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Show THE SALT? LAKE TRIB UNE, SAT URD 13 Death Knell Of Measure Extending Governors Power Sounded by Recommittal AY-MORNI- MARCH 5, 1921. NG, C Irrigation and Drainage Measures Most Important Legislation Before House ES SENATE : Amount in Original BilP Re-- Blue, Spruce Designated State Tree; Only Two Senator Injects Religion Act Enabling Removal of Utility Board Members President , of the Senate of Remain. for Action by Represnta-- New Meaof , and Fails duced, Days Explanation Following Passage Income Into Argument on Takes Negative Position I tives on Their Own Bills. , Senator Peters. Carries Half Million. sure by LegislaturesMotives Ensues. Debate Favored. Had Tax Bill; on Act He 4 1 i . Stake President Arraigned by L. D. S. Counselor for His Remarks on Question. Senator WillifStn of Roosevelt, preu'dent of the Duchesne L D. S, stake, to the belief of the Latter-day Saints a to fTRTnaurTfiBSTr debate, otr" t$:e Southwick Income tax bill etc thlrb reading in the etat senate yesterday brought about a bitter debate, in foefcrenoe-fey- - members alike protested against any mixing of politics with religion. The debate came during the morning session of the senate. Thinly veiled accusation of coralso cams to for poration a severe- - criticism in- the same discussion. Senator Edward Southwtckr motion for a reconsideration of his Income tax bill had been declared carried, when the Utah county .senator, ip talking tq his measure, said that farmers from one end of the state to the Other .were in favor of ad income tax and that the watchword has gone out that "we are going to have justice." Senator Southwick said ha knew of corporations with property worth $16, 600, WO that are escaping without paying $1 on it for taxation Senator Harrison E, Jenkna moved to recommit the bill In order that it might be- - whipped into shape. This motion lost to ten. by a vote rs - Two Things Considered. Senator Orlando Bradley, explaining that ha against reconsiders. tion to save time in what he feared woutd be useless debate, said that nevertheless he was in sympathy wlth an income tax arid had no doubt that this kind of legislation would come sooner or later. He did not believe that any legislation would In taxes. Increases the Stay Senator Smart said that he considered two things In connection with the bill: Was the principle right, and was the time opportune? He did not hold with those who said that the farmers paid all the taxesj but he was certain that the farmr, er end the having property that was most easily discoverable and assessable, were paying more than their share of tbe taxes. He was not a man who had any quarrel with large corporations, nor with accumulations of capital, h said, but he did not think that capital would be scared from legitimate investment by a Just tax Utah will be a better Utah, he said "Without that kind of capital that tries to escape Its just burden, had-vote- d home-owne- . Convinced of Its Righteousness. He thought that the people had declared the time to be opportune when they voted In favor of tho constitutional amendment increasing the state aid to schools He was willing to take the bill - on faith as having been well prepared. "A few men are seeking to kill tho bill," he declared, representing certain Interests. They do not-- '- represent tbe common people of the state of Utah. Senator Smart said he had been convinced of the righteousness of the cause. He recalled that Abraham had paid tithing to Melchesdek, That shows an ancient record for the law of tithing. The people of these latter days have a similar record, he declared, which gives them the law of tithing, for ecclesiastical government. This, he pointed out, is a form of Income tax. Is a law," he asserted, which has come from the fountain head of all truth. That is the foundation of this tax on In- HE Utah stats senate yesterday s committee on recommitted commerce and Industry the bill by O. F, McShane Representative which was designed to make members of tho public utilities commission of Utah removable at the' pleasure of'thk gpvernor. The senate took this action tn the full knowledge of the fact that the bilLJa thereby consigned to it death, and that along with it will go the bill to make members of the Industrial commission' of Utah also removable at the pleasure of the governor. This billy like the utilities bill, has already paesed the house. Two other similar measures, by the same token, that have already passed the house will. It was Intimated pafs or two. These the eg nate in the next-da- y have'fdr their purpose the removal at will of the governor of th state engineer and the state board of health members Under the present law the state engineer is appointed for six years, and the secretary of the state board of health, who Is also state health commissioner, for seven yeara The salary of the state engineer and the state health commissioner ta tn each chse $1000 a year. Similar stipend ta paid to each of, the. members of th public utilities commission and of the industrial commission, , House bill No. 49, by McShane, has been for some time on the calendar, and a few days ago It was set as a s pedal order for yesterday afternoon. When It was called, and before it 'had been read tn full, Senator J. W, Petera Republican floor leader, asked the Indulgence of the senate for a short time. top-th- Policy Is Urged. We have reached a point, he said, where we must decide on a policy in practical political science. The eenatof from Boxelder then reviewed the history and purpose ot the McShane blit. He pointed out that In the study of problems of political science there was not always a mathematical solution. In fact, It could hardly be said correctly that political science in the correct name for the practice of good government, since what might be