Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1918-10-04 | Page 4 | Amendments

AMENDMENTS Superintendents of public schools at their last convention selected a committee consisting of John M. Mills of Granite, A. J. Ashman of Sevier, and Francis W. Kirkhain to promote the adoption of the constitutional amendment affecting mines. Part of the Salt Lake press in the editorial columns has bitterly attacked this amendment and has not clearly stated the issue. When the facts are known, this amendment will be adopted. Under the constitution and the law .all property in the state is assessed at full value, except the mines which are assesssed on their net proceeds, and a small amount for improvements. improve-ments. This equals about twenty to thirty per cent of full value. The purpose of this amendment is to permit per-mit the Legislature to tax mines at lull value like all other property. The occupation tax on mines, passed pass-ed by the last Legislature, was intended in-tended ns a temnorarv measure until the proposed amendment could be adopted. It has been paid under protest by mine owners. The adoption adop-tion of this amendment alone can eliminate all law suits and doubts regarding this tax. This amendment amend-ment does not give to the State Hoard of Equalization any powers in addition to those which they now possessa under the present constitution. consti-tution. Without this tax, schools will be obliged to greatly curtail their work in the community at a time when the nation is calling upon them for increased in-creased work and responsibility in every line.