| Show WOULD STATE LAND BOARD oab UTAH representative DESIRES PROBE INTO AFFAIRS OF STATE departments senate parses fourteen bills in one afternoon white while houie house ap proves ten Mea Me acure cures during the day george V F goodwill goodwin of salt lake county introduced a reo resolution lution in the lower house of the utah legislature on march 8 asking that an investigating committee be appointed two members roem bore from the house and one from front the senate to investigate tho the state treasur ers era department and the board 0 of state land commissioners mr goodwin in his argument to tho the house declared that tho the investigator should be clothed with sufficient clent power to investigate Inesti gate all state institutions c tut ions fourteen bills m were ere pushed by the senate on march 18 after the forenoon session was almost entirely taken up with mith discussion of one resolution the work was completed at 6 and no night session was held the house was almost aa as prolific in the approval of bills ten tea being passed the four bills introduced during the early part of the session providing that the treasurer of salt lake county might bo be relieved from the burden of paying the premium on ba 1680 official bund were A ere called before the house and all were acre passed the appropriation for the ogden choir to go to san diego and san francisco ims as passed without argument only a few voted against the appropriation of 2500 2 1 for this purpose there was as some debate on the bill by senator 1 L B wight to create a fund for the relief of 0 volunteer and paid firemen but it passed the house amended ti B D no by the public health committee which if it had become a lav law aa as originally drafted would hae given the state board of health authority to establish all penthouses pest houses housen in the state the bill passed with ith the po power er taken from the board of health in the state and given to city and county boards of health Goer governor nor william spry returned IL D B no b the irrigation committee and asked that it be amended the bill provides for the issuance of bonds by drainage districts As originally drawn dran it did not provide that property owners ov ners should be the only to rote vote at bond elections 11 B D no 30 50 by george F goodwin providing that attorneys shall be permitted to designate the newspaper in which they desire that publication of summons appear was passed under suspension of or the rules this takes away from county clerks the giving of legal notice notices to whatever paper they desire at the march larch S 8 session of the house sixty seven bills were made special orders for the closing da s of the ses sion together with nith much wrangling confusion and a slap at the lobbyists who were wore working for pet measures no attention was given ghen to bills on the calendar A sifting committee appointed by president AV W mont ferry includes senators 1 L B D wight of summit william craig of weber and joseph eckersley of wayne this committee took over about bills and sifted out four for passage and four for the ax and shelved the remainder of the bills that were in the hands of oe the various com cittee 4 senate bill no by senator joseph chez providing that saloons must not cash pay checks passed the senate the utah leg legislature filature had one of the busiest weeks beeks ot of the present session the first week eek in I 1 march A large amount of business was handled liand led and a number of important laws laus enacted probably the most important being tho the statewide state wide prohibition measure which makes utah a dry state after july i 1 1916 A number af bills of interest to lr ir ere passed during the past week leek while a batch batell of fee bills were approved by unanimous vote 11 B no bv mr shields which if it becomes a law will prohibit the drinking of intoxicating liquors on trains except in pullman and dining cars was passed by the house the bill authorizing an issuance of bonds to complete the capitol was called up in the house as a joint appropriations committee measure and passed wilford day of iron and dan B shields of salt lake had a jangle to in the house which came near ending la a blows blos the to represent representatives tives being restrained however by the other members A A marriage license bill was introduced in the seante by senator chez as a substitute for hig his banate bill no 45 and senator eckers leys senate bill no 1 the bill amends the law respecting the issuance of marriage licenses making more strict the laws respecting girls under 21 jear cars who apply for lichens la ilk counties fu a w aich they do not live securing unanimous consent of the senate senator eckersley introduced in the upper house a bill denning defining the duties of the secretary of the state board of health and fixing his alary salary at a year |
