Show FOOR E 0 HOUSE APPROVES ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT MEASURES BE FORE THE LAWMAKERS senate passes substitute measure providing for aid for rural schools and bill providing for mutual insurance companies one ol of tile the ilas lays s of the present sessions of the utah legislature was that of february 20 six bills bo be ing passed by the senate three bills killed seven introduced and seventeen reported from committees while in the house three bills were vero passed fourteen introduced and more than bills were reported 0 out ut of committees probably one of the most important measures before tile the present session the inita initiative tive and referendum bill was approved by the house this measure by representative shields provides initiative and referendum upon pelt tion by 12 per cent of qualified fled voters oters of the state at last general election amended to make it necessary to sign petitions in presence of justice of peace town ton clerk or notary public and signatures on each page to be attested to officer the senate on oil reconsideration decided c t to 0 overt overlook look ok the governors veto eto message as to the unconstitutionally unconstitutionality of tho the bill providing for state aid for certain rural schoos s and bashed pashed the bill 1111 designed as a substitute fur for tile the one vetoed HIP only amendment being I 1 that tile the ir for foi the biennium to go to the rural schools shall come from the state schou fund instead of front the general fund another bill passed wits senator 1 D 0 hideouts Rid eouts measure providing for transfers truis fera by b the dis judge ol 01 titles judges held field by u former territorial probate I 1 senator W 8 llan sens bill provida paold 1 ing that two to or more contiguous ccuen ties may join in the die organization alon or of mutual tire insurance co companies ni panics I 1 passed as ad did a bill by senator jo seph he providing for bonds to maff fitiak mechanics lions liens more I 1 secure A bill by senator Ecke Cc horale raley providing for a commission to hives digate and suggest codification of tho state school laws was pissed after be ing amended so that legislators might have hae tile the report in fit time to look it over oer before the next session of the legislature in t it re senator thornleys Ihorn Thorn leys bill providing that corporations must give gie notice of the transfer of corporate at stock cac when transfers are made to avoid the in herl tance tax was as the other bill passed t I 1 was as taken until tues bues day at 2 p in because of monday be ing a holiday on monday members of the senate and house were ere guests of the oregon short line on a junket to lagan leaving salt lako lake at I 1 2 in tile the afternoon by special train and returning tuesday morning Rid hideouts eouts land bank bill was passed in tile the senate on february 18 after h considerable on sid erable discussion on inal final passage after amendments suggested by the committee and on the floor had been stricken ricken bt out there was vas ery hi tie opposition to the bill 1111 the bill provides for the organization of cooperative farm mortgage banks by land owners the land owners would put pitt up farms as security to the banks which thereupon would lend money at more inure favorable rates than ordinary banks do securing the money from the dale of bonds ohp house on february 18 passed the bill presented by the committee on revenue and taxation which halt for its object the limitation of tile the levies forles of taxes for public schools for the construction of roads and loi for other oilier public P purposes the bill is one of a series proposed by tile the skateboard state board of equalization and it lias has tile the indorsement endorsement Indor of tle the taxing officials of the state under the provisions of this bill the levies for va rious purposes are so reduced as to make tile hie maximum levy not to exceed 12 mills for all purposes at the present time there Is no maximum levy prescribed by law Eckers leyB senate bill no 2 giving lr as state rid aid to the poorer coun try schools came back to the senate front from the governor s office on february 18 with the chiefs executives veto an effort to secure a report front from the committee on manufactures and commerce coniTO erce of the house ore oil the wool 11 oot ton prohibition bill failed in ill the house senator D 0 rideout introduced a bill providing that taxes may be paid in two installments halt half of it in november and half the following june tile the salt lake senator also introduced a bill providing two justices of the peace instead of one in ill cities of the be first class gas companies compa are included in fit the lie laws giving light of eminent domain I 1 by an ail amendment proposed in a bill gitil introduced in the upper house hy by nent ieni na V nilet ferry 1 hy by a vote ote of 11 to 3 tile killed the gilld ut bill 1111 PrOvid 19 in an emergency ip i of fur for grading the pitol grounds the iha bill was in reduced in order that work may lie he ghan to lite I 1 senator wil william liani craig of weber hns has introduced it a hill which would give gho I 1 the lie state fish finh and gamo game commissioner the right to lo rame game sanctuaries tu aries ariew for the permanent protection of wild bird and animal lite life excepting such as are expressly 4 U law allowed to be killed at all times |