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Show THE LEGISLATURE WINDS UP ITS WORK 4W arrmv The ijf:y? nth sesjtou of tho Utah Ich'lslutitic IS now a matter of history. his-tory. Following is a summary ot Its work; In the Senate 127 bills were Introduced. In-troduced. The first ono provided ways and means to carry on the busl-ncsti busl-ncsti ot the sessions by nn appropriation appropria-tion or $35,000. It required three days in order to enact it Into law i and have the approval of the governor. gover-nor. The last bill, which was aluo passed, rcqulret five days for It to reach the governor. It provided for tho appointment of a statu commie-,slon commie-,slon consisting of tho stato board 'ot examiners and live resident cltl-zens cltl-zens to report upon and secute an : option on a suitable placo for a me- mortal to be erected to tho Utah soldiers, sailors and marines who were In the world war and other warn. Like the first bill Introduced ' this had t ho unanimous support of " tho members of both houses. It 1? ' now In the hands ot the governor. KUIST AX! LAST In the house 244 bills were Intro-duccd.' Intro-duccd.' The first ono provided for the appointment by railroad companies com-panies ot police with powers or poaco olllcors to serve upon thu railroads, tho ofllccr.1 to bo compensated by the railroads. This measure had several public hearings nnd In the end was rejected by the senate. The last bill to be Introduced In tho houso was one providing ror the payment or Hal-arlos.ot. Hal-arlos.ot. tho members of the state road commission and of the state road engineer and appropriating their actual and necessaty traveling expenses. It was Introduced after unanimous un-animous content had been glen nnd 1 1 was passed on tho last day or tho session by tho unanimous votn of the members present. It was sent to tho senate, whom It was passed In 'tho same way. Like the last bill In jtrodnred In the senate, It Is In tho hands ot tlio governor. I (TO AMEND CHARTER I Constitutional amendments arc proposed to. increase thu tudebtcd-'ness tudebtcd-'ness limit ot tho stato from 1 1-2 per .cent on the amount of its taxable property to 2 per cent. This meas-.uro meas-.uro passed tho house on the last day 'the senate , having passed it on jMarch G. Another amendment to be Isubmlttcd to tlio. people, Is one that jpassid on tho last day which will 'permit the per itlom of senators nnd rcproentatlves to ho Increased from 51 to 38. An effoit made by Senator Tebba to hnvo a constitutional convention called failed by a tie voto In thu senate. sen-ate. Another proposed constitutional amendment, tho author of wjilch was S. W. Morrison Jr. of Salt Lako, which would ninend tho chartor relating re-lating to property subject to taxation nnd rates ot tax, also failed, tho enctlng clause being stricken. Af-forii- made to rosurroct tho resolution resolu-tion llkowlso railed. Two other proposed pro-posed amendments to the constitution, constitu-tion, ohq by Representative Sander nnd the other by Hoprcsontntlvo How. II, likewise failed. JOINT ACTIONS Joint resolutions and memorials wore also Introduced nnd woro passed and approved by tho govornor meiii- orlnllzlng congress to pass the I'ord-nny I'ord-nny emergency tariff bill; urging tho Arizona legislature to pass a bill pro-' pro-' vlding for tho completion of tho Arrow Ar-row Head trait through Mojave coun ty. Ariz.: to purchase an oil painting of former Governor tlamberger; asking ask-ing congress to segregate ngrlcultur-tural ngrlcultur-tural hinds from grazing lauds of tho Indians In Uiichesne county; memorializing memor-ializing congress to pass Senator King's bill to appropriate $100,000 to survey the public lands in Utah; uiglng legislation by congress to pre-eii pre-eii aliens nrqulrlng lauds In Utah; petitioning