gqod In one nation might easily foverivnent In another. Senator Peters showed that tn prerevolutionary times the governors of the various colonies possessed and exercised an arbitrary. power which made the c! risen of the newly formed republic unwilling to give the governors of states any great powers. In modern days, he aid, the tendency had been rather to restore to the governor some of the executive powers of which they had been shorn by the old dread, until In up-t- o date states, he asserted, the governor ia again given practically unlimited power tn the administrative and executive flelda Governors with such powers had won national and even international fame, and he Instanced such governors as Charles Evans Hughes, Woodrow Wtl son, Hiram W. Johnson, Robert M. La Pollette and he ventured also to name James M. Cox. -- Free Rein Intended. So far, said Senator Peters, it has been the Intent and purpose of the prea ent legislature to give the chief execU' rive of the state Just such powers. The senator continued by reeding from the Introduction to the governor's message to the present legislature, when he had urged careful legislation, and said that up to this point the legislators had carried out the program sometimes called measures, the administration having found them after examination to be prosane. and gressive, The senator then sketched some of th accomplishments of the present legislature, and measures that are passed oi practically certain of passage. The legthe islators. he said, had investigated structure of the state government, had consoliout much dead timber, had come. Therefore the principle on which cut dated r overlapping boards, had InauguIt is founded is right, because God is rated the department of registration, had anther of it. And the time is here to put it into operation to help save the state from financial bondage, that the to executive may have the power to carry would votebutIn tothethenegative, not only He Inargument. law, out the will of the people ty putting Into the law Is bearnot an sisted the that equal effect the measures they call for. the hand ing law, and did not think that of God was in it On page 7 of the bill Based on Federal Law. the senators would find schedules that Senator U. T. Jones said that the were not equal. The law was not deSouthwick bill Is based on the federal signed and wee not thought to be equal. law and that the federal law Is not as Therefore, he said, It was one of those yet working satisfactorily. He thought things that have caused revolution and rebellion! He had studied the bill with unstate afford Walt to that the might til a more satlefactory system had been some degree ot tare and was unable to devised. Ho thought the present a very find those principles of righteousness tn it time to put a law like this that have been propounded so eloquentinopportune I mo effect. ly and so forcefully on this floor. In a small state the overhead, expense Senator Peter showed how, with the would be great. state constitution as tt Is, the taw Would Senator Joseph Qulnnev protested his cause concealment of income, because to sincerity In voting against tbe hill, Me saseal that Income would also reveal the had not been approached by any Interests, presence of Intangible property, taxation bd said. He was familiar with the fed- Of which would amount to confiscation. eral income tax law. but was impressed The practice, he said, would be that with many Intricacies in the present men would not report returns on Intangibles, because by so doing they would have Senator perry B. Fuller. second coun- to report the existence of the intangito deceit, without selor in a slak presldeiS-yJihdw,till bles. This would lead had a sympathetic feelln,Ltfcxh Income reaching a class It waa desired to reach. tax. But he did not believe In "this States that have a workable Income tax thing of writing Into the statutee of the law, he said, exempt Intangibles from state laws what happened to be in accord prouerty tax. with some religious belief." He was not convinced that this senate wee assembled Discussion Regretted. to make law because of the principles Senator Southwick regretted so much of any church or denomination, or on discussion. He said tt had taken some any ancient history, for New York to develop an In"If I have paid my tithing. he as- years come tax that would function, but that sorted, "I have done It because I want In Utah.thta bill. If passed, would at least to- pay it. I have not come here to make He had said nothto compel anyone else to pay taxes furnish a beginning on tha floor of the senate, he asing because of that principle. If the bill canprove. not stand on its own merits, it ought not serted, that ha could not absolutely Senator George H, Darn was glad that to pasa there-we- re others who TeoognUed- - the evil of trying to mix religion with poliCorporations Defended. tics. The senator from Duchesne, he Senator Smart saw the reference to hie thought, should recognize that the surest remarks by Senator Fuller, and said he say to destroy bis church was to mix It agreed exactly with al that the senator up with politics, because It would create from Juab had had to sav. He claimed Internal dissension. He thought ha could the right, however, he said, to state the esy that much as an outsider. various things that had served him at He then went on to dlecuss the bill, evidence In reaching hie conclusions. "To saying that the cost of collection In Utah me, he said, the principle la right, and would be more than 15 per cent, tf tt I lad the right to state the evidence that were properly collected. He pointed out led me to conclude that the principle la that, while the federal returns on corwere taxes th peravailable, right poration Senator J. William Knight wa In favor rons! Income tax returns were not availof every dtlsen paving hie