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Show Hi h hb H oIllo ylL riU f si r n.nr p n.n r y ii iSa a s m L ppipntnr,, Thirteenth Legislature Passes Into History After P5any Important Fyleasiires Are Enacted. Passage of Educational, Highway and ' Health Laws Places Utah in Front Rank of States,, "With a record a large anioimf of important legislation enacted, the thirteenth thir-teenth biennial session .of thc L'tah legislature leg-islature came to a close at 10:43 o'clock last night, at which lionr the senate and the house of representatives adjourned in unison sine die. By actual time t lie thirteenth session, whioli began on the lo th o 1" J a n u a ry and officially ended on the lth of latadi, continued v.ith stopped clocks just four days, ten hours and forty-e forty-e i ll ii t niiiiutes over the time allotted by law for the legislative sessions, but, so far as thc records ot; the legislature show, last night was still Thursday morning. March 13, and the hour of adjournment ad-journment was 1 0 : -i S a. m. on that date. In the actual four days which the legislature held over, under slopped clock, it accomplished a mass of legislation, legisla-tion, and some of the mo.-d important measures enacted by the lawmaking body were put through in this time. The real work of the session was done in the last two weeks. "While many bills, good ones and indifferent in-different ones, died in the final days of the session, the record of the thirteenth thir-teenth session will probably prove to have been productive of some, at least, of the most important and far-reaching legist tion that has been enacted in the state in years. Especially is this true in the line of educational, highways and health measures which were passed at this session. LEGISLATION PUTS UTAH IN FRON'S RANK. Some of the legislation along these lines is declared lo be of a nature that places Utah in the front rank of the progressive states of the union in these matters, and ahead of them all in the n ) a 1 1 e v o f v o c a t i o n 3 1 education legislation. legisla-tion. As a result, the legislators stopped work last night with the feeling that the thirteenth session, which began on the 3 3th and officially ended on the HUli of the month, was not an ' 1 unlucky1' un-lucky1' session for the state in any !-cne. The closing day of the se-sioti v;h one fn which much work and considerable consider-able pleasure were intermingled. There were breathing spells now and then, udiun tho work was cai:ghl up for the time, which afforded opportuui ty for tho social felicitations which alwms haaeterie the ending of a seMon. Tho legi-la 1 ors have differed, sometime-widely, sometime-widely, upon matters of legislation. r:r-at r:r-at times the argunicits grew heated; but in the closing hours all differences of opinion were f e r molten, c v e ry one gave the oiher credit for doing his beM , I coescicMtK'u-ly and fully, and last night 1 the 'association:; that b'-iiaii with tin3, opening of the -eion and grow niure j i n ! bna t o with its ad va nee ere brok en ! jwith keen regret by everyone. J-i bu jiho -t'iKite and th-"1 !h"'U-c opT" rt un I ty ; I w.t r-el .cd for the c xpiv '.n of the ! goo. 1 wiil and iediai:- ihat e:c:ted t'v eon c1 or; om j EVrLOYEFS (.", KX I lENIT.KSSiON OF THANKS. j ! Oa l.Lhlf of ; In" eairleyecs of the ' : canto, .secret a rv Adam L. l'eter-" 'ui ex- jir. 7- cd. :ii a 1 ! b, 'r :;- ;r .j-io- j VCV t 1 '".".c "i a iV- j - C . l',r. : I. ) Far-Reachnig Enactments in Last 4 Days !! IS STOPPED ) IN GOOD FEEL1KG 'invitation to Hear Senator i Smoot Talk Is Received With Coolness. I (ContUiuedfrom Page One.) X . bv jrcKinnev ami Hayward, '-'in" 'an'npi'fi'l'i'iat'0" of $15,000 to Cnvi-le industrial momnntoes and a .Tie fclebration for Utah's soldiers, !' inr ami marines vlio served in the i o'ld war. The house, in keeping with !w donate, devoted its last eonsidera-I eonsidera-I , n to H. '' 15 1,v bowman, pro-Vi' pro-Vi' for the appointment of a special 'Ci'in-sion by "f governor to prepare Mars ami make reeoniniendations to the i est legislature for a suitable memorial 'Jj rtah's men who served in the world "n the rush of closing the former bill . w.Pn inadvertently ldlled by the w's? but Senator McKinney discov-'e'i discov-'e'i it aiiilressed the house on the mat-V; mat-V; ami had the bill recalled and passed .jmaniaiously- 'revenue bill feESCUED FROM GRAVE. I The rush and confusion of ending the fit-ion also