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Show I RESQUJTio is by; I THETAXPAYESS ; LEAGUE PjPjHi nif TnTpaycM Ianuo of. Cache 1 ,., vnt;f r'ato of Utah In a mass ment- V waembled, dn " hereby accopt. ( B, i.-t and declaro tho following ros- B rlntlons. to-wli: I 1 I Vc declare for tho election or j r iitn roaxrt of onusllzitlon to con- j , t ;r '.Imra whoso salaries 1 )' m In $3,000 in' r annum each. I R ' Wo hold thai tho office ot dls-1 B; ( ittninoy ts HiiporfluoiiB, and, H! r'-ntttutcn an unnecessary expense Hj ' n tho ntato, and wo therefore fa- B( the abolishment ot the said of- H' -, and tho enactment or a law K r Mrlng. tho county attorneys of H(j 'i county to perform tho labors Bj I' 3 duties now performed by tho. 1 -i- -il district attorneys. I Hj 3. W declare that the taxes ot' i ln state of Utah arc excessively I H1 lilnh and to the end that tho pcoplo'ti . H j burdens way bo lightened, we favor J H I i amendments or existing; statutes and H I tito panning of laws providing tor tho H nbollshmcnt or all unnecessary com- Hj missions and tho consolidation of all H J nch offices as hotel Inspector, labor 1 Inspector, dairy food Inspector, live 1 Ktocl: Inspector, etc., which arc now 1 appointed by tho governor and paid B out of tho taxes of tho ntato, and that B contingent expenses bo reduced to B tho lowest possible minimum H 4. Wo hold that tho contingent B expenses of elate and county officers BVj " tiro excessive and yia favor leglsla- B tlpn to reduce such expenses to tho HBVj, lowetit possible minimum, and that f ' tho salary ot tho jgovcrjior bo rcdue- Hf rd from G,0Q0 ,to4.00.Q p'pr ,an- H um tho salary ot tho secretary of H Htatn from $4,000 to 3,000j ,tho PjPjPP salary of Btato auditor from '$3,000 - - o $2, COO; tho salary ot attorney-nenoral attorney-nenoral from $4,000 to $3,000; tho i inlary of each of the twelve district : lodges from $4,000 to $3,000 each ind tho saiHry of tho Justices of tin 'iipromo court from $6,000 to $4,009 ach. 5. Wo favor thtf paasago of a law irovldlng for a commission to bf "omponod of tho necrotary ot state, he ctato auditor and thrco taxpay- ii; citizens ot tho state,' whooo dUllw 'hall bo to propafe a budget of the rcpoced expenditures of tho sttte, ..1 to picson; thf same to tho Ifrjls-j.uro Ifrjls-j.uro with pi'onxr rocommondatlons. ti ohall bo n tut her duty of th j com-ti'l'slon com-ti'l'slon to lav."i' rto all roaulst 'loop, claims an.l requests lw ap-'oprlatons ap-'oprlatons and ' dotormlno tVo no- oaslty thoroNr. nnd' to curta.I and, . . It tho paid ro.y! llona withl-t tho laast amount p'slblo, coiisl.'.tuit with ctnclent servico and results. C. It appoart :o tho membc-; of the lenguo that tho present fish and game law In extremely dotlcicnt, and wo therefore favor tbo abolishment ot the fish and gamo commissioner, together .with all bis deputies and assistants, and recommend that the work (now dono by tho officers bo performed In thd future by tho county coun-ty sheriff and his deputies of tho various precincts. 7. Wo declare for tho curtailment ot cxpenso In the matter of our public pub-lic schoolo Wo arcomploylng tod ;many school teachers and spending an unreasonable nmount of our taxes for school purposes. Wo believe that economy can bo practised In this department de-partment without sacrificing efficiency, efficien-cy, 8. Wo favor retrenchment in the .expenditures and manipulation ot county affairs by the board ot county coun-ty commissioners of this county and wp hold that' too many doplitles ,are employed In' a number of tho offices In -the 'county, thus leaving the principles' prin-ciples' 6t Hie said cfOccs without work and frco to vacate their offices a good part of the tlmo. Wo disapprove disap-prove of Inequitable and Inefficient assessment ot property in this county, coun-ty, and declare for an equitable adjustment ad-justment of assessment and taxation, especially looking to the reduction of taxes on small homes and small farms. 10. We hold that the' board ot county commissioners should exercise exer-cise a moro careful and painstaking supervision of tho 'county offices and officers under their Jurisdiction, with a view of curtailing unnecessary expenses, ex-penses, and procuring the most efficient effi-cient services possible for tho public. 11. At thctlmo ot fixing tho salaries sal-aries of tho present county officials by tho former county commissioners, they decided to raise the salaries ot the Incoming officials (in some cases) as much as 100 per cent, and In nearly near-ly every instance from 15 to 20 per cent claiming as u reason thorctor that all wcro working chcapor than other parties engaged in similar vocations, vo-cations, also that tho high cost of living Justified them in that exceptional excep-tional Increase .of wages Hut since that date everything has taken a material declino, both la wagesnd Ocvt of llrlng, tlio tlro. btag' ffol-dcrful ffol-dcrful clamor for less taxes, which can only bo realized by a cutting down of county expenses, wherever IUcan be done by tho county commissioners, commis-sioners, without injuring tho work which has to be done, orthat Is contemplated, con-templated, and the taxpayers deslro that tho county commissioners reconsider recon-sider tho action of tho former board of county commissioners, and' that they make a substantial reduction In the (now fixed) salaries ot tho county coun-ty officials, ns the first stop towards economy in the mnaagemont of county coun-ty affairs in Cacho county. |