Show SI LE of POWER OF SENA SENATOR Tort PRESENTS BILL TO CHANGE LAW ON WATER protection house approve dill bill tak ing ino of livery rigs to any other place than represented to the owner revision of the law relating to tho the powers or of city councils ie is proposed in a bill introduced on february I 1 by senator joseph eckersley Ecker rAker slay A aich city officials gay say will have a serious bearing on the muni municipal cipul water supply it it becomes law the bill is proposed to amend tho present law by inserting a paragraph concerning the jurisdiction of the city over water works to confine confino jurisdiction to land owned by such city and by tho the insertion of a proviso clause on the section giving jurisdiction for ton miles above the point from which the ater cater Is taken which says that thid law nor any ordinance shall bo be construed by the municipality or by the courts as authorizing the city to de irlvy any ny person of the ordinary and eason abitt abio use of their lands and streams water flowing through them or tu lu which springs take their rise or to in any way inay impair tho the right IV of 0 the owner onner or limit the rea bona bonallo bo lo 10 ordinary and customary use of such property business Busink ss in the house looked up on february 1 and w hile the committees to which more than fifty bills hl have e been referred did not report many for third reading ot et the members introduced fourteen bills and two tino resolutions the bill which has been recommitted to the judiciary commit tee t turee three times came up for final passage and after being amended in minor details so that it would include the taking of an automobile as well uell as a horse borse the house passed it unanimously the bill makes it a misdemeanor to ride or drive an animal or vehicle to any other place than that represented to the owner or person in charge when the animal or vehicle is hired george F goodwins bill providing that undertakings on appeal from justice courts might be dispensed with on the making of a pauper affidavit easily passed two bills were mere passed in the senate on january 29 and three were ere bent sent back to committees with instruction to revamp and renoi renovate ate them wern the bills passed were mere craigs sn ate bill no 18 and 0 nells house bill no 1 the craig bill was a mere formality providing for the conveyance by statute of a parcel of land in weber county to the farr development company the state blaid of ex having traded a parcel of industrial du school land for to it IL the house bill by onell oneil the new representative from the new county of duchesne was merely intended to give that statesman legal status in the lower lover branch of the legislature ture his county having been created since the legislative districts were nere made the bill creates duchesne county as a legislative district and was amended by the senate to provide that the county be a part of the afif fifth th senatorial dIstrI district cL two bills u were ere passed by the house on january 29 one being an act lana limiting the discretionary powers ot of sheriffs and chiefs of police and the other an act permitting husbands or wives to testify against each other concerning facts alleged to have occurred prior to their marriage prohibition of the sale of liquor by mall mail or wire order in la dry territory and of the transportation of liquor from wet to dry territory in the state Is proposed in a bill introduced on january 29 by senator funk and referred to the committee on agriculture and irrigation definite regulation oc of the uie employ ment of children and omen in utah Is proposed in a bill introduced january ry 29 by senator L B wight which A bich la Is drawn to replace the aa law enacted in 1911 with a form such as Is 19 nov now in effect in many states of the went mout this bill generally places the age for beginning work nork at 16 years instead of 14 A bill providing for the headless ballot la utah similar to the ballots used in new now jersey colorado nevada and other states was introduced in the house on january 27 by representative Ro P P christensen of salt lake the proposed law does away aay vita with party emblems and places the candidates for each office on the ballot ba lot in alphabetical order with the residence and politics of each candidate set forth after hie his name under this 1 ballot the voter must cast his ills ballot for each candidate he chooses to vote tor for instead of voting for them an all in blanket form under a party amb emb le m statewide state wide prohibition by bj the amendment to the constitution route was proposed in the senate on january jin 27 by a joint resolution intro deuced by senator charles of salt lake at tc the close lose of bus business aress on january 97 27 there had law 1 been ac 5 bills introduced manc in the senate and 89 39 ln irl the hoase be de sides numerous nume roue re resolutions solutions |