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Show I MOTOR VEHICLE I BILLREGEiVED l, SENATOR PETERS INTRODUCES W MEASURE CHANGING LICENSE K FEE AND GASOLINE TAX Bp, Tbo long-cxpcctod amendment to tlc K.. atato motor vehicle laws, Including the KL, gnsollno tax law, was Introduced Be; Thursday In the senate by Senator J. K t W. Peters of Boxoldor county. V ' The gasoline tax bill is About as he. already unnbunccit as the recommen- Wt datlon of the statd commission on ro ll.'' vision of taxation, except that the ' rata carried Is two and one-half cents Rj- a gallon, instead of two cents ndvo- I' catcd by some, and three cnts advo- RE'. entcd by others. Licensing of dealers Ijfiji " in motor vehicle fuuls is carried in the me'' bill, and provision Is mnde for eollec-, y(5. tion of the tax from the distributors," IJe; who may, of courso, pass the tax HK 'long to the consumer. lUt" The proceeds of tho tax, estimated Wf roughly at $625,000, arc to bo covered B into tho stato treasury by the rccre- m" tary of stato, who collects the tax, and 1 1; ro to go into tho state highway main- I K tennnce fund, after the interest and I K sinking fund of stato road bonds aro i cared for annually. Remittances are p' to bo made tho fifteenth of each month. p Motor vehicle fuel for export from tho I I j- , tato Is excluded from the tax, m f Tho second of tho bills nmonds var- i Jous features in tho present law reg ulating motor vohlclo licenses and I their collection. Solid tires are any I kind that doos not depend wholly on confined nir for tho support of tho 1 Joad. A dealer, may hundlo second- i hand automobiles as well as now ones. A chnuffcur is "any porson who operates oper-ates a motor vehlclo In tho transportation transpor-tation of persons or proporty, and who ' receives any compensation for such aorvico In wages, commission or other- : wise, paid directly or Indirectly, or who, as owner or employee, operates i motor vohlclo carrying passengers i or property for hire. Alterations aro made In the provi- i idons covering tho bIzo of license i jdntos, so as to pormlt of better bargaining bar-gaining with tho manufacturers of . such provision is made for ellmlnat- Ing tho vexatious charges of tho past I ; two years, when an ownor changes Ids i car midflcanoris. Transfer of tho 11- 1 jjlj, ccnics NvJ11 CMt but ' S' ' Tho now schedule of llccnso fees is i changed by a reduction of npproxl- : mately oncf-thlrd for tho passenger ' , enrs and tho smnllor trucks. A horse- power of not more than 25 charges a I fee or $5; tho charge is $7.50 for a IB , horse power of 25 to 40: $10 for 40 to i 50 horsepower and $12.50 for nil abovo I CO. A half-ton truck would pay $5 per 1 annum, a three-quarter truck $7.50 I k and a ton truck $10, nnd n one and ! ono-hnlf-ton truck $20, other truck li licenses remaining ns they arc. A L two-whcol trailer for the camper Is flj, oxompted from tho trallor provisions I of tho present law. U Tho traffic regulations are altered III regards signs, so that enrs shall bo I equipped with provision for hand and rm signal, or clso mechanical do- ' vices. Trucks aro required to carry ! rear-view mirrors. ( Tax lovles on livestock aro to bo ma- ! torially increased for tho purpose of providing funds with which to pay t bounties on prcdntory animals, though I tho bounties, in soma instances, have I bcn removed and for nil animals they i liavo been lowered. I A levy of 4 mills on tho dollars for f ll sheep nnd goats is proposed in the I place of the lW-mlll levy. On range I? horses and cattlo the levy in doubled P -'' and is fixed at 2 mills instead of 1. I Tho 1-mill levy on domostlc cattlo pro- I vlded in the prosont law is eliminated. Changes in bounty payments are fnr- I reaching. Payment of $30 for a bear is removed. For a mountain Hon or cougar, tho bounty is reduced from $30 l to $15; for a black timber wolf, from $02.50 to $15; for coyotes, from $4 to $3; for n lynx or bobcat the