| Show SEEKS 0 POWER POM OF CITIES SENATOR BENATOR ECKERSLEY PRESENTS BILL TO CHANGE LAW ON WATER protection house approves bill ing of livery rigs to any oth other e place yhan than represented to the owner aie vision of the law relating mating to the powers of city councils la Is proposed in a bill introduced on february 1 by senator joseph FA eckersley kersley which city say eay will have a serious bearing on the municipal water supply it 11 t becomes law the bill la Is proposed to amend the resent present law by inserting a paragraph concerning ning the jurisdiction of the city ver water works to confine jurls jurisdiction dic to land owned by such city and by y tho the insertion of a proviso clause on the section giving jurisdiction for ten ales above the point from which the water Is taken which says that this law nor any ordinance shall bo be con trued by the municipality or by the burts as authorizing the tha city to deprive any person ot of the ordinary and reasonable use of their lands and of 0 water flowing through them or in which springs take their rise or to in any way impair the rights righta of the owner or limit the reasonable go ordinary and customary use of at such property business in the house looked up ou on february 1 and while the committees to which more than fifty bills have been referred did not report many for third reading yet the members introduced fourteen bills and two resolutions the livery mens mons bill which has been re committed to the judiciary commit tee enree times came up tor for final passage and after being amended in minor details so that it would include tho the taking baking of an automobile as well as a horse the house passed it unanimous ly fy the he bill makes it a misdemeanor to ride or drive an animal or vehicle to 0 o any other place than that represented to the owner or person in charge when the animal or vehicle Is hired george F P goodwins pill bill providing that undertakings on oil appeal from justice courts might be dispensed with on the making of a a pauper affidavit easily passed two bills were passed in the senate on january 29 and three were sent back to committees with dinst Instruct ructions lona to revamp and renovate them the bills passed were craigs senate bill no 18 and ON onella eils house bill no 1 the craig cragg toll bill was mere mer formality provi providing dink for alie i I 1 11 ll convey ey ance by statute of a parcel efland of land in weber county to the parr farr development company the state board of ex airliners having traded a parcel of industrial du school land fo it the house bill by onell oneil the new representative from the new county of duchesne was merely intended to give that statesman legal status in the lower branch of the legislature his county having been created since the legislative districts were made the bill creates duchesne county as a legislative district and was amended by the senate to provide that the county be a part of the fifth senatorial district two bills were passed by the house on january 29 one being an act limiting the discretionary powers ot of sheriffs and chiefs of police and the other an act permitting husbands or wives to testify against each other concerning facts alleged to have occurred prior to their marriage prohibition of tile tho sale of liquor by mall mail or wire order in dry territory and of the transportation of lequoi from wet to dry territory in the state Is proposed in a bill introduced on january 29 by senator funk and referred to the committee on agriculture and irrigation definite regulation of the employment of children and women in utah Is proposed in a bill introduced january 29 by senator L D B wight which Is drawn to replace the law enacted in 1911 with a form such as I 1 is a now in effect in ninny many states of the west this bill generally places th the e age for beginning work at ag years instead of 14 A bill providing for the headless ballot allot to in utah similar to the ballots used in massachusetts new jersey colorado nevada california LAli fornia and other states was introduced in the house on january 21 by representative P P christensen of salt lake the proposed law does away with party emblems and places the candidates for each office on the ballot in alphabetical order with the residence and politics of each candidate set forth after his name under this bal lot the voter must cast his ballot tor for each candidate he chooses to vote for instead of voting for them all in blanket form under a party emblem statewide state wide prohibition by the amendment to the constitution route was proposed in the senate on jan nary 27 by a joint resolution introduced by senator charles cottrell coltrell of salt lake at the close of business on january 27 n 7 there had been 85 bills introduced in the senate and 99 la in the house besides numerous resolutions If members embers of the judiciary committee of the senate mulled over the public utilities bill arid and others of the huge pile of bills before it on january 23 when there was no formal ses sea zion blon of the upper house plumbers must be licensed by a state board if a bill introduced by IV president resident W mont ferry in tle alie senito arta becomes a law the bill creates a state plu plumbing abing board and a salaried officer to be known as tho state 1 inspector ills his duty d uty will be to inspect sanitation condl jons lons throughout the state |
