| Show BILL ILLS VETOED BY WHOLESALE Appropriations ns for Roads in the Uintah i B Basin s Among Number Prohibition I Initiative and Referendum I Bills passed by the recent I Utah legislature of vast importance import- import ranee ance to the reservation country I rance have been vetoed by Governor Spry Two of these bills appropriated appropriated appropriated t funds for road construct construction tion tion- One introduced by Representative Representative Representative ON ONeil O'Neil il of Duchesne county provided for a bridge lover over the Duchesne river near I Utahn Utahn I The bill introduced by Representative Representative of Uintah I county provided for an appropriation appropriation appropriation of for a highwaY highway high- high waY wa way from Heber to the K Kranch ranch Ten thousand dollars was for Uintah county for Duchesne county and for Wasatch county county- The bill by Fitch of Carbon county called for for a road from Helper Hel- Hel i Iper per iper to My Myton ton Following is a aist list ilist of bills vetoed during the past few daysH days days- H H- B B. B No No- A ropp ro- ro Pope Pope- Appropriation Appropriation pp L 2 T for state highL high high- way between Oel Logan ana and Garden City Rich county H H. B B- BNo No No- 83 83 Fitch Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating for state highway high high- way vay across mud flats fiats and salt m marshes to salt beds Tooele county county- i H. H B. B No 94 94 Morris Appropriating Appropriating pria fon foi-bi foi H bridge volcanic wash between St. St George and Santa Clara Washington county county- H H- HB B B- No 95 95 Fitch Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating for improving the road from Helper to Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- chesne chesne- H H- B. B Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating for state highway highway high high- way yay between V Vernal ern 1 and I City via Roosevelt Myton and Duchesne Duchesne- H H. B B- BNo No 21 21 Browning Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating Ap Ap- for bridge over overPrice overPrice Price Brice river near W Woodside Emery Emery Emery Em Em- ery c county 1 I H H- HB B B- No 37 37 37 Mori-is- Mori Appropriating Appropriating to ith assist completing com completing com om state road between Mon and Grand county countyline line m in n San Juan county county- i H. H B. B No B-No No 58 ONeil 58 ON ONeil Appropriating p for bridge over Duchesne river and for building a road through Duchesne county county- H H- HB B B- No Cr Croft Croft- ft Appropriating Appropriating pJ 5 for state road in Morgan county county- H. H B B- BNo No No- Ha Hawley Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating Ap Ap- Ap- Ap for highway b between tween Sevier and Emery counties coun coun- ties ties- JH JH- JHB H B B- No Hawley Hawley- App Appropriating Ap Ap- p ting for highway i between Sevier and Wayne counties coun coun- 1 I ties ties- I I H. H B B- BNo No No- Brinkerhoff Appropriating 1500 for the wagon wa- wa I gon gOll gon road between Grover and and wa wa-j I Boulder Boulder- I I H H- HB B B- No 98 98 Brinkerhoff Appropriating Ap Ap- Ap 1 for ro road d between between be be- tween Fremont and Emery Emery- I 1 I H. H B B- BNo No McShane Appropriating Appropriating Ap Ap- Ap- Ap for highway the Utah-Idaho Utah line near nearl f Ri Richmond to Ito the Utah-Arizona Utah i I line from Hurricane Hurricane- I I H H. B B- No 53 Committee 53 Committee on I i I highways and bridges bridges- Appropriating Appropriating Appropriating to reimburse Grand county for bridge at Green river river- riverS I I S. S B B- No Committee Committee on the joint appropriations appropriations' ns Ap 1 Appropriating Ap- Ap I I pr for exploiting exploiting exploiting exploit exploit- ing the resources of Utah to be used by the Commercial club of Salt take Lake and the Weber club 1 of O Ogden den I S S- S B B- No Hanson Hanson- Ap- Ap 10 for state stat highway in Boxelder county county- j jH H H- HB B B- No 40 1 40 Morris Morris- j Appropriating 1 for services ren- ren ren-I ren dered in Indian wars of territory of Utah Utah- H. H B B- BNo No No- Brinkley Appropriating Appropriating Ap Ap- Ap- Ap for experiment experiment ment station at the Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural Agri Agri- cultural college college- H H- B B. No Folkman Folkman Ap Appropriating An An- I 2500 to assist in inI paying expenses of the Ogden I tabernacle choir to exposition at San Francisco S S- B B- Edgheill Edgheill- Edgheill Amended Amended Amended Amen Amen- ded intersection paving bills bills' bill s s' B. B No No- 23 23 Chez Relating t venue of civil actions S S- B B- BNo N No No- o. o Dern Appropriating Appropriating I to defray part of the expense f for r investigation of smoke nuis nuisance nuisance- nce H. H B B- No Burton Burton- Providing Providing Providing Pro Pro- viding for deposit withdrawal and safety of public money money- H H- HB B B- BNo No No- Burton Burton Relating Relating Re Re- lating to a county lending its credit and incurring indebtedness indebted indebted- ness ness- H H- HB B B. No No Burton Providing Providing Providing Provid Provid- ing for discharge and release of sureties on official bonds bonds- H H- HB B B- BNo No No- Burton To amend section compiled laws of Utah 1907 relating to county coun ty officers officers- After trimming an additional off the general