Just share of able. The state, therefore, would have taxes He resented statements that to create Ha own machinery or else conare escaping taxation, and had tent Itself with collecting what was volno hesitation In describing such stateHe was sorry the untarily reported. ments as absolutely false, he asserted. bl!) did not have something tn tt that on In the the collection of taxes on whole, would be would help Corporations, shown on examination to be bearing their Incomes of alien workers, and would like more than to have some tlms to get something In just share of tax burdens many other classes of people. Many on that point. Senator Smart then moved people, he said, had benefited by the that the vote be deferred to permit of such an amendment, and Senator South-wic- k higher prtoee for farm and ranch prodthe motion. Th plan was ucts, but had not paid anv Income tax. He would not stoop U say that they were to getsupported these amendments ready by the slackers afternoon, but this wee found Impossible it was prohahly out of place, he said, and the bill remains on the third reading to bring In such arguments as had been calendar. heard In the senate on this bill. Because some religion or ancient or.der had a cerWILL INCREASE PRICES. tain ivetrin, even though It was right. It NEW YORK. March 4 The Lackawas unfair to try such an argument tn Steel company, which recently anthe present case. He was for reaching wanna thoee who do not rav taxea end also nounced diasttc ofreductions in the prices Its products, has deburden of virtuallyweeall against Irving to heap learned today, to go bark It on persons and corporationsunjust already over- cided, to Ike price schedule maintained by the loaded with taxes. United States Steel corporation since MsrcJu 1919. This will mean anoJncresaq Arguments Repellent. from U to 24 per cent. It was said. (of Senator Karri eon K. Jenkins said, that I W hen the company cut Ita prtoea It also the line ef argument that had been fol I announced a wag reduction of It to SO .lowed was su sepellent to him that he per cent. 'It - 1 fnade changes Ift the educational board, had sought to coordinate the work of a number of comparatively Irresponsible Motion Reconsider, Beemployees of that board, so as to make them responsible to the executive head; would probably pass a nonpartisan road lieved Recorded - Erroncommission bill; had just passed a mearesure to provide for road a They had duced the land board as an administraBe Corrected. eously, tive office to on member tn the same Intent and with the same motive and Interest. They had established the department of finance and purchase, which th The Southwick Income tax bill, which senator believed would bring about a new Remained oh the third reading calendar In era in state administration. the State senate last night, will. In all Parting of Ways Reached. early prpTiabHltyT- - meet the executioner So far. he asserted, tha legislators had this morning the result of the determiwere Which to they espoused no cause to not entirely converted i Now they were nation of President Thomas E. McKay at a parting of the ways Up to the correct an erroneous ruling on his part present a consistent workable program yesterday morning. had been presented, of such reasonableThis came when Senator Edward Southness that they were glad to make It their wick, author o.the bill, proved to reconown. We now come to a point, said Sena- sider the vote of Thursday, bg which the tor Peters, "where the question ts, what bill had lost on third reading, lacking thd is necessary to havo an efficient governA division waa There are constitutional majority. ment In the state of Utah One of these ta a required to determine whether the motion certain essentials. workworkable framework. Another and President McKay, on reable laws. With both of these, even had carried, the count from the senate clerks, offithe ceiving unless be though they perfect, cial family ts friendly to the chief ex- announced that the motion had carried by success a to be Is not going ecutive, tt a vot.e of 3 to L He did not count his In the full sense of the term. 7V mean that the governor shall be surrounded own vote,- - which has so far been In favor of the bill. This would have made th with, a friendly family. We would.be Just as willing, If the total vote In favor of the motion 9. the In Rule 33 of the senate reads power, that opposite party were Upon a motion to reconsider the vote governor of that party should be surrounded with a friendly family, lifters, on final passage of any bilb a majority of all the members of the senate shall bs supporters and boosters. required to consider the same. -- to to Plan Which Would Place Burden on Opposition t Sri Autos, Gets Compromise. to 1 ,, Should Be Responsible. The senator then went on to discuss what Is tha official family, and said It undoubtedly Included the elective officers, whom It was hoped that the governor would treat as his cabinet, and ths administrative officers. In whkhcom-he Included the land board, the road mission, ths fish and game commissionwas er, the state engineer' and others. Itabsonecessary, he said, that these be lutely responsible to the governor. funcThere was another class whose, tions were sometimes described, the These l. speaker said, as Included the utilities and the Industrial Judicial the commission. Finally there was offices, which were in another class There ere two schools of thought, aid th senator from Boxelder, as to Just what are the preponderating functions of these two latter boards On this us in this bill. hinges the question before It Is all very well to call It trivial But I could legislation, he exclaimed. no doubt get a mass ef authority that On would breath the spirit of this bill the other hand, there are those who believe that these commissions would be a adminiscontinuing board, lasting