resulted in the accidental jjjjijj in the house of the biennial reve-he reve-he bill, fixing tlie tax levy for the en-''nii'i" en-''nii'i" biennium, but this threatened Llaiiiity of leaving the state without Lvt'imc for the two years was averted f then the error was discovered and the Ml was recalled and passed. This bill Ijioviilcs for the raising of taxes of UuiiO.OOO in the next two years for Itjtc expenses and school work. (Bv means of the usual notices, the senate and house advised each other at 10 that tiiey were ready to adjourn. Pursuant to usual custom, eacii house tprointed a committee to wait upon the ron-rnor ami inform him that the legislature legis-lature was ready to adjourn. The senile sen-ile committee was composed of Presi-lent Presi-lent Funk and Senators Hayward and .Uioph. Tiie governor sent a communicator, communica-tor, to both houses that he had no further fur-ther communications for the legislature j,, thanked the legislature for its work, fit was just 10:48 p. m., March 17, hy fctual time, though the clocks in the j two bouses showed 5 minutes to 11 o'clock, March 13. when the motions in both houses to adjourn sine die were put and carried. RESURRECTIONS FEATURE CLOSE. Adjournment of the house of repre- sentatives came at 10:4S p. m. on mo- ; tion of Representative Grace Stratton-Airey. Stratton-Airey. At 10:40 o'clock the speaker signed the order transmitting house bill 155 to the governor. It was the last bill i to go through the legislative mill. It i was introduced by the joint memorial I committee and authorized an appropria- j tion of $5000 and authorized a commission i to investigate and report to the next leg- 1 islature on the question of a soldiers' memorial. me-morial. This bill was one of two that were resurrected during the closing hours of the session. The bill had been lost ; and a checking of the record sent It ! along Its way to enactment. I When this bill had been sent on its 1 way Representative J. K. Heppler of Sevier Sev-ier moved that the senate be notified ! tiat the house was ready to adjourn. I Representative Cardon of Cache county moved a joint committee of three be i appointed to wait on the governor. The , committee appointed included Represent- atlve Cardon, gtratton-Airey and C. M. ; Croft of Morgan. A few minutes later j the connittee returned with the gover- nor's last communication, which was read ! and adjournment was taken. Soldiers' Bill Passed. The house convened for the evening j session at S o'clock, when Senator J. W. McKinney was given the privilege of making a last appeal for senate bill 144, introduced by himself and Mrs. Hay-ward, Hay-ward, which had been included in the bills killed by the blanket striking motion mo-tion earlier in the day. He called attention at-tention to the fact that the bill provided pro-vided for a personal memento to Utah's returned soldiers. Representative Arthur Welling moved a reconsideration, after which Representative Cardon, favoring! the bill, said it carried a ?15,000 appro- priation which was favorably recommend- 1 ed by the appropriation committee, the senate having amended the amount from $25,000. On roll call the bill received unanimous support from those present. A communication from the governor was to the effect that he had approved house bill 26, by Cardon, the blue sky law, and house bill 17, by the agriculture committee, relating to the elimination of noxious weeds. Waiting for the enrollment committees to do their work, various members were called on for short speeches and a vote of thanks was extended to each one in turn who had been associated in the work of the house. A short verse, written by Representative Anna T. Pierce.y, the house poet, to the new daughter of Representative Representa-tive Croft, was read and the announcement announce-ment made that a suitable gift would be forwarded by the members. Prominent Measures. The session is still too close to really give a perspective of what was accomplished accom-plished by the thirteenth legislature, but there are some acts of the session which-stand which-stand out prominently and which are of wide and vital import to the state. Included In-cluded in these is the house bill providing for a bond issue of $4,000,000 for state highways and for state cooperation with the federal government In the construction construc-tion of permanently improved roads in the stater. With this is the senate bill designating the state system