| Show BOND ISS UE balf BIL introduced authorizes LAND COMMIS commission SIOU TO NEGOTIATE LOAN FOR HIGHWAY WORK governors Pro proposal poal for state bond issue of DO for road pur poses Takes Concrete form in shape of house measure governor CON arnor mabeb s prope proposal tat for a state bond issue of 1500 for state road purposes took concrete form on I 1 february 39 19 in the shape of a bill providing for such an indebtedness the measure me aure was introduced in the house bv b e pay day the bill bould authorize the state land commis commission lon to pro provide ide tor for and negotiate as needed for the purpose of the mea measure ture loans aggregating 1300 the bonds to hear bear a it rate of interest to be fixed by the land board but not to exceed 5 per cent funds for the printing of the bonds and other necessary prep for the issue are tire pro provided aided for in the bill they would be taken from the motor vehicle registration fund and these funds also would be used to pa the interest on the bonds As a companion bill to the proposed road bond issue representative dav da introduced a bill which would mould crepea the action of the legislature of 1919 which called for a bond issue of 1 for the utah soldier settlement fund the measure simply imply provides for the repeal of the soldier settlement act allien hen the state senate adjourned Sa saturday it was nal with ith the tile understand ing that the senators would not meet a again gain until wednesday day morning the ito members of the house decided to to hold a session ses lon on monday by unanimous consent one bill wa was introduced in the senite reb february 19 the IIII 1111 Is the uniform law prepared b the rational national farm bureau assoil atlon for cooperative marketing of agricultural products with the signing by Oo governor vernor maba on oil leb 18 of eight bills to the establishment of a state depart ment of finance ind pur purchase chace the first big step toward carrying into effect the program of reorganizing ang the state gov go on it more bubl business ness III a basis bais was i is put into effect the bills as passed bi the state legislature are in forte force on one exception which has no ticul ir effect on the general program Lc legally gally therefore the state depart ment of finance and purchase took form with the signing of the governors goler governors nors name on the engro engrossed ged bill 1111 it la Is explained that the department of finance and purchase N will III not in any way displace theA th estate state baird of exam iners which now Is legally and by the constitution required to approve all claims against the state before they are paid other duties of the deportment are to publish bulletins for the inform t tion of the departments and of the general public of the bork w ork of the goern gov ern ment and anti to investigate duplication of the work of departments and the efel clency of and alon of the departments it Is also ano required to formulate and put into effect plans for the better cooperation of departments ana the co ordination of work eliminating duplication and overlapping lapping of functions function ct in spite of a is ell considered c cir irra fully corded and logical plea on the part of the author the state senate without a dissenting voice killed hilled the quinney bill amending 41 the present prent pre nt law lau fixing eight hours as the maximum which a comin may work in ans one day and forty eight hours as the baxt mum munt in any one week publication of proceedings proceeding of boards of county in newspapers news pipers met xyth w ath the disapproval tl of Be trutie in the house houe and he lie succeeded in having house bill 0 no o 84 by div dir laid on the table after ar over tile me measure aure that lasted nearly to t o houra hours representative bill cr eiting a it state roal road commission of five fhe members each member to depre sent a district failed to meet with ith the approval of governor mabey it 11 1 ex plaines pla ined and mr at a chairman of the house committee on high ways ind and bridges eq brought in a report a on n the measure ili felt virtually changes ls its entire original intent am ant in its place provides for a roid con com mission of only three members the vena senators tors parsed passed on second rending reading and without the slightest discus ilon ion the bill tor for the reorganization of the state board of equalization which changes the theory on which that board has been framed and permits also the removal of any members of the present board who are not personally satisfactory atIs factory to the goNer governor nor or to UK tit P party arty in power amendments to the antt anti cig clairette irette measure were ere rejected in the tile bouse on I 1 february 10 16 and the southwick lck measure reached tile tiling reading cal eat bendar Ligh lightern teen bill bills billi I arc are now ahead of this measure unanimous consent or a suspension slon of the rules by a two thirds majority would be to place it ahead of other measures thirteen thirteen bills were taken off the ae second reading calendar of the senate during a days day a steady grind on february 16 then just nt at the close of the se semjon slon the senate placed twenty other bills on the same calendar i ai js 0 |