from I am tnformed tration to administration, that fully $9 per cent of such commissions are modeled along Unas now prevailing tn Utah. Discussion Heated. President McKay did "not at the time recall the rule. Neither did any opponent of the measure. The senate spent a large th part of the morning in considering waa measure. At time the discussion heated, not to say angry., Finally action waa deferred unttl the afternoon to permit of some amendments being drawn for the bill, whlrh It was hoped would assure collection of the income taxes from foreign laborers, who often draw high wages In tha coal and metal mines ot the state, but contribute nothing to the expenses of government Senator George H. Dern, a supporter of the bill, expressed the wish that the time might be given to draw eueh amendment. Time was allowed him on .motion of Senator William H. Smart, and, with the consent ef the author, Senator Edward Southwick. Seine hard work was done on. the bill -- tiring the afternoon by Senator Dern and by sevA-a-l who had assisted the author at various time in framing tha measure. The session, however, concluded early, having completed both calendars. Senator Southwick moved that adjournment be taken while the bill was still on third reading calendar. After adjournment someone recalled the senate rule This aroused several queries, both as to whether the bill could be considered as properly before the senate, and as to whether courts would support the Could Defeat Purposes. of the legislation if the record I think that these commissions are suf- validity were called into question. ficiently administrative to defeat In many of the administrawas the veryseepurposesthere can be many Appeals Stayed. that I can tion The problems were placed before Presihandicaps to the governor by an unfriendly or the Indus- dent McKay. He took some time to look utilities tn either th spirit the authorities on the various questrial commission. up T believe I can say that at this point tions. Last night he announced that. In I am In a position to reflect the will of hie opinion, inasmuch as the opponents of the governor of the state. The very notion the measure had not called attention to that the people of Utah would think that the point of order at the time nor until the enactments of uch a bill would savor after other business had Intervened, they were stayed from making such an appeal of partisanship is repugnant to the governor. It Is my firm belief and convic- now. President McKay also held the opinion tion that th governor of Utah doe not share such belief. He believes that these that the record of the senate would not boards should be nonpartisan, and that Impair the validity of the bill. However, though a supporter of the they should be continuous, and that they should be free to make their decisions re- measure, he announced that he proposed of outside influences, this morning to do what he could to place gardless I want to say that the governors dethe bill back In the same position as It serve to had been by obtaining a reconsideration ts decision the a cision people Mr. Peters said that It eras an open of the vote on yesterdays motion. Iq secret that there had been an Insidious that event he proposed to vote against lobby around the legislature, He had not reconsideration. The bill, said President McKa v, been approached personally, but he had heard of talk of dissatisfaction and ot should have been declared rejected this on of Interests of the failure to rebtgOmslnesa motion morning conflicting If this would have any determining In- consider. I did not recall the senate rule, to over be and would am I convinced that none of the opfluence. he said, It put this bill. ponents of the measure did, as well aa at It might be considered, he said, that th least some of the supporters. Under the lobby waa not conducted to defeat the bill, circumstances, while I think that the but that the men may have honestly been record would stand the teat, I think It Is Interested In the Importance of the com- only fair that I should do what I can missions and moved by a desire to keep to place tbe bill In the same position as It was this morning. This I can accomthem Inviolate. plish by voting against the measure." quasi-judicia- -- Decries Partisan Phase. I the continued do not propose, speaker, to be dragged Into a matter that smacks of politics in the partisan sense For the reason and the feeling that the utilities commission Is preponderatlngly judicial, and should b kept free from party considerations, we mean to leave Whenever office ara them nonpartisan. administrative tn their nature, we intend to make their holders directly responsible to the governor, to whom the people of , the state are looking for results Senator Peters said that in this view he waa supported even bv some of the present holders of administrative office For th reason he had stated, and not wishing to embarras anvone, members of the house or framers of the bin, I move that House blit No. 49 be recommitted. Senator George H Dern. Democratic floor leader, said he had no wish to enter Hs had been Into any partisan debate pleased to hear the sentiments expressed by the senator from Boxelder, but on some points he differed with him radically. Senator Dern argued that tha utilities and Industrial commission are neither administrative nor Judicial, but that these bodies fere arms of the legislature, and the enuess on mtrwi have n oue occasions. He argued that the gov. ernor should have nothing to do with the members, except to appoint them, and that the administration waa not responsible for th acta of the oornfnlssion. been-hetd-b- Are Continuing Bodies. He pointed out that the Interstate com. mere commission ta also a continuing that tha member are reappointed aa long aa they car to serve, on account of the technical nature of the