Show r SPECIAL LIBRARY TAXES DISCUSSED tl 2 May and Must Are Stumbling 1 hung bling Blocks for the Ij Senate t I Whether the tile legislature leg daturo has the to lev levy a ta tax right to 10 compel a n city I for an any specific purpose was the question lilies ques Ion tion ton ral raised e In lh tho tue te seli yesterday IJ by Senator during the consideration consider consider- i aton of or Senator Bullen's Bullens library bill hi The point is that this may be bean le lean an Invasion of the local ocal self govern Crl 0 ment and is therefore Tho The bill ll after going k through the process of or debate was re recommitted re- re committed and will be considered wl again Monday lon a Senator Billions Billion's Bulens Bulen's original Idea wa was UI to compel cities eWes of the tine second class cas to toj j It levy Jevy a tax for library purposes so 8 that n It will wi be possible for 01 or Provo 0 nn and Logan Loi Lok Lo Lo- q k i gall gan nn to maintain public libraries It I r also carries with wih it a provision that J 1 the tile city council counci of Salt Lake may levy levya ev l' l a tax lax of third one of or a mill ml instead It of uc i the quarter mill quarter quarter-mi tax now levied for or the support of or the tine Packard library 7 The bill illi bi oi originally provided cities cites 1 may max levy CY a 1 specIfic library tax tux In Salt Snit Lake LaliO upon petition of 1000 voters voler and ane in Provo and ant Logan upon petition of or 0 Vt voters lS and taxpayers The Tine committee to 10 which had hm been referred the bill 1111 hil changed the tine may to tn must mal making It imperative and anti this Is what hut I attracted the attention of Cf Senator f t Inserted Insert insert- 4 The ilie must was sas ed t I by hy X Smith lm Smith K t 1 Senator Smith explained that at nt present Salt Lake Inko inns has a re i renIO nIO for Cor Jh library ar put poses CR of oC a little HUll over nOo It 1 Is not to lo R a I year car and utI that I enough T maintain tine tho library If I tile the levy was wn raised to third one of Ir a 3 u mill mil it would create an Income of or a n year real Senator Lawrence opposed ett the bill hi on the tile ground that It I would IO tend bind 11 to Increase in- in crease tile the general tax lev levy in II Salt Lako Lkc anti and he foil felt that the taxpayers taxpayer lr V were already overburdened After N some discussion Senator J Lawrence offered offered of of- 0 lec an amendment which provided V. V that cities cies shall haJ Icv levy a sp specific tax for V libraries providing It I shall haJ not riot be le In Inn n addition to the aggregate levy for Cor contingent purposes v Senator Bullen Bulen thought the change C. C 4 ll V V In favor of or Salt SaIl Lake c might Impair impairS impair'S S 'S S the tho chances chance of or Logan and antI Provo and ald I tine tho bi bill was finally postponed until ulU S- S 1 londay f V 1 V A I 11 5 I IT T l t V V 5 L V |