Show m legislature mm BILLS BUT FIFTEEN BILLS IN LOWER HOUSE IN TWELVE WORKING DAYS evident that purpose of lawmakers Is to consider only such measures as seem absolutely feces sary to states welfare salt lake at the cloae of ithe sec toad week of the thirteenth session of the state legislature on january 25 the house of es had one bill which had been bv alie governor fifteen bills hail been introduced and referred 0 o suitable aou having been by the on reference research and investigation which passes upon the constitutionality and lan guage of each proposed measure the bill passed and dined Is one providing for expenses of the session there Is all keawn to believe that the hauae will be sparing in the mutter of passing nev legislation ot this ses slon it Is evident chait the purpose Is to con dir buch measures os shall be absolutely niec essary and hit practice vill doubtless apply to amend of existing statutes much time lias necessarily been con in perfecting the organization of the aliouse and in drafting rules un der which it Is to do business also that this work lias been accomplished the lower legislative bod will be able to give consideration to proposed legislation either original or several important measures have been reported in the and there 14 every indication that there will be a bitter contest over some of the senators are far from being a unit for them among these in the bill which makes changes in the law per to alie industrial and which provides for insurance upon the part of the state two bills in character per mining to the taxation of mines and mining claims have been introduced bi senators bevan and parker A con teat Is certain over these bills and it may be that they may be cited into one measure then there Is the bill which prop to revolutionize the state board of equalization and he methods of tax atton there are several road measures A bond issue ol 01 3 is suggested in a bill for the road campaign which Is mapped out in senator dern r measure one of the most important measures the house will be called upon to consider Is that which originated in the senate and makes amendments to the work mens abot the mil for the proposed amendments Is brought forward nt the request ot the state industrial commission and contemplates ruch as will bring about exclusive state insurance of employee instead of permitting as now priTO ite companies to compete with the state the thirteenth session of the legislature w all be urged to amend the state marriage laws to make alie registration requirements of marriages conform with the registration date of births and deaths legislative NOTES to destroy the peon si stem and pre vant foremen from exacting a weekly or monthly sum from the men whom they put to work frank new man Is preparing a bill will make it a felony to exact such n fee the penalty will be a term in he penitentiary that the work of the present latura in many matters should be confined to amending present laws it they are found effective rather than to passing new ones and attempting new systems Is ehg view of senator elizabeth II ayward nearly all of the time of the house on 23 was occupied in considering si the reports 0 the committee on rules it w as a longer session than usual but the business of rending and correcting the report wa finished and the rules were eventually adopted as those to govern the session lo 10 house bills under the new rules adopted by the house on january 23 hall IP introduced after the forta fifth dav of the session leaving the fifteen davs remaining tor disposal of nil measures not previously acted upon so house bill Is to be passed with in throe davs of the sine die adjournment of the session speaker richards nic hards ignec in session house joint resolution no 2 by new man appointment of a committee to investigate and report upon a memorial to be erected or established in honor of returned and resuming soldiers sailors and marines |