of state highways and providing for the expenditure expendi-ture of state and other funds on road improvements. im-provements. This Js the most important road legislation that has ever been enacted en-acted in the history of the state and places Utah at the fore among western states in point of "big things" in road improvements. Another big depature is found in the senate bills providing for state cooperation coopera-tion with the federal government in soldier sol-dier settlement work, to provide farms and homes for returned soldiers. These measures provide for a bond issue of $1,000,000 to carry on this work in Utah. Compensation Act. There is an amendment to the work men s compensation act raising the weekly week-ly benefits for temporary disability from $12 to $16, and a mine tax measure which provides for the assessment of metalliferous metallifer-ous mines on a basis of three times their net proceeds. This measure is now in the hands of the governor for his action. One of the most important bills to the state is the Dern coal lands leasing act, which retains in the state title to all mineral min-eral deposits in state lands and provides for the leasing of such lands for mining operations on a royalty basis to the state. This is considered one of the most far-reaching far-reaching and important pieces of land legislation ever enacted in Utah. In the line of education is an act providing pro-viding for the establishment of health education throughout the state, with a superintendent of this education and the placing of school nurses in every public school of the state to guard the health of children and build up their physical bodies. This legislature enacted what is known as the Americanization act designed de-signed to compel attendance upon school of foreigners and providing schools in which foreigners may be educated into real Americans. Part-time Education. Another act Is one that provides for part-time schools for the benefit of those unable to attend the regular schools, and raising the age limit of compulsory attendance at-tendance to IS years. Probably the most important piece of educational legislation is the vocational education act enabling the state to cooperate with and receive federal funds and benefits in this new departure in lines of education. This act is pronounced by federal officials to be one of the most progressive in nature that has yet been enacted by any state. In a health line the legislature provided an act to enable the state to secure federal fed-eral aid in control and elimination of social so-cial diseases, provided for free clinics throughout the state and another act establishing a home for the rehabilitation of fallen women. The legislature also adopted an e'ght-hour e'ght-hour day for working women, enacted a blue sky law for the control of slock promotion to eliminate "wildcattlng," and j it enacted an i m por tan t bill on wa t er j rights providing for a general survey and i adjudication of the involved and compli- ; cnted question of water rights through- 1 out th commonwealth. An important law to guard against criminal syndicalism and sabotage was I also enacted, ft long with a law directed Against the progress of Bolshevism and other anarchist ic tendencies in the form of an act preventing the display of anv flag of disloyally. In addition to these there were many other acts of les general Interest, but of almost equally wide application and importance. im-portance. INVITATION TO HEAR TALK IS COOLLY RECEIVED The "warmth" with which the solidly Pemocratic senate received an invitanon yesterdav to visit the house to hear Senator Sen-ator Reed Fmoot talk was emphasised bv its or.lrinpss. Tiie invitation did rot come an an official of-ficial com m ur.'.cn tion from the house to 1 the senate "out In the nature of a personal per-sonal invitation from Representative O'Neil, iea.ier of the Rl publican minority, to tlio senators through the president of the senate. When President Funk mpde known to the senate the Invitation of Representative Representa-tive O'Neil on behalf of the house, Senator Sena-tor Knlirht wanted to know what Senator Smoot was .eoinp: to talk about. "I am unable to inform you," said the president. "There is no official invitation invita-tion from the house and hence this is merely a personal invitation to the members." mem-bers." "Well, if he is poinp to talk about the same sluff that we saw In the papers this jiiorninir," observed