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Show MOTOR VEHICLE BILLRECEWED SENATOR PETEUS INTRODUCES MEASURE CHANGING LICENSE FEE AND GASOLINE TAX The long-expected amendment to the state motor vehicle laws, including the gasoline tax law, was introduced Thursday in the senate by Senator J. W. Peters of Eoxelder county. The gasoline tax bill is about as already announced as the recommendation recommen-dation of the state commission on revision re-vision of taxation, except that the Tate carried is two and one-half cents a gallon, instead of two cents advocated advo-cated by some, and three cents advocated advo-cated by others. Licensing of dealers in motor vehicle fuels is carried in the bill, and provision is made for collection collec-tion of the tax from the distributors, -who may, of course, pass the tax along to the consumer. The proceeds of the tax, estimated roughly at ?G25,000, are to be covered into the state treasury by the secretary secre-tary of state, who collects the tax, and are to go into the state highway maintenance main-tenance fund, after the interest and sinking fund of state road bonds are cared for annually. Remittances are to be made the fifteenth of each month. I.Iotor vehicle fuel for export from the state is excluded from the tax. The second of the bills amends various var-ious features in the present law regulating reg-ulating motor vehicle licenses and their collection. Solid tires are any kind that does not depend wholly on confined air for the support of the Joad. A dealer may handle secondhand second-hand automobiles as well as new ones. A chauffeur is any person who operates oper-ates a motor vehicle in the transpor-lallca transpor-lallca of persons or property, and who receives any compensation for such service m wages, commission or otherwise, other-wise, paid directly or indirectly, or who, as owner or employee, operates a motor vehicle carrying passengers -or property for hire. Alterations are made in the provisions provi-sions covering the size of license -plates, so as to permit of better bargaining bar-gaining with the manufacturers of -such provision is made for eliminating eliminat-ing the vexatious charges of the past . two years, when an owner changes his tar midseasons. Transfer of the licenses li-censes will cost but 51. ' The new schedule of license fees is changed by a reduction of approximately approxi-mately one-third for the passenger cars and the smaller trucks. A horsepower horse-power of not more than 25 charges a fee of ?5; the charge is $7.50 for a horse power of 25 to 40; $10 for 40 to 50 horsepower and $12.50 for all above 50. A half-ton truck would pay $5 per annum, a three-quarter truck $7.50 and a ton truck $10, and a one and one-half-ton truck $20, other truck licenses remaining as they are. A two-wheel trailer for the camper is exempted from the trailer provisions of the present law. The traffic regulations are altered as regards signs, so that cars shall be equipped with provision for hand and arm signal, or else mechanical de--vice3. Trucks are required to carry rear-view mirrors. Tax levies on livestock are to be materially ma-terially increased for the purpose of providing funds with which to pay bounties on predatory animals, though the bounties, in some instances, have been removed and for all animals they have been lowered. A levy of 4 mills on the dollars for all sheep and goats is proposed in the place of the 1-mill levy. On range 1iorses and cattle the levy is doubled and is fixed at 2 mills instead of 1. The 1-mill levy on domestic cattle provided pro-vided in the present law is eliminated. Changes in bounty payments are far-reaching. far-reaching. Payment of $30 for a bear Is removed. For a mountain lion or cougar, the bounty is reduced from $30 to $15; for a black timber wolf, from $62.50 to $15; for coyotes, from $4 to $3; for a lynx or bobcat the payment remains the same, $3. The 5-cent bounty for jack-rabbits or white hares is removed. Authority to expend funds for the eradication of rabies and destruction of predatory animals is transferred from the state board of agriculture, as provided for in the present statute, to the state auditor, who may spend 30 per cent of the state boun:y fund, including in-cluding unexpended balances for this purpose. The amendment loweri the s mount to be devoted to the campaign iiy 20 per cent, the state board of agriculture ag-riculture at the present being allowed 50 per cent. The biennial budget of the state of L'tnh appeared in both houses of the 'legislature. It carries a total of expenditures ex-penditures of $3,871,187.54, which is $106,003.14 more than the latest and most liberal estimate yet made of the state genaral fund revenue for the coming two years. With the budget came the draft of the general appropriation bill, which was introduced in the house, and also a letter from Governor Mabey, transmitting