Show anti nepotism bill now up to the governor the antl nepotism bill lias been assed ty both bouses of the leals latare and will become a law when signed by the governor the bill la quite sweeping and prohibits an official from giving employment in public work to any of bis relatives A bill which would limit the number of cars on freight trains to 70 and on passenger trains to 14 wa in the house of re presenta alves when the enacting clause was stricken mra A J lowe of salt late has introduced a bill authorizing the school of mines and engineering ot the university of utah to con duct investigation of methods of utilizing utah coal p with regard to the development of fuels specific purposes of the investigation as set forth in the bill would include to determine the most advantageous and profitable method of utilizing such deposits to produce smokeless fuels to determine the most practicable and efficient manner of burning utah coals lessly to select and develop the most advantageous and efficient processes of obtaining byproducts from such coal and other carbonaceous deposits such as gas oil gasoline or others suited to utah markets to protect by patents in aba name of the university of utah all such methods and processes as developed to at regular intervals the scientific commercial and other data obtained from such investigation regents of the university ifould ba empowered to lease on a royalty basis such patented processes as are developed to municipalities or private individuals firms or corporations within the state and the moneys received from such leases would be put in an endow jaent fund created by the regent to carry on such investigations further mrs lowe s bill would appropriate to carry out the smokeless fuel investigations the approach of the closing days of the legislature has caused tha appointment in the house of a committee to go over the bills on aba calendar and place what they consider tho most important ones at tho top of the list for early attention this plan will probably result in many bills on the lower part of tho calendar not being reached bo fore the present session Is closed members of the committee are horace L richards ot box county chairman david hirschl republican ashington asb ington county P H goggan republican salt lale county james acus democrat weber L B cardon republican salt lake county B L dart republican duchesne county eric republican salt lake county S M jorgensen republican devler county and ul TA hoyt democrat eahl the committee will be given the entire calendar with the exception of the tar bills and appropriation measures there are now between 75 and bills on the calendar a large number of which are scheduled to be sifted into the discard the income tax and other measures are still the highest hurdle the legislature faces before its duties can be finished DILLS IN THE SENATE S B candland as chairman of committee on revenue and taxation revised personal income tax bill rule suspended bill ordered printed in the meantime read and placed on second reading calendar and debated under special order S B candland as chairman of committee on revenue and taxation substitute for S B 57 corporations franchise tax introduced and under suspension of rules placed at head of second read ing calendar and read in part S B candland as chairman of committee on revenue and taxation substitute tor S Bs ah and 72 prescribing duties of state tax commission introduced and under suspension of rules placed on second reading calendar to follow S B B B musser constables in clelea of second class may serve papers in civil cases revision and co rolling B C M C fowles liquid sugar imports revision and enrolling BILLS introduced IN HOUSE H B appropriations committee by unanimous consent appropriating to reimburse federal officials for gasoline tax illegally collected II 11 B 17 revenue and taxation committee at request of tax commission substitute for II 11 B 85 excise tax made special order following consideration of personal income and school equalization fuad balla |