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Show jLOBBYISTS CAUSE UPROARIN HOUSE CHARGE MADE THAT LOBBYING IS GOING ON IN SPITE OF STRINGENT RULES. Effort to Pass the Dern Inheritance Tax Bill Over the Governor's Veto Proves Unavailing in the Senate. Salt Lake City. The house passed nine bills before noon on March 10, the fifty-seventh day of the legislative legisla-tive session, and when it reconvened ai 2 o'clock quickly passed the concurrent con-current resolution by Senator Elizabeth Eliza-beth J. Hayward, authorizing the governor gov-ernor to appoint a committee of five to study and formulate a plan to eomimemorate American irrigation. From then until adjournment at 4 o'clock there was continual "scrapping" "scrap-ping" and a number of oratorical brickbats were thrown at state officials, offi-cials, members of the legislature and others who happened to come within range of the house "barrage." Lobbyists and lobbying came in for two stiff rounds in the house during the afternoon. Speaker Richards opened the first round by announcing that lobbyists were becoming too bold, that they had invaded the' sacred sanctuary of the house floor and were "buttou-lioling" members at their desks. A house rule prohibits lobbying lobby-ing at all times on the floor of the chamber, and it was ordered that this rule be rigidly enforced. An effort to pass the Dern inheritance inher-itance tax bill over the governor's opposition in the senate on March 10, failed. The roll call on the question showed not only a lack of the constitutional consti-tutional ' majority, but a majority against the passage, the vote being eight for passage and ten against. The new motor vehicle license law was' signed by the governor on March 10. Motorcycles are taxed $3; the remaining re-maining pleasure car rates are : Vehicles Ve-hicles not exceeding 25-h,orsepower, $5 ; between 25-horsepower and 40-horsepower, 40-horsepower, $15; all steam cars, $10; all electric cars, $10, commercial trucks from $10 to $75. The Dern bill, relating to banking business, and the amendment measure was passed on final reading by the senate, after it had been "denatur-ized." "denatur-ized." As presented the bill made it a felony for any officer or director of a bank to borrow from the bank more than 15 per cent of the amount of its capital stock and surplus. This portion was stricken out. Senator Clyde's bill imposing a grazing graz-ing license upon transient stock from outside states was considered on second sec-ond reading and then under suspension suspen-sion of the rules was passed on final reading. The tax Is designed to protect pro-tect the summer range of Utah from transient stock. An effort to introduce in the senate a substitute bill designed to meet the objections of the governor by providing provid-ing a separate scale of taxes for collateral col-lateral heirs was defeated, but finally Senator Dern was permitted to introduce intro-duce the bill as originally presented to the senate without any scale of taxes. I |