trans-mitting the budget. The governor's letter calls attention to the excess of the budget over the states estimated revenues, but adds that the enactment of pending legislation may serve to save the $107,000 in expenses. ex-penses. The governor adds that the president of the board of the Utah Agricultural college asserts that it will be impossible to maintain the Branch Agricultural college at Cedar City on ths amount stipulstsd in the budget. As to the legislation pending, of which the governor speaks, there are already several bills before the legislature legis-lature which might contribute, if tbey or any of them pass. The house has bills before it to abolish the public utilities commission, for which $50,890 is appropriated in the budget; and the state securities commission, which is, however, a source of revenue to the state general fund, contributing to it a surplus over its expenses from the fees taken in. There is another bill in the house which would require that the expenses of the state industrial commission be paid out of the state insurance in-surance fund. The budget total for this commission is $91,570. Senator C. L. Funk of Cache county is studying economy and reduction of expenses. He introduced a bill in the senate which would require that all officers and employees of the state should be entitled to free transportation, transporta-tion, intrastate, subject to restrictions laid down by the state board of examiners. exam-iners. This would serve to reduce the state's travel bill considerably. The Cache senator also proposes a bill to limit the state supreme court to three members, instead of the present five. This would be accomplished by the expedient of electing justices in the future only for six-year terms. Thus the membership would gradually be reeduced, first to four members and then to three. Publishers of newspaper in rural communities had many defenders in the house of representatives, when a proposal to reduce the legal printing rate was hotly opposed by several members. The proposal was contained in House Bill No. 17, by Representative Representa-tive Shelley. It sought to change the present law governing the printing rate to be charged in towns of less than 25,000 population from 10 cents a line for each insertion to 10 cents a line for the first insertion of legal advertising ad-vertising and 5 cents a line for sub sequent insertions. The bill was defeated de-feated after considerable debate by a vote of 31 nays to 28 yeas. The author of the measure and Representative Rep-resentative Stookey and Jorgensen were the principal speakers in favor of its passage. Each said that the rate now established is excesive, and that publishers received in payment for legal le-gal advertisment out of proportion to space consumed. Representatives Hollenbeck, Wilkins, Judd and Jones opposed the bill in debate. The tenor of their defense was to the effect that publishers of small newspapers realize little profit from such advertising, even at the present rate, and to reduce it would be to deal a severe blow to them. The maintenance mainten-ance of small community newspapers, each said, is necessary to the welfare or the communities, and that in consideration con-sideration of the service they render the public, they are entitled to all they are receiving as payment for legal advertising. For six hours Tuesday afternoon and evening members of the legislature and their friends studied problems and equipment of the University of Utah. As President Thomas E. McKay of the senate said during a talk, they found at least that three department of the university are in good working order, those of athletics, music and domestic science. The visitors saw a basketball game between varsity and a picked team, heard various programs of music under the direction of Professor Thomas E. Giles, and were served a most sumptuous turkey dinner under the direction of Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of women. The fact that such an elaborate dinner, din-ner, beginning with a soup and ending with cake, ice cream, candy and coffee for those who wanted it, could be served to a erowd of 200 or more in the cafeteria, in such prompt order, and with victuals so well cooked and served in such appetizing manner, was a tribute of itself to the management of the cafeteria. It is likely that a special joint committee, com-mittee, consisting of members of the senate and the house will be selected to visit and inspect the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college at fdur City. Representative Rep-resentative Jorgensen, chairman of the house appropriations committee, said that thare had been some misunder standing concerning who should investigate in-vestigate conditions at the college, and made a motion that Speaker Seeg-miller Seeg-miller and two other members of the house constitute a committee to confer with a committee from