duties of their office. He considered that House bill No. 49 and some other measures were at variance with correct legal principles. He moved as a substitute to the Peter morion that the enacting clause be stricken from the bill. Senator David Jenson desired to speak rather to th Peters morion than to the Dern, end opposed the motion to recommit. He said he waa one of the dissenting members of tbe committee on commerce and Industry, which had reported th bill favorably with amendments. He regarded th commissions e In the nature of courts, snd waa of the firm belief, he said, that there should be no Interference of any authority In Judicial matter It would be Just as consistent. he averred, for th governor to remove a member of th supreme court. He opposed tho motion to recommit, snd believed that th bill should have careful consideration. There was a division on the Dern motion, which lost by a vote Of S to 9, ttrna. tor Jenson and the seven Democrat lining up Jn favor of taking title action on the bill The motion to recommit wee then carried by a viva voce vote that was strongly tn favor of this method of Of the measure body, Death of Bill Likely. Unless there has been a of heart on the part of some ofchange the senators, eueh action will mean the death of tho Income tax bill With the support of Senator Elizabeth Hayward, the measure had ten votes In the senate, exactly the required constitutional majority. Her absence on Thursday would have meant th death of the measure at that time, had not Senator Southwick changed his vote to nay, and given notice of motion to reconsider. Senator Orlando Bradley voted yesterday Turning against the) motion to He explained Afterwards that he had done so In the belief that th bill would not para at the present session ot ths legislature, and In the hope of saving time required In Its discussion. In the absence of two opponents of .the measure, the vote stood eight to seven, not counting the vote of th president Even should Senator Bradley vote his preference, which Is in favor of the bill, this morning, It woutd require that at least oue opponent of the measure who ha not yet voted for tt, change bis vote In order to save It, when the president Of course, said President McKay, tlf on further consideration there ara some of the other senators who now wish to spend the time on the bill and whose opinion In regard to It ha changed, the bill could still be passed. I feel, however, that, even though a supporter of th measure, I ought to do my part toward placing the Mil tn exactly the same position as It le this morning, when the motion to reconsider was put. In the house' yesterday a motion to reconsider waa declared out ef order by Speaker Calllster, on another rule, similar to one In the senate Th senate rule tn declaring that a notice of motion to reconsider shall require the secretary of tha senate to retain the papers with reference to which the action was taken continues' Provided that ths operation of this rule shall be suspended during 'th last . week of th session" The house carries th Identical iule. with th exception that, apparently bv a typographical error, th reading Is operation of the rules. It la not contended that this would suspend the entire rules of. the house, and ths opinion Is that th house rule wss amehded to read ths same a th senate rule. Interpreting stich a rule, Speaker yeslerdav said that the session was set to loe In seven dais, by the constitution ' He refused to entertain a motion to reconsider. , , Cal-list- IN The new measure for Issuing $1,600,009 state of Utah bonds was passed by the state senate yesterday, under suspension of the rule. The senate took some liberties with the house (bin by Representative W Ilford Day, which came to the senate carrying a bond Issue of $1,500,000, Interest and sinking funds of which were to be paid out ofthe state motor vehicle In taxes. The senate committee on judiciary reduced this amount to $1,000,000, all ot which Is to go for road construction and maintenance. The committee prepared another bill, carrying $500,000, of which the interest and sinking fund a re' to be paid out of the state general fund, and the money la to go to paying off deficits In that fund. Senator George H. Dern, in explaining the action of th judiciary committee, of which hs Is a member, said that this was a case of "pretty nearly having something It had been a comslipped over on us. mon idea, he asserted, that the general on had been spent fund deficits had roads. Th senate committee case. He found that this was not the was opposed to taxing automobiles to pay the general fund debts of the state, and the other members of tha committee on The Investigation were of like mind policy had been to make the funds from would automobile taxea road funds, and it be poor policy to alter this arrangement whifo the state was in such need of good roads. . , Auto Tax Widespread. exIt had been argued by the financialauto- pert for the administration that the mobile la a luxury and could stand the tax. It was also argued that the automobiles were owned In Salt Lake and tt would be all right for Salt Lake to meet this deficit. This had appeared all right to some members of the legislature, until tt was- found on examination that of automobiles In the state only about 10.000 were owned In this city. The farmers are now automobile owners. Senator H. C. Tebba of the committee agreed with the statement made by Senator Dern and thought the committee did the proper thing In making the amendments to ths bill and ut bringing in a new bill. Day Senator Dern. to gain the expression, of the senate, moved to amend, the bill so that the proceeds of the bond issue could be used only In road construction, and not tn maintenance. This wss opposed, on the ground that all the motor vehicle registration fund at present and for some time to come will go Into state bond inking funds and will leave nothing for repair to the roads. The amendment lost and the Day bill was passed by 45.