Senator Knipht, "I Oon't think the senate wants to wr.ste its time poin over to lister to it." "T would sucirest that each senator ascertain for hin-elf as to what the subject sub-ject will be and accept the invitation or not as he desires." remarked the president. pres-ident. However, about 4 o'clock the senate sauntered for half an hour, there beinp no work on the desk, and some of I'hem went to the house to listen to Senator Smoot. STATE REVENUE ACT IS PASSED IN UPPER HOUSE For the purpose of raisinp St.C'O.OOO to meet the expenses of the state of Ftah during the ensuimr two years, the senate yesterday passed a peaeral revenue bill fixinir an annual tax levy of 5 mills on the dollar. A tax of 2.4 mills is provided for pen-era! pen-era! state expenses. 2.4 for the district schools and .2 of a mill f'r hiph school purposes. This is lite same rate that was fixed two years auo, and in the case of the levy for current state expenses the board of equalization is authorized to levy such part of the maximum of 2.4 mills as may be necessary to produce the required revenue. The ceneral revenue hill was introduced intro-duced by Senator Strincham. as ehair-m,m ehair-m,m of the j"ir.l appropriations committee, com-mittee, and u:iii-r suspension of the ruis i'. 'S j u.ed by u nan: ni'.us vote on final reading and sent to the house for consideration by that body. Increase for High Schools Fails. Senator Jones suggested taking one-tenth one-tenth of a mill from the general state levy and adding it to the high school levy, but there was no motion to this effect and the levy apportionment was permitted to remain undisturbed. Representative Stratton-Airey's house bill for the establishment of a home for the feeble-minded caused considerable discussion in the senate, with the final result that the bill was tabled on the ground that it made no provision under which feeble-minded people could lie compelled com-pelled to enter such an institution. Senator Parker moved during the afternoon af-ternoon that the senate notify the bouse that the senate calendar was clear and the senate desired to adjourn sine die as soon as possible. But when he was informed that the house was at that time working on some important senate bills, he withdrew the motion, lest the house might decide to kill the senate measures with one fell swoop. Having nothing else to do. the senate sauntered, to wait for the house to catch up. Chiropractor Act Blocked. During the closing hours of the session yesterday afternoon repeated efforts were marie in the senate to resurrect house bill No. by Heppler. providing for licenses of chiropractors and legaiiz- (Continued on Page Eleven.) IS SITED l GOOD. ilELii (Continued from Page Nine.) ing their profession in Utah, but evory effort failed, and this legislature, like the preceding ones, let the chiropractic legislation go by default, The house killed the senate substitute for its own chiropractic bill, and when this information reached the Semite yesterday yes-terday apernoou Sena tor McLvinney sought to have house bill No. Yi taken ! frurn the. table, where it was consigned, before the' senate -bill was passed some days ago. Sena Lory MeKmrtey and Stevens Ste-vens maneuvered and motioned, in an ef-: ef-: fort to get the bill from the tahle for eonidcra tion. but their efforts failed to ; budge the bill from the table. As a i result all the chiropractic bills died. Adniiniplral.ion - Landed. By unanimous vote of tho members present , the senate yesterday morning" i adopted a concurrent resolution by Sen-jator Sen-jator Pi ay ward, expressing appreciation of ; the attitude of and confidence in the j state administration .in its conduct of i affairs in relation to mine taxation and ' the various issues pertaining -thereto, i The resolution, in the form of senate concurrent resolution No. 7, was introduced intro-duced by Senator Hay ward under sus-! sus-! pension "of the rules, and under further I suspension of the Vules it was placed on ! final reading and passed by the unani-I unani-I mous vote' of all the members present. .Senators Knight, Stevens, Stringham and : Olson were absent. j Text of -Resolution. - The resolution in -fuil is as follows: j Whereas, there has existed for. several years past an 'apparent discrimination in ; t axation within our sta te in favor of ; mines because of constitutional limita-i limita-i tions; and I Whereas, through the foresight of the i state administration