the senate, consisting con-sisting of President McKay and two senators, relative to the appointment of the investigating committee. The motion was carried and Representatives Representa-tives Jones and Openshaw were appointed ap-pointed by the speaker to serve with him in conjunction with the senate committee. Lengthy and ardent debate on the proposed salary of the state game commissioner took place in the lower house of the legislature. The discussion discus-sion ensued when a majority and a minority report on house bill No. 39, by Representative Robert B. White of Beaver county, were submitted by the committee on fish and game. The measure presents an entirely new set of laws pertaining to the protection of fish and game of the state, the duties of the fish and game commissioner commis-sioner and hia salary. Repeal of the present laws is sought by house bill No. 40, by the same author. Consideration Consider-ation of the proposed new laws has been under way by the committee lince January 20. Several amendments are proposed by the committee, to which all members mem-bers agree, with the exception to a change froposed by the the minority report, which would reduce the salary of the commissioner from $4000 a year as provided for in the MI, to $300 a year. The minority report was adopted by the house after the debate had waxed strong for a considerable length of time. INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE S. B. G7, Adams Osteopathy. S. B. G8, Jensen Voluntary associations associa-tions to su" and be sued. S. B. 69, Jenson State engineer's fees. S. B. 70. Dixon Limiting civil service ser-vice commission to Salt Lake and Ogden. S. B. 71, McConkie Requiring sheriffs sher-iffs in Bmaller counties to reside at county seat. Judiciary. S. B. 72, Irvine Fixing fees for University of Utah and Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural college. S. B. 73. Winder Requiring annual audit of state insurance fund by state auditor. S. B. 74, Dixon Exclusion of public from certain court trials. S. C. M. 3, Dixon Relief for settlers on United States reclamation projects. Agriculture. S. B. 75, Jenson Prescribing rule3 for assessing merchants and manufacturers. manufac-turers. S. B. 76, Funk Requiring railroads to issue free transportation to state employees. S. B. 77, Winder Town taxes. Referred Re-ferred to public affairs oommittee. S. B. 78, Tebbs Restricting perquisites per-quisites of warden of state prison. S. B. 79, Peters Gasoline tax. S. B. 80, Peters Automobile license regulations. S. B. 81, Peters Automobile license fees. S. B. 82, Peters Automobile traffic signals. S. B. 83, Funk: Reducing membership member-ship of supreme court to three. S. B. 84, 'Hirschi Appropriating $173,000 from motor vehicle registration registra-tion surplus for revolving fund for state road commission. S. B. 85, Hirschi Appropriating $50,000 from same fund as contingent fund for state road commision. S. C. R. 3, Warnick Constitutional amendment to provide for classification classifica-tion of property for taxation purposes. Public affairs. S. B. 86, Jenkins Permitting establishment es-tablishment of branch banks within the same county. Commerce and industry. in-dustry. S. B. 87, Irvine Giving county purchasing pur-chasing agent control over feeding of prisontrs. S. B. 88, Irvine Removing feeding of prisoners of Salt Lake county from sheriff's office. INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE H. B. 68, Fletcher Empowering county commissioners to change boundary lines of 6chool districts. Education committee. H. B. 69. Constantine Repealing act creating securities commission and laws relating to the sale of securities and the real estate department. Judiciary. Ju-diciary. H. B. 70, Jorgenson Amending laws relating to bounties on predatory animals. Livestock committee. H. B. 71, Baldwin Amending laws pertaining to powers of boards of education. ed-ucation. Education committee. H. B. 72, State budget bill. Appropriations Ap-propriations committee. H. B. 73, Finlinson Levying and collection of taxes on irrigation and water conservation districts. Irrigation Irriga-tion and water conservation districts. Irrigation committee. H. B. 74, Rowan Substitute for H. B. 54, withdrawn. Relating to liquidation liquid-ation of banks. Banking committee. H. B. 75, Mozley Relating to placing plac-ing stationary advertising on public highways. Highways and bridges committee. com-mittee. H. B. 76, Wilkins Examination and registration of professional engineers and surveyors, Public lands committee. com-mittee. H. B. 77, Brewer Statements concerning con-cerning personal property of merchants mer-chants and manufacturers, manner of assessing such property, manner of listing other property not a part of property used by merchant or manufacturer, manu-facturer, and exempting from taxation property moving in interstate commerce. com-merce. Revenue and