi 11 i nS J H t sa 11 o p p o ith o 6 lI i se of or Of conveying cO c convict ct 1 t members tHI tn t of lt state tato I hords 1 JO Half HaIr of or cost or of revising and und preparing maps ami antI pints Illats 00 Redemption fund rund to 0 take tako up upi S i loud bond issue of or Wor W- W l t Of Ut hOld 1305 ie L Total Jutal ulal S. S l. l 51 I 1 bounty cn CC s 5 r. r Slates Slate's portion of certain county salaries x StO Expenses of or district l attorneys of cost of or revising maps and luts Deficits au authorized by board of examiners contingent cx- cx t state treasurer Brundl normal normal Cedar City SS SSI I I State tat Industrial school I Contingent expenses state buk examiner A lUI college fr University Agricultural lt of or Utah t k- t Contingent enl I. I expenses secretary secre secre- P ton tary of or state lx W J 5 Contingent mine inspector expenses coal coalmine Contingent ent expenses attorney attorneyS t S S general I IoiA 5 Guard of Utah deficits 5 rl a appropriation asked a kel 2 IS for Cor appropriations ts- ts These requests subject to slight changes which r HI aiu e S will wi probably increase the general total t.- t. I ll ish to tu call cl your yuUl attention as I the thu attention of oC the previous S f- f legislature e I to the thc deficits totalling in inthis I will vilI not say fay aY this report wi pp creation of oC any one une of or these fact In positively necessary W was 5 nut not frauds were and bounty lire und ami n storm for most of them then But I 1 Itay Itay responsible fO as I said tay a again ln with emphasis a tay that the Him aim of oC gorS governing gov gor- 5 two years el ago IO S boards should be so far Cal as 5 exceeding the pos ble to avoid uld Js their institutions made n for fOI r thell 1 AUDITORS AUDITOR'S REPORT ITEMS IT ii IS IN IX total bonded Indebtedness of uC Tho ho Int S at the amount named acm nam the lie state 5 ed in Iii my amy previous message Hare namely 1 lt there thero has al- al alad OUO To jo o meet this of oC ad been set aside aide the sum um of which Is Culy 5 safely Invested In most securities It will willbo interest bearing in bearing I wi bo ho uy for you ou to fet set a aside an additional fcc onal for Cor this purpose e. e I heartily concur concul In th tho timi suggestions heartly duties of Ir of the auditor regarding the dutie tho thu sealer Dealer of if weights and measures tho core and anil custody of oC state war war- the law governing the thc re recording to- to and o cording of or marks markH and brands H Re- Re redemption of lands land methods controlling taxes i a of oC l' l checking county count records etc the re- re 5 valuable suggestions Altogether Il U is 18 hued filled with wIh valuable the receive should I and amid not nol attention thoughtful careful and of oC I officials anel members stale slate orcal ane citizens citi I all other S the hut but of or al zens Insor of the state T. Jr io HOARD HH It I 01 OF EQUALIZATION rOS ON I IFt Ft From m the the report and the recommendations of th time the board bourt of changes that certain I lon lion It It appears appeals are in the the- lb tax ta laws Jaws of or the state stale essar i Some ume of these thee suggestions ug arc are submitted herewith term of or seems advisable ad that the of county age assessors rs be bc Increased to allow them S in Iii order to tour four yea years 1 alow thoroughly acquainted acquaint acquaint- h become more mUl to W ed od with kIti the duties of or their ther offices 4 thal salaries of oC assessors sor In counties Comm coun to fifteenth class claMs in inclusive In- In ties from third Increased Express cornS com corn be UC clust c light and powei S panics and electric telephone Jower une like the companies I- I J I Ii I as n u rule hay hav in In two Or 01 more mOIe counties o 0 th countes the HI- HI state Tho The law Jaw should be bc si so I im aus I to place the power 0 of a essing these thesE companies In Imi the thc hand or of the ic hJ the other state board of r equalization Fo Fm FO recommendations of or tin the bOnd board as to changes In the laws aw yoi ou arc aro CC y reC referred to ll the o re port POIL 10 Under the tue provisions IJO of or the time se lawa of Utah 1901 G 1101 chapter 1 the thc secretary y of the lie