congress in extend federal I aid to the stale for the construction i of highways; to promoto thu mining i of coal and oil shale and urging ac-1 tlou by eougiess; memorializing con- giess to amend thu transportation act so lis to give the state control of raM-roads raM-roads In Intrastate rates; memorializing memorial-izing congress to Increase tho duties on lead: memorializing congress to carry out the Green Itvcr project; memorializing congress to aid Irrigation Irriga-tion by Increased appropriations tor investigation; providing for a. soldiers' sol-diers' hospital; authorizing tho appointment ap-pointment by the governor ot a committee com-mittee of five to report after Investigation Investi-gation of n site to house tho historical documents and relics of the state, WKOtrALIZH TAXES Another proponed amendment to the constitution is contained In a roncutreut resolution nnd which would eqiinllzo the burden ot taxa- I t,ti (iiid .1 lut tl luttn It ..iiiinllu nmnnn 11(1. ...... 11.17. . 1.I...U ... MfUUIIf U..U..f) nil the people. This has passed both houses nnd Is in the hands ot tho governor Another memorial which favors a . reduction In armament Is with the i goMuiior, us Is the memorial approving ap-proving the Port laud oxposltlon. -Legislation which will revolutionize revolution-ize the several departments of tho state has been enacted. Tho first ot these measures Is tho creation of a department of finance and purchase, which turns over a number or hoards and commissions anil makes 'tho ono ileparteiit responsible tor a number or things, all purchases ror tho stato having to bo made through tho department de-partment and centralizing tho government gov-ernment In this branch. Another creates tho department or registration nnd In this department li centered a number of commissions Continued On Page Flvo LEGISLATURE WINDS UP ITS WORK J '.'"""-''d Kroiu l'ugt Oik) and liunrdi, which dLcs nwny With a niimlur of others. nut K.uKTirriti: i Silll anotlicr dfiurtmunt Is dint nf api (culture, which wns ouo of th( ni-w liuioaua to bo cmitud and whlcli lllvi- Ihf others, tnl;o oor sovoral old bnmds and coiiihiIhsIoiis. i OIkidkiii have been mado In Hip Mate tinnid of equalization nnd n-s-emtuiMit. thn number cointrlHltiK that l'd IhIiik reduoed from four to hri" In the state road coinuileiilon the Inw linn been couiiiletcly ehaiiKcd, the new coiumlHslon IicIiir eonipoiod of three, all of whom nut-t be imictli-nl mm, in tend of the fonnei coniiulk-don, coniiulk-don, which was composed of the covernor. lecrotary of stnte, auditor of state, nttornej general and the state engineer. I In the land ofllce the greatest change has been mado I'nder tho old , law Hit1 board consisted of fhe mem- ' bers, whllo the new law eieates a ono-tnan board, with all the authority author-ity which heretofore was vested In a eommlsBlon of five , Authority heretofore vosIIiik In the ntato board of health has been materially ma-terially curtailed, while some commissions com-missions have been merged in with the board. 'Ill J ATOM'S KIHTCATtOX " AmonK tho Kreatcr chaimes that have been made In departments outside out-side of tho creation of new ones, is In the office of tho state superintendent of public instruction, where h nuin-brr nuin-brr of useless offices Iirvo been abolished abol-ished and the functions of the superintendent, sup-erintendent, which tmd been usurped returned to. him. The powpis of the 'state board of education have been i enlarged. Changes have been made jln tho organization of the Unhersltj of Utah and Agricultural College, 'by which there will bo greater liur-, liur-, mony and cootdlnatlon. Other chung-. Its made In tho laws governing the jK-liools have been mde which educat-ois educat-ois bellevo will Inuure to the benefit bene-fit of the schools. 