Show ASSEMBLY IN FULL WEEK SECOND WEEK UTAH LEGIS LATURE BRINGS ACTION ON MANY BILLS with the opening of the second week of the fifteenth legislature monday function began with a perfected or gan bation heretofore the measures that have been introduced in the legislature have averaged more than a large num her ber of which never gat any further than first reading which carried them to a committee where they were al lowed to lay until near te vie close of the session and then the sifting commit tee would side track them and the en acting clause would be stricken thus killing the measure while the usual flood of bills can be poured into the legislative mill at this session the conservative ele cle ment say that the measures will be held down to the minimum and that bills will not be allowed to die in corn cum cittee but will have to be disposed of within the time set by the rules which compel the reporting of a bill when the committee has had it for afif teen days this it is believed w 11 prevent any vicious legislation being enacted the intention of the leaders in both houses is not to make a record but to so steer the legislative ship that it will make the voyage across the leg isla tive sea in the time which is pro vided by law sixty days so that there will be no turning back of the bloc when the day of adjournment arrives the change in the rules which was made on the motion of representative pembroke and which prevents the in tro of bills after forty days of the session has passed with anani consent is expected to expedite exio edite business and thus hasten the end of the session after deciding not to make a trip to the utah agricultural college at logan the lower house decided to send a committee of six and then after much oratory and debate the house reconsidered the motion and decided to make the trip on monday of the third week to make up for the lost day session was held saturday div ing six full days for the weeks bus mess iness instead of the usual five the invitation to visit the college includes not only the members but also the officers and employed emp loyes of the house and is at the expense of the chamber of commerce of logan attack against the public utilities commission found expression in the senate in a resolution to the governor signed by public officials and business men of st george and washington county general luff has amendments wh ch he says are needed to strengthen the present laws and will make their appearance soon son in one 1 of the chambers interesting and instructive talks were given the senate committe Com mitt by dr john A widstoe and R E cald well state engineer on the colorado river compact which was presented as S B no 4 dr widstoe who was in attendance at most sess ons a of f the commission wh ch eh drew the compact urged that utah be the first of the seven basin states to express her rat of the compact political spols Is in either the legis dative a ive ju jud cia cial or execl executive ive branch rane 0 of the state government through h depot ism would be ted under a bill introduced in the house of re presenta tives by J E openshaw of salt lake as H B no 27 under the bill people hold n pub lie off ce who appo nt or vote for the appointment of any person related to them by affinity or consanguinity to any clerkship or c office for which compensation is paid out of pub lie funds hinds would be guilty of a meaner meanor pun by a fine of from 10 to 1000 1 together with the for feit felt of his right to the off ce As a protest against the possible creation of what they termed ansur arce monopoly in the field of borki men s compensation in the in aurance men numbering seventy five called upon governor charles R ma bey wean wednesday aday unanimous in seek ing his on to the passage of legislation in that direction deport that a b 11 was being or had been drafted in the attorney general generals s office had reached the insurance men for the erea creation tion of such a monopoly in the state under which all employ ers in industry would be compelled to write workmen s compensation ansur ance witt the state insurance fund charles smith a member of the ansur ance men s legislative committee was spokesman for the insurers advance legislation has made its appearance in a b 11 by senator irv ne of salt lake which defines the rights of aircraft in the air and makes laws of the state apply to happenings in the air over the state no matter whit the height such legislation was in by the nat onal committee on un form forT jaws which met in connection with 19 NationaL bar association introduced into the state sena a measure which m a hen wh aped confair ait with the re nt of the joint rules is ex to rel ee persons engaged in the blivess bT Saress of fatten ng livestock for the u marjel from the necessity of pay ing a whole year years s taxes on animals de for shipment or tel I 1 within a few months senator W W warnick s bill to postpone the delinquent date of taxes was passed almost without debate though such measures before have had opposition at every turn in the road and finally went down to defeat it had been introduced at the request of the utah county commissioners the farmers of utah county and other counties of late have paid their taxes out of their december 15 beet checks senator dixon said that in his county some 42 per cent of the taxes were subjected to the delinquent penalty of 3 per cent but of these 85 per cent were paid before sale date the bill passed without opposition to the third badin bading calendar only one bill was introduced in the house louse friday it is no 36 and is by representative hollenbeck hallenbeck it is a substitute measure for his house B 11 no 5 repealing the laws and amend ments creating and govern ng the pub lie otilit es commission the new bill is more inc than the former the cooperative marketing bill no 2 by representative atwood of utah county had but one opponent forty seven voted in its favor presenta Re tive goggin of salt lake county the only negative voter six were ab sent during the balloting two thousand utah citizens throng ed the state capitol friday night in at upon the on tendered members of the fifteenth