| Show RESISTS ALIEN LAND OWNERSHIP ORIENTAL immigration TO UTAH OPPOSED BY MEMBERS OF legislature administration sills appear in the senate to repeat repeal or amend many sections of the statute it antl anti allen land legislation and prohibition hibi tion of oriental immigration was indorsed endorsed Indor sed on january 26 by the house of representatives of utah which voted toted with one exception to pass house joint memorial no 1 by iverson the measure caused considerable discussion a number of members opposing the plan of 0 prohibiting land ownership by aliens five new measures were introduced in the house on january 20 three of them relating to tax matters one extending the time for which county commissioners may authorize bonds and one relating to the creation and duties ot of city courts courts bills were introduced in the state senate on january 16 26 to repeal or to amend many sections of 0 the statutes numbered all the way from I 1 and 2 to away up in the they were lit in a group of bills designed to establish a state department of registration and all are part of the administration program as it Is now most commonly named the key bill to this se gifts was introduced trod by senator george 11 II dern democratic floor leader it creates a department depart nent of registration to have the powers rights and duties heretofore vested with el ellit eight lit other state boards which must fur turn in their records to the new state department that department has the authority to issue licenses in the various trades pro professions felons and occupations and to collect fees not exceeding SO 50 and to require annual renewals of certificates and licenses at a fee not to exceed 3 5 senator knight introduced a n measure with regard to the distribution of irrigation water owned by titles and senator joseph quinney jr had one designed to change the minimum eight hour law for women members of the lower house of the utah legislature on january 25 listened to a prayer by james clove chaplain in which he be prayed for the enactment of legislation that would mean snore more anil and better schools and improvement of the educational system of our state when the session had adjourned house bill no 20 providing for state tax levies for school purposes bes to provide 25 for each person of school age had been passed by the house the salt lake delegation led the fight against the measure which had bad been presented by Represent representative atlie ler members from the outside districts favored the measure with the exception of the special order of business the lower branch of the legislature had completed all of its work on january 25 within twenty minutes this included the reading of communications and petitions introduction of five new bills and the passage of one house bill the utah senate on january 25 passed on to the house two concurrent memorials one asking for a duty on lead and one for an appropriation for the green river project it also debated the house bouse bill pill by Represent representative atle ivors ivers regarding interest on county current indebtedness fearing it would make too hasty progress the senate has amended its rules so as to provide for a days lapse of time between the time a bill goes on the second reading calendar and the time it Is passed the governor would be authorized to appoint or dismiss the state engineer at any time he may feel a change in the office necessary according to the provisions of house bill no 43 48 introduced by representative mcshane the utah state senate had its first real busy day on oil monday january 24 when three meas measures ures were passed after prolonged debate and fourteen bills were introduced eleven of which I ilch were in the group of so called reorganization measures having to do with alth the establishment of the state department of finance and purchase the cornerstone ner stone of hie file proposed structure of state government senator derns bill lengthening the terms of payment for state lands from ten to tet twenty ity years was finally passed senator jenkins Jenki iw bill providing for a state real estate board was passed after afler a lengthy discussion the bouse lio iise concurrent resolution asking tile hie arizon legislature to take action in support of the arrowhead trail through mohave county came into inlo tile the se liate and was at once re tuii tuil ifil led haing been passed unanimously under of the rules nine new bills v were vere ere introduced in the lie house of representatives on january 24 and two house measures were passed the session lasted but an hour I 1 an attempt to amend the house rules to provide that all bills lay layover over one day or one session after being placed upon tile the calendar was defeated senator uriah T jones Is now spending his second session in tho the state glate senate und and it 1 Is more than one fourth over on january 26 he be introduced liis his first bill which was one W 0 the administration bills 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