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Show TWEnTY-KiNE BILLS ! MM USE j Flood of Measures Reach Clerk's Desk on the Final Day. ALL KINDS OF DRAFTS Proposed Laws Are Referred Re-ferred to Legislative Reference Ref-erence Committee. Yesterday being the last day for introduction in-troduction of bills in the house, a flood of measures reached the desk of the thief clerk yesterday afternoon. -L'wenty-nine new bills, relating to various subjects from road construc-Jr construc-Jr tion to abatement of smelter fumes, were introduced and referred to the legislative reference committee. In addition ad-dition to the bills, there was one joiut memorial calling for government aid in the education of children of persons living on the Uinta Indian reservation lands, and one joint resolution relating, to the personnel of the executive department de-partment of the state. A bill designed to settle matters of dispute between mine operators as to the right of use of underground transportation trans-portation routes which traverse claims owned by the company or person excavating ex-cavating the underground route, was introduced in the house yesterdav by Representative O. H. Berg of X'ta'h county in the form of H. B. No. 189. Amends Mining Law. The measure is an amendment to the present law governing the right of eminent emi-nent domain as exercised my mining concerns. It provides that when a company com-pany or individual drives a shaft, incline, in-cline, tunnel, uplift or other underground under-ground transportation route through mineral property now owned bv the ex- , cavator, the owner or owners of such invaded - claims shall have a common right to the use of such underground transportation route, except that users must pay the original excavator a reasonable rea-sonable compensation for the use of the route. H. B. No. 1SS. by the highways and bridges committee of the house, is an act to permit the state of I'tah to take advantage of the federal act providing for the use of forestry department moneys to the amount of- $2,000,000 in the next five years for the construction of highways in the state. For Good Roads. The bill gives the state highway com-mission com-mission authority to designate the roads r upon which the money is to be used in conjunction with state and county moneys, and gives the counties the right to enter agreement with the government gov-ernment for the joint expenditure of money in the construction of roads on forest reserves. The old civil service bill, designed to place the police and fire departments in all cities of more than lo,0U0 population popu-lation on a civil service basis, made its appearance in tbe house of representatives representa-tives vesterdav again in the 'form of H. B. "Xo. 190". by Campbell. The bill has appeared in almost every legislature legisla-ture tor the past ten years and each time has been hilled. H. B. Xo. 191, by Cardon, provides for appointment by the governor of railway peace officers for service in connection with railroads and at the expense of the roads. Puts Ban on Betting. H. B. Xo. 192, by Hayward, asks an appropriation of $-1000 to the Utah Art 1 institute for the present biennium, $1000 of which is to pay for lectures and exhibitions. ex-hibitions. II. B. No. 193, by Hayward, asks an appropriation of $25,000 to coyer the cost of placing a sculptured frieze in the dome of the state capitol. H. B. No. 194, by Cardon, is a hill to give the state health department authority au-thority to regulate health and sanitation sanita-tion conditions in theaters and other places of public amusement. H. B. Xo. 195, by Xalder, provides for the inspection of railroad crossings by the countv commissioners, and requiring the installation of proper danger signals sig-nals at such crossings. H. B. Xo. 196, by Paxman, makes it unlawful for any person to bet or wager anything of value upon the result of any contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast. Betting on anv such contest is made a felony. H. B. X'o. 197, by Mace, provides for the erection of a monument to George Washington on the state capitol grounds in accordance with a design submitted bv (t. H. Jack. It provides for a monument mon-ument commission to make arrangements for construction of the monument and appropriates $25,000 to cover the cost of construction. Convicts on Roads. H. B. Xo. 19S, bv Raleigh, provides for the use of convict labor in producing produc-ing material for repairing the roads and for using convicts in repairing old roads as well constructing new ones. H. B. Xo. 199, by Baleigh, provides that road work done under plans and specifications of the road commission shall be let bv contract. H. B. Xo. "200, by Raleigh, provides that no road work' costing more than $500 shall be done by the state road commission except under contract, let to the lowest bidder. If. B. Xo. 201, by Raleigh, proydes that road work done under the direction of county commissioners costing more than $o00 must be dime under contract. II. B. Xo. UOU, by Areyle, is an amendment amend-ment to the jiresent law defining the pructuo of medit ine to provide that the law shall not bar reputable chiropractors chiroprac-tors from praet ieing their profession, provided they display a sin in their, office that they are not licensed by the state board of medical examiners. H. B. No. 203, by Billings, provides for the creation of an annual road fund in the various counties by the levy of a l-mill tax, for siudi purpose. H. B. No. 204, by Paxman, is designed to give town trustees the power to i license, regulate, or prohibit the sale of tobacco in any town under their jurisdiction. juris-diction. , II. B. Xo. 20o, 'by Paxman, appropriates appropri-ates i000 for the construction of a road from St. George to the Arizona line. U. B. Xo. i!0ti. by Bevan, limiting the amount of fines which may be exacted frotn members bv building and loan associations as-sociations to not more than 1 per cent a month. Limits Taxation. H. B. No. 207, by Southwiok, places-the places-the limit of taxation for school buildings and sites in cities of the first class at 4f-o mills on the dollar. H. B. No. 2US, by Decker, gives boards of education authority to sell school sites only upon authority given by vote of the tax payers, at an election called for such purpose. H. B. No. 209, by Page, provides for the organization of community forums i and community centers in connection i with the work of the board of education educa-tion of any school district of the state. H. B. No. 210, by Page, is an amendment amend-ment to the inheritance law providing a .scale of taxatiou upou estates running from 1 to 30 per cent, according to the value and nature of the estate. H. B. Xo. 211, by Stratton-Airey, provides an appropriation of $3000 for the work of the Utah Humane society. H. B. Xo. 212, by? Raleigh, repeals parts of the present law relating to road construction conflicting with bills introduced by him yesterday relating to contract construction work. Water Withdrawal. H. B. Xo. 213, by Argyle, provides for co-operation between the state engineer en-gineer and the federal government in the development of the resources of the state of I'tah. II. B. Xo. 2 ft, by Bevan, authorizes the governor to offer a reward of $10,-000 $10,-000 for a successful means of abating smelter fumes. H. B. Xo. 21-", by Cardon, authorizes the withdrawal of state waters from appropriation when in the judgment of the engineer and state board of examiners examin-ers such withdrawal would be to the interest in-terest of the state. II. B. Xo. 216, by Argyle, provides for the creation of a state board of horse commissioners. H. J. K. Xo. 12, by Greenwood, amends section , article 7, of the constitution con-stitution of Utah so as to limit the executive ex-ecutive department to the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer, and attorney general, eliminating elimin-ating the superintendent of public instruction. |
