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Show SENATE RAISES PAY OF UTAH LAND BOARD 9 Freak Vote Follows Futile Discussion of Change in Membership. I . . ! Failing in an effort to secure an amend-; amend-; ment to Senator Dern'a bill extending the 1 terms of office of state land commissioners ! and raising their salaries, which would reduce re-duce the number of commissioners from five to three, Senator C. L. Olson of Salt Lake put through an amendment yester- ( day afternoon raising the salary of each commissioner from $100 a month to $Hti00 ' a year, with the requirement that all of them devote their entire time to land board work. I Tho majority of the senate refused to sanction the effort to make the board bi-partisan and it would not hear to the proposal to reduce the membership and eliminate district representation. Many ef Curia to amend the bill resulted in a "muddle," out of which emerged the , Olson amendment, introduced as a pi'0-f 1 test against the reduction of the board", membership. The adoption of tho amend- i ment was a surprise, even to its author, 1 but it went over with sailing colors and the bill aa so amended was passed on sec- ' ond reading by a vote of fifteen to three. : At the morning session, H. B. No. 4, by Bennion, creating representative district' No. 29 to include Daggett county, was ' passed on second reading. Dern's sei.ate bill No. 5S, relating to the lease of coal and mineral deposits in lands of the state, was also passed on second reading. j McKiuney's recall bill, which is a com- , binatiou of the McKinney and Chez bills on this subject, was passed on third and final reading as amended by the minority committee of the senate the day before. Senator Chez's bill, regulating the bee industry so as to prevent the shipment of diseased bees from one county into another an-other and prohibit their shipment into the state from 'outside places, w'as passed on final reading, under suspension of tho rules. 11. B. No. 12, by Morris, prohibiting railroads rail-roads and other carriers of freight and express from making "owners' risk" contracts con-tracts for the shipment of goods, and placing plac-ing responsibility for safety of shipments upon the carriers in all cases, was passed on second reading by a vote of sixteen senators. Representative Heppler's bill, prescribing prescrib-ing how the time of fixing district court terms shall be determined, was passed on second reading. Senate bill No. 23. by the judiciary committee, providing for the consolidation of city and justice courts in cities, was reported out of the judiciary committee, where it was sent for amendment to over come a constitutional defect, and was passed on second reading. Under this bill, Salt Lake will have four municipal courts, which will have the jurisdiction of justice courts also. There will be a presiding judge and the whole machinery will be conducted as one court with four branches. The same plan will be followed in Ogden with two courts. H, B. No. 50, by the education committee, commit-tee, which repeats some inoperative sections sec-tions of the law, was passed on final reading, under suspension of the rules. A substitute by the senate judiciary committee for IT. B. No. 29, by the labor committee, prohibiting peonage, was submitted sub-mitted and passed on final reading, under i suspension of the rules. i The senate committee substitute not only makes it a crime for persons to solicit I or receive compensation for securing work for another or continuing his employment, hut makes it an offense punishablo by a fine of $25 or thirty days in jail for any person to pay any such peonage fee. Employers Em-ployers are required to post notices, in languages understood bv the employees, setting forth the provisions of the act, these notices to be furnished by the state industrial commission upon request of tho employer. Two health bills were passed on final reading, under suspension of the rules, the j first being the health and labor committee's commit-tee's bill, prohibiting the sale of proprietary proprie-tary remedies for social diseases. The other prohibits the advertisement of remedies rem-edies for such diseases. Chez's bill prohibiting the sale of children chil-dren or their disposition for any consideration consid-eration of value and making violation of the act a felony, was passed on final read- : ing, under suspension of the rules. ! Sanford'a bill requiring relatives to aid j in the support of the poor and giving th6 county a lien upon property of relatives when the county has to care for such dependents, de-pendents, was passed on second reading. Senator Hayward'a resolution providing for appointment of a committee to decide upon a suitable irrigation memorial passed final reading, under suspension of the rules. Senator Chez's bill, requiring high, schools in cities to furnish free school books, was about to be passed on second reading, when Senator Bevan discovered that it did not apply to county high schools, and objected. The bill was held over to be amended so as to apply to the counties also. The bill was amended so as to go into effect August 1, 1919. It does not require the boards of education to purchase school books in the hands of private dealers in their cities. H. B. No. 46, by the committee on education edu-cation relating to the certificates and diplomas of teachers, passed second reading read-ing without amendment. Futile efforts were made, however, to amend it to strike out the requirement of five years of teaching teach-ing in Utah to secure a life diploma. An effort to reduce this period to one year also failed. South wick's bill, authorizing the University Uni-versity of Utah to confer honorary degrees, de-grees, was passed on second reading. A communication from the governor advised ad-vised that he had appointed on the committee com-mittee to consider a suitable memento for soldiers, sailors and marines of the state, Senators Elizabeth Hayward and J. W. McKinney ,and Brigadier General R. "W. Young. The senate adjourned last night until 10 o'clock this morning. This is the first Saturday session of the senate at this session. |
