| Show SEEKS REVISION OF POWER OF CITIES SENATOR ECKERSLEY PRESENTS BILL TO CHANGE LAW ON WATER protection house approves bill prohibiting taking of L livery ivery rigs riga to any other place than represented to the owner of the law relating lne to the powers of city councils Is proposed n a bill bil I 1 introduced on february 1 by senator joseph eckersley which city say will have a serious bearing on the municipal water supply it t becomes law them the bill Is proposed to amend the present law by inserting a paragraph concerning ning the jurisdiction of tho the city ver water works to confine jurls jurisdiction dic to land owned by such buch city and by the insertion of a proviso clauso clause on ho he section giving jurisdiction for ton allies above the point from which the water vater la is taken which says that this hw nor any ordinance shall bo be con trued by the municipality or by the burts as authorizing tho the city to deprive any person of tile the ordinary and reasonable use of their lands and arfanis of water flowing through them or in which springs take their rise or to in any way impair the rights of the owner or limit we the reasonable ordinary and customary use af f such property business in the house looked up tip on february 1 and while the committees to which more than fifty bills have been referred did not report many tor for third reading yet tho the members introduced fourteen bills and two resola lions the livery mens bill which has been re committed to the judiciary commit tee tea taree times came up tor for final pas cage and after being amended in minor details so that it would include ohp the taking of an automobile as well as a horse the house passed it unanimously ly the bill makes it a misdemeanor to ride or drive an animal or vehicle to any other place than that represented to the owner or person in harge when the animal or vehicle Is hired georgo F goodwins bill providing that undertakings on ort appeal from jus lice courts might bo be dispensed with on DZI the making of a pauper affidavit easily passed two bills were pass passed ed in tile the senate on january 29 and three vere sent back to committees with instructions to revamp and renovate them the bills passed were craigs senate bill no 18 and ON ells eils house bill no 1 the craig bill was a mere formality providing for the convey ance by statute of a parcel of land in weber county country to the farr development company the state board of ex having baving traded a parcel of industrial du school land fo for it the ito house use bill by onell oneil the ne new w representative front from the new county of duehesne duchesne was merely intended to give that state statesman f legal status in tile the lower branch of the legislature ills his county having been created since the legislative districts were made the bill creates duchesne county as a legislative district and was amended by the senate to provide that tile the county be a part of the fifth senat senatorial district two bills w were ere passed by the house on january 29 one being an act limiting the discretionary powers of sheriffs and chiefs of police and the other an act permitting husbands or wives to testily testify against each other concerning facts alleged to have occurred prior to their marriage prohibition of the sale of liquor by mail or wire order in dry territory and of the transportation of liquor from wet wei to dry territory in the state Is proposed in a bill introduced on january 29 by senator funk and referred to the committee on abric agric agriculture and irrigation definite regulation of the employ ment of children and women in utah is proposed in a bill introduced january 29 by senator L 13 wight which Is ia drawn to replace the law enacted in n 1911 with a form such as Is now 1 K effect in many states of the west this bill generally places th the e age tor for beginning work at 16 years instead of 14 49 A bill providing for the headless ballot in utah similar to the ballots used in massachusetts new jersey colorado Nev nevada acla california and other states was introduced in the house on january 27 by representative P 11 christensen of salt lake the proposed law does away with party emblems and places the candidates for each office on the ballot in alphabetical order with the residence and politics of each candidate set forth after his name under this ballot ballet the voter must cast his ballot for each candidate he chooses to vote for instead of voting tor for them all in blanket form under a party emblem icat ewid prohibition by the amendment to the constitution route ws proposed in the senate on jan baty 27 by a joint resolution introduced by senator charles cottrell of salt lake at the close of business on january 27 7 there had been 85 bills introduced la in the senate and 39 in the houseye house besides beides 1 numerous resolutions members of the judiciary committee of the senate mulled over the public utilities bill and others of the huge huga pile of bills before it on january 23 when there was no formal session of the upper house plumbers must be licensed by a board it a bill introduced by president W tont mont ferry in the senate becomes a law the bill creates a state plumbing board and a salaried to be known as th the L state ralli tary inspector ills duty will bo be 3 inspect sanitation conditions vrouir hp he state slate |