payment bounty for Jack-rabbits or white hares I is removed. HI Authority to expend funds for the U eradication of rabies and destruction HH of predatory animals is transferred KB irom 'ne tto board of agriculture, as HI provided for In the prosont statute, to KB tho state auditor, who may spend 30 BV I'or cent of the tato bounty fund, In- -MB eluding unoxponded balances for this II purpose. Tho amendment lowcrj the KB amount to be devoted to thr cnmpnlgn KB ,,v 20 Par cont t,le 8tnt0 board of ag-rlrulturo ag-rlrulturo at the prosont bolug allowed UW CO per cent. B The blonnlnl budget of the state of SB lnn PParod in both housis of the IB legislature. It carries n total of ex-IB ex-IB pundjturcs or $0,871,187.5 , which Is K $10n,00nv14 more' than the latest and mm most liberal oatlrriato yet made of tlie Hi state ptinwnl fund revenue for the nj coming two years. IK With tho budget camo the draft of IB tno KnBral appropriation bill, which nK was introduced in the houso, and also ft n letter from Governor Mnbcy, trans-IB trans-IB '" mltllng the budgot. RH The governor's letter calls attention llB 0 tne excess of tho budget over the MB states estimated revonuoa.but adds that IK tne enactment of pending legislation pjB na 8flrvo savo t!iQ $107,000 in ex-K ex-K penses. The governor adds that the president of thq board of the Utah IK Agricultural college asserts that It will IK .bj . Impossible to maintain the Branch jJM. Agricultural collego at Cedar City on -IKHM 'mount itlpuUUd n th budget. ffiBKKB " ---.., ..mw(3nw. As to the legislation pending, of which the governor speaks, thero aro nlrcady several bills before the legislature legis-lature which might contribute, If they or any of them pan. The houso has bills before it to abolish the public utilities commission, for which $50,890 is appropriated in tho budget; and tho stato securities commission, which is, however, a sourco of revenue to tho state goneral fund, contributing to it a surplus over its expenses from the foes taken in. Thero is another bill in the house which would roqulro that the expenses of the stato Industrial commission be paid out of the stato Insurance In-surance fund. Tho budgot total for thts commission Is $91,570. Senator C. L. Funk of Cache county Is studying economy nnd reduction af oxpensos. IIo Introduced a bill in the senate which would requlro that all officers and employees of tho state ihould be ontltlod to free transportation, transporta-tion, Intrastate, subject to rustrlctlons laid down by the stato board of examiners. exam-iners. This would servo to reduce tho state's travel bill considerably. Tho Cache senator also proposes a bill to limit tho stato supremo court to three members, Instead of tho present five. This would be accomplished by tho expedient of electing justices in the futuro only for six-year terms. Thus tho membership would gradually be rccduced, first to four members and then to three. Publishers bf newspaper in rural communities hnd many defonders In tho houso of representatives, when n proposal to reduce the legal printing rato was hotly opposed by sovoral members. The proposal was contained In Houso Bill No. 17, by Representative Representa-tive Shclloy. It sought to chnngc tho present law govern'ng the printing rate to bo charged in towns of less tbnn 25,000 population from 10 cents n line for each Insertion to 10 cents a I 'no for tho first insertion of legal advertising ad-vertising nnd 5 cents a lino for subsequent sub-sequent Insertions. Tho bill was defeat"' de-feat"' nftcr considerable debato by a vote of 31 nays to 23 yeas. The nuthor of the measure nnd Representative Rep-resentative RtooVy and Jorgenscn were the principal speakers in favor of Its passage. Each said that tho rnto now established is exccslvo, and that publishers received in payment for lo-Ral lo-Ral advertlsment out of proportion to space consumed. Representatives HoMcnhcck, Wllklns, Judd and Jones opposed the bill