Show L Legislature Speeds Up Work Wark i Extra Session Not Necessary M Members and committees committees' of both the house and the senate are showing signs of speed and are arc rapidly clearing clear ing the legislative decks of accumulated accumulated bills In keeping with the propos propose proposal al of Representative Pembroke that all aU bills be presented in the first forty five days members have thrown the peak load on the decks and except for necessary essary changes under special order new bills have not been received Confidence is expressed that it will not be e necessary to take advantage of stopping the clock and the Utah are hoping that the present session will end promptly in the sixty days A bill which while adopting some features features features fea fea- tures of the Standish bill for which it itis itis itis is a substitute would throw more I stringent regulations around both the use and sale of tobacco than anything that has been accomplished under the Southwick act which it itt amends was brought into the state senate by the comm committee tt e on public affairs and was wm placed on the second reading calendar Boosted as a compromise measure arranged between friend and foes of the Standish m measure asure the bill bears every indication that the foes of that bill were at least very much in evidence evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence if not the controlling factor at atthe atthe atthe the conferences of the committee and at times of others who assisted in reaching this solution of the problem presented to the state in the at- at literal enforcement of the Southwick act The bill amends the Southwick law lawso so as to permit t the e sale of legally legally-in in the state instead of requiring requiring requiring ing persons would follow the letter letter letter let let- ter of the law and still smoke tobacco in this form to send out of the state for the commodity But before a merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant sell he must take may out a license at an annual fee in no I instance less than 25 and in Salt I Lake running funning as high as This license f fee e schedule is much higher than that carried in the Standish bill while a T the same sam time the pe pena penalty tor for illegal selling of is increased I from a afine fine of to o one e of Naturally it is argued the effect will be that persons who operate under the law and take out a license will support support support sup sup- port all efforts to illegal sale of by competitors who do not have such a license And with strict enforcement of the law the license will wiH bE become ome a thing of value and any dealer will be slow to run th the risk of losing it by the sale sal of t to minors Whereas a Wyoming or Colorado dealer receiving an order through the mail will not inquire nor be able to ascertain ascertain ascertain as as- certain whether his patron is a minor or not a licensed Utah dealer will have opportunity of knowing and will be beslow beslow beslow slow to yield to the temptation of making the sale The bill also out Southwick Southwick Southwick South South- wick in that it provides that tobacco in any form shall not be advertised in the state The fhe present law permits the thel l advertising of smoking tobacco or chewing chewin tobacco or tobacco in any y I other form except c garets The Inc amendment to this law is more stringent stringent stringent I gent in that particular The bill does make some concessions in a modification tion of section 4 of the Southwick act which affects the use of tobacco in what are defined therein as enclosed public places However a scanning of this provision will show that in many instances es the restaurateur restaurateur restaurateur will be unable to comply with this provision without going to len lengths I which will make him hesitate before he undertakes to alter his premises so 50 as to permit smoking therein There was much debate when bill 65 by Cannon relative to storage goods came came up for co consideration Mr Cannon explained that it was merely I a matter of marking eggs and butter and other just what they are He Ho pointed out that in many other states when goods are in storage thirty days they cease to be labeled fresh but that in Utah th they y may be marked fresh and sold as fresh after having been been in in cold storage ninety days i of Salt Lake opposed the il bill bilI d declaring claring that the storage goods were the best and saying something about people not being able to tell the difference between cold cold storage and fresh eggs Mrs Dunyon of Salt Lake took issue wi with h Mr Goggin and told him how to tell the difference between fresh and storage eggs She said as asa asa asa a housewife she used some storage goods but she wanted to know what she was buying of Salt Lake Pettit of Carbon and Shelley o of Utah county favored the bill and Brewer of Ogden opposed it It was passed by a vote of 41 ayes 7 nays and 7 absent The Tho joint appropriations committee of t e Fifteenth legislature la ture