state slate hoard loaid of oC equall equal is authorized to collect tuxes I from flom car companies in J tho tw state nut Dui li ho is not required to give a bond bont foi tot the faithful performance of this fiduciary o Itu- Itu davy ciary trust This defect in the Ia lau Jaw should bo be remedied and anti I recommend nd to give he an ample bOl bond to covet corer CO his responsibilities I in 11 11 VI view W or Ot t Inc ne fact that the 11 law lawgiving lawgiving w giving the board power to lo tax lax time the th Jet net imet proceeds of mines ha has been declared d unconstitutional I ask ak that you yuu conI consider con Comm sider I er the advisability of pa passing a I resolution res tea to submit to the time people leople of the tue state stute an amendment to lo the Constitution Con Con- giving ln 1 the legislature power to U authorize the board of oC equalization to tax lax the net proceeds of or mines I would suggest that an appropriate committee be bc em empowered to lo consider I this matter In this connection I would state I that at m my request the secretary of or i the board of equalization prepared a statement of oC the increase e in the tho total I output of mines in tho State since 1903 90 and ant of the increase in a assess assess- se 1 S nt nt nt of mit net proceeds of mines during the tue th same saro period From this it appears ap aJI- pears pem's that although h the he total a assessment assess assess- et ment has ha Increased 50 per cent the tIme II increase In 11 ases assessment ment of net proceeds pro puo- Is Js only a little IUle over 8 S per pel cent 1 It Is Is therefore apparent that county count assessors have not placed as high valuation on these proceeds as seems to lo have been their duty duly dut It I seems c Imperative that tills this power of assessment assess assess- ment mont shall be bc given Iven to one else central I ases-I will wi ill thoroughly consider the he rights of the flue state c. a CARE ot OF OP PUBLIC FUNDS iuis In m my may previous leg message ge to the leg leg- eg- eg slature I called caled attention to the fact hat that custodians of public funds are in iii some iome Instances not paid pait a salary com com- with wih the re responsibilities of oC heir their work and amid ant a temptation ari arises to make profit pron out of the theise these use ise se of the lie funds entrusted to their tare care I J respectfully call cal your aten- aten atten- atten ton ion to the lie following provision of ot the Constitution of oC the state Article XIII IiI II S 8 The TImo making eif of if profit out of oC pubic pub pub- Bc ic monies or om using the same for an any pUpo e e not authorized 1 uy 13 law b by an any pu lublic lc officer shall be deemed a tel tel- ony ny fly and shall shaH be punished as pro pru- fled ideel b by law Jaw but bUl part of such punIshment pun pun- shall be bc disqualification to old hold public omee From this tiuis explicit provision plo of the lie though some sonic WU way is Jou tes found to evade c It I itt you von can cai see Ece how hon ho great danger Is incurred b bj by a u public officer In lit attempting to eke ele lout out an insufficient 53 salary I a 1 by making I profit from flom the use of public funds li In InI I view of oC these conditions I repeat amidI and amid I I I emphasize the lie recommendation ma made maden e In n m my previous pre message that laws Jaws be bei I enacted making makinG strict regulations re regarding re- re 1 ding garding the tho use of oC public monies and allowing to the custodians thereof sufficient suf suf- compensation to render this manipulation of or r I shall be confer with your our committees tres on this th Important Import import- I ant matter mater In this connection I respectfully call can your oU attention to tl the fact that under the Ule present law Jaw the thu collected of treas treas- as per pel report state December 1 1 1005 Or as Interest on the re reservoir fund un can cun not be lent out It I lies les Idle 1110 In the hands of the state er ci- Yet with wih this fund now slow over and anel anc other uel useless g in lii its us possession lon the tate tale last year was the necessity sity ity It of borrowing borrowing and Ja paying Interest in n some This fact further