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Show 110 ELKTllT Kip IN SENATE McKinney Bill Provided for Change of Methods in Electing Officials. Federal Aid Asked for Construction Con-struction of Railroad Into Uintah Easin. ' it tuuk tin' senate Just mi hour yesterday yes-terday af'iiTneon to kill .Senator J. W. M c K i i 1 1 1 's Ml!, rov-ilini; for ward rh'i'lirui of city i.'ijiiiiiiisMioiu'i-.-', by laying it on tin: lalde indefinitely. This bill originally provided for the noiiiin itioii and election ot' commissioner.- from tin: respective wards of cities (if the. first and second class, the election elec-tion iii' a mayor by the commissioners from their own number, and the election elec-tion of city attorney by vote of the people. , It took the senate another hour to aoo nd Senator Stevens's .scinituonl hly pay, lav bilf so that it is virtually in-'' in-'' lerat ive. When this had been accom-' accom-' '.iahed t'ue bill was passed on second . 'this" bill provided for semimonthly 'ardavs in all classes of business ex-crpl ex-crpl agricultural and domestic employment, employ-ment, ami made it a misdemeanor for iluv employer to willfully withhold any par earned from an empl ivee after the , ,'eseji.j time for payment. Amendments Weaken Measure. The Judiciary committee bewail by nii'.ondiiie; (he bill to provide that, no civil Judgment for salary should be used i's evidence in a prosecution for willful withholding of wages. This was adopted. Senator Knight moved to exompt banks anil mercantile houses from up-t-iirstinn of the law". After some argu-nicht, argu-nicht, this carried. Sinator Sanford moved to reduce from thirty to ten days the time during nlib'li an employee's pay should continue con-tinue at the regular riito in osise the ein-1 ein-1 hiver fired him and refusedto pay him , l:al was due at the time provided. : 'resident Funk offered an amend- iint tiiat put tiie i'inishiuc: touelies on i he bill, so far as application of its Vrms are concerned. His amendment t,'iided the exemption clause to provide pro-vide that the law shall not apply in any 'iiso where there is an agreement be-k.voon be-k.voon the employer and employeo as to ,' avways and conditions of pay. Senator Sanford pointed out that this amendment would render the bill worthless worth-less and inoperative, for ever;? emtio-, cr could make such an agreement a condition of employment and thus tin! terms of the bill would bo completely com-pletely evaded. , The senate adopted the. amendment. Senator Clyde remarked that as the Amendment made the bill worthless any-' any-' how he would move to strike out the en-:aeting en-:aeting clause. The motion was voted down. ' ' Senator Sanford sought to revivify the bill by tacking an amendment on to the Funk amendment to provide that ; agreement exemptions should not apply where employers liad more than three ; employees regularly employed. There was objection and he raised the number num-ber to five employees. The amendment was promptly voted down." The bill was then passed on second reading, Absent Voters Bill Approved. Senator Olson's bill providing that absent voters may secure ballots and cast their ballots when absent from their homes on election days, wa read for the second tinio and passed on second sec-ond reading without material change. As a special order of business, the senate yesterday took up Ucpmaenta-tive Ucpmaenta-tive Benuion's house bill relating to automobile license fees, and, after making mak-ing some amendments to it, suspended the rules and passed it on final reading. The act carries an emergency clause so as to go into effect as soon as approved ap-proved bv the governor, if ho signs it. The bill, which passed the house only a day or two ago, was reported out of the public affairs committee of the senate sen-ate yesterday 'morning to tho second reading calendar with committee recommendation rec-ommendation that it. he .passed. Senator Porn moved that the bill bo taken up as a special order and the motion mo-tion prevailed, lie explained that it is desired to get the measure in operation as soon as possible, as the time for taking tak-ing out new licenses for this vear is at hand. The senate went into committee of the whole and listened to the attorney general explain why he desired reinserted rein-serted in the bill a provision stricken out by the house providing for appointment ot' not more than two special officers by the state to enforce the automobile law t He said it -was necessary to secure general observance of the law and to see that all licenses were paid for. Bern moved to restore the provision, but the senate was in no mood for this additional addi-tional expense and the additional appointive ap-pointive offices, so it voted the amendment amend-ment down. Local Communities Get Fines. President Funk, taking the floor, moved to strike out the provision requiring requir-ing that local fines collected under the provi?ions of the act be turned into the state automobile registration fund. to said that the local povernments were entitled to this revenue, and that it was an incentive to local enforcement of the stute law. His motion carried. 