1 Several changes have been mndf-, mndf-, In the workmen's compeiic-atlon law which the commlbBlun lielknen will 'benefit all ttioso who tome under Its provisions. Holes in the law hnu been filled up, Lections have been clarified and the changes which weie considered nod prepaied by tho Industrial In-dustrial commission will beitei tho statute, it Is said. Changes havo also been made In the motor vehicle law, new IIcen' fees provided, the maximum load that can be hauled oei the hlglmay lr defined and the number of ti alter that can accompany u truclc 1b stated. foi: bono issura Anuthei bond issue amounting t 11.000.000 Is authorlied for the. maintenance of the roads and to carry car-ry out eilstlng contracts, Anothei bond Issue fit $500,000 is xiltliorlfcl to care for a detlcleney In .thn reiv JUft-J"" eteuted under, tlii-lnci wd- RfiMbfi'tlnu EV Wpfoilbltlon of the teudilne of sec tiuiiili nnd certain other docilities In the public Mhools is roiiCilued In a 1)1' nhkh whs Intiodneed bj .frPl If -ud Rhlch bus been p ib?( d and npptoted bj the coifiinor. The img-ilon law whleh was p.iss-ed p.iss-ed li) the thirteenth leglslarlue and wbieh ,, rit iil to contain seernl hub that nreilei pateliiiiK up. ha. In 'i amcmled Tho neeeisir) eliune-i eliune-i suggested by the slatee nglneer, who t eimred the bill, htip been em-bodird em-bodird Into the law so that It Is now I .hi in li, prai tlrallt put feel. I ON Iil M'l'OKTIOVMKNT Kfluiii Hindi to hte a piopoi'i' loiittitutional Jiiieiiilmeiil foi nesni- titimi to thL people, which would i piniide foi u teappnrllonineut of the I state fin legiKlatiNe puiposes, h.ulni, f.nlid. anothe" bill was intioduced b) Senator l'etoiH. The house sought i to amend It by changing the number I of Kmmtoi-s. which latter action also fulled and the hill passed uiaKf-s tin finite consist of twent) senators 1 from thirteen districts and the home , i'.UtU i' i vis mM to be mude up of iVi'.rive rcproscu- llB tnlh es, with Halt Luke lutluillllg.iju ll senatuis and HM.'eit murubers of the RflH house. vyKl Civil service Is provldj.ttor rffrw BP Itallt'o and rire departments or Salt BfeH Ukp, nieasiiro to this erfeel iSnvtitg NnfM been passed and the bills are w 1u WstifS the hands of (lie goxiriinr. ytlffjSS While the old law piotldltiK for iv M bond I-sue or l,noo,iii)o w, repeal- ?toKS ed. owing to thn f.u t t tut. t tho go- Si iiinietit did not proMde a stmllar W!iwK aniouni, a bill was passed Milch pin- SjES vlik-H roi- and 'ailtlioilr.es a tioiid' i- U-1 suo" Tor the putposes authoiicd In fTpifl the soldier Bettleuiont ri or I'tah. niG-H' Aitothet' Important tnmi.tiru that filH became a law In i.ie Ivein bin, which HI P.l o hies roi tho leiidlug ofoiodlt anil jl the Incitrilug or ItidebteduusH. "This lil was tot the liuiierit of Salt .U(i l The .Seventh Judicial dlattlct will H (lic utifll Inigel) hy Hid additional H Judge ghen ijudor pinvtstous or the Hl One Important nuasuie unacted H 1 into law was the Jenkins' hill, which H (leflneH tenl estate hiohiits flint rent estate salesmen, and pi o Idas for tho legulatlou, supen'tslon and licensing tlieirof, creates a ttlitle teal estate depiti'tment tindei llin supervision H and dliectlou of the state lecurltles HH commission and which piotldc pen- H allies rot dilution or the law. This H nieiiMllie x Hie taigel foi a bitter H and prolonged right. Senator Jenkins , H winning out In the H l'roposed changes lu the public jH utilities rommissluii nnd lu tho tn- H uusIiIhI cummihsloti. by which the H goveinor n'ould have been glteu p( w- H ei- to ifimiM' the tuclimbetfts of tl'.e H jtnee ut Ills pleasure, nltttoui assign- H Ing an) lessiiu ibnefof,- ws defeat- - And then theie Is the cigarette hill thai was the stmm center of tile H Taking It a nhole l was - leg- Mature that things." H |