-0- unanimous vote. Commercial Club Interested. The committee bill was placed on passage in the afternoon, also under suspension of the rules Senator Dern presented a letter from W. R. Wallace, as chairman of the legislative committee of the Commercial club, whloh Indicated that with the bonded Indebtedness limit of the state being approached so closely, something should be done to conserve a fund for use In cooperatln with the federal government In reclamation work. Senator Dern thought that such reclamation work Is even more Important than t&te road building, since it would build r farm Haste was urged in ths passage of the committee Mil because it provided $1 per cent Interest, and the state On Its current Indebtedness is now paying $ per cent. The bill went through unanimously. Th judiciary committee was instructed, on motion of Senator U, T. Jones, later Iq the day, to bring tn a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment to increase the Indebtedness limit of the state to 3 per cent of the aseesaed valuation. This was submitted to the people at the last general election, and lost. The hope was expressed yesterday that th measure would pass, when Its Import was explained. It wae pointed out In Mr. Wallaces letter that while the states credit would be behind vuch bonds they would he payable by the purchasers of reclaimed lands If the bill now before congress carried Former Governor William Bpry Is said, in the letter to be In Washington to work for the passage of a measure providing for cooperation of federal and state governments In reclamation work. Passed on Second Reading. In spite of the former motion to defer action oa the Whitmore bill, providing for two judges tn the Seventh judicial district, the bill wae passed on second reading yesterday, the former action havW. T. Senator ing been rescinded. Lampli, who has been an active worker for the Whitmore bill, moved that th rules he suspended and th Mil placed on final passage. This brought hasty opposition from the very senators who had .moved tt on second reeding passage, and tha morion lost. Senator Jenson's bill, resuscitated Thursday, after being killed by adoption of adverse committee report, came near death yesterday, and only the ruling of the president that a constitutional maon second reading jority. iaunneossary It would passage saved the measure. abolish the office of county road commissioner. Senators Jones, Peters, Qulnney, Smart and Southwick voted no on the bill, and four senators were absent The bill went on third reading calendar with five affirmative votes. The house textbook commission bills were amended to provide that at the first meetings of thee commission purchase hall be made of books expected to be used for four, six and eight years, respectively, Instead of for two, four and six years, as provided tn the bill originally. After that the hooks will be adopted of th total list for alx years, being adopted biennially. . cne-thlr- d U. of U. Markemen Accept Challenge for Oregon Match Members of battery A of the University of Utah field artillery have received and accepted a challenge from th members of the R. O, T, C. pistol team of ths Oregon Agricultural college, Corvallis, Ore., to compete with them early thle spring tn a dual target meet. Major Kandni, commanding officer of th field artillery at the University of Utah, plane on having th shooting matches conducted on the Fort Douglas pistol match, he sat a. rang. "The will he a Mg boost for t UK. and will probably become an annual event ' -- AMERICAN. FORK. of Mr Csntth Lott, wife of FIRE DAMAGES LOAN OFFICE, Orson Lott, who died Marcli S, will be sent by O'Donnell A Co. e undertaking Fir originating In Abe Gordan's loan establishment today to American Fork. office, 4? West Second South street, at I lab, where funeral services and InterJ TO o'clock this morning did between ment will take pise this afternoon. $3u00 and $4000 damog BURIAL Th body I house bills were passed house yesterday- - and one EIGHTEEN It was the busiest session in point of hills passed, and the third reading calendar was twice exhausted. Days bill designating th blue apruee as tha state tree of Utah waa tha last measure otr the calendar just before adjournment, and it wae ordered recommitted to the elfring committee, of which It author la chairman, In order that he may have at least one bill to place on the calendar this morning. The calendar was Just about bare, when the appropriation committee brought In three bills and one house resolution, reporting them, favorably. Irrigation and drainage measures were the most important of the bills passed yesterday, and their reading consumed UTAH-HOUS- Friday, Karo E 4, 1ML riftyJwrth Day, , , , , Dwignatira hklt- lattoduew a vagrant. ul drug and pawed under uipeaawa ef nda .ACTIO BILLS, 0 f BILLS mxODVCED., 1. lit, addict - H. B. 179, Day BtpsaUng mldler bennw bend turn ef 1919 werion. Favorably, committee, fives by appropriation aeoead aad third readings and passed wider 97 ; abeent 10. rulee. the ef Ayoe anepeneien H. B. 186. Bheea Apportioning oeet ef e end Bejeoted, wowing eolleoting Ayee 19, nays 99; absent llr Motto to - tax. - loot, H. B. 1SS. Donglae Selatlng to eelec ef reel mtet deeded oewitlaa by deUnenent tax Mice. Faseed, Aysi 99: abwat la. K, B. HI, Saadar Eelattag to eelec for Fatwd, Ayee 98; sto Sender Making term ef ear-tai- n county officiate four yeara Instead ef two. Pawed. Ayw 98: naya 1; abeent 10. Motion to reconsider ruled out ef eider. K. J. k. 1. Sander Changing date eouato Fused. treasurer! thall assume effioe. Aye 98; abeent If. K. B. 148, Knight Authorising appointment ef representative to confer with ether state represents tivea relative