Show SPEAKER ORDERS THAT BE ENFORCED DENYING LOB byest RIGHT OF FLOOR legislative committee appointed to investigate coal conditions in utah proposed constitutional amendment killed salt lake city activity of lobby ests on the floor of the house of representatives during sessions called forth official cognizance of this viola alos of the rules on january 25 by the speaker with the result that the ser geant at arms was given instructions to see to it that the order which de ales all hobbyists lobbyists the right of the floor of the bouse la strictly enforced governor bamberger announced on january 25 that assertions that I 1 am opposed to the appropriation pro vision of the young prohibition bill ant nt to the commissioner feature are gross statements of facts killing the resolution introduced by mckay of weber proposing to sub mit a constitutional amendment to the voters of the state at the next gen eral election that would empower the state board ot examiners to designate depositaries deposit aries for state funds furnished the greater pan of the excitement in the house on january 25 senators dern evans and parker were appointed on january 25 by president funk to participate with representatives southwick lck raleigh and bennett in probing coal conditions in utah on january 25 bills were passed by the senate providing for licensing ot sheep brought to utah by non rest dents for grazing purposes ing cities to purchase and operate cemeteries requiring corporations to furnish records of stock transfers to prevent shifting of title to avoid payment of inheritance tax two bills were passed by the house on january 25 one making the cost in cases appealed to higher courts a lien on the property ot the and the other limiting the liability of hotel and inn keepers for articles of value lost or ston salt lake city the young statewide prohibition bill was passed by the lower house ot the utah legisla ture on january 23 but one member J T raleigh ot salt lake voting against it he being opposed to the prohibition commissioner provision this is the drastic measure which governor bamberger has declared he will veto and which the senate in will never approval in that body so that the governor will not get a chance to veto it the bill as passed by the house Is the measure as reported back to the house by the committee on tures and commerce without change in any of its consequential provisions the provision of the bill providing for personal search and seizure with out warrant of court known na ahn antl bootleggers section was assailed most vigorously as unconstitutional and as a vicious menace to personal rights but while it was admitted by mr young and the majority in gen eral that this provision is likely to be challenged in the courts they in aisted that the end to be accod justified the means to be and this section was retained in the bill unchanged in rebuke to the lower house for as to sponsor the cast oft pub lie utilities bill the senate on janu ary 23 entered upon its record the introduction of a prohibition hilll minus the commissioner feature a modified public utilities bill and added the pro posed work mens compensation and chayton anti trust bills tor good meas the lower house of the utah leals lature dosed the third week of the session with a record ot eight house bills and three resolutions and memorials passed three house bills and tour resolutions killed out ot a total ot fifty one bills and twelve resolutions and memorials introduced in the utah senate the total ot the third weeks operations was the in of twenty tour isbills the passage of nine the killing ot two and the withdrawal at one A summary of the activities 0 the utah state senate for the first three weeks of the session follows senate bills introduced 65 house bills introduced 4 senate joint resolutions in produced trod 2 house joint resolutions introduced I 1 house joint memorials introduced 2 house joint memorials introduced 2 senate resolutions introduced trod 2 senate bills passed 12 senate bills killed 2 senate bill tabled 1 sen ate bill withdrawn 1 senate bills on calendar 4 senate bills consolidated 1 senate bills in committees 44 house bills in committees 4 senate joint resolutions passed 2 house joint passed I 1 senate joint memorial 1 senate joint memorial in committee 1 house joint demor al passed 1 house joint memorial in committee 1 senate res passed 2 at a meeting of the legislative committee of the utah federation of clubs held at the state capitol on january 24 the house bill pro for the standardization 0 trained nurses and a board to test qualifications tor nurses in the state was unanimously approved A state income tax bill identical in its provisions with the federal income tax diw baa been prepared by the tax and revenue committee as a solution or a partial solution at least to the conundrum presented by the law ot the state now in effect |