in lebate. Tho tenor of tholr defenso was to tho effect that publhhers of small newspapers realize llttlo profit from uch advertising, even at tho present rate, and to reduce it would bo to deal n sovero blow to them. Tho maintenance mainten-ance of small community newspapers, pnch said, is necossaryo tho'welfaro or tho communltlcsTnnd'that In consideration con-sideration of tho service they render the public, they nro entitled to all they nro receiving ns payment for legal advertising. For six hours Tuesday afternoon and evening members of tho legislature nnd tholr friends studied problems nnd equipment of tho University of Utah. As President Thomas E. McKay of tho senato said during a talk, they found at least that three department of the university aro In good working order, those of nthlotlcs, music nnd domostlc science. The visitors saw a basketball game betwean varsity and a picked team, heard various programs of music under the direction of Professor Thomas E. Giles, nnd woro sorved n most sumptuous turkey dinner under tho direction of Miss Lucy Van Cott, dean of women. Tho fact that such an elaborate dinner, din-ner, beginning with a soup nnd ending with cake, ice cream, candy nnd coffee for those who wanted it, could be served to a crowd of 200 or more in tho cafoterin, in such prompt order, and with victuals so well cooked and served in such appetizing manner, was a tribute of Itself to tho management of tho cafeteria. It Is likely that a special joint committee, com-mittee, consisting of members of tho senate and the house will be selected to visit nnd inspect the Branch Agricultural Agri-cultural college at &odar City. Representative Rep-resentative Jorgcnson, chairman of the houso appropriations committee, snid that thftre had beon some misunderstanding misunder-standing concerning who should investigate in-vestigate conditions at the collogc, and mnde a motion that Speaker Sceg-mlllor Sceg-mlllor Tnd two other members of the house constitute a committee to confer with n committee from tho senate, consisting con-sisting of President McKay and two senntora, relative to tho nppointment of thu investigating committee Tho motion was carried and Representatives Representa-tives Jones and Oponshnw wero np-polnted np-polnted by the speaker to servo with him In conjunction with tho senato committee. Lengthy and ardent debate on the proposed salqry of tho state game commissioner took place in the lower house of the legislature. The discussion discus-sion ensuod when a majority and n minority report on house bill No. 30. by Representative Robert B. White of Hoavcr county, wore submitted by tho committee on fish and game. The measure presents an entirely new set of laws pertaining to the protection of fish and game of tho stato, the duties of the fish and gamo commissioner commis-sioner and his salary. Ropoal of the present laws is sought by house bill No. 40, by the same author. Consideration Consider-ation of the proposed now laws has been under wny by the committee since January 20. Several amendments are proposed by the committee, to which all members mem-bers agre, with the exception to a chance rroposed. by the the minority report, which would reduce the salary of the commissioner from $4000 a year as provided for in the bill, to $3300 a I yoar. The minority report was adopted by the houso after the debate had waxed strong for a considerable length of time. INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE S. B. G7, Adams Osteopathy. S. B. G8, Jensen Voluntary associations associa-tions to su and be sued. S. B. 09, Jenson Stato, engineer's foes. S. B. 70. Dixon Limiting civil service ser-vice commission to Salt Lake and Ogden. S. B. 71, McConkle Requiring sheriffs sher-iffs in smaller counties to reside at eounty Mat. Judiciary. S. B. 72, Irvine Fixing fees for University of Utah and Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural college. 