to ne ef waters of Colorado river. Sewed. Ayee tt; absent 19. X. B. 187, Imlay Authorixing eta to engh near to ooopernto wit adjoining states relative to regulation ef water righto ef interstate streame. Passed. Ayw 7; nays $i abeent 19. K. B. 188, S. 79. Morrison. J r- - Creating eemmlwlce to Investigate end report on reTaken from vision of taxation methods sitting ewnmitto and referred to appropriation s committee. K. B. 41, Oninney Creating beard ef ooordinatloa. Report of ooefereace committee adapted end bill finally passed and sent to enrolling end engroesing commit delinquent taxea, nut n, H. B. 399, H. B. JM, A. W. . Morrison Relating to Iwuanee of patents on stats Unde. Passed. Ayw 99: absent 9. K. B. 398, Day Authorising state baud ef equalise ttoa to aooept title to certain underlying ooal. Passed. Ayee 48: nays 1. K. B. 161, Sod or berg Relating to tow. porary appointments ef judges ef city oeurta. Faseed. Avto 87; absent 16. H. B. 398, Douglas Jurisdiction ef elty courts in bigamy os see. F eased. Ayee IT: ebseat 18. K. B. 198, FirUneeo Relating to Organisation and government ef drainage district, passed, t yes Ml absent 11. H. B. 841. geegmiker Ttoslgqattog habitual drug addicts ee vagrants. Introduced o under sua pension tt rule, given first, end and third leading, and paaaed. Aye 97: absent 10. 9. B. 40, Kinney Articulating trained nurse examiner with department ef registration. House recedes from one ebjeotiea-abl- e amendment, bill repeeied and transmitted to senate. Ineem K, B, 149, MoSbane Permitting ears tion ef Juveniles. Mottos received from senate of etrtkiag ef eneetieg oLuee. H. B. 117. Thorne ... gale ef Infested frutta. Kotloe roooivod from senate ef striking of iBtstiiit dftnM. K. B. $88, Dev Compensation ef counsel In impecunious anew. Xotlee resolved from senate ef etnkin ef enacting clause. . B. 117, Tebbe Omnibus banking bill. Becelvel from senate end referred to sifting eemmittoe, B. B. 73, Peter Sanitary Inspections. Re-ered from senate end referred to sifting eemmittoe, H. 0. K. t, 3. W. Merit sen, Jr. Proposing eonstltutiosui amendment relating to property subject te taietlee and rates ef tav. Laid on table. K. B. 187, Boderberg ReIs ting to Custody of public funds end meeting boards ef finance, Special seder for 11 eolooh thle morning. H. B. 188, Parker Imitation milk. 9pe-et- al order for thle morning whan X. B. 197 disposed ef, H. B. 88, Day Relating to sale ia bulk of merchandise, in eluding store aad restaurant equipment. Passed. Ayee 94; absent 18. H. B. 138. CeUlster Relating to bend in probate matters. Paaaed. Aye 93) B. 144. Lewis Ineurenoe eempaay Psssed. Ayee 99; absent IA K. B. 987. Knight Relating to withdrawn! from ppropriatlon ef waters ef state. Psssed. Ayw 89; absent 18. K. R. 318, Knight Relating to water survey, end cresting water storage ea socle-ttoPassed. Ayee 94: abeent 11. K. B. 177, Day Designating state tree, BeoenunRted to sifting aommtttee, H. B. 118. S. V. Morris, Jr. Providing aid far civil war vetereae. Favorably reported by appropriations oommttteo, given wooed reading ead placed ea calendar. K, 1. 318, 8. W. Morrises, Jr Preriding permanent fund for 8. A. R. ef Vtabu Favorably reported by appropriations sow mites, given second reeding aad piaoed ea eel and er. B. 0. R. 8, I. V. Morris. Jr. Authorising portrait ef Simon Bamberger. Favorably reported by eppropriattoas eemmittoe, gives eeooad reeding end pieced an os I sod at. X. X. 38, winder Dredging Jordan river. Favorably reported with amendments appropriation being deleted: report adopted, bill gives mud reeding aad pdaead ea w leader. HOMED RT SPEAKER. K. B. 88, Scderbetg Regulating truffle in T.. 8. Howell Gouty awaeemeat far publicity purposes. H. B. 48, Bedarbett Teeshe meet agencies. K. B. 47. Winder Solitary sapervisiee ef bathing poets. HOMED BT 00TERM0R. K. B. 184, Oa Ulster Relating to Jurisdiction ef city courts. X. J. M. A Dowries Memorialising see-gre-w to emend tmnipertntiea net tn order te enable eta tee to eeatrol intrastate railroad rate fixing. TODAYS CALEKDAK. Haase convenes at 18 eelsok thl meentug, SPECIAL ORDER XUSIMESA H. B. 197, Sod er berg ReSe ting to euitedy ef pablte fends aad erecting beard er finance, S peoial order far 11 Feleck tbte morning- K. B. 188, Park sr Imitation milk bill. Special order when K. B. 1V7 te disposed ef. 8. B. I, Peters RwppertlenmenL Ipedal eider far 18 eeteeh a. m., Tuesday, Marsh A A On Third Reeding. X. B. HI, A 79. Karriwa, Jr. Providing M far el Til War veterans. H. B. 118, 8. 79. Momaen, Jr Providing permanent fund far 0. A. R. ef Utah. K. 0, X. '6. S. W. Morrises, Jr Authorisef Simas Bamberger, ing , H R, 086, Winder Autherislng dredging of lords e river,, Oe Tebl, . X. 0. X. S, a. 79. Morris, Jr Prepew lag aoeeUtutleani amendment relative to property tubjee to Waa ties. doe t An hour time. Four house bill were signed by the speaker And transmitted to the senate. And the governor At tached hi signature to two house meabill nd a 'memorial, the sure, a house latter the one he had been reported vetoing. Th sifting committee 1 expected to place Another ten or twenty bill on the third reading calendar this morning, for today And Monday are the only day left In which the house can consider house bill. On Tuesday, and thereafter until adjournment" elne die, only senate bills can be considered tn the house, and, only house bills tn the senate, so each house I endeavoring t dispose of th measure that hav originated in those respective houses. It was due to thle that th senate reapportionment bill was . placed on the calendar for Tuesday morning as a special order of business. - Seven measures were acted upon at th morning session, ths sifting committee re- -porting eight more bills when the calendar was approaching a condition of bareness. House joint resolution No. t, by Sander, providing for th placing