taxation committee. SENATE ACTION ON BILLS S. B. 28, Jenkins Repealing annual an-nual military census. Ayes 20. S. B. 36, Jenkins Salt Lake assessor's asses-sor's salary. Ayes 9, nays 11. S. B. 31, Adams Repealing egg-candling egg-candling law. Ayes 7, nays 13. H. B. 35, Bagnall Reducing interest inter-est on delinquent taxes to 10 per cent per annum. Ayes 1, nays 18, 1 absent. S. B. 40, Jenkins Hours of county officers. Ayes 3, nays 17. H. B. 2, Atwood Cooperative marketing mar-keting bill. Ayes 20. S. B. 45, Committee on Agriculture (Sub. for S. B. 26, Candland) ayes 16, absent 4. H. J. M. 1, Mrs. Dunyon Use of silver by foreign governments. Ayes 18, absent 2. S. B. 46, Committee on commerce and industry Negotiability of promissory prom-issory notes. Ayes 18, nays 2. S. B. 49, Funk Architects. Ayes 20. S. B. 48, Funk Certified public accountants. ac-countants. Ayes 19, absent 1. S. B. 24, Committee on revision and printing Land office regulations. Ayes 19, absent 1. S. B. 27, Dixon Utah tuberculosis research commission. Ayes 12, navs 8. S. B. 37, Jenkins Insurance agents' qualification!. Ayes 18, nayi 1, ab-ent ab-ent 1. 8. B. 47, Funk Embalming. Ayes 15, absent 6. S. B. 57, Jenkins Voluntary admission admis-sion to state mental hospital. Ayes 15, absent 5. S. B. 42, McConkie Killing livestock. live-stock. Ayes 14, absent 6. S. B. 43, McConkie Maiming livestock. live-stock. Ayes 15, absent 5. S. B. 29, Irvine Aeronautics. Ayes 15, absent 5. HOUSE ACTION ON KILLS S. J. M. 2, Jenkins Asking congress con-gress to aid silver industry. Ayes 49, absent 6. S. J. R. 1, Winder Special committee com-mittee to investigate crime wave and activities of pardon board. Ayes 36, nays 12, absent 7. H. B. 22, Jacob3 Adding half pint container to fruit and berry measures. Ayes, 22, nays 25, absent 7. H. B. 57, Callister Appointment of deputies for county, precinct and district dis-trict officers. Ayes 43, absent 7. H. B. 17, Shelley Reducing rate for legal printing, ayes 23, nays 31, absent 1. H. B. 2, Atwood Farm marketing associations. Ayes 51, nays 1, absent 1. H. B. 21, Openshaw Requiring trust and guarantee and loan associations associ-ations to obtain permit from state bank examiners. Ayes 52 absent. 3. H. B. 42, Cannon Excluding building build-ing and loan associations from paying annual corporation license tax. Ayes 14, nays 40, absent 1. H. B. 43, Cannon Excluding building build-ing and loan associations from provisions pro-visions relating to fraud in the sale of securities. Ayes 6, nays 45, absent 4. H. B. 66, Mrs. Lyman Jurisdiction of cities over watersheds. Ayes 51, nays 1, absent 3. H. B. 55, Mrs. Graham Transferring Transfer-ring habitually delinquent children to industrial school. Ayes 42, nays 10, absent 3. H. B. 63, Judd Assessment of metalliferous met-alliferous mines. Ayes 15, nays 35, absent 5. H. B. 59, Committee on irrigation Abolishing certification commission on irrigation bonds. Ayes 50, absent 5. S. B. 28, Jenkins Repealing law requiring county assessors to prepare lists of persons available for military service. Ayes 45, absent 10. H. B. 20, Bailey Relating to appointment ap-pointment of water commissioners. Ayes 36, nays 10, absent 9. H. B. 40, White Repealing fish and game laws. Ayes 44, absent 10. H. B. 78, Pettit Governing amusements amuse-ments on 'Sunday. Education committee. commit-tee. H. B. 79, Naylor Voting of absent electors. Elections committee. H. B. 80, N. C. Christensen Costs against estates subject to an inheritance inheri-tance tax. Revenue and taxation committee. com-mittee. H. B. 81, N. C. Christensen Compensation Com-pensation of inheritance tax appraisers. apprais-ers. Revenue and taxation. H. B. 82, H. C. Christensen Notice to be given by safe deposit companies, banks and other institutions before transferring securities. Banking committee. com-mittee. H. B. 83, Callister Par value of corporation shares. Judiciary committee. commit-tee. H. B. 84, Callister Sale in bulk of merchandise, furniture, fixtures or equipment of stores, hotels, restaurants, restau-rants, barber shops or any place of business, where equipment sold is used in carrying on business. Judiciary committee. com-mittee. H. B. 85, Stark Effect of tax and lien. Revenue and taxation committee. commit-tee. H. B. 86, Stark Taxes levied by. drainage districts, collection and distribution dis-tribution and sale of property. Judiciary Judi-ciary committee. H. B. 87, Stark Trespassing on railroad property. Judiciary committee. commit-tee. H. B. 88, Mrs. Lyman Accepting congressional act for the promotion of welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy. Public health committee. H. B. 89, Wilkins Amending laws relating to filling of vacancies in city councils. Judiciary committee. H. B. 90, Wilkins Election of city justices of the peace and city marshals mar-shals in cities excepting first and second sec-ond class. Judiciary committee. |