appropriation appropriation b bill reserving and reserving the right t to withhold Gov Gov- Wil liam Spry signed the bill last Tuesday afternoon thereby disposing disposing dis dig posing of the last measure in his hands The grand total f the appropriations in the hill bill amounted amou ted to 2871 29 and the estimated r revenues venues amount to Ie leaving ving an m excess excess ex ex- cess of Und Under r the c constitution h Governor Spry has the right to withhold appropriations I for all new build build- buildings ings rugs and improvements amounting amounting amounting amount amount- ing to S so that the appropriations ap ap- appropriations will not exceed the I revenues venues during the next year 5 As J. J passed bossed 3 ed by the legisla ii the thee general appropriation bill carried 79 covering i a period of 27 months months- In going lover over the bill to reduce it Governor Gov Gov- Spry deducted the amounts amount to be expended during the first firstI I quarter quartel of the year year 1917 because I the sum surp will not have to be paid out of the estimated revenues of the next two y years years- ar This amounted amount amount- I ed d to He Hei deducted I i 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I f I I I from the bill making a aI I total tota reduction of 50 leaving a total of 20 I Prohibitionists were disappointed disappointed disappointed pointed and prohibitionists anti-prohibitionists I were elated when the news came that th the state wide prohibition bill introduced by Senator Wootton Wootton Woot- Woot i I ton had been vetoed vetoed- The bill passed the Senate 14 to 3 and the house 40 to 5 5 I What was known as as' as the dry I bill passed by both h houses uses of the legislature and was signed by the governor This l law w prohibits its the shipping of liquor from aI a wet to a dry territory territory- The penalty for the violation of the law is very severe Another important measure vetoed was the initiative and re- re ferend m. m The bill as a's passed provided that the initiative might be Je invoked upon petition to the legislature by 12 per cent of the Qualified voters of the state at atI atthe the previous general election election- IThe The measure provided that the voters sign the petition in the presence of a notary public and arid each signature to be attested attested- Petitions Petitions Petitions Pe Pe- had to be signed by voters voters vot vot- ers in at least two-thirds two of pf the I I counties in the st state state- I The rhe state constitution provides for the initiative and referendum referendum referendum dum having been amended by bythe bythe bythe the yote vote of the people but the succeeding legislatures have neglected neglected neg neg- to enact the necessary machinery to make it effective until the last session In vetoing vetoing veto veto- ing the bill Governor Spry filed the following communication with the bill hill in the secretary of states state's office Without my approval I transmit transmit transmit trans trans- mit herewith for filing in your office house bill No No- 9 by Mr Shields entitled An act providing providing pro pro- viding for the initiative and referendum ref ref- referendum of measures by the nual hed ed voters voiers of the state of Utah providing for sponsors the per cent of voters necessary and their qualifications the manner of signing petitions and the form and contents thereof providing penalties for forr the violation thereof there there- of providing competitive bids for printing the proposed bills and the payment for fees fees' and expenses expenses ex ex- defining the duties of the attorney general governor secretary of state and sponsors in relation ther thereto t and pro p provid providing viding vid- vid ing for appeal to the supreme co court of the state state- This bill has failed to receive my approval for the following reasons The initiative at this time is is' wholly unnecessary since ince the people of this state if they desire any measure of a general nature into law may petition n the to have such I legislature pass- pass Dei d d without incurring a tithe of the expense expense that this bill makes necessary in order to have s such sucha ch 1 enacted enacted- 4 a me measure r If the pr present sent measure measure h- h b h i comes a law lawand and is to b be made marle I I I available to the people it will impose impose impose im im- pose burdens burdens' upon them at this time far in excess of any benefit that can can bp be derived d a from the measure itself itself- J Because the measure in sections sections sections sec sec- 10 and 12 confers jurisdiction jurisdiction juris juris- juris- juris jurisdiction diction and pow rg upon The c. c cu- cu u- u preme court of this this' tate state not conferred upon it by the Constitution and for that reason the constitutionality of the ime measure sure to say sav the le least st is Questionable Indeed its itc constitutionality in in that and in other r tS is so so doubtful end md the ch in the J j 1 s of that CO court lt so sweeping sweep sweep- in ing I 1 do not c 1 desire to as as- 3 assume s sume m the responsibly responsibility of approving approving ap apt proving th the measure in its pre pres present ent form 1 Tile The expense of carrying arr ing the measure into practical effect will willbe willbe be so great in this state as to t counteract every possible effect 1 the may derive from a referendum vote 1 |
