Ogden Daily Standard | 1888-01-17 | Page 1 | Eighth Day of the Twenty-Eighth Legislature of Utah Territory

AY of tho twenty eighth 1 11 lew P lature OF MIME I 1 west makes two nominations I 1 N T I 1 i I 1 ifor auditor and he 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 HILL proposition to erect the urs at og den necessity aorl ea board of tax equalization I to TUB SALT lter jan 10 1833 the twenty engbith has again girded up its loins for a weeks kreitle with lawmaking law making from the number of important blus brought forward thus early in tile session there is an evident intention to give needed in ensures a fair chance for and executive consid oration 1 I 1 TUB AUDr auditor TOR AND i little sensation was created in the co excil this by the presentation of the following communication 1 litan T Y OFFICE SALT LAKE CITY jan 16 to the the president of lae corrica Co urica sixt I hereby dominate to the counsil Coun Zil arthur pratt to be auditor of public accounts bolivar roberts to be territorial treasurer and respectfully request the advice aad consent of the council to said appointment lam very respectfully CALEB W afat governor A broad mile lit up tile genial coun feriance teri ance of john al liberal mern ber duri ing the reading of tile above and at its conclusion mr Mam liall also a liberal moved that I 1 tb communication be referred to a special committee of three mr to this as order and contrary la the usual cus bonx in buch cases ile thought that it should properly be considered in executive session an animated discussion ensued during the progress of cited the case df tea fen std committee smoot amended mr marchalls marshalls Mar motion by moving that it 4 referred io the council as a coin cittee of ti ie m hole young thought that as previous had pres isted in ignoring communications from the cover nor 0 n the plea of considering in executive sessions another should be now adopted such a course might serve to heal up the old wounds ife therefore preferred to hava the matter referred tos special committee amendment was lost the original motion suffered the same fate and the matter was finally relegates atel to consideration in executive session it is not probable early be taken upon this ques tion by the legislature as iq a little time the decision of the supreme court may be had upon this subject when the rights of the assembly and governor Goyer nor with respect to such appointments will be finally decided the delay of the council should not and doubtless will not give rise to any ill feelings in the mind of the governor 30 ho entertain his specking spec ting his right tomake the sp merits if the council were to pass u n now such action anig ht not be in conformity with the decision odthe which tin has been appealed in par issue of saturday lad we I 1 bri e fly referred rif erred to the governors recommendation relative to a reform school and set forth tile claim af ogi dea as the place of all places for its location our readers will remember the employed by us and the statement of the many superior advantages which the junction city possesses for the erection and future maintenance of such an institution the effort to occure to ogden this public involving tile at pend itura of at least thirty thousand dollars ia our midst and the expense 0 ilia future maintenance of a larie institution of this character have not been devoid of good results today to day lund of Sax pete introduced in the house a bill providing for the establish merit of a reform school and in the first see tion ogden 1 named as the place of its location the bill is too lengthy for publication at this time but we will give a brief summary of its leading provisions section 1 in addition to naming tile location of the buiJi ling states the objects of tile to be for ilia confinement discipline education employment and of juve rills offenders section 2 provides that of directors shall consist af the governor the auditor of public accounts and five other persons to be elected by the joint vate of the Ae I 1 I 1 I 1 aj I 1 1 11 ca I 1 hom except the two first led shall give bonds ili tile sum af rye tho wiand dollars section 3 provides the manner ili which tile board shall be organized and tile power conferred upon it as the supervisory and controlling authority of tile institution section 4 requires the immediate a of tile building and confers the authority lor this pur pobe 5 directs that no member of the board or officer of this institution any pecuniary interest di or in any eintract for building or main tile institution section 6 designates the capacity of the building to be based upon the ne como dation of not to exceed ono hundred juvenile offenders atone time section 7 appropriates thirty and dollars for tile erection of the building section 8 directs full detailed re ts 0 I 1 the institution to be made bi n I 1 a 1 ay to tile legislature section 9 fixes the compensation of the members of the board at four dollars per day section 10 provides that the inmates ortho institution shall be instructed in morality in such branches of useful knowledge kno uledge as are suited to their age and in some reg ular course of labor either mechanical manufacturing or agricultural such as il best suited to their capacity and disposition and as may best secure their reformation and promote their future Nel fare