3. B. 73. Winder Requiring annual audit of state insurance fund by state auditor. S. B. 74, Dixon Exclusion of public from certain court trinlB. S. C. M. 3, Dixon Relief for settlors on United States reclamation projects. Agriculture. S. B. 75, Jenson Prescribing rules for assessing merchants and manufacturers. manufac-turers. S. B. 70, Funk Requiring railroads to Issue free transportation to state employoes. S. B. 77, Winder Town taxes. Referred Re-ferred to public nffalrs committee. S. B. 78, Tebbs Restricting perquisites per-quisites of warden of ntnta prison. S. B. 70, Peters Gasoline tax. S. B. 80, Peters Automobile license regulations. S. B. 81, Peters Automobile llconse fees. S. B. 82, Peters Automobile traffic signals. S. B. 83, Funk Reducing membership member-ship of supreme court to three. S. B. 84, Ilirschi Appropriating $173,000 from motor vehicle registration registra-tion surplus for revolving fund for state road commission. S. B. 85, Hirsehi Appropriating $50,000 from scmo fund as contingent fund for stnte road commlslon. S. C. R. 3, Warnlck Constitutional amendment to provldo for classification classifica-tion of property for tnxatlon purposes. Public affairs. S. B. 80, Jenkins Permitting es-tablishment es-tablishment of branch banks within the same county. Commerce and Industry. In-dustry. S. B. 87, Irvine Giving conntv purchasing pur-chasing agent control over feeding of prisoners. S. B. 88, Irvine Removing feeding of prisoners of Snlt Lake county from sheriff's office. INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE II. B. 68, Fletcher Empowering county commissioners to change Jjoundnry lines of school districts. Education committee. H. B. CO. Constantino Repealing act creating securities commission nnd laws relating to the sale of securities and tho rea) estate department. Judiciary. Ju-diciary. II. B. 70, Jorgenson Amending lnws relating to bounties on prcdntory nntmals. Livestock committee. H. B. 71, Baldwin Amending laws pertaining to powers of boards of education. ed-ucation. Education committee. II. B. 72, State budget bill. Appropriations Ap-propriations committee. H. B. 73, Fjnllnson Levying and collection of taxes pn Irrigation and water conservation districts. Irrigation Irriga-tion nnd water conservation districts. Irrigation committee. II. B. 74, Rowan Substitute for II. B. 54, withdrawn. Relating to liquidation liquid-ation of banks. Bnnklng committee. II. B. 75, Mozlcy Relntlng to placing plac-ing stationary advertising on public highways. Highways and bridges committee. com-mittee. H. B. 76, Wllklns Examination and registration of professional engineers and surveyors, Public lands committee com-mittee II. B. 77, Brewer Statements concerning con-cerning personal property of merchants mer-chants and manufacturers, manner of assessing such property, manner of listing other property not a part of property used by merchant or manufacturer, manu-facturer, and exempting from tnxatlon property mo.vlng In Interstate commerce. com-merce. Revenue nnd taxation committee. com-mittee. SENATE ACTION ON BILLS S. B. 28, Jenkins Repealing an-nunl an-nunl military census, Aves 20. S. B. 36, Jenkins Snlt Lake assessor's asses-sor's salary. Ayes 0, mys It. S. B. 31, Adams Repenllng egg-candllng egg-candllng lnw. Ayes 7. nays 13. II. B. 35. Bagnall Reducing Interest Inter-est on delinquent tnxes to 10 per cent per nnnum. Ayes 1, nnys 18, 1 absent. S. B. 40, Jenkins Hours of county officers. Aves 3, nays 17. H. B. 2, Atwood Cooperative marketing mar-keting bill. Ayes 20. S. B. 45. Committee on Agriculture (Sub. for S. B. 20, Candland) ayes 16, nbrent 4. H. J. M. 1, Mrs. Dunyon Use of silver by foreign governments. Ayes 18. nbscnt 2. S. B. 40, Committee on commerce and Industry Negotiability of promissory prom-issory notes. Ayes 18, nays 2. S. B. 40, Funk Architects Ayes 20. S. B. 48, Funk Certified public accountants. ac-countants. Ayes 19, abssnt 1. S. B. 24, Commlttco on revision and printing