Show I SENATE IS OPPOSED TO SALARY RAISES RAISE Bill for More Pay to Assessors Sent Back to Com Corn Deci Decided ea opposition to raising raisinS till the salaries of or assessors developed l In the lic senate Wednesday afternoon d during tho the discussion of Senator John Y V. Smiths Smith's bill prescribing a new scale ol or pay Imy for Cor every county in the state anthe am an and the senate showed a dislike for tor this method of Increasing the r venue ol ot orthe the state as that point had been ad- ad advanced advanced h by the senator from Utah county count as a reason for passing parsing the bill The bill hUl proposes to fix th tJ i salaries of or assessors as Jal that duty away from from Crom the count county commissioners and ani mal making it the only county whose salaries arc are regulated directly h 13 y the state The proposed scale increases increases in in- In creases es the salary of the tue Salt Lako Loko county asse assessor or from flom 1800 to 2400 2 a year ear tho ho salary of ot tho ho Utah county count as assessor from Crom to 1500 hut but skips kips the Weber assessor r and anti in increases increases in- in creases nom from 00 OO to 00 the assessors assessors as- as In all the lie other classes In the state excepting the smallest counties tOL rm Belter Men Senator John Y V. Smiths Smith's argument was that lint If it the salary of nS assessors was increased more effective work worl could be secured and bettor better men muon c could ud be bo elected to the places This did not meet with approval al in the senate anti and the senator from froni Lou Lohl was grilled by bya a fire cross-fire of questions from froni every quarter of the chamber until the bill was finally filially recommitted It will vill not pass the he s senate nate In its present form The TIme companion bill hill requiring that assessors visit isIt either cither in person or by b deputy er e every piece picco of property the they assess was as also recommitted Senator bill giving county commissioners an nn for special committee work was also 1 killed on oui motion of Senator Johnson His Ills hi bill providing that salaries of ot I county officers o shall be full compensation tion for Cor or all services rendered was also 1 killed III etl Senator bill hili against slot machines was passed and so was vas his bill against t gambling making making- a minimum fine of 20 instead of or 1 Senator raised the time point that any anyone one found guilty g of playing the slot machine machue ought to be punished as heavily as for an any other othel form of gambling but the father of the bill hili did lid not think the dropping of nickels In the lie slot was so grave gra graan an au offense as playing roulette faro aro etc tc II |