Show 01 I 1 i use tue I Q I to I I m U. U S. S P P. P A A. S Service Salt Lake Lale City Mar 15 Senate 15 Senate bill 90 originally drafted to require require require re re- re- re quire county commissi commissioners ners to publish monthly reports of their proceedings pi for the information of the public but amended in the senate out of all semblance to its ita original self expired in the house late Sunday the victim of a persistent persistent persistent per per- lobby that pursued it over overa a thorny path throughout the ses ses- sion In the waning hours of the twenty-second twenty session a n. tired and peevish house harkened to the echo of the county commissioner lobby and struck the enacting clause claus Al Although though amended to only require require require re re- re- re quire that the commissioners supply supply supply sup sup- ply copies of the minutes of their meetings to papers in their coun- coun tices without expense to the county county county coun coun- ty for a majority of the house decided the public could consult the records o the commissions commissions commis commis- If they wanted to know what these bodies were doing with public public public pub pub- lic funds Representative Victor G G. G Pett of Juab county one of the coun- coun tices tires alleged to have participated in the drive to kill the measure moved to strike the enacting clause A bare majority sustained him and the measure had the questionable distinction of being the last bill enacted upon by the lower body and the last one to be killed It did not die however without without without with with- out a gallant fight by representative represent represent- Moses L. L Holbrook of Davis county t to have it enacted into law Mr Holbrook told the House its purpose was to promote better better better bet bet- ter government and to give the public accurate information as to to how liow the county commissioners commissioners' were conducting public affairs to give official information as to how tiow public funds were being ex ex- ex- ex Several representatives informed inform inform- ed the house that their county commissioners were opposed to the bill Representative Holbrook then disclosed to the house that a number number num- num ber of counties in the state had contributed funds to an organization tion that had been active in fight fighting fighting fight fight- ing this bill and there was every reason to believe that a large part of these funds had been used to finance a lobby that had worked unceasingly in the legislative halls to kill this very measure He added added added add add- ed that if the bill were law such expenditure of funds would be stopped or at least the public would know how much was being spent and what for But the influence of the lobby apparently was too strong and the measure went the way of other measures designed to promote promote promote pro pro- mote bett better r government and throw the spotlight of publicity on the doings of public officials In executive session Tuesday night the senate turned thumbs down on all members of the liquor commission in considering a a. partial partial partial par par- list of the governors governor's interim appointments Tho The taboo was placed on Hugh B B. B Brown Salt Lake G. G M. M Whitmore and Adam Patterson Jr Ellis J. J Pickett StGeorge St St. George was approved for the water water water wa wa- ter storage commission W. W O O. Bently St. St George state board of education Mrs Selma Fahring board of education G. G L. L Hobson Hoytsville agriculture board R R. F F. Starley Mt Pleasant bank coni commissioner LeRoy Bishop Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne textbook commission Other appointments are to submitted submitted submitted sub sub- and acted upon later |