and' the Twelfth I legislature, the people of the state were 1 given the opportunity to readjust the j ta,;es on an equitable basis by the adop-i adop-i tion of a constitutional amendment: and i "Whereas, t lie ''personal efforts of the governor and other state officials were la rgely responsible for the adoption of the const it ut ionai amendment affecting the taxation of mines, and for the friend- ly settlement: of litigation involving the mine, taxes for the year just closed; now, therefore, Be it resolved, that the senate and the house of representatives of the Thirteenth Thir-teenth legislature, although failing to concur in every detail as to the terms of legislation go verni ng taxation, express deep appreciation of the attitude of, and the ut most confidence in. the state administration ad-ministration in its conduct of affairs wli ieh restored a micablo rela I ions among the interests most vitally concerned, and made possible the adjustment of taxation on a basis equitable Lo all the people of the state; and Be it further resolved, that this resolution reso-lution be spread upon the minutes of the sena te and the house of represcnta tives of the Thirteenth session of the legislature legisla-ture of the state of Utah. Governor Gets Mines Tax Bill. The Be van -Parker mine tax bill was signed by t he president of the senate and forwarded to the governor at 10:40 yesterday morning. The measure is now in the 'hands of the executive. Webber's house bill making an annro-pria annro-pria uon ol pjn.oi'i) for state aid in the care 1 fit t ubnrculosis pa tion ts m hosnita Is was killed in the senate, bv being tabled. T I eppler a house bill providing an increase in-crease m salarv for the clerk, stenog-rapner stenog-rapner and reporter ol the supreme cuurt of P!ah was passed. h- the senate. ) 1 ouse bill 1;, bv 1 he .lomt m ve jfaga -(ion emu mil tee. ma king an anpronrui I ion ol 1 (..tiiio to :ae governor, to continue a probe and audit or the records ot the state land board, was passed by the senate. The senate was advised that the governor gov-ernor had approved Mrs. Piercey's bill providing an eight-hour day for women workers. This act will now become law. MANY MEASURES KILLED IN LAST HOURS BY HOUSE The house session yesterday was typical of the closing days of most legislatures. .Posirous of getting through the work, the members early in the day passed a motion prohibiting any discussion of bills. I Whe'n -the tag end of the day was at hand and there were still left a number of bills, Representative Seeg miller's motion mo-tion to strike the enacting clause from alb bills on the calendar and those that might come on the calendar was carried. car-ried. Before the motion was put it was revamped re-vamped so that any important measures that had been overlooked would be spared. Shortly after the motion carried the senate sen-ate sent in S. B. No. 157, by Stringham, without which the state board of equalization equal-ization could not have made any tax levies during the next biennium. The bill was brought before the house and state revenues rev-enues provided for. The members decided against any other resurrections when it refused a senate request re-quest for a conference on S. B. So. 141, which the house voted down even though .Representative Stratton-Airey worked industriously in-dustriously for the measure after it had roceive only fourteen votes on its final roll call. The bill relates to the sta te board of medical examiners and provides for the licensing of chiropractors, but the house decided it was directly opposite to the provisions of the chiropractic bill passed by the house and killed by the senate. During the last hours of the house session ses-sion it was found almost impossible to keep a quorum in the house and numer- i ous roll calls had to be held until the members could be rounded up. Between times Hie rush of signing bills was in progress. Opposition Develops. .Early in the day Representative Strat-ton-Airey had to battle, for measures she was in teres; ed in. The house tabled on its first appearance for third reading her Ik B. No. 14S, providing fur a home for feeble-minded. Pater it was taken from the table, the speaker voting in its favor on a tie vote. Then a strong effort was made to amend the bill so the appropriation would go to the state mental hospital. This was balked and the fight on the bill began. IP B. Currie was so strong in his opposi-, opposi-, tion