submitted T to the lower house its report on the budget bill as submitted by Governor Mabey providing for the support support- of th the tha state government for the period beginning April 1 1923 and continuing ing lag until March 31 1925 The report also included supplementary budgets budget Nos 1 and 2 The main budge budget emerged from the committee with many revisions Supplement No 1 was favorably recommended without changes and No 2 was stricken Reductions in numerous appropriations lions are made by oythe the committee in them the m main in budget Several appropriations on the other hand are increased the time result being a net in increase increase rease in the appropriation appropriation ap propria tion total of The committee ommittee apparently has made strenuous strenuous effort to io augment au the advantages of educational institutions of the s state ste te having in nearly every instance increased increased in in- creased the appropriations suggested for schools and colleges The house debate on on sen senate te bill 79 gasoline tax was not long but lively and spirited Most of the debate was in regard to minor amendments only two of which were passed The These e would exempt gas and oil and resi residue ue fuel oil along with kerosene which was exempted exempted ex ex- ex- ex empted in the original bill and certain commercial packages of fuel oil that are shipped in original packages The Tho bill was passed by a big majority but several of the members said they th y voted aye for the eJ express purpose of moving ng reconsideration Among the thee the e were were McKell who charged that the bill had been railroaded and and Goggin This bill places an excise tax of 2 2 cents a gallon on the sale of fuel oils end and requires distributors and retail dealers to pay a li license ense tax of 5 and 3 a quarter for operating their places of business r I I I INTRODUCED HOUSE HOUSEH H H. H B. B house appropriation committee com com- I An An act to provide reven revenue e for forthe the support of the government of the tho f tate tate-P-l P P a on ced with table ble f 1 th the joint co committee mitt on HOUSE ACTION ON BILLS H. H C. C M M. 2 Wh Wheatley Relative Wheatley-Relative Relative to distribution of surplus war materials I A Ayes Tes 51 61 absent 4 4 H H. C. C R R. R 2 Mrs Dunyon Dunyon Proclamation tion to have flag raised on mothers mother's day Ayes 51 absent 4 4 H H. C. C R R. 4 Mrs Dunyon Indorsing Dunyon-Indorsing Indorsing international mining exhibit for Salt Lake Ayes 49 absent abent 6 G H. H B. B Finlinson Tax Finlinson-Tax Tax to pay in indemnity indemnity indemnity in- in for slaughtered tuberculosis cattle Ayes 51 absent 4 H H. B B. B l IcK McKell McKell-Cancelling McKell ll-Cancell ll Cancelling ng state warrants not presented for payment within two years AY Ayes s 47 nay 1 absent 7 H H. B. B 99 Goggin Appointment Goggin-Appointment Appointment of by mayors Ayes 47 absent B. B H H. B B. B Manufacture Goggins-Manufacture Manufacture I and sale of baking powder Ayes 48 nays 3 absent 4 H. H B. B 98 Fencing Fencing of railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road tracks Ayes 23 nays 30 absent 2 I i il H H. H B. B Callister Powers Callister-Powers Powers of pub public lic tic utilities commission Ayes 3 31 nays puo-I puo 21 absent 3 I H H. H B B. B Callister Writs Callister-Writs Writs of review review re re- re view and appeals from decisions of the public utilities commission Ayes 38 nays 11 absent 6 6 H H. B B. B Callister Powers Callister-Powers Powers of public pub pub- lie lic utilities commission with respect to automobile c corporations Ayes 44 absent 7 7 nays 4 4 H. H B B. B Cannon Cannon Rc Retarding Cannon Regarding arding mun- mun contracts with utilities Ayes 34 nays 16 16 absent 5 5 H. H B. B McKell McKell l Extending time for obtaining automobile licenses Ayes 52 absent 3 II B. B 67 Atwood Manufacture Atwood Manufacture and sale isale of dairy products Ayes 33 nays 19 absent 3 S. S B. B Peters Relative Peters Relative to gasoline tax Ayes 47 nays 6 absent 2 2 S. S Sn B. B 72 appropriations committee committe The budget bill bBl A Ayes es 33 nays 11 absent ab ah- sent ent 6 6 H H. H B B. B appropriations committee The t-The i The revenue bill biH Ayes 85 35 nays 13 absent 7 7 pen H. H B B. B Hanson Relative Hanson Relative to pen pen- and prison sit site Ayes 26 nays 22 22 absent 7 I H H. H B. B committee on banking banking- Giving ng bank commissioners power over loan associations Ayes 44 nays 1 absent 10 II H. B B. B N. N C. C Christensen Christensen In In creasing number of judges in fourt fourth district Ayes 34 nays 10 absent 11 II H B B. B Atwood and Crook Crook- lines of Utah and Wasatch counties Ayes 44 nay 1 absent 10 s H. H B B. B White White Making Making salary of Commissioner of agriculture Ayes 45 nays 3 absent 7 H. H B. B Crouch Crouch Reorganisation pf of Of state slate board of r agriculture Ayes 15 5 nays 3 absent 1 1 t i Ii lIs- lIs HB B B. B 96 Civil Civil s j c. c Continued Continue on tini ed to P dge xe Six ix t |