| Show Senate Nears Vote On Water Measures The Utah senate stepped quick toward a vote on the metropolitan itan water district act Tuesday afternoon after killing one and passing passing pass pass' passing ing two of the last of the score of the state bar measures on its calendar Debate on 91 the h water wate bill one of a s of important water measures iam Defore the tho upper house for immediate action by it its sifting committee was opened by Senators Julian M. M Bamberger and Paul H. H Ray D. D DJ Salt SnIt Lake Reading of the page 35 measure house bill consumed halt half of the forenoon session and despite Its technical wording wordin and reaching far provisions its us early approval by the senate In line with similar action by the house last week was Wag regarded regard regard- ed d as certain Passage o of the bill will vIll mean that one of the last obstacles in the way of of the construction o of the Deer Utah creek-Utah lake project will have b been en removed Preliminary to debate on the water bills the senate acknowledged ed receIpt receipt receipt re re- re- re of a number of or bills from Irom the house Among them was house bill 41 the no drink state store liquor bill President Maw referred the measure measure measure meas meas- ure to the the sifting sifting committee Later Laler on motion of oC S Senator J J. J Francis Fowles D. D Weber chairman of the senate trade regulation committee com cem- he assigned it to the latter group roup for prior study I I Senator Senat r Fowles explained the house had amended the bill beyond yond recognition and in his opinion i would be necessary for the senate trade regulation group to study these changes before the senate as al a whole voted upon them The Weber senator sena rena- ena tor said it ma may be necessary to hold further public hearings on the meas meas- ure His motion carried without any n opposition Bills Added The The sifting in committee then added the following bills to the second reading read read- lag ing calendar H. H B B. Macfarlane allowing extension of the period under which title is held to water without beneficial bene bene- Use I S. S B. B Bamberger controlling underground water S. S B. B Fowles providing p payment pay payment pay pay- ment of expenses expenses of or the state land board S. S B. B Fowles repealing the clause pertaining to unpaid warrants of the state land board S. S B. B Maw extending the he powers of the committee of nine to study government S. S B. B Day allowing counties to establish beet seed districts S. S B. B Musser providing for registration of ot musicians Swinging into a discussion of the metropolitan n water district lv p r. r ator Bamberger cited the purpose of ot the he act and assured ii sL the t the he technical technical details details had been worked out by federal state end and municipal engineers and le legal al experts expert Opposition to the bill unexpectedly developed however when Senator Conrad Jr D D. Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete a assailed the creation c cf a new government unit in times when consolidation con of ot government branches should be forced He declared only property owners owners owners own own- ers should be allowed to vote on water water wa wa- wa- wa ter district bonds since they will repay repay re rc- re- re pay them The bill now provides for approval of bonds by a majority 01 ci tl ui ta qu-i.- qu tied fied electors In Iri rapid fire order after alter prelim prelim- to the opening of ot the forty forty- fourth legislative day tho the upper house passed without debate or a D dissenting vote senate bills 36 and 38 the eighteenth and nineteenth respectively of the measures presented pre e. sent d b by br tho the Utah bar to speed up and clarify criminal court pro pro- Seventeen kindred measures were approved and sent to the house Monday Senate joint resolution 7 another state ate bar proposal met a speedy death however when the senate refused to advance it to third readIng readIng reading read read- ing calendar It was killed by a vote of 16 ayes 5 nays and 2 absent and not voting This measure called for tor a constitutional amendment to give the state bar the right to recommend recommend rec rec- and the governor to appoint appoint ap ap- point for Cor life Ufe justices of ot the state supreme court and judges of oC the district courts Proponents of ot the bill in the senale senate senate sen sen- ate ale held it out as a a. plan to take the judiciary out of politics but other senators steadfastly refused to consent consent consent con con- sent to any proposal that would take away from the people a constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- right to elect their juris jur jur- is 13 Action on Bills S. S B. B Fowles which sets aside 20 per cent of land board r receipts from interests and rentals as fund to conduct business of the land bo board rd office olIce was reported out favorably by agriculture and irrigation committee commit commit- tee and was referred to sifting com com- i S. S B. B Royle Role by request which would reorganize the state land board was reported out unfavorably unfavorably unfavorably by agriculture and irrigation tion committee and referred to sifting sift sift- lag ing committee S. S B. B Bamberger which pertains per- per lains to underground water and waler water wa- wa vater ter ler rights was reported out favorably favorably favor favor- abl ably as amended by state and municipal municipal municipal mu mu- affairs committee and appropriations appropriations and claims committee and was referred to 10 sifting committee S. S B B. Miller which creates a junior colle college at Price Carbon count county was report reported d out without recommendation by education committee committee com corn and was referred to sifting committee S. S B. B Hopkins which creates creat i 1 state board of higher curricula for unior junior colleges was reported out without recommendation and was referred re re- erred to sifting committee S. S B B. B Hopkins which creates a junior college board was reported out without recommendation and was referred to sifting committee |