emphasizes the made a above un that the mat laws avs be bc amended to so 10 a as to tu allow alow all al public monies to lo be bc lent but on c approved security and anel the lie interest used for forthe the benefit of oC the state stat or 0 the subdivisions visions to which the funds belong belting TAX Lx X l' ON OX ENGINEERS ENGINEER'S E ESTIMATE Under Unter the law last aw when sidewalk sidewalk side side- wal walk or os' sewer extension and other tithes Improvements Im un- are ae projected in iii cities of the lie first and second class it Is possible possible pos pos- sible for Cor the tax and ant the lien Involved by it to bo ho based on tin the estimates furnished fur fur- ur- ur by b the engineers It I appears appeals that the law aw should be amended soLS to so toas 10 as us to make it il possible for fOl tho the monc mone money to tu bo collected only when the tho contracts contracts con- con tracts arc are let et or 01 the actual cost COl de- de You arc respectfully re requested rc- rc quested to give gle this timEs subject consider consider- tion ton Ol OF OP INSURANCE COMMISSIONER According to tu the report lefort of the sec bec- rotary retal of or state officio ex ex insurance I commissioner there lucre was In force in Utah at time the close of the year car I 1903 O I insurance aggregating in round num num- bets bers lers This WitS was IS divided into three genera general classes cases as follows I Accident and Casualty 1 Life in legal egal le reserve ne companies com coni- panics paules and anil one assessment assess assess- ment company 3 Fire 6 These The c totals do du not hot Include the larb large amount of Insurance currIed carried h by citizens of oC Utah in the various arlous fraternal fra fia societies These Thee figures Indicate that a aery very ery I Ilare large lare insurance is 11 carri carried ni In the state slate Indeed statistics show ho that thal the amount of insurance in hi Utah Ulah Is larg laig larger arg- arg cr er in proportion to tu Its HI population than huh In mos mu most t l u of the states This applies ap ap- plies lilies to both life and lire fire insurance lIles In nearly all ul the other states the work of supervising and examining the insurance companies s doing business busi busi- ness lucas nels therein Is placed in iii II tho the hands of an Insurance appointed ap al- pointed for Cor thoU that express purpose and required to devote devote- all ni his time hue t lo to the tho work In Utah however this work wont is WOI required Of a state tat official who has other all aU he ho can do to perform the time labors attached to his office orle It 1 has been demonstrated an and amid i is being emphasized em cm- every over du lay day that lint the t of oC tate state can cun not possibly po lly devote devoto as a much mich time to the supervision of or Insurance in insurance In- In companies as a the Importance of the work worl demands demands- And nd it Is out of ol the question for the state bank hank examiner exam exam- iner to do it it I. I as US his time Is ful fully occupied occupied occupied pied in to the examination of oC the tIme state Hate banks banks Yet there are arc particulars In Iii which I Insurance companies should be carefully carefully care care- fully supervised and examined as of often often of- of Cul ten as thought advisable in order that the vast Interests represented Inthe In Iii Inthe the figures I 1 have o ha Just quoted may be safeguarded Some Som of these particulars equitable polIcy lars arc are Solvency poley contracts art licensing of agents discrimination prompt payment ol of unwholesome restrictions am losses losse ant te technicalities rebating ml n. n I of contracts and many others 0 I T am safe aCc In iii s saying JI that a loss l s of or I thousands of dollars is ls visited every el year ear upon the citizens of the state stale I from frol the various arlous Items enumerated I above e alo Strict examination and amid supervision super super- vision would materially reduce Cluce this thi I loss 10 Of or course It i Is I impossible to I avoid ol it il altogether I Ifor for vor the alow above Iea reasons on I would strongly urge that thai you ou enact legisla legislation tion 1101 1101 providing plo for fOI a department |