57 of 1970 - A resolution opposing adoption of Proposition No. 1, known as the “Gateway Amendment” and urging the Pr
Resolution No. _52
gy Mayor J. Bracken Lee
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COMMI6ElONEA
Opposing adoption of Proposition No. 1,
.I known as the "Gateway Amendment"and
urging the electors of Salt Lake City and
6 ptah State to cast their votes in oppositi•n
to said proposal at the general election
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to be held Novenb er 3, 1970.
Presented to the Board if Commissioners
AND PASSED
OCT 29 1970
AntitftithfiAkta,
CITY RECOT
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166.
ROLL CALL
VOTING �Aye Nay
Salt Lake City,Utah, October 29 1970
Barker. . . ,i -'
•• - I move that the Resolution be a...t••.
Catmull . . .
Garn . . . . ✓
Harrison � -
Mr. Chairman .
RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
WHEREAS, Proposition No. 1, commonly referred to as the "Gateway
Amendment" to amend Article XXIII, Section 1, of the Constitution of
the State of Utah, will be submitted to the voters of this state at
the general election to be held on November 3, 1970; and
WHEREAS, said proposed amendment provides as follows with
respect to any future amendment to the Constitution of the State of
Utah: -
"* * * Such amendment may relate to one subject, or
any number of subjects, and may modify, or repeal pro-
visions contained in other articles of the constitution,
if such provisions are germane to the subject matter of
the article being revised, amended or being proposed as
a new article."
and,
WHEREAS, the allegations of the proponents of said "Gateway
Amendment" that it will permit only an article by article amendment
procedure and preserve the present safeguards in the constitutional
amendment process are patently false; and
WHEREAS, the unlimited breadth of the proposed "Gateway Amendment"
would permit hidden changes in existing constitutional provisions
without public awareness; and
WHEREAS, the claims of the proponents of the "Gateway Amendment"
that it will cause future amendments to be less confusing to the
voting public are totally irreconcilable with logic; and
WHEREAS, massive changes to the existing Constitution of the
State of Utah have heretofore been rejected by the electorate of this
state and should only be tolerated within the framework of a consti-
tutional convention duly convened pursuant to the present constitution;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, that said Board go on record as being totally
opposed to the adoption of Proposition No. 1, commonly known as the
"Gateway Amendment" and sincerely urging the electors of this city
and state to cast their votes in opposition to said proposal at the
general election to be held on November 3, 1970.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be delivered
by the City Recorder to the editors of the Salt Lake Tribune and the
Deseret News for complete publication in said newspapers prior to the
general election on November 3, 1970.
Pmfed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, '
this day of October, 1970.
J. :rac•en Lee, Mayor
Attest:
Herm n J. :IN City Recorder