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Show UTAH LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP Happenings In Both Branches of Ninth General Assembly. Five bills were Introduced In, the senate on Monday, January 2'.',, and four in (.ho house. The bill Introduced Intro-duced In Llie house by William 10. Hee-ly Hee-ly of Kmei-y county, Increasing the Kluto poll lax from $2 to $4, was killed. Sena to bill No. Ill, by Kelly, relating to Indebtedness of cities and towns for water, light and sewers, was passed. Tho creation of a public utilities commission, with jurisdiction over all public servieo corporations in the slate, is authorized by a bill Introduced Intro-duced in the senate on Monday by Senator Tiadger of Salt Lake. The bill Hives the commission executive powers pow-ers over tlie corporations specified with reference to fixing standards of rates to bo charged, adjusting differences differ-ences and regulating the business of tho corporations. The hill sets forth in great detail the various duties and powers of the commission and the manner of procedure in tlife eases which may be brought before It . for adjudication or correction. The commission com-mission is to consist of three members, mem-bers, appointed by tiie governor. The stale dairy and food commissioner commis-sioner is to h ive an increase in his I salary 1' lirn $1 500 to ?2,K)0 per an-r..;r.;, an-r..;r.;, a::d v. i!l be given additional power;: in the conduct of his office, in the event a bill introduced, by request, by Senator Badger on Monday, becomes be-comes a law. To give Utah a state capitol building build-ing to cost $2,500,000 is the intent of Senator Charles E. Marks' bill Intro-luced Intro-luced in the senate on Monday. An act to protect local real estate men by requiring foreign building and loan companies to furnish security before be-fore doing business in the state of Utah, was introduced in the lower j house of the state legislature on Monday Mon-day by Representative Dahlquist of Salt Lake. Senator Christopher Burton, Jr., will introduce a bill to compel farmers to keep weeds down on their farms and prevent their spread. The present law relating to property subject to garnishment will be amended amend-ed if a bill presented in the senate Monday becomes a law. The proposed imendment provides that any indebt-;dness indebt-;dness owing to a defendant not personally per-sonally served in this state with summons, sum-mons, when such indebtedness arises wd is payable outside this state, shall not be subject to attachment, garnishment garnish-ment or execution. There was no session of the lower bouse of the legislature Saturday. The idjournment was taken to permit certain cer-tain committees to visit the state in-situtions, in-situtions, which it is their duty to inspect. in-spect. On Friday Senate Resolution No. 5. by Smith, was approved by the senate. sen-ate. It is a resolution requiring the secretary of the board of land commissioners com-missioners to furnish the senate with history of certain property leased by the state board and also a list of ail loans made by the board to its members mem-bers or to firms or corporations in which the members are interested. Seven new bills were introduced in the senate on Friday and four in the house, whi'e the governor s'gned the bill permitting the engrossing of bills by typewriting. The negroes of Salt Lake have finally final-ly succeeded in getting a bill introduced intro-duced in the legislature providing f-r the equal rights of negroes and people peo-ple of other races at theaters, restaurants, restau-rants, barber shops and other places which cater to the public trade. Two bills, one 'by Smith and tin Dther by Badger, were introduced ii the legislature Friday for the purpose Df making the laws of Utah con orm to those of other states with reier-ence reier-ence to the sale of goods and to the disposal of goods in warehouses. The appointment of a revenue commission com-mission to revise the present sys en Df taxation and to make a compl.tj report, with recommendations to :h3 '.enth legislative assembly, is provldel In a bill introduced in the state sen-Ue sen-Ue on Friday by Senator Carl A. Bad- jer, of Salt Lake. The Democratic prohibition bill was introduced in both houses on Tliu.s-day. Tliu.s-day. In the senate it was introduced by Senator J. W. Funk of Cache and in the house by Representative P. 1 Peterson of Sevier. The bill is intro-I intro-I duced in fulfillment of the pledge oi the Democratic state platform which declared for statewide prohibition. Three bills were introduced in thu legislature Thursday relating to insui'-mce insui'-mce companies. The measures were introduced at ue request of the state insurance commissioner. A till passed by the house on Thursday will doubtless tend to put a damper upon the operations of highway high-way robbers. The bill as it originally passed the house made the minimum penalty three years' imprisonment i;i the state prison and the maximum imprisonment im-prisonment for life. When the senate and house adjourned ad-journed on Thursday there had been a total of 56 bills introduced in the senate and 57 in the house. And still the new measures are being brought forward, every member seeming desirous desir-ous of furnishing his share of remedies reme-dies for the supposed ills of the state. The erection of a new central building build-ing for the University of Utah at a cost of $300,000 is contemplated by a bill introduced in the senate on Thursday Thurs-day by Williams of Salt Lake. The measure authorizes the issue and dis-Dosal dis-Dosal of $300,000 worth of state bonds. |