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Show "JOKER" DISCOVERED IN AN AMENDMENT. The following is from Spry's morning organ : "Hut because tho olden system was open to objection, Governor Gov-ernor Spry seen rod Irom the legislature an amendment to the 3talo constitution,, authorizing the state treasurer to lend the slate money, collect Interest on the same and turn tho Interest Into Hie stato treasury. Wo challenge the Spry paper to produce its evidence in support Of the foregoing. The present law does not prohibit the loaning of state funds 10 banks ami the collecting of interest on the same for the state, and the proposed constitutional amendment does not require that state funds when placed in banks shall draw interest. The pro-J posed constitutional amendment is as follows: I "A JOINT RESOLUTION PROVIDING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 17. ARTICLE VII.. OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF UTAH. RELATING TO THE DUTIES OF THE AUDITOR AND OF THE TREASURER. "Re It enacted by the legislature of the state of Utah, two-.thirds two-.thirds or all of" the members elected to each of the two houses concmrin therein "Section 1 That It to proposed to amend Section 17, Article VII., of tho constitution of the state of Utah, so that the same will read as follows- "17. The auditor shall be auditor of public accounts. The public moneys shall be deposited by the treasurer, under tho supervision su-pervision of the board of examiners, and as provided by law. "Section 2 Tho secretary of state Is hereby dlrecte'd to submit sub-mit this proposed amendment to the electors of the state at the next general election hi the manner provided by law." Not a word as to interest appears in this constitutional amendment, amend-ment, in fact the law is left as silent on this point as it is today. The only difference is that Spry and Dave Matlson, with A. R. Barnes, as a- majority of the board of examiners, shall say where the money shall be deposited, and Spry, Mattson and Barnes are now promoting a new bank in Salt Lake which, taken in connection with this "joker" in the proposed constitutional amendment, is a most significant fact. Where, Mr Examiner, it your interest on state funds? |