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Show THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. The majority of voters forget to vote on the question of amending amend-ing the constitution of the state. The amending of the constitution is a serious question and, because the majority of the voters fail to vote, often the constitution is amended by a minority of the people. At the top of the voting machine will be found separate levers to vote "yes" or "no" on the constitutional amendments, and the voter should not forget this. Professor Mills, superintendent of the Ogden city schools, has requested re-quested the high school 'students to notify their parents to vote for the first four questions proposed for the amendment of the constitution, constitu-tion, but Professor Mills has failed to tell the children to notify their parents that voting "yes" on the first four questions means a difference differ-ence of 3 mills in the taxes to be assessed on the people's property. If tho four questions are voted "no," then the state taxes will become 5 mills on the dollar, while "yes" will continue the state taxes at 8 mills on the dollar. It is well enough to make the question plain even when present-ed present-ed by a professor. The professor says Ogden will get $7,000 for her high school if she will vote the one-half mill tax, as proposed by the constitutional amendment. Even if that were true, is it not equally true that Ogden Og-den people will have to pay that one-half mill tax if the amendments carry? The total tax roll of Weber county is $18,500,000. A one-half mill tax on that is $9,250, so the people would lose on that proposi- i tion. But Ogden would not get $7,000 out of the high school one-half mill assessment, because the very object of that high school one-half mill assessment or tax i3 to make Ogden and the other wealthy counties coun-ties pay for and help maintain the high schools in other parts of the state. High schools, if the one-half mill high school tax passes, will spring up like mushrooms all over the state. This paper favors the first question, which grants the high school money, but the other amendments should be voted down, except No. 5, on which let the small cities alone vote, as it only affects them. |