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Show ' OPENING OF UTAH LEGISLATURE Some Important Legislation to Coma Up at Ninth Session. Salt Lake City. The opening session ses-sion of the Utah legislature was held on Monday, January 9. The lawmakers lawmak-ers will be in session for sixty days, and possible longer. Henry W. Gardner of Utah county has been chosen president of the senate, sen-ate, while E. W. Robinson of Cache county was the choice of the members mem-bers for speaker of the house. In the senate there are sixteen Republicans Re-publicans and two Democrats, while in the house there are thirty-eight Republicans Re-publicans and seven Democrats. While there will undoubtedly be the usual flood of bills introduced in both branches of the legislature at the f present session, and there will be pre Rented four measures in which all of . the people are vitally Interested. The liquor question will most likely be among the first of the important matters to be considered. Practically every Republican senator and member of the house of representatives, when asked what the liquor legislation would likely be, says that the pledges as contained in the party platform will be cagried out. They declare they will stand r!or that legislation which will most effectually curb the evils of intemperance. One of tb provisions of the bill will probably be prohibiting the sale of intoxicants in-toxicants outside of incorporated cities; cit-ies; that the latter shall determine what is best for them in this matter, . and that that part of a county outsida of the citie? of the first, second and third classes shall constitute a voting unit to settle the question for themselves. them-selves. It will provide for local option op-tion within the incorporated cities, . with high license and strict regulation. regula-tion. The proposed income tax amendment amend-ment to the constitution is another matter that will no doubt receive much consideration, and a bill providing provid-ing for an amendment to the state constitution making It legal for this state to make an appropriation of a, portion of the state taxes for the support sup-port of high schools, will be made into law. Many of the senators and members of the house are known to be in favor of this enactment, especially espec-ially those from counties where they have no high sehools. Further legislation for good roads is another subject in which all are deeply deep-ly interested, as state aid is needed in the construction and maintenance of public roads. What will be done with erference to the coal situation is conjecture at this time, but that there will be an investigation into conditions that have existed and do still exist here, and a remedy proposed, is generally believed. be-lieved. It is known that a measure, amending amend-ing the divorce law and providing that a final decree may be granted in cases where plaintiff and defendant have lived separate and apart for one year or more, will be presented, thus aiming aim-ing to do away with tne formality of coming twice into court. Initiative and referendum bills, drawn up along the lines of the Oregon Ore-gon laws, will be launched by the Democratic members. A measure providing for the recall of state, county and city officials will be presented, pre-sented, and it is expected that several sev-eral bills will come before the house dealing with the election of United States senators by the people, although al-though the choice of the candidates -will have to be affirmed by the legislature. leg-islature. A bill will be presented providing ired by various constituencies will moving picture shows on Sunday, to be known as the Sunday closing law. A measure, similar in effect, was introduced in-troduced at the last session and came near becoming a Jaw. The Weber county delegation is nourishing a measure to place all the school funds of the state, cities and counties out at interest of not less than two per cent. Bills dealing with livestock, fish and game, bridges, roads and appropriations appro-priations for all manner of things de-sinred de-sinred by various constituencies will also appear in due time. The following senate officials were chosen at the caucus previous to the -I opening session: President. Henry Gardner, Utah county; secretary, J. A. Edwards, Salt Lake; ruiuute clerk, C. ft. Jones, Summit; docket clerk, Ben Bachman. Utah; engrossing clerk, Archibald Livingston, Salt Lake; jhaplain. Rev. Francis Burgette Short, Salt Lake; committee clerks, Rex Kelly, Weber; W. Parker Pratt, Salt Lake; Stella Whiting, Salt Lake. Jwo others to be named by Utah county senators. Mailing clerk, Ethel Orth. Weber; sergennt-at-arms, Andrew An-drew Morris, Beaver; assistant ser-seant-at-nrms, Walter Cottrell, Davis; messengers, A. V. Hague, Juab; Geo. Scaiie, Carbon; stenographer. Pearl Jorgenson, Sevier; doorkeepers, O. C. Jensen, Box Elder; William Irvine. Salt Lake; watchman, John E. Hill, Salt Lake; Thomas Smith, Salt Lake; janitor, James McAtiams, Salt Lake. The following are the house officials: offi-cials: Speaker, E. W. Robinson. Cache county: chief clerk. William M. Thompson, Salt Lake; minute clerk, V. L. Watrous. Wasatch; engrossing :derk, V. M. Pratt, Salt Lake; docket, dock-et, clerk, Al Toone. Weber; sergeant-it-arms, J. 11. IMeKnight, Juab; Assistant, As-sistant, sergeant-at arms, K. Judd. Gar-lleld; Gar-lleld; watchman. Melvin Johnson. I'tah; messengers. K. L. Nesbit. Weber; We-ber; Glen Cox. Pavis. chaplain. Morgan Mor-gan Richards, Iron; doorkeeper. Alfred Al-fred Alder, Sanpete; assistant doorkeeper, door-keeper, George Kennedy. Rich: committee com-mittee clerks, Mvral Parker, I'tah: Mhena Porter, Morgan and Salt Lake: Carrie Xehring, Salt Lake; mailing, rlerk, Lawrence Johnson, Grand; janitor, jani-tor, Bob Houston, Sail Lake. |