Land office regulations. Ayes 19, nbscnt 1. S. B. 27, Dixon Utah tuberculosis research commission. Ayes 12, nays 8. S. B. 37, Jenkins Insurance agents' qualifications. Ayes 18, nays 1, absent ab-sent 1. S. B. 47, Funk-Emba!m!ng. Ayes 15, nbstnt 5. S. B. 57, Jenkins Voluntary admls-sion admls-sion to state mental hospital. Ayoa gm.MIJUIlllfggjMWB(lw1 irirMETMuBna 15, absent 8. S. B. 42, McConkle Killing livestock. live-stock. Ayes 14, absent 6. S. B. 43, McConkle Maiming livestock. live-stock. Ayes 16, absent 5. S. B. 29, Irvine Aeronautics. Ayes 15, absent 5. HOUSE ACTION ON BILLS 8. J. M. 2, Jenkins Asking congress con-gress to aid sliver industry. Ayes 49, absent 0. S. J. R. 1, Winder Special committee com-mittee to Investlgats crime wave nnd activities of pardon board. Ayes 30, navs 12, absent 7. H. B. 22, Jacobs Adding half pint container to fruit and berry measures. Ayes, 22, nays 25, nbscnt 7. II. B. S7, Callister Appointment of deputies for county, precinct and district dis-trict officers. Ayes 43, absent 7. H. B. 17, Shelley Reducing rato for legal printing, ayes 23, nays 31, absent 1. II. B. 2, Atwood Farm marketing associations. Ayes 51, nays 1, absent 1. II. B. 21, Opcnshnw Requiring trust and guaranteo and loan associations associ-ations to obtain permit from state bank examiners. Ayes 52 nbscnt. 3. II. B. 42, Cannon Excluding building build-ing nnd loan associations from paying annual corporation llccnso ax. Ayes 14, nays 40, absent 1. H. B. 43, Cannon Excluding building build-ing nnd loan nssociatlons from provisions pro-visions relating to fraud in the sale of securities. Ayes 6, nays 45, absent 4. H. B. 68, Mrs. Lyman Jurisdiction of cities ovor watersheds. Ayes 51, navs 1. absent 3. II. B. 55, Mrs. Graham Transferring Transfer-ring habitually delinquent children to Industrial school. Ayes 42, nays 10, absent 3, II. B. 63, Judd Assessment of metalliferous met-alliferous mines. Ayes 15, nays 35, absent 5. II. B. 59, Committee on irrigation-Abolishing irrigation-Abolishing certification commission on Irrigation bonds. Ayes 60, absent 5. S. B. 28, Jenkins Repealing law requiring county nssessors to prepare lists of persons available for military service. Ayes 45, absent 10. H. B. 20, Bailey Relating to appointment ap-pointment of water commissioners. Ayes 36, nays 10, absent 9. H. B. 40, White Repealing fish and game laws. Ayes 44, absent 10. H. B. 78, Pottit Governing amusements amuse-ments on Sunday. Education committer. commit-ter. H. B. 79, Nnylor Voting of absent electors. Elections committee. II. B. 80, N. C. Chrlstcnson Costs against estates subject to an inheritance inheri-tance tax. Revenue and taxation committee. com-mittee. II. B. 81, N. C. Christcnsen Compensation Com-pensation of inheritance tax appraisers. apprais-ers. Revcnuo and taxation. II. B. 82, II. C. Christcnsen Notlco to be given by safo deposit companlos, banks and other institutions before transferring securities. Banking committee. com-mittee. H. B. 83, Callister Par value of corporation shares. Judiciary committee. commit-tee. H. B. 84, Callister Sale in bulk of merchandise, furniture, fixtures or equipment of stores, hotels, restaurants, restau-rants, barber shops or nny placs of business, whore equipment sold is used 'n carrying on business. Judiciary committee. com-mittee. II. B. 85, Stark Effect of tax nnd lien. Revenue and taxation committee. commit-tee. II. B. 80, Stark Taxes levied by, drainage districts, collection and distribution dis-tribution and sale of property. Judiciary Judi-ciary committee. II. B. 87, Stark Trespassing on mllroad property. Judiciary committee. commit-tee. H. B. 88, Mrs. Lyman Accepting congressional net for the promotion of welfarp and hygiene of maternity nnd Infancy. Public health committee. II. B. 89, Wllklns Amending laws -elating to filling of vacancies in city councils. Judiciary committee. H. B. 90, Wilkins Election of city justices of tho peace and city mar |