'The penalty clause of the bill had failed to incorporate a provision of the phesent law providing for revocation of an fiutomobile owner's license for two violations of the registration act, so Senator Pern moved to strike the en- tire clause and leave the present law in regard to this point in effect. Llis motion carried. Tho committee arose and reported, and the committee action was approved by the 'senate. Senator Olson then offered of-fered an amendment iu the form of section sec-tion 3070, to provide that any person failing to register within thirty days after March 1 should pay a. penalty of 50 per cent of his license fee, in addition addi-tion to tlie regular license fee. Ioy a vote of 9 to 8 this carried. The bill was passed on to second reading. Then the rules were suspended anil the bill was sent to third reading. Stevens moved to strike out the Olson amendment. amend-ment. Knight supported the motion on tho ground that it would "work a hardship hard-ship on poor people" to have to pay their automobile license fees within thirty days after March 1 to avoid paying pay-ing the penalty. Tho motion to strike the Olson amendment carried by a vote of 10 to 8, the president reversing himself him-self and voting with tho majority, lie had voted for the amendment when it was offered. The bill then passed final reading and was returned to the lower house. Federal Aid Asked. Senate joint memorial No. 3, by Knight, calling upon congress and the federal railroad administration for assistance as-sistance in the matter of getting a railroad rail-road into the Uintah basin of Utah, was introduced by the senator from Vt:ih county, and, under a suspension ot the rules, was passed on final reading and sent to t. ho house. The resolution sets forth that the building of such a road would open up the basin to settlement of productive homes for returning soldiers, sol-diers, especially the sons of Utah who served in the world war, and would be able to find in this rich and fertile basin ba-sin ample opportunities for productive and remunerative occupations. A communication from the governor advised that there was an error in the list of appointments to the stale dairy and food bureau, in that fleorge (lot-trell (lot-trell was named as a member, when it should have been Charles V'uth'ell, Jr. The communication was referred lo the special committee on appointments. "Ironing" Committee to Act. Senator Pern tool- exceptions to action ac-tion of the house in ' ' ' s'nlet i "acking ' ' senate sen-ate bills en the ground that the senate was delaying house nece-u ros. lie argued that no unue--.iry i.i i i : , y hu'I been occasioned house measures m the senate, and that tlie action id' the house was not warranted, lie move I Hint a i-ouirnittee on .joint relations e named, to consist of one senator and one rop-losintativ, rop-losintativ, to iron out the w rl n !; 1.- he-fv.vn he-fv.vn the senate and ho.; .... The nin-tiuu nin-tiuu carried, but the senate member of the committee was not named at tho time by the president. Senator Sanford was given permission to withdraw senate bills 128, 129, 130, 131 and 133, on educational matters, fie explained that the subjects were covered iu the general education bill. Morris's house bill, relating to personal per-sonal risk clauses in freight and express contracts, was passed on final reading after an amendment by Senator Olson to conform to the federal statute, had been adopted. Teachers' Law Changed. The education committee's houso bill, rclativo to certificates and diplomas for teachers, was amended so as to provide for l'fe certificates on a basis of five years' teaching experience, two of 'which shall be in Utah. Tho measuro was then passed on final reading. The water rights bill was passed and South-wick's South-wick's bill, giving the University of Utah authority to issue honorary degrees, de-grees, was passed on final reading. A communication was received from the governor recommending an appropriation appro-priation to continue tho employment bureau of the state council of defense until tho middle of tho year, at least. The recommendation was accompanied bv a letter from 2cphi L. Morris urging such action. A- communication was also received through the governor from the Rocky Mountain club of New York, asking that the legislature make an appropriation appropria-tion to defray expenses and placo in the hands of this cluji the matter of extending extend-ing a welcome to and looking after i'tah soldiers returning from France. This matter was referred to the appropriations appro-priations committee. j |