section 11 prescribes the duties of the directors in visiting the school in accounts examining the inma tes as to progress behavior etc C action 12 provides that n a boy under the age of IS ora girl under the age of 16 shall in any district court of this territory be found guilty of any cliine except murder or manslaughter the court may it in its opinion the accused is a proper subject instead of entering judgment commit such offender to the reform school section 13 provides that juvenile oleanders olT anders convicted before a jamice of the peace shall be sent to the district judge who may cause the m to be committed as above sections ions 14 15 dud 10 relate to tile procedure of tile justices courts and district courter in their treat men t of 0 t the and a chargo against the territory section 17 provides that every boy or girl coreed bitted 6 the reform school ahall remain there until lie or she shall arrive at the ago of majority or is reformed or legally discharged and that no person shall be committed for a longer term that until lie or she attains the age of majority but that the directors may discharge any in male after six as a reward of good conduct upon satisfactory evidence of reformation and all such discharges are a full release from all penalties attached to tile of tenses of chich the discharged persons maj have been convicted section 19 punishes mith a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars and imprisonment ilot to exceed three years any person aiding an inmate to escape or concealing such person atter his or her escape from tile institution oa the whole it is a most excellent and carefully drawn bill and reflects great credit upon 10 author we sincerely trust that it may become a law tha sum of is honi ever inadequate for the purpose and should be increased to ODO the asylum at provo has already cost and the further sum of is wanted to complete it and certainly the amount we suggest for the re I 1 orm school is not exorbitant TAXES it is high time for the legislature to consider a bill providing for the equalization of taxes it ted fact that in the valuation of prop e arty by the assessors of the different c of the territory no such thing s equality exists in conse quence the burden of tax arioli which to be legal and just should bear alike upon all sections of the C 0 wealth is made heavier upon some counties and lighter upon othere the law provides that all property shall be assessed at a fair cash value but in no section of our territory is this requirement observed it an emitted fact that nowhere is property assessed at more than forty per cent of the real value and in some ii anstad ces the assessment is as lo 10 w as y per cent the territorial tax which Is nominally of Is in reality bat abou tone to one third of one per cent when baked upon a acal valuation this not only conveys a wrong impression leading strangers to believe taxes ard double really are but is in itself a violation of the existing law upon the subject and an evil that should by adequate legislation be at once adjusted in making tile adjust adent however we do not deem it do that the should be increased for they are already adequate to the wants of the territory but the assessments assess mints should be advanced to enave them conform to the ex I 1 a t ing law and the rate per cent reduced to make the amount paid in taxes what it now is this would place the assessed valuation of the property of tile territory higher and the rate percent of taxation lower than at present uch a proceeding would make a very enuch better allowing and advance 0 u r financial stan ding twofold two fold first in the matter of our actually possessed wealth and second in the smallness of tile rate of taxation nece t 0 of our CCO I 1 government I 1 I 1 I 1 tile principal evil to be correct edt however Is the inequality that exists the sever a I 1 counties of the territory chero one county is assessed taxes on tile basis of percent of tile actual cash value of its property and another at a babis of forty per cent one IS made to contribute twice as imich to tho pub lie revenue as tile ath ait sibly the rate per lou j ilia me in eacel clue it Is said that ili no tu 0 counties of tile territory are the property valuations tile same except inoria or wo of aich our own weber is asch US i sessor assumes the standard adopted by his predecessor regardless of its lack of conformity to ilia require ine I 1 is of the law hence the system by which our revenue lit at present obtained is not only illegal but y wrong and in every sense unequal and unjust it is to correct this man evil in the execution of our rocc nuo lau a that a board of equalization has become six imperative necessity As to the mann crof its formation and who shall compose it these are matters of minor importance the object to be attained is tho principal in weber county the standard of valuation is fixed at 40 per cent df tile cash value which is at least as high as that of any other county and Is bagh c r than most of thela it is now proposed to enlar gehe boera of manici to borrow money for public improve ments and the ba 3 is of the proposition is that any city or town ma y borrow money as a diorec t loan for municipal purposes to any amount in tile aggregate including existing in debt edness not exceeding four per on the value of its taxable property