Show ECONOMY IS URGED BY GOVERNOR SPRY READS MESSAGE TO MEMBERS OF UTAH legislature AT JOINT SESSION declares Nece necessity spity and experience should be the test applied to all proposed legislation during present session in hla his message to the state legislature delivered in person on monday governor spry urged economy and declared that necessity and experience should be the test teat applied to all proposed legislation in his nies message sage governor spry proclaims cl a ims that utah stands in fore ore ranks of f the progressive states cautions against against experimental laws and says the fj states tates finances will not permit trifling with fads and theories in legislation specially commends official report of state auditor L G kelly and advises legislators to study it carefully recommends amendment of law permitting investments in state warrants so as to yield 5 per cent income insists upon assessing property at lull full cash value and corresponding reduction of 0 tax levy recommends oin mends tour four year terni term tor for county assessors and county treasurers treasur ers and appointment of 0 assessors by state board of equalization advises that highway improvements should meet first the needs ot of the people ot of utah says the states institutions are exemplary and have been economically conducted declares that the new capitol Is the greatest piece ol of construction construct loa work ever undertaken by the people ol of utah and boasts of its being made primarily a state enterprise becom mends that capitol grounds be graded for dual purpose of improving the property and providing employment recommends appointment of commission to digest the states school laws and also the consolidation of small schools favors constitutional amendments relating to deposit of 0 state funds and taxation of mines and mine property advocates readjustment in apportionment and reduction of school tax insists that higher educational institutions of the state be maintained within the funds apportioned renews proposal that state officials do posit monthly in state treasury all tees fees or earnings received calls attention officially to report of land commission on the breaking of tile the hatchtown Hatch town dam advises that appropriations tor for new construction at tho the state institutions be limited to amounts provided two years beirs ago and protests against shifting shit ting of responsibility upon the governor by making appropriations in excess of the states revenues recommends enactment of employers liability and working mens compensation law that will be fair to i all pledges friendliest operation cooperation co 1 with the legislature in legislation to promote the welfare of the state twenty three bills and three resolutions were introduced in the state senate monday one bill the emergency appropriation measure was passed and one resolution was adopted besides this the senate found time to listen to the governors message do quite a bit of debating and hear the appointment of standing committees by president W mont lont ferry the first bill introduced was the first bill passed this was senate bill no 1 by Senator J R edgheill of juab carrying an appropriation of to defray the expenses of the legislature and the immediate expenses of the state customarily it is introduced and passed in the senate the first day of the session the disagreement in the house however delayed the tha business of the session and the senate decided not to introduce bills until after the house as well as the senate had formally organized and the governor had delivered his message to the legislature the resolution adopted was senate concurrent resolution no 2 by rideout of salt lake empowering the governor to employ a messenger for his office during the legislative session this is customary and there was no opposition to the adoption of the resolution under a suspension of the rules the session of the house on monday was only formal within a few minutes after it had convened a recess was taken until after the governors message had been received journals tor for each day of the session were printed and distributed to the members of the house tor for the first time on january 18 the journal ot of the convening of the house and the reading of the list of members elected to serve in the house no reference Is made to the opening hostilities of 0 the two factions the journals ot of each succeeding day up to january 16 merely show that the house mot met and adjourned the january 16 journal shows the formal organization of the house |