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Show Will' : HSMS5ED Senate Bill Makes Funds Available for Survey j ; j of Supply. ; ' . ,' , Amendments Clarifying the Banking Laws Agreed on Without Debate. Passage of llirco bills anj. the introduction in-troduction of two others kept the Utnh. senators busy yesterday in moi-niir' and afternoon fossion. One. uf the bills introduced, that by 'Senator (Julbert I.. Olson defining profiteering, yivouiises to develop the moat extensive debate of the session. Of the three bills passed, two, senate V 1 bills Xo. 2 and Xo. deal with amend-merits amend-merits to clarify the present bauhing j laws and were passed without debatu. The third bill grants power to tlio county commissioners to appropriate up to $j0OO per annum to make "surveys of water resources, collect data covering cover-ing the supply, distribution and use of water. ' ' The senate likewise passed house bill No. ., making tlio use of dynamite, poison and electrical devices in fishing a. crime. This measure passed without debate and requires only the signature ' of the governor to become a law. The house. joint memorial Xo. 1, passed yesterday morning by the representatives rep-resentatives was presented to the senate sen-ate and laid on the tablo for presentation presenta-tion today without, debate. j Automobile Bill Held Over. I Besolving itself into a committee of tho whole on motion by Senator Chez, j the senate began the consideration ot I measures already introduced. The two bills dealing with automobile thievery I were held over for final consideration j until the bills can be printed. Senate ' bill No. 3, amending section 1207, compiled com-piled laws of 1917, was passed with no debate. The amendment changes tho former law by requiring the payment of fees by loan, trust and guaranty associations associ-ations to the bank commissioners. Hitherto, some of these organizations have declined to pay fees because of an uncertainty in the law respecting tho conferring by the last legislature of i authority in tho matter from the secretary secre-tary of state to the bank commissioner. After the passage of this bill towards close of the morning session came the most debate of the day on the measure designed to permit the county commissioners commis-sioners to appropriate funds for investi-gation investi-gation of water resources. v. Senators Edward Southwiek and Al-f len T. Sauford led the opposition to tho f bill, th.3 former desiring to make pro- V. , vision by amendment whereby tho counties could be reimbursed for appropriations ap-propriations made in the event a project proj-ect supported came into successful operation. op-eration. After considerable debate, in which Senators Southwiek and Sanford opposed op-posed the measure and Senators L T. Jones, J. W. Funk-. .1. W. Knight and Quince Kimball upheld its provisions, adjournment of tho committee of tho whole was taken over the noon hours. Amendment Killed. Upon resumption of business Senator Southwiek was absent and Senator San-ford San-ford took up the opposition unassisted. On vote of the committee of the whole, his amendment was killed and tho measure referred to the senate, where it was subsequently passed with but one dissenting voice, that of Senator San- ford- ' AO The senate, m session resumed after hearing before the committee of the whole, passed the two bank measures and the one empowering the county commissioners to make appropriations. Following this action they adjourned and met with Governor Bamberger, who referred to them informally his measure providing for an amendment to the existing ex-isting law, which would give the utilities utili-ties commission authority to permit railroads to charge different proportionate propor-tionate rates for the long and short hauls. The governor said that he desired tho measure principally as an encouragement encourage-ment for the building of the proposed railroad into the Uintah basin. He told the senators that the legislation is desired de-sired in order to present to eastern capital cap-ital sufficient attractions to draw it into the support of the proposed railroad. rail-road. Presents Uintah Road Plan. The provision ? sited, tiie governor said, would enable the proposed railroad, to draw most of the possib'e traffic westward to Suit Lake. The governor took the opportunity to place beforo the members of the senate the entire Uintah basin railroad situation, and pointed out the immense wealth the proposed road will tap. While the governor was in conference confer-ence with the members uf the senate. Brigadier General Frank T. Hines called to pay his lespects to the state's executive, and Governor Bamberger introduced in-troduced the Utah general to the members mem-bers of the upper horn..-. The senate will ro'iimo its session at 10 o'clock this morning, when it is expected ex-pected that the measures coiuen'in'r the investigation of ihe high co-t of living and the definition of profiteering profiteer-ing will be presented. |