| Show DOINGS OF THE legislature lir T tx practically halt half of the session for the 1029 1929 legislature Legisla tuie is over orbr and the me body has had bad about bills introduced for consideration several important matters were brought forward last week among these were six measures passed by the senate recommended by the state elate coda commission for repealing dead timber from the statute books some of these laws which the bills would repeal have bave been declared unconstitutional tut ional while others never have been effective and appropriations have lapsed back into the general fund these laws deal with licensing peddlers a home for fallen women setting a tax on trading stamps providing a minimum wage for females and the utah soldier settlement law governor derns headless ballot act came to the house in a bill by crump jr of salt lake providing for the abolishing of the party at the top of the election ballots and making voting str strictly by office the boulder dam Is still a rallying point for the speech makers with a portion of the present week to be devoted to ways and means of utah adopting a stand of some und kind on the plan some eighty members of the body paid a visit to southern utah over the week end and found among other things avery a very low temperature and nipping breezes an attempt to rectify the allty of corporation law was made in a bill introduced into the house the measure provides for the licensing and certification of do and foreign corporations by the secretary of state at the same rate as the present law but restricts the license tax to apply only on capital bioc tock used within the state A bill hawseen has acon introduced providing for the licensing of aircraft and airmen the law would extend the lla ila I 1 of a an n aircraft owner or operator to include injury to other operators aa well as passengers aircraft operated in the state must be licensed by tie united states department of cocu POM nerce Morce A bill establishing old age pensions li aims passed the house bouse after a real attack ta an aal u ai P on tho the part jart of the defenders and antagonists ot of the fj doubling the present assessment on mines taxing the tha stockholders of 61 building and loan companies i and extending the present dal cl g krot art ta tax to 0 in all forms ot of alto tobacco b c are th the features of 0 several av w bills bilk tho 0 U utah i all law la a j no assess stockholders ta holders of b apas azin and does docs not aply 17 7 t to 0 investment inam 11 houses louses bul building IdIng badloo d I 1 loan oa a and d other concerns ot of a elm aim t r ff A 10 15 per cent tax to apply to the retail price of all tobacco products Is the rate proposed in the nicotine act A bill now in the house proposes t to divide each county into population districts corresponding to the number of 0 representatives from tho the county and that ono representative be b 80 s looted by tho the voters of each district much discussion followed a divided report by tho the educational committee on the constitutional amendment measure which increases tha state stale school fund to 50 per child and an equalizing fund jf f 8 5 per child the uniform form veterans law relating to the guardianship of incompetent veterans and their minor children passed tho the house without a dissenting vota four conr bills arranging enactment of utah motor legislation uniform with similar legislation of other states elates have been offered the plans offered by these bills provide a uniform registering of motor vehicles and requires public liability insurance oia OB rented cars also proposes registering of titles for motor vehicles and regulates opera of cars on the highways and provides for licensing the car drivers B BILLS ILLS introduced IN THE HOUSH HOUSE no OT 07 critchlow providing for licensing of aircraft and airmen no 08 68 neither providing for tho certification and payment of license taxes by corporations to the secretary of state no CO 69 miller setting aside a sinking fund for the redemption of bohlds issued by the board of education no 70 piercy designating the north american cedar as aa the state tree of utah no 71 jorgenson providing for assessment of wines mines at six times their net annual pr eds instead of three as aa now provided no 72 redd providing for tax assessment of stockholders of banking and investment companies no 73 badger exempting pneumatic tired trailers from payment of motor vehicle registration fees no 74 thompson repealing tho the law prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places no 78 75 hirschl Compel flug semiannual lin fitial statement by county auditors of their salaries and those of deputies and assistants doing awes assessment roll work no 70 76 hirschi 11 revising the feea fee of county officers no 77 young yaun sr Pla cinga tax of 15 per cent of the tbt retail price before the tha tax is added an all forms of tobacco and tobacco substitutes irra ir rr |
