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Show TANGLE RESULTS OVERJEE BILLS Senate After Much Debate and Alteration Al-teration of Measures Adjourns Without Decision Salt Lake, Fob, 24. Discussion of tho scries of bills deslgnod to require all state boards and institutions to turn over tholr receipts to tho state treasurer nt tho end of each month occupied most of yesterday's session of tho Senate and when this discussion discus-sion ended Just about whoro It started start-ed a motion to reconsider all such bills carried. Then there was a motion to recommit tho bills, nnd whllo this was being discussed some body moved to adjourn and dobate CCOHCd. Tho bills under discussion were presented by Senator D. O. Hideout In nccordanco with tho desires expressed ex-pressed by the governor in his mes-sago mes-sago to tho Legislature, Ono bill requiring tho state hoard of medical oxnmluers to tunr ovor Ho funds monthly went through quickly. Then camo a bill requiring tho University of Utah to adopt tho samo method In handling its receipts for tuition nnd a few objections were raised by thoso who said that tho university nooded a contingent fund. Pass U. A. C. Dill When a similar bill affecting tho Agricultural Collego enmo up, Sena tor J. W. Funk objected, saying that at tho tlmo when tuition fees were paid and boforo tax revenues wore available, tho collego was usually In want of ready funds, and It had been tho custom oven under tho present methods for tho collego to pay lntor-est lntor-est on heavy overdrafts. Senator W. S. Hansen also objected to tho bli, saying that tho collego was often obliged to borrow from a bank with which ho was connected. As a. matter mat-ter of personal business interest Son ntor Hansen said ho might favor tho bill, for U meant mora 'business with his bank, but ho did n6t bcllevo It was good business for tho stato to pass such a bill. Then camo tho question of tho receipts for butter and other farm products of tho col lege, nnd tho point w-as raised that if tho bill passed tho collego would not bo ablo to pay for supplies excepting ex-cepting through stato warrants, that Senator Funk said, had at times bonn hold up four or flvo months by tho stato board of oxamlners. This bill passed by a voto of 7 to 10 and then tho Senato took up tho bill providing that tho stato Industrial Indus-trial school, tho stato school for tho deaf and tho blind, and tho stato men tal hospital should turn over their "fees and receipts" monthly. Amendments Amend-ments wore cnrrlod, amended, reconsidered, recon-sidered, proposed over again and voted vot-ed down until tho Sennto reached a parliamentary tanglo In which tho stato Indstrlal school' was oxeluded from the provisions of tho bill. Then camo the motion to reconsider all bids of similar nature and then tho motion for adjournment. Abolish Art Institute Ono of tho bills passed was to do nway with tho Utah Art Institute. This bill, introduced by tho committee commit-tee on education, proposed to repeal tho laws providing for tho Institute and for tho annual appropriation of $1000. Senator Josoph Eckersloy said there had been no opposition to tho bill presented to tho committee, aud, on tho other hand, present olllc-ors olllc-ors of tho instituto had asked for its abolition, tolling tho mombers or tho commltteo that tho instituto hnd been a fulluro so far as accomplishing Its purposes was concorncd. Tho bill by Prosldont W. Mont Forry abolishing tho boards of public pub-lic works 111 cities went through nftor nf-tor It had been oxplulucd that tho boards had been dono away with any way.' No bills were Introduced ycstoidn:' nnd herenftor nono will bo presented except by committees under tho rules Beginning today tho sonato will meet at 10 o'clock each morning ind again at 2 In tho nftornoon, whllo commltteo meottngs will bo hold at 9 u. m. and In tho evenings and after af-ter tbu sessions. |