that a rule of order was invoked against him. fie desisted from his attack at-tack and was present to vote against the bill when it was passcP The sitting committee report, which was left from the day before, was withdrawn and all bills were left on the calendar I until the blanket motion to strike was made. Because Representative C. M. Croft would not leave the floor of the house to get a telephone call, the message had to be taken and it was read to the house. The message brought word that the stork had visited his home. Rater, on motion of Representative Francis Quinn, the house moved the baby girl be named Patricia, Pa-tricia, which motion the proud father promised to respect. Governor and House Busy. A flood of bills were signed by the speaker and communications from the goeinor showed he had been kept busy. A number of conference committee reports re-ports were concurred in and the hills repassed. re-passed. 'This also happened in the cases of a number of house bills which the senate sen-ate amended, although a number of bills failed on their final passage through lack of get ting a constitutional majority, the members lacking interest to be present for the roll calls. On motion of Representative Cardon, each of tho members will have the journals jour-nals and bill files ma iled to his home, while the chief clerk and two members will revise the house journal. Getting iu at the last minute, S. B. Xo. lihi, by Sanford, was passed under a suspension sus-pension of the rules. The bill makes an a ppropria tion of 21 .".1.17 to the Ontario Silver Mining company to refund to that company an illegal tax collection which it has battled through the courts of the state. The ' fight on the question of who the appropriation- for continuing the state land board audit should go to was ended when the house concurred in the senate ameud-j ameud-j ment to the bill. Ropresen ta tive eeg-i eeg-i miller, who supported the appropriation going to pie auditor, moved the eon en r-i r-i renoe when he said that those who have been considered as the administration opponents, op-ponents, but who wore really its friends, had won every other ba t tie and would be magnanimous in this case. City Planning Act Fails. After having been passed with an amendment wh ieh was sent to a confor-em-e rommiitoe, the report of which the h . use adopted. S. i;. .Q. Pd, Uic Olson I , ''i'y planning bill." finally laded of passage j i for lack of a i onstitntional majority, j ! Convinced Pa-re was no other a.y for: I se; t Van nt of the school tax ni'-s:i.u. alP I promised Icgis.atiou mi miestion h;tv- ! I iug ben kilVd bv tk se.:aP tiie house ' 'p'.B R. Xo'. p''by" Jo:H-s.Llwh'i'!prV;1ils i a consi inaionai amendment, no: mil ling V" la ol la.a ; ion t ii.i t will prov ide "i per .-'Pool capita 10 eaPi eeh.(! district in the . Pi-'hT u susp.msPiir.f tho rule, the V'O.'.-. eii e.;7,'-S f'.e Fl.it,. .1 1 1 1 11 i 1 1 1 S t ' ' , : t ! o U so:"-. y;r ing lie w;u;e to 1,'nov jus: what :i e.oit.;;:-'d W fere ePm-on it. lie sVd, 'hat he d: in'l prep. to vo;,- n blanket ' ap al e; fildiv a. ; r.f ih,. J -mr., -ra i s. two bills of vital interest to Salt Rake county had been passed. They were S. B. No. (37, by Chez, relating to the salaries of county officers, and fc. B. No. Pi, by Sanford, authorizing taxing districts to issue serial bonds. Without the bond bill, .Salt Lake county would have been unable to sell the bonds for which the recent bond election provided. The other measure was designed to meet the condition under which the county r surveyor is working, permitting higher salaries to be paid IPs' deputies. Under the present law, it was asserted, he cannot pay salaries sufficient to get competent men. Represent at i e SeegmiUer Withheld his blanket striking motion until these two measures had been passed and then the axe was applied. ap-plied. With the consideration of Lulls having. bten put behind it and a communication from the senate having boon received that the upper house was ready to adjourn, the lower body returned the compliment, saying only engrossing of bibs detained it. This work was being attended to rapidly, the entire clerical force having been put on the task. So long as a q uorum was handy so business could be attended to the speaker stayed at his desk signing bills, but when too many-had departed the house sauntered until evening, when it retu rned for the formal closing of the thirteenth legislative session. |