to be ascertained from the asse for territorial and county taxes lexi preceding tile incurring of of such indebtedness tile last assessment assess men t of ogden city for terri and cound purposes being based on 40 per cent centon of tile actual value of ils taxable property were its powers enlarged to its fullest capacity tile city c only obtain a little over one hundred thousand dollars IV hares with the assessment corrected as con templates tem plated under the supervision of 1 board of b med on a fair cash valuation as required by law the same authorization would enable ogden to obtain ili this way over a quarter of a million a it would be a manifest injustice to her citizens citi zeng to conform the assessment to a cash cah lation until tt aa of the territory does the same as in that event og len would be paying two and a half as much as other see eions into the territorial in proportion to actual wealth we chopo that tile law makers will give this important matter their early slid favorable consideration the governor by his recommendation upon himself to the measure and if nothing Is ac coin in this direction by the present assembly tile responsibility will now brebt with the legislature and not with the governor as heretofore NOTES an efrost is soon to be made by tho people of one section of a county have the Jo cation of the county seat changed at present the county seat is far from being readily adessi ble to the bulk of the population ogden has much to hope for in the acts of the present legislature ex candidate for the council from the third di strict abbot rodney Iley woI beas in town today to day there wag a look of far off gladne as and self congratulation in ever be remembered what an chent per them is ta routine report following the routine report odthe IS proceeding a both houses coun CIL to day the council met pursuant to adjournment at 2 p in and after roll call and prayer by the clia vain the journal of saturday was tea and ap proved A communication was received from the bouso embodying a concurrent re solution fora protes tto be presented by Ilo nJohn r caine against thear posed reduction of the tariff on lead on motion of woolley the on was adopted letters were received from W C hall james jack joseph barton and 0 J hollister thanking the council for tle freedom of the council chairman of the commit woolie to on j cary re arted recommend in g that he am ea menti of tile to C F no I 1 be not concurred in tile report was adopted and the house notified young presented a bill ant ditled A bill for an act in relation to divorce ani for the inore effectual protection of the afe and to aid in the suppression of polygamy and idour practices A communication was read from the governor nominating arthur pratt for auditor of public accounts and bolivar roberts for territorial treasurer marshall Ma ishall mared its reference to a select committee of three atan early day t tile council wool ley wanted to understand M hy ite should be referred marshall thought it proper in consequence of the dili as to tile proper mode in this matter the governor can nominate tho council can approve the iatter Is lit the courts it out ot regular order of el business us iness marshall know what the re ular order was but wanted it to have Pro Colley er consideration thought the council its a whole in executive session should con sider this matter marshall said there is no nomination to tile senate of tile united baates but Is referred to a 1 I think special committee though t this was a stoper exam le woolley still thou gEt it better to consider the question in executive session fol loving our own precedent and then if feces fqy refer it I 1 moved to amend by referring t ot ill le committee of the whole I 1 I 1 t IV birli tirli ey was in favor of the usual me ad you n g wanted t 0 ask what had been tile result 0 f con in execl etive session heretofore if nothing I 1 harmonious lad resulted why not try the of mr marshall it mav not be more amicable but let us try it woolley in answer to t lie gentle mans question lie m say tile mode had always resulted in something being accomplished the council has always arrived at a decision the ri lotion were lost and 0 gov a r nors communication was f ailed for c on in executive marshall moved to proceed to executive session now the president fald lie had just received a from the hou which the clerk would rea d it consisted of a concurrent resolution providing for the publication of 20 copies of tile law of congress restricting territorial legislation for tile use of tile biegi lature tile resolution haq adopted the aliouse notified noti fled the council of appointment the of thurman and cloge as it to ca n for anith alike committee of tile council cn tile bill for the compilation of tile laa la A a of utah woolley Vo olley mar nad bryant were a pointed by as a commil t on tile part of the council to confer with the committee of the house on that subject callielo Carl ielo then moved a recess for f f teen minutes in order to allow 00 committee to confer woolley reported from the caminit tee on conference foe compilation of the laws that they had agreed with tile I 1 louse cor amit tee bat requiring further time to make out report tile tinia was allowed marshall asked to be excused t morrow on account of spec ial business granted on motion of marshall the council