of a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot In 1983, which would amend the constitution by making county treasurer take office In April instead of January, passed with 35 ayes, 13 members being absent. -- ' Bonus Bond Repealed. . The soldier bonus bond issue act of two years ago waa repealed when House bill No. 179, by Day, waa passed. Th measure was a dead Issue, Inasmuch as the federal government had not passed a similar act, and the repealing of the 1919 Act of the state legislature dears the w ay for the proposed stats road bond issue by decreasing the state's bonded Indebted-- , nee. The bill came Out of the appropriation committee snd was passed under , suspenelon'of the rules. Houa bill No. 163, by Rhees, which proposed th apportioning of the cost of collecting and assessing taxes, was defeated when It was brought out that the measure proposed to make school districts pay their proportion of these costa As soon aa the bill wae rejected) reconsideration was moved and lost, thus taking the bill out of the jurisdiction of the house. An effort to make a like move on a later blit was ruled out of order, the house rules providing that reconsideration cannot b moved during the last week of a session. House bill No. 16$, by Douglas, relating to ealea of real estate sold to counties, and particularly relating to the advertising of such sale, was passed without Sanders bill. No. 373. proopposition. term 'foffice for viding for four-yecounty assessors, clerks, auditors and sheriffs, passed, but not without opposi- tion. Its proponents argued thst these officials should serve at least four years. If only for efficiency reasons. Th vote on th bill warn Ayes 39, nays 7, ab- a ar sent - 10. River Water Bills Pass. House bills Nos. 145 and 147, by Knight and Imlay, respectively, relating to the and taking of water from the Colorado Two other interstate streams, passed. votes were cast against the Imlay measure, however. The first of the two bills authorizes the governor to appoint a representative to confer with other state relative to waters of the Colorado river, while the Imlay bill gives th etat engineer power to confer with adjoining states relative to the use of water 6f interstate streams The first bill to pass at ths afternoon session waa H. B. No. 160, which bore the name of A. W. Morrison. The measure relates to the issuance of patents on State lands and was introduced, it is understood, by members of ths present land board. It ths only measure to the credit of the member of Toocle county.' 1 Relieved of Coal Tax. House bill No. 825, by Day, which per- mtts land owner to deed tq the state underlying coal, wae passed, eyes 40, nays 1. The bill t designed to relieve owners of land Under which coal la said to exist from the taxes on coal lands, and in many Instances, it Is said, will 'mean a vast saving to land owners In regions where the coal Is several thousand feet below tho eurfece and too expenelvo to mine. House bill No. 141, by Boderberg. authoriof temporary appointment zing th judges of city courts in cases of illness, and House bill No. 230, by Douglas, giving city curta original Jurisdiction in bigamy cases, were passed quickly. House bill No. 133, by Flnllneon, which relates to the organisation and government of drainage districts and the control of water for drainage purposes, and provides for amending existing laws on dral.tage, passed without opposition. Tso other drainage bills, House bills Noe. 207 and 215, by Knight, also passed without opposition. On relates to the withdrawal of wators from appropriation, limiting the time of such withdrawals to July 1, 1953, snd th other creates a water storage association and provides for water survey. 7 ' Made Special Orders. Due to th length of House bills Nos. 197 and 190, by Boderberg and Parker, respectively, referring to the creation of departments of publlo finance and to the regulation of the manufacture of Imitation milk, were placed on the calendar for this morning as special orders, they having been reached late yesterday just before adjournment and . both being . lengthy measure. Notice of rejection of three houe bills by th senate was received in the house-la- te in the day, but the notice received no comment House bill No. 90, by -to th existing aws-rlstlng sxle of merchandise In bulk, wae paaaed, snd th measure of Speaker Celllater relating to th bond In probate cases also wss passed without opposition. House bill No. 144, by Lewie, designed to amend existing statutes relating to Investment by Inauranc companies doing business In Utah, passed without opposition. On th calendar for today are two bills calling for appropriations one for the aid of civil war veterans snd thetr widows snd another to provide a permanent fund for th G. A. R. of Utah. Both were reported out favorably yesterday by th appropriations committee. Two other measure reported favorably by this committee, and which are on the calendar for today, call for th dredging of the Jordan river and for an expendltura for a portrait for former Oovernor Blmon Bamberger, which portrait te to he hung tn th executive chamber at th Th bill proposing the dredging cspltol. of the Jordan river was reported favorably, with light technical amendments but with the proposed appropriation of $100,000 for the work eliminated. ng -- HOPE TO AVE BANK. OMAHA, Neb., March 4 th fact that they stood to lose Despite $160,000 of their savings ae tha result of the failure of the Caatstter bank, th cltlsne of g In th Blair ctlv Blair, at a hall tdnlsht, not only raised $35,000 cash to aav th Institution and mad plane to rale $100,000 more tomorrow, but paesed a resolution inviting Ut president F. P derides, who mysteriously disappeared Saturday, to return and tab hie among hie friends end resume th place position tie has held for thirty pearA mam-meetin- |
