| Show UTAH LEGISLATURE I 1 BEHIND 1919 RECORD BILLS NOT COMING IN AT THE SAME RATE THEY DID AT ATS LAST SESSION S At Close of f Last Weeks Week's Session There Had Been Bills Present ed in the House While But 81 Were Before the Senate F The Tue Utah legislature Is somewhat behind the record cord of the last session lon lonI I In itt l the matter mattel of bills presented for consideration On February 12 there had been presented pre pro to the senate Just 81 SI b bills lIs as us aswell well wll as about a dozen resolutions and memorials memorIa is Two years ago on the thirty third du day which was however already three days s 's past the time stated b by the rules for the Introduction of bills bills' there were bills introduced and mid Friday was the thirty thirty third third day of the present session At At that rate the Hie pre present ent session of the senate is thirty- thirty five blI bills s behind the pace s set et by Its Us Democratic predecessor i The present Utah Utah- house Ow i now had seen the Introduction of ot bills and und may nitty lie be introduced there for ten days more without suspension of rul rules and after that date b by suspension of rules rules' or h by unanimous consent Under suc suCh h circumstances it looks as if the present present pres pros ent cut house ma may easily surpass the record of that two years ago when a total ot t house bills were intro Intro- The legislators took a on February 12 the thirty-fourth thirty legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive five da lay day of the present session Friday February 16 will be the fortieth fortieth fortieth for for- da lay day of the present ses session lon and amI senate rules rul's provide that no bill hili may maybe maybe maybe be Introduced after that da day without unanimous consent consent of the senators The house has set the final date for Introduction of bills bills bills' as the fort forty forty- fIfth da lay day or Wednesday February 23 thus giving the house members all of Washington's birth day dat in which to put Iut final touches on their last legis- legis larive Int ve f the present ses- ses SOIl Ih The rho one-man one land board bill the tIme ad all' administration ministration measure introduced in the state senate by Senator Harrison HarrIon E 1 Jenkins of Salt Lake was approved b by bythe the tue senate February 10 b by a clos margin and now DOW goes gocs to the house The Dern Joint resolution calling for ah uh amendment to the state constitution constitution constitution to allow legislators 8 8 a n day instead instead instead in in- stead of 4 was passed under suspension ion sion pf f the rules r Speaker took the floor Io T ot of the house on February 10 In behalf behal of Senate bill No 20 O by Peters piloting piloting pilot pilot- ing the measure to passage without opposition op op- op- op position The measure re I ic is the key ley bill to the series of measures for the organization organization or or- of ot a state department of ot finance and l an purchase The Tue house members put in one of the busiest t days das of the time present session session ses ses- sion slon on February 10 nearly d disposing of the tIme third reading rending calendar they faced when the session began hut but when adjournment was taken talen a u larger calendar was In front pf th them m for the next days day's session The Utah tah state legislature on February Feb lieb 11 had a total of ot eIght one eighty one bills in addition to possibly O Sibl a dozen resolutions resolutions Introduced In the time senate this thI term S SA A bill bUI Introduced by Representative Swanson would amend the time existing statutes affecting control of ot st state te lands and would if passed permit tha sale of lands ly lyng ng below the waters water's edge of ot ar lake or stream when the owners of riparian lands had made valuable improvements on contiguous lands lunds lying below th the waters water's ed edge e at a cash price not to exceed exceed ex ex- cecil an acre but coal and anel mineral rights would be reserved t to l the state in case of such sales The Utah senate spent less lesS' than an hour on February 9 0 In debating house bill No Xo 20 b by which puts Into Info effect the time constitutional amendment amendment amend amend- ment No o. o 2 passed by the people at the thelast thelast thelast last general election This bill provides pro Iro- vides that the state board of equalization tion ma may raise 25 per capita of school ol population fo for the support t of schools schools' There were but two votes against th the measure Only four bills and amI one joint resolution tion flon were Introduced In the the house during the time session of February 9 0 0 The resolution proposes an amendment to the state constitution n. n relating to the eliminate taxation of mines and would mines or mining claims th the principal product of which Is iron It would a assess s all Il other mining claims upon their value alne In mon money and nail not on ores or ot us mis per personal onal property Mc McShane's bill hili giving the governor govern r power to terminate tei time the of office of ot nm m members of or the time l' l utilities commission com coin mission pu pissed d the time house Tuesday ayes 42 against 5 Only the absence of Senator W W. T. T Democrat saved the Jenkins bill to r reduce duce the state board of land commissioners to a single member from sudden death death As it was it Is the claim of the time Democrats of ot the senate that President Thomas E. E McKay established established es es- es- es a n new precedent when he placed the time bill bIU on the time third read reading ng calendar but the president had hind time the I support of the majority of the time senate I in so fco doing I Eight bills seven en of which were adI administration administration adi ad- ad i I ministration measures passed th tb I I I house on February 11 J 7 i |
