| Show FAVOR AND referendum HOUSE APPROVES ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT MEASURES BE FORE THE LAWMAKERS senate passes substitute providing for aid for rural schools and dill bill providing for mutual insurance companies one of the days of tile the pres out cut sessions of tho the utah legisla legislature turl was that of february 20 six bills bring being passed by the senate three bills killed soven boven introduced and seventeen reported from committees while in the house three bills were passed fourteen introduced and more thau than seventy bills were reported 0 out lit of committees probably one ot of the most moat important measures ea before the present session the Inita initiative tive and referendum bill was waa approved appi oved by the house this measure by representative shields provides initiative and referendum upon petition by 12 per cent of qualified voters of the state at last general election amended to make it necessary to sign petitions in presence ot of justice of peace town clerk or notary public and signatures on each page to bo be attested to officer tha th senate on reconsideration decided to overlook the go erners veto message as to the unco of the bill providing for irate aid for certain rural schools and passed the bill designed asa substitute for the one vetoed the only amendment being that the tor for the biennium blenn lum to go to tho the rural schools shall come from the state school fund instead of from tile the general fund another bill passed was senator D 0 Illde outs measure providing for transfers by tho the distinct judge of titles held by former territorial probate judges senator IV S hansens bill providing that two or more contiguous counties may join in the organization ot of mutual fire insurance comp anleo passed as did a bill by senator joseph chez providing for bonds tn in make mechanics lions liona more secure A bill by senator joseph eckersley providing for it a commission to investigate and suggest codification of the state school laws was passed after being amended so that legislators might have the report in time to look it over before the next session of tile the legislature senator thornleys Thorn leys bill providing that corporations must give notice of 0 the transfer of corporate stock when transfers are made to avoid the inheritance I 1 1 eri tance tax was tile the other bill pa passed ased adjournment was taken until tuesday at 2 p in because of monday being a holiday on monday members of the senate and house bouse were guests of the oregon short line on a junket to logan leaving salt lake at 2 in the afternoon by special train and returning tuesday morning hideouts land bank bill was passed in fit the senate on february 18 after th considerable discussion on final passage sa g 0 a after f t e r amendments suggested by the committee and on oil the floor had I 1 been j aeu stricken out there was very lit t tie le opposition to the bill the bill provides for the tion of operative cooperative co farm mort mortgage gago banks by land owners the land owners bowhers would put up their farms as security to the banks which thereupon would lend money at more favorable rates than ordinary banks do feour securing the alie money from the sale of bonds the house on february 18 passed the bill presented by the committee on revenue and taxation which hax for its object the limitation of the levies of taxes tor for public schools for the construction of roads and tor for other public purposes purpose fi the bill is one of a series proposed by the state board of equalization and it lias has the indorsement endorsement Indor of the taxing officials of the state under the provisions of this bill the levies tor for various purposes are so reduced as to make the maxin maximum iuni levy not to exceed 12 mills for all purposes at the present time there is no maximum levy prescribed by law Eckers Ecker leyB senate bill no 2 giving as state aid to the poorer coun try schools came back to the senata from the governors office on february 18 with the chiefs executives veto an effort to secure a report from the committee on manufactures and commerce of the house on the woot woof ton prohibition bill failed in alib house senator D 0 rideout introduced a bill providing that taxes may be paid in two installments halt half of it lit in november v and halt half the following june the salt lake senator also introduced EL a bill providing two justices of the peace instead of one in cities of the first class gas companies are included in the laws giving right of eminent domain by an amendment proposed in a bill introduced in the upper aliouse house by president W mont ferry by g a vote ot of 13 to 5 the senate killed the rideout bill providing an emergency ap appropriation of jor for grading the capitol grounds the bill was introduced in order that work may be given to the unemployed senator william craig of weber has introduced a bill which would give the state fish and game commissioner the right to game sanctuaries traries tu aries arles for the permanent protection of 0 wild bird and animal life except excepting ing such as are expressly by law allowed to be killed a at t all times the government ownership feature caused objection to the house memorial ial introduced by J alex bevan asking congress to build a railroad through throng it the uintah reservation and tho the memorial was laid on the table ablo by a vote of 6 to 11 |
