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Show H O loll Tax Law Held I To Be Invalid institution Hays That Men nnd Women Alike Shall He Granted IH Same Prh liege. For years tho poll tax law has been forced In every county nnd city In ah, and Is responsible for helping keep tho roads In good 'condition, rmcrjy cvory male ablo-bodlca rcsl-nt rcsl-nt over tho ago of 21 and under DO ars has paid $3 or given one day's rk with a team. Of recent years tax has been $2 or ono day slngle-jQded. slngle-jQded. V all thought that It waa a good T wn ,, 'CKa''" Howovor, It romalned h. . u. .l,s.on or Sn,t Lko City to Hi i kl0lJ' .because tho ladles were Included In tho tax. Wilson said 'L..T. .i ftM le8l8lntlon, bocauBo the nBtitutlon prpvldoB that In Utah mon a women nllko Bhnll bo granted tho ?' LPii V1"' ',0 "nBons thnt pny-mSS pny-mSS tnx ! n Prlvllcgo to which S.i?r., de.bn"ed, and thoroforo n u lonnl. All who have paid f Poll tnx under protest may now U refunded. WTn case will undoubtedly bo tnkon K. lH.prcmo. court nnd tried out KrLJ . opln,on of JudKo F. C K TnW' bcroro wh0n t" enso was ,"ui follows: m!l.iihi caso of s,,lt Lk City, n Blfnp?i corI'oratlon, against M. K. ' In.l.i ?cnrror to tho complaint MX mi, npon, th0 Brou,u, lhnt it i.; ?f Ul lnwa "' lfl09. bo far attempts to Imposo n poll tax, Is 'n'l f',VM U volntPB article 4, sec liY. "ln,c?"ltutlou of tho BtBto 'lS' ,w,,lc," Provldoa Unit both Mm ""''o.S'tlrons or thla state U mWtohy equally (,11 civil,' political land religious rights and privileges; ax bv iwT' ,1,nlh,8 pcr eP" ax, lj) the terniB of the statute Is mposcd only upon men. ify '"he aw question, no road work or abor Is cTrvT11 U,, pcr.80nB . nor can work be rendered In lieu of the SmI0 monrJP- U '" -tralght h I ?f hlch ,,,rc ,0 b0 U8cd "' nftk-Ing nftk-Ing and Improv ng roads. The roads nro open to tho public men nnd women alike nnd to Impose a capltn-tlon capltn-tlon money tnx upon men, for the maintenance of roads, is clearly to extend a privilege or exemption from the burden of taxation, based solely upon box, and quite contrary to the constitutional provision above referred to. or this reason and for other reasons mentioned In tho specification or grounds for tho demurrer, tho demurrer de-murrer is Btistaliicd." |