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Show 4! BILLS PASSED !j BY UPPER HOUSE ! Two of the Measures Carrying Carry-ing Appropriations Are j Rushed Through. I MANY WITHDRAWN : - ! Solons Have Thirty-three ' Proposed Laws on Calendar Calen-dar for Monday. ! Besides putting its stamp of approval approv-al on the public utilities bill, tho upper up-per house yesterday passed three proposed pro-posed measures, killed another by accepting ac-cepting a. committee report and sent another back to committee for further rjuleration. fr The senate paused long enough in its lawmaking activities to approve the ; appointment by Governor Bamberger of E. B. Thurman and Allen T. San-ford San-ford as members of the commission to compile the state lavi-s. The appointments appoint-ments were approved unanimously. Two of the bills, house bill Ko. 51 and house bill ICo. 39, carried appropriations appro-priations which had been approved by the committe on appropriations and claims and were passed without delay. Senator Colton explained his bill, No. 81, relating to the issuance of bonds by counties and providing for sinking funds, and it was allowed to pass without with-out opposition. Row Over Water. But when Senator Stevens attempted to have the use of artesian water reg- i nlated as set forth in senate bill No. 42 the trouble was on. The bill provided pro-vided for the capping of artesian wells to conserve the water supply and that accurate records should be kept of all artesian wells by the state engineer. Furthermore, it provided that every well driller should be registered with the state engineer. Senator Seegmiller objected on the-giound the-giound that so much red tape would tend to discourage the development of artesian wells in some of the more remote re-mote districts. He contended that the farmers might desire to drill wells themselves and would be prohibited by the act. Senator Parker took exception to providing pro-viding for the capping of the wells because, be-cause, he asserted, the capping of the wells almost invariably stopped the flow ovater entirely and to obtain the tjvv again it was necessary to drill a Vnew well. r So much opposition to the bill devel-Nooed devel-Nooed that for a time it seemed as "niwjipb tho bill would be killed with-outVremouy. with-outVremouy. To prevent such action it was suggested that the bill be recommitted re-committed to the committee on agriculture.- where the matter could be threshed out. Memorial Adopted. L'nder a suspension of rules house joint memorial No. 6, by Hayward, asking for favorable action on the federal fed-eral suffrage amendment by congress, was adopted. Senator Armstrong contributed to the elimination activities by withdraw-iug withdraw-iug nine bills pertaining to appropriations appropria-tions and repeals of existing statutes. The bills were withdrawn with the understanding un-derstanding that they were to be consolidated con-solidated and offered as new bills later during the session. Senate bill No. 67, hv Vvootton, relating to hours of service ser-vice of sugar factorv employees, was reported adversely by the committee on public health and labor because a similar measure had been introduced and passed by the lower house. While the senate was busily engaged in removing fourteen bills from the possibility of further discussion in the upner house, the standing committees put a like number on the calendar. Th solons will have before them a total ol thirty-three proposed measures read for consideration tomorrow. Four Bills Introduced. Four bills were introduced in the senate, three hv the committee on appropriations ap-propriations and claims. One carries an appropriation of $15,000 for the next bicimieum for the metallurgical research department of the Utah engineering en-gineering experiment station; another $40nn for ari-haeolocical and historical research work, and the third $1200 for furnishing supreme court decisions to the attornev general, district judges 'lJ district' attorneys, and to counsel uTw respective parties in the cases decided. . , , ... The fourth bill was introduced with the unanimous consent of the senate by . Senator Stevens. It provides that every ev-ery conveyance of real estate within the state shall be void until PPer.' recorded. In commenting on the bill before the senate Senator Olson expressed ex-pressed the opinion that its introduction introduc-tion would be of little avail, on the ground that there was practically no possibility of it being passed. Tho senate will convene in regular session at 2 o'clock tomorrow after-noou. |