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Show W0PiTl BILL NISPISSEOIllOyS Measure Carries $3,297,-864.91 $3,297,-864.91 to Pay State's Bills for Two Years. IS LATE IN APPEARING Senator W. W. Armstrong Makes Explanation Prior to Its Passage. Without making a change in any item of the measure, the house yesterday afternoon passed the joint appropriations bill, carrying a total appropriation of $3,-"97,864.91 $3,-"97,864.91 to cover the general expenses of the state during the present biennium. I This appropriation, with the special ap- jjjiriations carried in bills that have Tassed by both houses of the legislature, brings the grand total of appropriations for tne present biennium up to $3,332,-w $3,332,-w 864.01. Although the appropriation measure was passed by the senate Friday, it failed to appear in the house yesterday morning, morn-ing, and when afternoon came and it still had not appeared Representative Young, Jr., called attention to the fact, and the speaker appointed Mr. Young a committee of one to go in search of the measure. In a few minutes it appeared, accompanied accom-panied by Senator W. V. Armstrong, chairman of the Joint appropriations committee, com-mittee, who was accorded the privilege of the floor to explain the appropriations bill to the house. Bill Is Explained. Senator Armstrong explained that the contingent appropriations included in the bill and which do not have to be paid until the funds become available amount to $553,552.85. leaving a total of 52,680.-75S.75 52,680.-75S.75 which must be paid out to meet current expenses. He explained that the appropriations were trimmed to within about $12,5SS.75 of the total estimated , revenue of the state. Representative Bevan wanted to know I how about the half-million deficit which he understood the state was facing. He , wanted to know if any provision had been ; made to take care of it. j Mr. Young explained that the etate deficit had nothing to do with the appro- j priation bill; that the deficit had been accumulating for years, and he intimated that it probably would accumulate some more. State Owes Itself. Senator Armstrong explained that the etate owed itself about $400,000, and that so long as a person owed himself be didn't of necessity have to pay it. He said the general fund has an actual credit balance of about $35,000. Senator Armstrong answered a number of questions in relation to various items of appropriation and the bill was passed bv unanimous vote, use bill No. 222, by Heppler, was tn-oduced, tn-oduced, passed by both houses, and started on its way to the governor in less . than half an hour. This bill amends the ' ! resent law providing for appointment or the warden of the penitentiary by the r -state board of corrections by providing hat the board may remove the warden its pleasure and eliminating the old . r."ision that the warden could be removed re-moved only for cause. The house, despite a languid atmosphere at-mosphere Mi at pervaded the chamber, ground out a large grist of routine work. It passed upon and sent to the governor forty-five of Its own measures, including includ-ing forty-two house bills and three memorials. me-morials. Waits on Senate. r "r This makes a total of forty-eigbt house measures that are now in the hands of the governor for action by lum within 1 the ten-day limit which he has to approve ap-prove or veto these measures. In addition to the house measures finally acted upon, the house put the finishing fin-ishing touches on about an equal amount of senate measures and returned them to the upper house. Several limps during- the day the house caught up with its work and sauntered whUe new work was developing. About 4:30 o'clock, after passing the appropriation appropria-tion bill, the house waited patiently for the senate to send over some tax measure, mea-sure, but when it failed to come the house decided to saunter until 7:30, when it met and. continued in session for the signature of bills in open session by the speaker. Waits on Tax Bill. An atmosphere of indolence pervaded the house of representatives yesterday morning and, aside from the regular grind of routine business, nothing of importance impor-tance was done. The house was in a mood to adjourn at any time and was just waiting upon the senate for action on the appropriations measure and for some tax proposition to come through. When the house convened in the morning morn-ing McKay of Weber moved that the compensation com-pensation of the extra janitors employed in the house be made the same as that of the regular employees, ?4 a day. Decker of Iron moved a substitute thai the officers and employees of the house be given 510 apiece extra pay and that L the extra janitors and elevator boy be given the same compensation as the reg-ular reg-ular employees. A question as to the constitutionality con-stitutionality of such action was raised nd McKinney of Salt Lake moved to lay the matter on the table for one hour. In the meantime he looked up the law and found that the extra compensation could not be allowed. Result was that the motion and the substitute wer lost. Bills Go to Governor. House bill No. 106, by Greenwood, relating- to security for enforcement of judgment, was recalled from the governor and the title was corrected. It was then repassed. Currie's anti-Injunction measure, house blil Xo. 10, was signed by the speaker in open session and was transmitted to the governor in the custody of Representative R- K. Cnrrie, its author. Widdlson'R house bill No. 127, providing for the conservation of underground water wa-ter supply by the capping of artesia.n wells, was sicned by the speaker and I rausmittpd to the governor. House bill No. 115, by McKinnov, regulating regu-lating tho practice of dentistry and providing pro-viding for tho revocation of dental licenses li-censes when a dentist refuses to permit tho hoard of dental examiners to inspect the sanitary condition of his office, came bock from the senate with one minor amendment. An effort was made by Pecker of Iron to get the enacting clause stricken from the bill, but the author moved concurrence in the senate amendment amend-ment before Deckor could get the floor and tho Decker motion was shut out from tho hearincr. The motion to concur carried car-ried and the hill was repassed as amended by tho senate. Adams's house bill No. introduced Friday and providing a slight Increase in the maximum district school tax levey. wh s taken up for co n si d o ra t lo n a mi passed. ,The bill provides for an increase of the levy from : mills to 2.R mills. The measure is designed to relieve financial stringencies in some of the outlving counties coun-ties caused bv the reduction of the school ta- levy by the 1915 tax law. Olson's senate, bill No. 12u, regulating msuranco by fraternal ;ind other insur-;xVT insur-;xVT associations, was killed by being TTled. No one In the house was piv-fT piv-fT P-'ired to explain what it was, so It va it killed. Senate bill No. Rfl. by Hern, rrovjdmg for a reapportionment of city tax levies to equalize the funds that may be used for certain purposes, was passed by the house upon explanation by Representative Young that it was necessary to relieve the situation that would be caused by loss of revenue from the liquor traffic. |