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Show LEGISLATIVE NOTES. "There is growing up in Utah an educational aristocracy and it appears to be treason to say aught against any measure that this aristocracy proposes, pro-poses, but, Mr. Speaker, and members mem-bers of the house, it must be sat upon." This was the declaration made by Representative Hansen in 'Ihe house February 24, when he spoke in opposition to the house bill, which was later defeated, extending the term of office of the members of the boards of education one year if, indeed, It might not have been construed by expert ex-pert lawyers to mean ten years'. Utah is to have a slate tree, as it has a state flower, and to this end Representative Repre-sentative Day has introduced in the .house a bill providing that the blue spruce be designated the Utah state tree. The blue spruce is one of the ! most beautiful of the spruce family of trees and is used largely in tdhe east for ornamental purposes. Care of the tuberculous is provided for in a measure introduced in the house by Representative Welling. In this bill the state treasurer is authorized author-ized to pay to certain counties, upon the issuing of a warrant approved by the state board of health, a weekly sum for each tuberculous patient during dur-ing the time such patient shall be in a county hospital or sanitarium. Care and training of the feebleminded feeble-minded is provided for in a bill Introduced Intro-duced in the house February 24 by Mrs. Grace Stratton Airey. The measure meas-ure would create a state home for the purpose. Salary of .$S000 a year or more than that paid to a United Slates senator sen-ator is provided as the remuneration for the county attorney of Salt Lake in a measure introduced in the house by Representative Miles of Cache county. Utahns may pay an income tax at Hie rate of 1 per cent on incomes of $1000 up to 6 per cent on incomes of $12,000, personal property tax to lie deducted before the income tax is collected, col-lected, if the bill providing an income tax introduced in the house by Representative Repre-sentative Masters becomes a law. Following an all-day debate, the lower low-er house of the Utah legislature on February 20 voted for the issuance of $3,000,000 in bonds for the improvement improve-ment of Utah's highways. The original orig-inal bill introduced by Representative L. W. Curry of Vernal early in the session, called for ,$2,r00.000 bond issue, is-sue, but this was amended by the highways high-ways committee to make the issue $,'5,000,000. Considerable difference of opinion arose and the matter has been in the hands of committees, caucuses and the subject of lobby discussions for some weeks. Bevan has a bill before the senate abolishing the fees now charged by the state coal mine inspector for inspecting inspect-ing mines and providing that this work be done at the expense of the state. |