legislature and the public by governor charles P mabey the governor governors s reception room presented a brilliant scene as state officials members of the legis lature of the supreme court and of the governor governors s staff assembled members of the senate and the house vere the first to be received by th tho state and the first lady of the state they filed into the reception room from the capitol board room following 7 the reception of the legis gators the public was received th the line filed into the reception room from the main rotunda those in the re ceiling I 1 ne were governor and mr mabey pres dent T E mckay of the senate and mrs mckay and speaker W W of the house ACTION ON BILLS senate senate bill no 1 by tebbs ampro pria tion of 45 for legislative ex tures S ened by the governor senate concurrent resolution no I 1 by candland messenger for governor signed by the governor senate bill no 3 by candland cor po rations not for pecan pecuniary iary profit referred to committee on agriculture senate joint memorial no 2 jer kins asking congress to assist the silver mining industry to commit tee on commerce and industry senate bill no 17 by dixon addi dional judge in fourth district to judiciary committee senate bill no 18 by tebbs depos irones of public funds to committee on public affairs senate bill no 11 by candland fees of land commissioner reported favorably by judiciary committee and passed on second reading ayes 19 ab sent I 1 senate bill no 5 by tebbs bequir ng notice of prior sale for taxes to be stamped on tax receipt recommitted for draft of a substitute measure senate bill no 6 by peters coun ty treasurers settlements passed second read ng ayes 19 absent I 1 senate bill no 25 by standish hu man ailments referred to committee on public health and labor senate bill no 26 by candland abatement of taxes on f feeder live stock agriculture senate ena e 11 no 0 27 by y dixon ix utah tuberculosis research associate on pub c health and labor senate bill no 29 by irv ne uni form aeronautics law c affairs senate jo nt resolution no I 1 by bv winder crime wave investigation reported favorably and passed from cond red ng to third read ng cal andar ayes 15 nays 4 absent I 1 senate concurrent memorial no 1 1 by bv irv ne imm ration commission reported favorably and passed to third reading calendar ayes 17 nays 2 ab ent I 1 senate B 11 no 19 by hirschi pe ported without recommendation commendation ro and nd placed on second reading calendar senate B 11 no 20 by warn ck postpone ng delinquent tax date three weeks reported favorably and to third reading calendar ayes 18 absent 2 senate bill no 21 by dixon cit citi I 1 contracts reported favor ably and passed to th rd read ng cal andar aves 14 nays 4 absent 2 house bill 1 no 14 bv consta constad it ne amend hg jig sect ons and compiled laws of utah 1917 re RP from house and referred to ju d c ary committee senate bill no 4 bv peters color ado river compact taken from ape pe cial order calendar and made special order for tuesday at 3 a clock senate bill no 30 commit committee fee no tice of prior sale for taxes on t tax no tices cices passed to th rd reading calen dar ayes 17 absent 3 house B 11 no 28 by mobley teaching of un ted states cons titu t on deceived Pece ived from house and re berred to committee on education hous bill no 2 by atwood eo co oper etive market mark etrig ng bill deceived Pece ived from house and referred to a r culture committee hoase house bill no 3 by hollenbeck ap t n op opria nation tion for br dp across lake fork rork r ver vor in ducap ducheine ne county un fa recommended by committee mo ion for reco made by author motion and bill laid on table house bill no 1 by constantine favorably reported by committee killed on third reading 27 to 27 one absent house bill no 7 by hollenbeck hallenbeck separation of school districts un adorably avor ably reported by committee called on third reading 45 to 7 three absent and not voting house bill no 10 by hollenbeck hallenbeck empowering school district boards to employ architect defeated on third reading 47 to 7 one absent I house joint memorial no 1 by dun yon memorial to president asking commission to stimulate use of silver favorably reported by committee passed on third reading 64 54 to 0 one absent house bill no 14 by constantine passed on third reading 43 ayes 12 absent and not voting house bill no 18 by constantine election of school board members unfavorably reported by judiciary committee and killed because of lack of enacting clause house bill no 19 by constantine special verdicts and special finding 4 by jur es recommended that enact ing clause be stricken by committee bill killed house joint memorial no 1 by dun yon memorial asking the president to appoint commission to confer with foreign nations relative to use of sil ver motion to reconsider vote and bill recommitted to mines and smelting committee senate bill no 11 by candland reducing fee for filing on mineral eases received by house and refried ref ried to public lands committee senate jo nt memorial no 2 ask ng congress to aid s iver industry by house and refe refereed ried to committee on resolutions and mem brials house bill no 4 by hollenbeck hallenbeck sale of property for delinquent taxes fajo majority rity judiciary committee report adverse special order for business house bill no 9 by hollenbeck hallenbeck assignment of tax sale certificates majority jud clary ciary report adverse cial order of business following con of house bill 4 house bill no 25 by pettit con cerling coal mine bosses favorably deported by mm min ng and smelting corn earn with minor text amendments made special order of business house bill no 27 openshaw pro hib bib ting practice of nepotism orally reported by elections commit tee defeated on third reading 50 60 nay 4 yea yeat 1 absent hoube B 11 no 28 by pe quiring teaching of constitution in state schools favorably reported by education with amended text passed on third reading 53 to 0 two ab sent house bill no 2 by atwood co operative marketing association la Is reported by agriculture corn com cittee with amended text pas ed et on third reading 47 to 1 six not vot vat ing |